Time Flies

We've been really busy the last month. I started back at work the first week of August, the following week Adam went back to work. His dad and stepmom came for a visit and Maya started Kindergarten. We have no balance yet, but we are getting by and everybody is doing good.
Cooper turned 2 months on the 13th. He weighed in at 10 lbs and 7oz and was 23.25" long. He's been doing good. Can't complain about anything really.
Maya is loving school, although the bus and lunch seem to be her favorite parts of the day.
The Gurewitz visit came and went. We really did nothing exciting, but we did hit the Peoria Zoo. I was surprised how much the added addtion made the zoo so much better. Before, it was pretty worthless for the cost.
Hard to believe we are closing in on september. Hopefully Brennan will be ready to go back to PreK.

Bumbo Fun

Yeah. I love the Bumbo seat. He looks so big and cute. He's been sleeping a lot, which probably means he's growing. The other day someone asked me a question and I answered, "well when he was a baby". Seriously, I said that? Just seems like he popped out of that really newborn stage and is a lot more full of personality. He's still a baby! I can't believe I said that.

Weirdos

Kids thought it would be fun to switch clothes.

Family Picnic

Trip went well. Friday was interesting with all the storms going through Iowa. We were visiting my grandparents at their retirement center and ended up being held captive in their basement garage "storm shelter" with all the residents for 2 hours. That was fun... for about 15 minutes.
Saturday we had great weather for a family picnic. I didn't get a lot of pictures chasing 3 kids around, but group pictures show my family with grandma, some of my cousins and then some of the greatgrandchildren. Brennan is in the back row with his hands on his face. The beginning of the tantrum. Kids had fun and Cooper did well the entire trip.
Maya is registered for school. 20 more days!

Closing on 6 weeks

Thought I'd post some new pictures of the kids. Last week we went to a fun bday party where the kids played on their big waterslide. It was pretty fun and you can bet that's all the talked about wanting that day. I love the picture of us driving home and both of them asleep on Cooper's carseat.
Cooper has been pretty good. I'm always playing with something to try to lessen the fuss. My newest thought is that he doesn't like his bottles and we may be over feeding him with bottle, so I am now trying the Dr. Brown's bottle and trying to breastfeed more than pumping all the time. Too early to tell, but day one was a lot less gassy. Last night he was asleep by 10pm and didn't wake up til 3:00 and then almost 8:00. Not too bad. I told him today he can do that every night.
Tomorrow we head on our first party of 5 roadtrip. We have a family reunion on my dad's side. Hopefully the weather is good. The kids always have fun playing with all the other kids.