Wedding, Family, Pictures and more.

Here is a picture of Cooper in his boots and hat. I had to try them on him the day we got them in last week and I couldn't help myself but to take a few pics. I love it!


Well we made it through one of our busiest weeks we've had this summer so far. It went great and pretty smoothly.
All week long I've been trying to finish painting the letters for Coopers 1st b-day pics. Yes I know its still two months away but we took pictures this weekend for his 1st birthday pics so that we can use them on his invitations. So we took them early. Anyways, I needed all the letters fixed and done so we could use them for the pictures. I did end up finishing them and they looked great :)
We had a rehearsal dinner Thursday night for my husband's good Friend Keith and his fiance Taletha. They got married on Friday and my hubs was in the wedding. It was a beautiful wedding. We are so happy for our friends.
Here are a few pictures of the rehearsal dinner and the wedding.
The bride and groom at the rehearsal dinner.
My husband and I and my hubs best friend and his wife.

Me and the dwarf door.
Julians grandparents (who raised him) and Cooper.

Julian and one of his bf's Jon



Cooper loved playing with his friend Leah.

Saturday we drove two hours to Norman to visit my family. The guys played golf and the girls went shopping and out to lunch. We had a great day but we were so tired from our busy week that we ended up putting on a movie during the kids nap time and resting.
Saturday night my entire family went over to my cousin Carolines new house for dinner. Caroline is the cousin that does photography and she is who has taken all of Cooper's professional pics. Caroline has two sisters, Courtney and Ashleigh. These three girls and I were so close growing up. They were the only girl cousins I had living close to me and we have always been really close. We had a great time Saturday night spending time together and letting our kids play.
My dad with his grandbabies.

My cousin Ashleigh and her son Jack and Coop are playing.
Caroline and Coop

Natalie, Owen, Jack, and Cooper.
Grandpa and Coop

Grandma and Coop


Hah, the kids attacked Julian for the snacks.
My cousins, sis in law, mom and I

Sunday morning REALLY early in the morning we met up with Caroline to take pictures for Cooper's first birthday invitations. I think they will be really good. We went for more bright colorful type shots this time. Cooper had his cowboy hat and cowboy boots on. It was adorable. We took a few family pictures while we were our there as well. Hopefully they will all turn out great.

We spent a little time at the pool to finish off our busy weekend.


We came home late Sunday night and we are still trying to catch up on our sleep.

I hope all of you had a good weekend as well :)

Now its time for me to play a little catch up.

Walking and teething with a little attitude sprinkled on top.

This week has been a wirl wind of crazy! Crazy in a good way I would say.
Cooper started walking late last week as most of you read on my last post. He is still practicing his new walking but at the same time he still enjoys to crawl. There is no forcing him to walk. We have tried to get him to do it multiple times for people when they come over and he refuses. Then randomly as he's playing he'll just walk across the room. I should have knows my little independent man would only do it when he wanted to. :)
Monday Coopers very first tooth popped through his gums. Bottom right! We are so happy for him because he seemed unfazed by the whole thing. Number two tooth might be a different story but this first one came in smoothly and without fever, diarrhea and not much crankiness at all.
As far as the attitude I mentioned in the title of this post. Well you might remember me talking about his very persistent, determined, independent nature. He is always wanting to do things and its not that he won't let us help him. He just won't do it unless he wants to do it. There is no changing his mind once he zero's in on something he wants or wants to do.
Trying to get him to walk for a family member or friend is so NOT happening. He refuses to do it. He only walks when he wants to. If we try to coerce him into walking he will scream and wiggle until he's on the floor crawling away. So we don't try to make him walk. We just let him do it on his own.
He is getting into everything and he smiles at us coyly when we tell him no. He understands what no means. No doubt about it. He seems to think its funny to see us come running over to redirect him and tell him "no".
I love my little Coopster you all know I do more than anything in this entire world. But boy does he have a temper and when he does smile at me when he's in trouble I don't know whether to laugh or fume! Usually I do a little of both. Trying to figure out a better way to help him to understand that he can't have what he wants, Or he can't do what he's doing.
I call him the "Coopy Monster" sometimes. It fits his little crazy personality. I love his independence and drive even though sometimes he is a little defiant and it makes mommy a little mad. But he also has a super sweet cuddly loving side as well. He smiles such a sweet little smile and he's always so happy. He's really good tempered most of the time, he loves going out in public and people watching.
I am very much like Cooper in the attitude department. I have a happy nice side but I can be very opinionated and strong willed. Its sort of a downfall I see in myself sometimes. I feel like any time I'm having a conversation about something I disagree about. I have to watch what and say and make sure I don't say things in a bitchy way and not even really realize it. (This does happen sometimes). I've really worked hard the past 5 years or so to make myself a better person and be less moody. Having cysts and hormonal problems have certainly not helped with this goal but I do believe I'm much better than I used to be.

“Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.”

John Jakes


Anyways. My point is, I get Cooper. He is a perfect mixture of my personality and my husbands. He dances and moves like his mama. He has a stubborn sense and attitude like his mama, He has a calm easy going laid back attitude sometimes like his daddy. He's never high strung or hyperactive. Just busy.
We love him and all his fun pieces of his personality. Its amazing to watch him grow and become who is.

No pictures today. Sorry! But I might post tonight or tomorrow night some. I took a ton the past few days but don't have my camera with me (I'm at work.. shhh).

We are going to a wedding tomorrow night. My husband is a groomsman for a very longtime good friend of his. Pictures to come.

Have a great day :)

10 months and walking

Today our sweet baby boy is 10 months old. It amazes me to think that in just two short months he will be a whole year old already. Before we know it we won't be celebrating his monthly birthday and he will graduate to years.

Happy 10 months baby boy :)

Now to list the things you are doing these days.. I mean what are you not doing? Your all over the place. Your so active and you learn new things every single day.
You started walking just two days ago. I mean truly walking. You went from taking a few shaky little steps from furniture to furniture to taking 6-8 steady steps across a room. We are amazed by your ability to learn so fast. We video taped you walking the first day you started to "truly walk" but it won't load up to blogger??? I've tried like 5 times now and it keeps giving me an error. Grrrrrr!
Here are a few pics of him moving. But they don't do your little cutie walk any justice.
In this first picture you had walked from me all the way across our friends kitchen and you just stopped and stood there completely steady.





You are saying Dada, Mama, Hey (in a really high pitch voice) and we think your trying to say dog. Every time you see a dog you say "goh goh, goh" instead of do----g.

You are learning to take a feeding of your formula from your sippy cup but that just isn't gonna fly with you. You are very pissy when it comes to not having your bottle to drink out of that feeding. Even though you do have baby food in front of you. You want your bottle, BAD!
Its a learning experience we know. I just hope by the time your 10 we don't have you drinking out of a bottle :) He-he, Just kidding sweetie ;)

You are wearing size 9-12 months in shirts, you are wearing size 6-9 in pants.
You wear a size 2 shoe and your starting to wear some size 3 shoes.
You love to push toys around the room. You like to squeeze behind things, you like small spaces. You love to climb, Including climbing through the side bars of the piano. Goof ball.

You enjoy our dogs so much, you light up when they come in the house. You are in love with your daddy, your papa and Nana, your grandma and grandpa. You also love Chris (my friend Shannon's husband). You smile from ear to ear anytime you see anyone though. You are such a friendly little man.
Your hair is getting so thick. Its still a strawberry blond/white blond/ super light brown mix.
You have bumps and bruises CONSTANTLY. (Your really freaking mommy out honey). You just have no fears and your so quick that you face plant constantly with no warning and almost always have a bruise on your little head. :(

You love Miss J and the other kids at her house and your doing a really good job playing with all of them.
You enjoy music and I'm pretty sure I saw your awesome dance moves this past month more and more. You stand and put one hand out and bounce your hand and bend your knees and bounce. HILARIOUS! I love the hand out. Too funny.

You want to look at everything and anything. You are so inquisitive.
You think that any food that is on mommy and daddy's plate is yours. Even though you don't have any teeth you still think its for you.
We do feed you some of our food though. You've tried quite a few things.
Your favorite thing to snack on right now are snow cones. You also love your yo baby yogurt and your graduate puffs. You love those puffs.

You are starting to learn to throw a little fit when you don't get what you want. But that's ok. We just redirect you, tell you calmly that "Cooper this is ridiculous. You can't play with that, its dangerous". Or something along those lines. Boy does that make you mad.

We love you more than the moon loves the stars and the sun loves the earth. You are our everything and we couldn't be more proud of you.

Happy 10 months munchkin.

Here are a few pics of you the past few days. And a few with you and mommy :)



This was a crazy scary looking storm that rolled in tonight. It totally freaked me out. The clouds truly looked like they were spinning. However we just had a really bad thunderstorm. No tornado's! Thank God!

Weekend on my own.

OK... Sort of a weekend on my own. My husband has a good friend who is getting married in 2 weeks. I'm really excited about the wedding. I think it will be really fun :)
This past weekend my husband and about 30 other guys they are friends with left on a big 4 day Dallas weekend. They wanted to get away and go somewhere outside of town but didn't want to fly or go anywhere too expensive (since most of us are young with families and want to save their money for family vaca's). So they chose Dallas because its close. They left Thursday and came back Sunday. Somehow my husband managed to spend an awful lot of money on golf, dinners, hotels, taxi's (I made him promise not to drink and drive :) And yes in they did go to a strip club. I knew they would, I just asked that my hubs be respectful to me. I trust him so it wasn't really an issue but I had to make sure he knows my feelings about what's OK and what's not OK. This isn't his first bachelor party so I've become very aware of what they do. It sounds a lot like the movie The Hangover to me. YIKES!

