~Lu Lu

Macy is getting really chubby. Check out the legs and the cheeks! She loves to sit in her bumbo chair and watch the boys play. She is a great baby and we love her so much!

~JUST A CUTE PICTURE!

~These are rare moments with two boys, but they do actually happen!!!! They are starting to play really well together, they do still have there wrestling matches on the floor quite often though.

~Jayce Cooper Turns 2!

At the end of March Jayce turned two! We had a small party at our house with my Grandma Barb, Grandma Julie, Aunt Em, Aunt Katie, Uncle James, Mason, and the Beckers. It was a great time and Jayce got some great gifts. I still can't believe he is two. He is such a sweet little boy and we love him very much.

~Macy Lu ( 8 Weeks) and Jayce Cooper's( 2 year) Check-ups!

Gosh I am slacking considering this was about a month ago. Jayce Cooper, if you can believe it, is on the small side. Who knew? He was 27 lbs and 32 inches in the 40th percentile for both. Macy is also on the small side at 10 lbs 5 oz and 22 inches long. She was in the 50th percentile for both. They both are on track for growth and development and checked out great! They both had shots, thank god Jason was able to come to the appointment with me because they were both screaming after the nurse gave them the shots.

Macy went to Vegas!!

I have been slacking on the blog partially because I need a new camera, my camera takes really bad pictures and I have not been taking many. Anyways, Macy and I went to Las Vegas to visit my dad. We stayed at Green Valley Ranch, which is in Henderson. What a beautiful resort! We had 4 fun filled days of relaxing, gambling and shopping. I also got to see my Aunt Karen which was really nice. She watched Macy one night so my dad and I could go see "Love." It is a performance with acrobats and dancers all to music by the Beatles. Afterwards we went to dinner at a great steak resturant. It was so nice to see my dad and for him to meet Macy Lu. She loved it there with the warm weather and all the lights can't wait to go back again.

~Happy Girl

Macy is changing so much, just this week she has really started to smile. She mostly smiles at Mac and Jayce, however, she has smiled at Carly and Aunt Alice too, and me of course! The fan seems to get a smile out of her once in awhile too. I got Mac to get her to smile so I could get a picture of her with my phone.

~Our Sweetheart!

Macy is such a wonderful addition to our family. The boys can't seem to get enough of her and kiss her and lay by her all the time. Jayce is even very gentle and only seems to get jealous when Jason is holding her. He told him "no, no daddy, baby to momma!" Macy is growing like a weed, at her two week check up she weighed 8 lbs 1 oz and grew an inch to be 20inches. They were very pleased with her weight gain because when she left the hospital she was 7lbs 2ozs so she gained all her weight back. She is sleeping much better at night, she made it from 10-5 last night and I had to wake her up to feed her before I took Mac to school today. We could not be happier because when she first came home it seemed like she was up every hour, which is hard when there are two other kids up at 7am, ready to play. I hope she keeps sleeping well, who knows with an infant though she might be up alot tonight. I guess we will have to see!!!

~Princess in her throne!

Thanks Diane for the wonderful girly swing. Macy loves it and spends lots of time relaxing in her swing. She even sleeps in it a night sometimes(Shhhh)! Gotta love pink!

Macy Lu~ January 29, 2009

Sorry this post is a little late! We welcomed our little girl Macy Lu on January 29, 2009 at 5:50pm. She was much smaller than the boys were when they were born. She was 7lbs and 11 ozs and 19 inches long. She has Jayce's coloring and reminds me a lot of Mac when he was a baby. She is a great baby her personality also reminds me alot of Mac. Our c~section was scheduled for 3:30, however, there was an emergency during the c~section before ours and we were bumped until later in the evening. Fortunetly, ours went very smoothly and all went well. We feel our family is complete and could not feel more blessed to have three very healthy and happy kids.

~New Years 2009 & Great Wolf Lodge

~Jason and Mac going down the big slide!

~Sarah and Mac going down the big slide!

~Mac and Ruby fading very quickly!
~Mac and Ruby (and new friend) dancing the night away!

~Mac busting his moves out!

~Jayce running from the camera!

Wow, what a riot! Our family and the Becker's went to the Great Wolf Lodge to ring in New Years 2009. We had so much fun and so did the kids. They had a dance party for the kids with a DJ and a dance floor that the kids danced the night away on. None of them made it to midnight but they still had a great time with each other. The water park was a big hit too. Mac is a dare devil and did every slide in the park. He is quite a fish from taking his swimming lessons for the last couple months. Jayce liked the slides in the kids area too! We will have to do it again next year, for sure. Hope everyone has a wonderful 2009!!!!

