Happy Valentine's Day

I love my kiddos so much. They really are the greatest! The boys have put up with so much the last couple of months :) They have been real troopers. They are always helping me out. (Well okay they aren't always so willing, but we take what we can get.) We are all so happy to have our family all here together! And then there is Jeff. I wouldn't be able to function without him. I wish I had a pic of the two of us, but we are sleep deprived and not worthy of pics at the moment :) Now here are some faces that can always put a smile on my face!

I took the picture of Ashton at the hospital when Dallen was born, and the picture of Dallen is at the hospital when Brielle was born. Two handsome proud big brothers :)

I love how you can see the love on their faces. They are too precious. They love their little sister and I think she is always going to have them on her side.

I couldn't resist another picture of Brielle :) I realized she had something on her head in all of the other pictures so I had to show you her crazy hair.

Who can Resist a New Baby!

Here we are going back to the hospital on Monday to get a quick checkup. The silly girl likes to sleep all the time and she lost some weight so we had to fatten her up a little :). The next day we went back and she was fine.

This is our little "Sleeping Beauty". We went to vernal to pick up a few things and she didn't even know she left the house. She was asleep the whole time. Don't worry she ate she just didn't wake up.

And here is the typical Mommy photo shoot that all babies have to endure. All of these pics were picked from at least 10 each of these days. We have been having so much fun with Brielle. The boys just love her. They don't know why she just sleeps all the time, but they are going to love it when she starts to respond to them.

1~29~10....The Story of Brielle

We arrived at the hospital around 7:30AM on Friday January 29, 2010. I realized I didn't have any pictures of my pregnant belly so we took a quick shot.
Our last hug as parents of 2. We were both very excited and only a little nervous. The docter came and broke my water around 8:30 or 9:00 I'm not sure. The contractions started to be fairly regular right away. By the time they started the pitocin I was already in labor. About 10:15 the contractions started to get pretty bad and I was ready for an epidural. The anesthesiologist was in surgery so they told me I would have to wait until he was done. I was starting to get nervous because everything was happening so fast. Direct quote from me, "I think the contractions are too close together." The nurse kinda just laughed that one off. Luckily a half an hour later a different anesthesiologist came in. He was on his way home when he heard about me so he came back to save the day :). The epidural was in and done around 11:00AM. Around 11:20 I started pushing. It was literally 3 contractions and there she was. The best delivery ever. She was born at 11:29AM.

After 4 hours at the hospital there she was with her proud Daddy.

And her happy, tired, relieved, proud Mommy.
She weighed 7lbs 11oz and was 20 inches long. We named her Brielle Coleen Cooper. Her middle name is very special because she is named after both of her awesome Grandma's. Ni"cole" and Kath"leen". In case you are wondering about how to pronounce it "Bree-Elle" and "Coe-Leen".

When Ashton first saw her he said, "She's so Beautiful". He absolutely loves her. He is going to be a great big brother.

Dallen was so excited to hold her. He loves his baby sister so much. He gets so concerned whenever she cries. He is also going to be a great big brother.

This is how the boys entertained themselves later on that night at the hospital. Don't worry we didn't make them stay there all day. This was their second time back. Oh and no one was hurt :).


P.S. I just wanted to give a shout out to my nurses and docter. They were all so great and took such good care of us. Thank You!

Things I'm Excited About :)

~These adorable baby beenies that I recently learned how to make.

(Thanks Merralee)


~These beautiful blankies.
(Afghan made by me, Purple Patch Quilt with silky lining
made by my mommy.)

~Little "pink" clothes and tiny tiny socks.

~Two super excited big brothers.

~And last but not least.....

I am super excited that my little family of 4 is soon to be a

Family of 5.

My (Super) Heroes

I am so lucky to have a house full of super heroes. They run around like this at least once a day.

Daddy was showing them how Super Heros are supposed to pose.

Did I forget Christmas?

