Category Archives: Cooper AKA Chunky Monkey

Big Boy Bed Update

Monday night it took about 2 1/2 hours for Cooper to finally settle down and go to sleep.  He ended up shutting his door by himself, climbing into bed by himself, and FINALLY fell asleep.  This meant that instead of … Continue reading

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Cooper’s Big Boy Bed

  Carter’s Nursery This is a picture of Carter’s room (from when we lived in our condo), taken about a month before he was born.  We had purchased the crib when I was only about 3 months pregnant.  The whole … Continue reading

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Spring Has Sprung

Today was such a beautiful day, low 60’s in the afternoon, which felt like the 70’s after a LONG Wisconsin winter!  We were outside without jackets, and I actually has SANDALS on (this is a huge deal to me, since … Continue reading

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Nummy Beans

The truly wonderful thing about having little kids (I’d say under three) is that you can go shopping for presents from Santa, or pick up items for an Easter baskets and your kids won’t remember.  They may want to hold … Continue reading

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Cooper’s Birthday Party

I LOVE LOVE LOVE throwing birthday parties for my boys.  Tim….not so much.  Carter has been a bit spoiled in the birthday party department.  We had his 1st birthday party at my parents’ house, and my dad surprised us with … Continue reading

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