The Kiddos

Man I love my boys!  It has come to my attention that I have not posted a picture of either one in quite sometime...I am going to chalk it up to totally laziness on my part.  Anyway, these days Quincy is rocking and rolling on the soccer field.  I love going to his games and cheering...and when I say cheering I mean screaming and embarrassing the heck out of him!  I really have no idea what comes over me!  I just get so excited and I really can't help myself.  Quincy has started the 4th grade...yep you read that right...THE 4th GRADE!!  He is a totally smarty and I am going to take all credit for that...LOL!  He is really a pretty amazing kiddo.  He is successful in all things he works at and is just a very genuine person.  I may be a tad biased but I think he is just the most handsome dude around!!  Cooper is Cooper!  He is just so dang entertaining.  I mean if I had to count the times he makes us laugh in a day I would be making tally marks all waking hours.  He is a ham and knows it.  His new phrase is "wookie me!" Translation: Look at me.  His personality is as crazy as his hair and I don't know how I could ever part with either.  I know there in going to come a time in the near future when Jason will just put his foot down and say, "haircut now".  But until then I tiptoe around spraying product and taming his crazy locks!  We are coming up fast on Halloween and Quincy has decided to be  a Roman Solider while Cooper is somewhere in between a spider and a ghost.  I hope you enjoy the pics...hold onto your hats because it has been a while and these boys are growing up! 

Puget Sound 

First Day of 4th Grade

Playing goalie (not his favorite)

Playing in the puddle at the park with Sydney

Third bowl right there!

Oh Cooper!

In Sickness and In Health

Oh how this vow has been tested in our house hold this year!  First it was Jason with his knee injury and surgery and then there is me.  Here is a quick rundown of events...Early June I had an emergency appendectomy and then two weeks later another surgery to clean out a raging staph infection in my lower abdomen from said first surgery.  The second surgery just happened to be on Jason and mines 9th wedding anniversary...hence the title of this post!  First I just want to say I am so thankful for my health right now.  I am thankful I am able to pick up Cooper and I am able to take Quincy to school and make his lunch.  I am thankful I am independent once again because for a while there Jason was my everything!  He was mom, dad, chef, maid, entertainer, taxi driver, nurse, comforter and my strength throughout my whole ordeal!  He wiped my tears and reminded me that this to shall pass when my thoughts turned dark.  He took care of our boys and never once did I hear him complain.  He is there for me in sickness and in health and I am blessed to have him in my life.

Jason and I have so much fun together.  Most who meet him will say he is quiet but all who meet him will tell me how great a guy he is...yeah I know already;)  No, I actually love when people compliment him.  He is a genuine person who is very caring and selfless.  These last 9 years have flown by...I know I know very cliche but it is true!  Never did I think I would love the man I married more 9 years later than I did the day I said, "I do".

Well I think this post was originally going to be about poor me and my crazy summer in and out of the hospital but it sort of turned into a Jason post.  Thank you honey for loving me not only without my make-up on but also in sickness and in health!  Cheers to the future!

A Big 2 for our "Little man"

Little Cooper is 2...even though this milestone happened about a month and a half ago I can hardly believe it to be true! In two years he has taken our family by storm.  Where there were once quite nights at the dinner table are now replaced by screaming, throwing, laughing and food flinging.  His vocabulary is coming along but his favorite word is no...sounding more like "NOOOOOOoooOOO!"  He is hysterical, huggable, lovable and a headache all at once.  Cooper and Quincy have their fair share of brotherly spats but they also have these moments of greatness that melt my heart and make everything worth it. In the months before he was born Jason and I experienced worry and doubt...did we wait to long to have a second baby...will this baby be as easy as Quincy was...will our love stretch around both of our children equally...the moment he was born all of our fears vanished.  Cooper was in our arms exactly where he belonged.  Is he as easy as Quincy?  NOOOOOOOoooOOO!! BUT he is perfectly himself which in our eyes is perfect.  Two years into this amazing relationship my heart still swells thinking about how blessed we are to have this beautiful family.  Happy Birthday to my little man, Cooper...the reason this party of four is a party!  Get ready for picture OVERLOAD!! I just couldn't stop...