Wow, I totally forgot to post Christmas pictures. Must be the pregnant brain :). We spent Christmas Eve over at Grandma Nicole and Grandpa Scott's. We had an awesome Chinese dinner. Santa came to our house that night and everyone came over to watch the boys on Christmas morning. After that we went back to Grandma and Grandpa's for breakfast. The sick little man cut some of our plans out, but all in all it was a great Christmas. Dallen got really sick on Christmas Eve so he was dragging a little bit, but he was just as excited as Ashton was he just couldn't show it.

Ashton's list to Santa changed just days before Christmas, but luckily Santa got the revisions and was able to bring him one of the new items. They love their Light Sabers.

And please excuse my bad photography, but it was really bad lighting and they were so bouncy :).

Here is the second Christmas. Grandpa Jimmy and Grandma Kathleen weren't able to come out, but Aunt Mandy brought their gifts, so this is for you guys.

The boys loved their gifts. They have slept with their new blankets every night.

I do love Primary

I have been in Primary and the nursery for the last 4 years off and on, but mostly on :). It really is a lot of fun and I love all the kids that I get to work with. The class I had this last year was special because it was the second time I had been their teacher, I was also their nursery leader. I told them not to be suprised if I ended up being their teacher again in the future. Anyway I just got released and it is the perfect time for a break.

I wanted to share the Christmas present I gave to my primary class for a couple reasons:

1-I wanted to show that even a challenged crafter like myself can make something super cute and functional. Basically if I can do it you can too :)
2- So I could tell my awesome helpers thank you. I couldn't have done it without my mom, she helped me with the pattern and I don't have a sewing machine so that would have been hard, and Sel helped with the pins for a while. It would have taken me days without help.
3-I get a ton of ideas by looking at blogs and these "Crayon Cozies" make a great gift for the little ones, and it makes it easy to carry crayons anywhere you might need them. So if anyone is looking for a gift idea here you go :)

Merry Christmas Everyone!!

Oh Christmas Tree

The first weekend of December we headed up on the mountain to find our perfect tree. And its a good thing we went when we did. It started to snow a little while we were up there, but by the next day about a foot of snow had come down at our house, so I can only imagine what it was like on the mountain. Jeff and I hardly ever get pictures together so Adrianna was there and she took our picture in front of the lucky tree that got to come home to our house. (and yes that is my belly sticking out because I cannot zip up my coat)

Ashton thinks he is so big. He is always wanting to help do everything. He helps me bring in firewood, and we got a little kid snow shovel this year. He would stay outside forever shoveling snow if I would let him. So of course he had to help daddy pull the tree up to the car.

And here are my two little men. They love being outdoors and doing things like this. I hope that we can keep up this tradition for many years to come.

Santa Clause is Coming to Town

Yesterday the boys were finally able to have a real holiday tradition come true this year. We didn't get to go trick-or-treating. We had Thanksgiving all by ourselves. And...we won't be able to go to see the lights at Temple Square in SLC this year. Thankfully last night we had our ward Christmas Party and Santa was there.


You can tell that they both were a little stand offish, but there was no crying or screaming. Dallen had a wonderful conversation with Santa and even smiled for me.

I think Ashton told Santa everything he wanted and even added some that mommy had never heard before. On the ride home we explained that Santa doesn't bring you everything on your list :)

They picked people to act out the 12 days of Christmas. It was really cute and the kids really enjoyed it. Dallen was part of the Ladies Dancing, Ashton was a Pyper Piping, I was a Lord A Leaping, and Daddy didn't get his picture but he was a bird of some kind. He didn't get his picture because he was in the front, which is unfortunate because he had a beak on his head.

The Primary performed "Picture a Christmas". It was so cute. You would have thought that Ashton had a solo the way he positioned himself right up front and center. He was so cute, he wouldn't hold still and he only sang part of the time. I was so busy watching Ashton and taking pictures that I didn't even notice Dallen run on stage. He went in front of all the kids so he could stand by his brother. He even tried to sing along with everybody. Needless to say they were a hit.



The priesthood did "Silent Night". It was so pretty. And of course I had a hard time holding on to Dallen. He felt like he needed to join the men. The Relief Society and Young Women did numbers too, but I told him those ones were for "grils".

We had a lot of fun.