My kids...

Since I use this blog as a kind of online journal I feel the need to update everyone on my kids and what they have been up too...
Cooper
What he loves:
1. His Daddy- all day long I hear " I want Daddy."
2. To play!!! This kid LOVES to wrestle, run, jump, roll and bounce off and on everything. He always wants to play tag around the house and wrestle with Joe as soon as he gets home.
3. His trains, and his big trucks. He goes through phases where one day he wants to play with Mac- his big truck all day and the next day he wants only to play with his trains.
4. Little Einsteins and Nemo- His favorite T.V show and his favorite movie. (Seriously, I think Joe and I have endured Nemo at LEAST 40 times)
5. Mac and Cheese. Every meal I ask Cooper what he wants to eat and it's always "Mac n Cheese!"
6. To scare people- he just recently discovered the fun you can have and the reaction he gets when he scares someone. He loves to hide and stick out his toes ( so we can find him) and then jump out and scare us. It's funny.
7. To be social. He is a social butterfly. He loves preschool and the gym day care where he can just hang out with the kids and play.
8. CANDY!!!! Yes- the son of a dentist and I have never seen anyone worship candy as much as this kid. The second he wakes up " I want candy mommy."
9. Stories- He loves when Joe and I tell him stories especially about bears and big trucks. We'll be telling him a sweet little story about a baby or something and he'll get all excited and chime in " ... and then a big bear came and ate him!" Or "... and then a big truck came!"
10. Fire trucks- He LOVES them! What little boy doesn't?
What he hates:
1. Being dirty. He hates stuff on his hands and if a bib even has a little spot on it he will make you get a new one!
2. Going to bed. Just recently he started this. But I think he just has too much fun during the day and doesn't want to miss a thing.
3. When Josie plays with "his toys" Of course all the toys are his- they are recycled from him! So this is a constant problem that we work on daily.
4. When we're all done playing. He just wants to play and play all day long. And we have to go somewhere or do something- he hates it.
Over all Cooper is a pretty typical two year old. He is quite moody and can go from laughing to temper tantrum in literally 2 seconds. When he is in a good mood though he is SO much fun!! He is REALLY funny and loves to make people laugh. He is very witty- like his dad and a busy body- like his mom. He loves to be out and about and exploring. We love him, although he is a major handful sometimes but well worth it. :)

Josie
What she loves:
1. Her bottle- she is a bottle baby and any cry can easily be soothed by a warm bottle.
2. Food! She LOVES to eat! This girl is such a great eater! She eats anything and everything (except peas)
3. Cooper- she LOVES her big brother. She has so much fun playing with him and laughing at him.
4. Her bed. She loves to sleep and take naps in her own bed- what baby doesn't?
5. Baths. She loves to play in the water and splash around.
6. Playing. She LOVES to just play by herself. She will go in the play room and I won't hear a peep out of her for over an hour. She is so easily entertained and just plays and explores everything.
7. To sing and dance. She loves " If your happy and you know it..." And she cracks up every time we clap her hands and squish her cheeks.
8. To stand up. She is standing up on her own now and pushes herself on her walker. She will be walking here soon...
9. Her pacifier. She has to have it to go to sleep.

What she hates:
1. To be dirty. She whines and cries if she has a dirty diaper until you change her.
2. Peas- that is the only food I have found she doesn't like.
3. When Cooper takes her toys away. She screams! This girl learned how to hold her own pretty early.
4. Shoes and socks. She kicks them off the second I put them on- she HATES them.
Josie is the most laid back, easy going and happiest baby ever. She is so easily amused and pretty much loves everything. She is very predictable and adapts well to everything. We LOVE her SO much!!