Planting flowers on at His Earth Day Birthday Party

Everybody needs an Elmo Pinata!

Cousin Aidan showing him how it is done!

Quincy REALLY showing him how it is done

If I could bottle that face...

This is what he does when we ask how old he is!

Curls...sigh

Phone picture dump!

Who doesn't need a special pair of Virginia vacation shoes!?! 

Hunting for Easter eggs!

Family movie night at Quincy's school

It has been SUPER nice here so a pool was a must on Monday!

Couldn't wait to get in!

High TIME!!!

Hey all!  Well it is me...the blogger dropout!  I guess since I am posting a new blog that means I'm in fact NOT a dropout and no longer considered a cyber loser;)  Anyhow, A LOT has gone on since the last time I posted.  We had Christmas, New Years, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter and a very special little man's birthday (That one deserves a post of its own)!  Here are a few pictures from my blog free days.  My boys continue to grow and make me laugh daily!  We are having a great time here as a party of 4!  With this post I promise another very soon on its heels.  My little ones faces are just begging for some screen time!

Cooper wants to be just like his brother!

Cooper discovering the joy of "washing dishes" and yes that is an ace bandage...we had just come home from one of daddy's many doctor appontments

Christmas!!!

Jelly beans from the Advent calendar 

The Ugly, the Bad and the Good

The Ugly:

Thursday December 9th at an away game for the Idaho Stampede Jason hurt himself during the third quarter. I, the good wife, was watching online and saw it happen...groan. I have been watching Jason play basketball for 10 years and have never seen him not get up. Sure he has taken some ugly spills but he usually pops back up and is good to go. Well this night he was down. The trainer ran over and they were talking and looking at his leg and I just kept thinking, "oh God don't let it be his knee". After a few minutes he was helped to the sideline by a teammate and his trainer, another first, and didn't return to the game. Fast forward what felt like forever and I finally got him on the phone. He had already been looked at by a doctor and he was feeling pretty optimistic. He had no pain in his leg and he suspected just a sprained knee but said he would probably play in the next game.

The next day he went to the doctors in the morning and had an xray to make sure there was no bone chipping. The xray looked good but he was feeling pretty stiff and an MRI was scheduled for the next Monday back in Boise.

The Bad:

The MRI was very early in the morning and I was not able to go since I needed to get Quincy off to school. By the time I got home Jason was done with the MRI and had already seen the doctor. Bad news, he had torn the ACL and both meniscus in his right knee and surgery was scheduled for the 28th of December. In a blink of an eye the season he had worked all summer for and had so looked forward to was over.

The Good:

Jason has one of the most positive attitudes of anyone I know! He has been a pillar of strength for me when I should have been his. He is mentally preparing for surgery, recovery and rehab. We have an amazing support group here in Boise. Even though this was not the outcome we wanted we continually see so many positives.

We would appreciate all your thoughts and prayers come the 28th and beyond! Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and God Bless!!

A tad delayed but 9 years no less!!!!!

November 20, 2011 Quincy turned 9 years old!!!

This year has been full of changes and our guy Quincy has handled them all with grace, just like his good ol' dad! When he turned 8 we were living in Holland and experiencing the European life. We moved back to Boise and spent a summer having a blast. Quincy started the school year here in Boise not quite sure if he would be staying for the year or not. Quincy is funny, SMART, resilient and adaptable. He offers smiles and hugs with impeccable timing and is always a voice of reason even at the tender age of 9! This was his first full year of being a big brother and it has been a roll he was born to take! He is equal parts patient and loving with a little bit of big brother bullying thrown in. He is an amazing example for Cooper and now little Cooper has pretty bigs shoes to fill following Quincy.

We celebrated this special guys birthday twice, first with a family party and then a bowling party the next day with some school friends. He LOVED all his gifts especially anything that had to do with Legos and Starwars with a bonus if you could combine the two;)

Here are some picks that we took to celebrate 9 years with our sweet Quincy!!!