It’s Been A BIG Week

It’s been a BIG week. Bear took his first step, Coop was bitten by a turkey, finally said please and I got beat up! It’s been eventful I tell ya.

(If you’ve noticed the lack of pictures it’s because I got a new camera and I’m technically challenged in figuring out how to use the new reader and get them from my camera to my computer. I have big plans to get that figured out by this weekend and will have like two months worth of pictures to post!)

Jim came home a little early last Friday (23rd) and the boys were excited in their greetings as usual. This time Bear just stood up on his own and took a step towards dad! It was one of those moments you know you will never forget. It’s rare to get one of the milestone when you are both looking- it was so cool. He gets himself in a lot of interesting predicaments as he gets up but can’t get down yet.

Saturday we met up with Cristina and Todd and their baby Davis for a day at the Life and Science Museum. It was an amazing museum. I can see bringing the boys there quite often so they can learn just about anything and everything. We made our own tornado, felt a cloud, saw way too many snakes, spiders and insects but the coolest was going into the jungle of butterflies. We took a train ride (still not sure why we thought that was a good idea in February) but Cooper got to say his favorite word, “Choooo chooooo.” There were a few temper tantrums as I had to pull Cooper away from other kids toys or when Jim took him out of the sandbox. There is this huge section of types of drums for the kids to play on. Cooper was jamming out. (Side note: whenever we sing to a song on the tv or even when I try and sing ABC’s or Itsy Bitsy Spider Cooper will honestly start screaming and throwing himself down. It’s quite disturbing he hates to hear us sing! Jim’s theory is he is so musically adept and in tune that when we sing he can hear how out of tune we are and he wants us to stop.)

So then we make our way to the petting zoo type area only it’s really not a petting zoo just an observation kind of thing. A random mom points to us and says um he just got bit by the turkey. We were so busy pointing out the cow to Davis and Sully we hadn’t noticed Cooper putting his hand in the turkey’s cage and getting bit! We look down and see Cooper holding his finger carefully but he won’t let us look at it instead he goes to put his hand back in the cage and the turkey tries to bite him again! No harm done but I checked and it said domestic turkey- domestic my ass!

So we get home to make lunch and as we are all in our tiny kitchen Cooper starts flinging open cabinets and flings the pantry door right into my forehead! I couldn’t believe how bad it hurt. Jim tried not to laugh but I could tell he was laughing. On Sunday we were all on the floor wrestling when Cooper just thunks me right on my left eye. I saw stars covered my face and tried to fight back tears. Jim is thinking I’m joking so he jumps on top of me and grabs hold of my eye (right where I was thunked) and starts trying to pry it open. All the while the boys are laughing at my pain. It’s now Wednesday and I still can’t touch the left side of my forehead or my eyebrow. I’m bloging this because I’m not getting ANY sympathy at home for my wounds I’m hoping someone out there will take pity on me.

Wondering what the big deal is about Cooper saying please? We’ve been trying to get him to say please and thank you. He says something that resembles thank you when you give him something but he just flat out refuses to say please. So over the weekend we took a stand. If he wanted some of our drinks he would just have to say please. It took many many attempts and he was at the table eating dinner when he started yelling at the top of his lungs, “Please, please, please, please, please!” while doing the hand signal. We still have no idea what he was saying please for but he’s back to not saying it again.

Other than that our only other excitement was a trip to NOVA two weeks ago and we are now going to a new gym. I got a call on the 9th that my little gym was closing after only being open for three months. I was so bummed because it was so nice to go there, they would come out and get the boys out of the car with me and help me pack them up and play with them the whole time I worked out. BUT it’s turned out to have a silver lining. We signed up at a brand new Gold’s Gym right around the corner with a Kiddie Korner. Can I just say it has been so awesome!! Bear literally beams when we go in there and jumps out of my arms and Cooper just runs in there and doesn’t even look back at me. I can work out for up to two hours and I know they are right around the corner. It’s definitely pricey but it gets me some time and they get to socialize and burn off energy.

GiGi and Chris are headed to our neck of the woods this weekend and we are preparing a birthday bash of epic proportions for GiGi. Cooper is demanding we go all out so I will be sure to take pictures.

Jim is home early tonight and not feeling well. We all seem to have stuffy noses and I’m hoping that’s the extent of it. I guess the downside to the Kiddie Korner is more germs. Well I hope February has been good to everyone!