The ZOO!

Last monday, it was beautiful outside! So my friend, Brittany and I decided to go to the Zoo with our cute kids! Well everyone in Portland had the same idea! We parked probably a mile away... it was insane! But it didn't stop us! It was really fun! I hadn't been to the Portland Zoo in probably 7 years. So of course I pull out my camera to take a picture of Cohen. I turn it on, and in the corner of the screen was a red number 2. Which only means ONE thing: I DON'T HAVE MY MEMORY CARD, AND I ONLY HAVE 2 PICTURES TO TAKE!!! Oh my gosh, I just about died. So Brittany, being the great friend that she is, offered to let me use her memory card. She pulls out her camera opens it up, and sees a little empty hole, where the memory card SHOULD be!! She didn't have her memory card either!!! Seriously.......................... wow. So after deleting a few pictures, we had about 10 pictures between the two of us to take. Well, I can't get the pictures off my camera yet... so here's a picture that Britt sent me. I'll post more once I get them. I can't believe that happened.

Other than that, it was a really fun day! We saw all the animals, even the little baby elephant! Thanks Britt!

This monkey was awesome!! (to the left of me with the blue face) He just stood there in front of the glass! We think he was looking after all the female monkeys. Either way, he was awesome!

Happy Birthday Jeff!

In one hour, it will officially be Jeff's birthday! He is 27 years old! And I just wanted to take a second to express my love...


Jeff, I love you! I'm so proud to be your wife. you are the funniest person I know, and I just love that you love to have fun. You are THE BEST DAD! Oh my gosh you can just tell how much Cohen loves you. I can not wait to watch the two of you playing or even watching sports together... :) You are such a hard worker, and such a GOOD person. You would do anything for your friends and family. I have had a great time these last couple of years getting to know you. And I can't wait to learn more! I love our inside jokes, and I love that you will watch Desperate Housewives with me! I love that you're a better cleaner than me! You are so sweet and down to earth.

YOU ARE JUST THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!

I hope you have a wonderful birthday. You deserve every bit of it! I love you with all my heart and so does Cohen (he told me today)!

Love, me

Here comes the sun!

Today was UNBELIEVABLY BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!! I had to work this morning... but as soon as I got home we packed up a lunch and headed for the park! Oh it was just soooo fun! Cohen had a blast rolling around on the blanket, pulling grass and sticking it in his mouth! We then put Cohen on his FIRST swing!! He loved it! It was sooo cute! So we took as many pictures as we could before the batteries died. :(

My Sweet boys in the sunshine.

Cohen enjoying the swing!

We had such a wonderful day today as our little family. I love spring time. The trees and the flowers are blooming, and they are just beautiful! Oregon is just such a pretty place. I will TRULY miss it terribly!

After Cohen's nap, and dinner time, we felt like we really needed to take advantage of this weather, so we took a walk. I do have to admit, that we had the shades closed most of the day. I hated it, cause I just wanted the sun to shine in.. but it was so hot in here!! blah! We actually had to get the fan out!

I'm just really happy that we got to spend this day together in this wonderful weather. We lucked out that it was nice on a day that jeff wasn't working!

YAAY FOR SPRING!!!!!!!

my little dancin' machine

Cohen had a doctor's appointment today. And the poor little guy had to get those stupid shots. He weighs 18.5 pounds and he is 27 inches long. He is in the 25th percentile for weight, and height. They actually had to measure him two different times, cause a different nurse came in and said that the first measurment was smaller than the measurment they took two months ago!! Anyhooooo.... His doctor said that everything looks good! So I'm happy!

Here is a video I took last night. While i was feeding him, I turned on some music and this is what happened! Oh I just love him!!

My baby is 8 months old!!!

My sweet baby boy is 8 months old today! These last couple of months have FLOWN by!!! And just within the last two weeks he has changed soooo much!! He is totally rolling allllll over the place. He isn't quite crawling... he just goes backwards! He gets up on his knees and rocks back and forth, which is so stinkin cute! While we've been here in Utah, I've been trying a lot more food with him. He seems to be getting the hang of it. Oh he is just my pride and joy. I LOVE that everyone has been able to spend so much time with him here. But I do miss him after a while! :) He has the cutest little personality... and he is just such a good baby! I don't ever have to worry about taking him anywhere. In fact... mothers don't gasp.... I took him to the movie! All of us adults took all the little kids to see Monsters VS. Aliens. He was sooooo good through the whole thing! I swore i wouldn't ever take him to a movie, but I really wanted to go with everyone, and I didn't want my mother-in-law to have to stay home with him. The movie is actually really good! There are sooo many good actors in it!

Okay.... well here are some pictures from today. We just got this tie for him. TOOO Cute!!! My in-laws have a easter egg hunt every year, and they decided to do it early since we were here. We made out good!!! They put money in the eggs, and prizes. I got $58. and Jeff got $75!!!! So there's a picture of me with my money... and Bob ready to hand out the $$!! So fun!!

We celebrated Jeff's birthday today. His birthday is April 10th. But they wanted to have a party for him while we were here. Thanks to everyone that came! It was a lot of fun!

Okay, last night when we went to bed, we checked on Cohen, and this is what I found!!! Oh my gosh... I couldn't believe it! I've never seen him sleep like that before. Look how his little tush is up!!! OHHHHH priceless!!!

That is a 7 layer ice cream cake that Gail and I made for Jeff's birthday! It turned out really good! I was really happy with it!