~Christmas 2009

~Jayce pretending he is still the baby!!!

We had an awesome Christmas this year. Mac and Jayce were both very good little boys and Santa was very good to them. Christmas Eve we went church and then over to Jason's aunt Susie's house to celebrate Christmas with his Jason's dad's side of the family. Christmas day we spent at our house and Grandma Julie, Aunt Emmie, Aunt Katie, Uncle James and Mason came over for Christmas breakfast. We had a nice relaxing day and then ended the day over at Jason's Grandma's house were all the Hart family ends up. We stayed really late and had a really good time.

~Detroit Lions Game

Jason, Mac, Sam and David (Jason's Cousin's) took a trip to Detroit to watch the Detroit Lions get slaughtered. (Thanks Dave and Steph for the wonderful tickets.) They left on Saturday and got a hotel and had a fun night of swimming, pizza and hanging out. Sunday they went to the game and watched the Lions get smoked. Oh well, they said they had a riot together and that is all that matters. I went with Jason's aunts and grandma to 28th street and had dinner at Red Lobster. After dinner we all got some last minute Christmas shopping done and stayed the night at a hotel. We had a great time also. Jayce stayed with Grandpa VandenHout! Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and a safe New Years!

~Mac's Christmas concert

Mac performed very well at his preschool Christmas concert! He sang all the songs and did a such a good job, we were very proud of him. Grandma Julie and Aunt Katie made the trip to see his performance and he was so excited to show them his school and all his friends.

~new bunk beds

With Macy Lu almost here we decided to get Mac and Jayce bunk beds! They will be sharing a room and are really excited about their new beds. Mac loves the top bunk, however, we have not moved Jayce out of his crib. He loves his crib, so we are borrowing a crib from Jason's aunt until Jayce is ready for a big boy bed. I am sure it will not be long, he wants to do everything just like Mac!

~Thanksgiving 2008

~Jayce Cooper with his two favorites!

~Jayce and Aunt Sydney watching Home Alone!

~Mac pretending he is Spider Man!!!

We had a very busy Thanksgiving. We started out the morning at Jason's Mom's house and then we headed to Jason's Grandma and Grandpa Harts to say "hi!" We had our Thanksgiving dinner at Jason's Dad's house. Jason's Grandma Spring was home from Florida so we got to spend some time with her over Thanksgiving too. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving weekend.

~Jason's 30th Birthday

~Mr. Drysdale(Jason's Uncle Greg) and Ms. Jane Hathaway(Jason's Aunt Jean)
I think that might be Boy George in the background???

~whata hottie!!!

~Jason's mom and Aunt Alice

Jason turned 30 on Thanksgiving day. We had a party for him on Friday to celebrate the big day. Everyone dressed in their finest 80's gear. We had a great time with family and friends.

~5 Year Anniversary/Chicago

So I was really bad at taking pictures of our weekend (see Sarah's blog) but we had a wonderful trip to Chicago this past weekend to celebrate Jason and my 5 year anniversary. What a blast we had! Tom and Sarah Becker joined us for wonderful dinners, lots of shopping and pampering, football and late nights! It was also the lighting of the Magnificent Mile, so that was cool too! I can't believe we have been married for 5 years. I feel like we were just dancing at my Sophmore prom ( I think I knew then that I was going to marry him.) What a great husband and father, I couldn't be more lucky! I love you Jason.

~trick-or-treating 2008

We had a great Halloween with the Hedstrom Family, Lundberg Family, Aunt Carly, Aunt Katie, Uncle James and Mason. Carly, Annie and I took the kids trick-or-treating and Jason, Shane, Katie and Mason handed out candy. We made it all the way to Mr. and Mrs. Eaton's house where Samantha was handing out candy with her family. Mrs. Eaton sure knows how to put on a halloween dinner. YUM!!! Jayce had a great time this year, he tried really hard to keep up with Mac!

~some kids in the neighborhood were setting off fireworks. Mac is not a fan. At this point he was tired, and wanted to be done. Aunt Carly took him home to count his candy. I do have some more pictures of Mac before trick-or-treating with his mask on. He was darth vadar.

~Trip to Klackles

~RIDING ON THE PUMPKIN TRAIN!

Last week we went to Klackles Orchard in Greenville to get the boys pumpkins. They had a wonderful time and we also had wonderful weather. We carved them last night and we are now ready for HALLOWEEN, Mac can't wait. He has such a sweet tooth, this is one of his favorite holidays.