Cooper's First Birthday

Mack helping Cooper ride the rocking horse he got for his birthday
Cooper walking outside where all the big kids were playing soccer.

Cooper and his Papa. They look so much alike and you would really notice it if daddy had his hat off.

Cooper's birthday cake. Ms. Tammy Lee is so wonderful! Not only did it look good but it tasted delicious!

I truly cannot believe that my little cooper is already 1 yr old. I picked out his birthday cake based on the one remaining thought that kept running through my mind.... "My how time flies." It seems that just yesterday we were on our first family vacation and learning that we would soon become a family of 4. Then the actual pregnancy flew by so fast that the thought barely had time to sink in before we were being introduced to our sweet little man. I will never ever forget the overwhelming feeling of joy that rushed my body as Dr. White held up this beautiful, magnificient creation that only God could have created so perfectly. I was so happy to actually be able to be awake and see Cooper enter his new world (I wasn't so priviledged with that opportunity when mack was born). All of these feelings rushed me again the week before Coop's birthday and holding back the tears of joy and saddness were sometimes hard and impossible to do. Joy, that we are so blessed to have him in our lives; and Saddness, that the time is moving so fast. I am so blessed to be his mommy!!!

IT'S MY PARTY! I NEED CAKE!!!

Cooper Wallis loves cake!!! He had blue cupcakes at the party that Aunt Lacy gave him and his very on cake at his birthday party at home. He ate every bite that he could. He was in SUGAR Heaven! My sweet little boy is now 1!

Coop's Birthday Party at Leelee's

Cooper had a little party at Leelee's (his babysitter) house for his
Birthday. They all were so cute in their party hats.
Coop however did not want to wear his!

Christmas Eve Fun

This year we started a new Christmas Eve tradition, making a home-made pizza. We had tons of fun. As you can tell, Mack ate his fair share of pepperonis. It was such a memorable time. After we got our pizza in the oven we all had a dance-a-thon around the kitchen. Mack has learned to shake his booty and likes to get everyone else to do it to! It was a wonderful time!

For Christmas from Brian and I, the boys both got chairs to relax in. Coop got a little nod chair and Mack got an Ole Miss bean bag. They had tons of fun the rest of the night climbing on and sitting in their chairs. The picture in the middle of the collage above is one of my absolute favorites! I cannot believe I got a shot of all my boys like this, all looking at the camera and smiling. I should win the noble peace prize for that! HAHA!!

Breakfast with Santa

Mack & Cooper went to a Breakfast with Santa party the first of December. They got to sit in Santa's lap and tell him what they wanted for Christmas. Mack, of course, did all the talking. They decorated christmas cookies and ate lots of good snacks. Mack did the cookie decorating and Cooper did the cookie eating! They were too cute!

Fun Times in New Orleans

The beautiful New Orleans Scenery

Tom Brady (Whoa Mama!)

This was the ESPN sign I made but we never got on T.V. cause the Saints kicked our tail!

On Our way to see the Pats play! Too bad they got there butt handed to them on a platter!

Brian and I made a quick weekend trip to New Orleans just after Thanksgiving. We went to see the New England Patriots play the New Orleans Saints on Monday night Football. This was Brian's father's day and anniversary present. It was an amazing weekend. We had so much fun! We ate lots of fabulous food and suffered from tremendous bouts of indigestion, but we persevered! Our seats in the stadium were phenomenal. We were on the 26th row up from the field in the corner of the end zone. As you can see, from the picture above, we were able to see our favorite players REALLY well! It was so great getting to spend this quality time with my husband, which is not something we get to do very often since there are 2 little munchkins constantly needing our attention.