OH No.. Not Vaseline!!!

Check out that mischeavous smirk! 

So these pictures say it all... 

As i was nursing Nixon yesterday, Elias walked off to my room I asked him what he was doing and he said "Jumping on bed"' so i thought nothing of it. But then as i was finishing up with Nixon, I realized it had been really quiet for far too long, and so i went to my room and this is what i found:  Elias covered in Vaseline.  Just check out how much is in his HAIR!!

Just check out the glob in that hair!!! 

My first reaction was OH MY GOSH!!! But then i just had to stop and grab my camera.. the amount of Vaseline in his hair was just too much.. and despite the mess it was also too funny. 

As soon as i took a few pics, we went to get cleaned off in the bathroom and as i started washing my hands with soap i realized it was not coming off.. so i "googled" vaseline hair removal and found out i needed to use Paper towels and Cornstarch to get most of it out before i shampooed his hair.

So for the most part it did get most of it out, but as you can see from the last picture.. it was still standing straight up after (like i had put gel in it), Nope, there is still quite a bit of residue left over so i think it will be a good week before its back to normal.

Man life with 2 boys is already quite a difference than life with 1. 

More crying, more messes, more noise, less sleep, and less time. 

But also More love and More rewarding than anything i could ever ask for.

It's a BOY!!

Introducing: Nixon Wallace Cooper

Weighing 8lbs 12 onces and measuring 12.5 inches long.

Well i've been meaning to get a post up sooner, Nixon was 2 weeks on Wednesday already. Its so crazy how time just flies.. especially with 2 kids now. 

Even though its been 2 weeks since he was born, i wanted to document the experience for me. So to start off.. things went ALOT better this time with the labor and delivery. I mean it still was beyond painful pushing little Nixon out, but it was only 20min this time. Plus the whole labor was about 8hrs instead of like 28hrs with Elias, so it was like night and day. I was so happy in the end and my recovery was ALOT better as well.  Nixon weighed 8lbs 12 onces and was 21.5 inches long, almost exactly the same size as Elias.. (elias was 21 iches), kinda crazy! Nixon's head though was smaller too, so that helped out a bit. Overall a MUCH MUCH better experience and i couldnt be happier to have another boy in the house.  

Here are some pics from the hospital: 

our 1st picture together..

Daddy and Nixon 

All my boys! 

Ready to go home in his carseat...

So life with two boys, is fun, but defiently tiring. I was sooo LUCKY to have my Mom and my 9 yr old niece Saige here for a week to help out. Let me just say a huge THANKYOU to them, they were amazing, always playing with Elias and keeping the house spotless and letting me sleep in everyday was sooo nice. It was such a blessing to have them here.. I also want to say a HUGE thanks to all the AWESOME friends that have visited me, that have watched Elias for me, some countless times and those that have brought delicious meals and yummy treats.. i cant even say thanks enough, making dinner is the last thing i want to do when 4:00 rolls around. 

Saige and Nixon

My mom, Nixon and Elias and their horses Flash and Trigger that my mom got for them.

Elias LOVES Trigger! 

Nixon is keeping me up most of the night, he is such a little snack feeder.. and i mean really at the most he will eat 10min, so therefore i am getting up every 2.5hrs to feed him since he is hungry again. I never had this problem with Elias.. so it can be a little frustrating.. but overall he is a pretty content baby, during the day he can go  3 or 4 hours without eating.. its really just the nights that are hard, but then again i am a walking zombie during the day and have been having bad headaches because of lack of sleep, but its getting better already.

Despite all that.. I am soo HAPPY ..It really is amazing to me when i look at little Nixon, the love i feel for him is beyond joy and i feel so blessed and privledged to be his mom. I am so thankful to my heavenly father for giving me this sweet spirit to love and care for.  And i am so happy to be a mom of two beautiful boys. 

Nixon's 1st days home:

Love this one! 

Elias has been soo good, he will play by himself alot and he actually is warming up to Nixon. He doesnt like to hold him or anything but will give him kisses and pat his head gently. I tried to get a pic of the two of them last week.. but it didnt quite work out so well. I even attempted a newborn photoshoot of Nixon too, but have yet to even go through them let alone get any edited. So hopefully in the next coming weeks i will have some up. 

Almost there!!

just me and little buddy.. i really love this one of us together...

Well its getting so close, i can feeling it coming any day now. Just a few days left to go!!! Well really my ultrasound due date is on Friday, but my doctors due date is tuesday, but my Doc said she'll be shocked if i make it that long. So we will see, i had Elias on my ultrasound due date... but really i guess i wont be considered overdue until tuesday. 

I am so excited to find out the sex of this baby, more excited than i was with Elias. I am excited to finally hold this little person that has been inside me for so long.

It was so fun and yet scary to see Karen in the hospital today, exciting to see such a small (6lbs) sweet baby boy and Karen looked so good too, but scary to know i will be there any day now. It was refreshing to know that this time around she had a much better experience and that is what i am praying for too.

Bowling Night!

Last weekend we went out with the Jahns and took Elias and Greta for their first time bowling..after seeing Laura's post with Jost bowling i thought Elias would be in heaven. 

It was a really fun night, I was even the high scorer despite not even being able to bend over..  and its a good thing no one was bowling on the right lane beside us because we could not convince elias to wait his turn. He was in Heaven with all those balls and kept throwing the balls down the empty lane having the time of his life, he never stopped the whole night. We will definetly have to go bowling again! 

note: I am having major problems uploading my pics, the size is wrong and the color saturation is way off.. anyone else having problems???

Neon Bowling!!


watching the balls...

elias and greta, i love how excited elias is.
aren't they too cute, they look like their flirting!

Early Valentine's Day...

So i love getting flowers.. it doesnt happen that often.. mostly jeremy says he has to always take the bus so its hard to get me flowers.. but mostly i think its the last thing on his mind when he is at school all week and frankly we just cant afford them..and that's okay.

so i was so pleasently surprised when on Friday he came home with these. Aren't they pretty! 

My fave is yellow roses, but they didnt have any so this was a welcomed change. 

He said he got them early for a nice surprise and so i could enjoy them all week up to V-day (and there ALOT cheaper too).. it has been really great enjoying them so far.

So Thanks Babe.. That was so thoughtful, i love them and i LOVE getting flowers.. if i was Oprah or someone with mega money i would always have fresh flowers in my home, there is just something about them that really makes me so happy.. i am constantly smiling and smelling them.

I am also so excited for Friday night too. We are finally going on a date.. it is soooo needed i honestly cant remember the last time just me and Jer did something, he has been soo busy with school and also the baby is coming so quick that we really need this. 

So i am sure it will be a great night, we have a gift card to the Keg that i got last summer from a wedding that we really need to use. So a nice dinner and maybe a movie.. i can hardly wait! 

Cookie time!

Well as my husband can detest to i am not a big baker.. but i do try to make choc. banana muffins or cookies once in a while. So i have been meaning to try out Erin's chocolate chip oatmeal cookie recipe again, since the first time i failed, and last week we did and it worked out great- thanks erin! 

Elias was such a good helper pouring in everything and he had so much fun helping me but more fun eating the dough and smarties. We ended up with sooo many yummy cookies that i gave quite a bit away and now we are getting down to just one bag left from the freezer. 

MMM i love cookies! 

mmmm, yummy cookie cough! 

the finished product! 

Elias had more than his far share of cookies!!