Cooper and I were on our own this weekend. PARTY! j/k.

Thursday night we just spent some time together at home...

We actually left for my parents Friday as soon as I got off work.
I took these Friday before we hit the road. My mom bought him this cutie pie little comfy tree hugger outfit. :)

I like my alone time sometimes but a full weekend on my own with the Coopster isn't really my cup of tea. Sure I can handle it just fine but I prefer people and talking and busy weekends. So we stayed with my parents and spent time with them and with my brothers and sis in law and niece. We had a great time. my niece sang "Glamorous" by Fergie to me this weekend. Hah! She is hilarious. Her favorite song right now is "Bullet Proof" But since she's only 2 she says " this time baby I beeeee Huulllettttt pooooofff" Its seriously so funny. She gets so into the songs and when she was singing Glamorous she was doing so good when she spelled it. GO NAT!!!! She would shake her little hips and throw her arms up in the air and get so into it. Cracked me up.

My dad with his grand babies. He just loves them to pieces.

We had a fun weekend. My sis in law and mom and I went to hobby lobby to start on all my 1st birthday projects for Cooper's big 1! I have so many ideas and I know I have 2 full months until his b-day, but we have a vacation, birthdays and all sorts of things going on between now and then so we got started this weekend.
We are doing a Cowboy theme. Its going to be SOOOO CUTE! I decided this after long deliberation about 1 month ago. With the help of my mom of course. Maybe because I really wanted a reason to buy Coop some adorable little cowboy boots? Either way the outfit is in progress, the hat, the jeans, the boots. The whole deal. I have a cake picked out. I bought letters (his name and the number 1) and my sis in law and I painted them this weekend. They look so cute. I am cutting out Boots and Cowboy hats to hang his pictures on over the cake table and the fireplace. I'm so excited about this. I have so many fun and artsy projects started for the party. I can't wait to pull it together.
Here are some pics of the painting and some of the decor we bought on sale at Hobby lobby, that way we don't have to make everything.
Nat helped us too :)





Cooper has been taking more and more steps lately on his own. He took 2-3 good steps by himself Sunday. Today he took 5 steps on his own and then 4 another time. He's getting really close to really walking. He's been playing with this walking toy he has so maybe its helping him to be more daring. Its so cute when he tries to walk though. He puts his hands out like lurch. He goes fast and grabs onto whatever he is headed for. Adorable.
We had a good weekend. It was way to fast, tiring and now its over! BOOO! But either way its always nice to see mom and dad. and the rest of the fam. But we sure did miss Julian. I'm glad we are back together at home now :)

Cooper's first 4th of July

It seems like the holidays are all flying by and before we know it Cooper will have celebrated each and every one of them at least once. Its bittersweet but we are making sure that he is enjoying each one to the fullest. Even though he won't remember them:)

Before I get into our weekend. I want to thank all of you that took the time to send me a nice and encouraging message on my last post. It meant so much to me. Even if you didn't have advice or anything to tell about the procedure, you still wished me well. Thanks girls.
And thanks to anyone who did or does have any info that might help me out on this one.

Ok onto our weekend.
Friday we took Cooper for his 9 month checkup. He is in the 90th percentile for his height. Dang son! He's in the 15th percentile for his weight :( (no worries though, doc says he's perfect and healthy as can be just a little on the super tall side). His head was 25th percentile. Doc said he's perfectly healthy and wonderful. Yay Coops!
We are going to start weening him off his bottles. The problem is, he only takes formula with cereal in it due to reflux. How are we supposed to teach him to drink formula from a sippy cup if it has cereal in it?

Friday night we went to dinner with some friends of ours and then out for ice cream. We had a great time.
I took a few pics of Cooper before we left because he looked so cute. I just wanted to share.

He got all nice and ready.

He put on his snazy outfit :) His new shoes that I call his Hampton shoes. Yes, MWAH! (That was supposed to sound like a ritzy guy from who drinks his champagne with his pinky in the air).

He played for a while before we left to get himself all pumped and ready to go out and mingle.....


Saturday, My mom and dad came in town and mom, dad, Coop and I went shopping. We had a great time and it was a nice time for my mom and dad to spend with Coop and I. That afternoon we spent time at my grandma's with some of my family that is in town. My cousin Alex is home from the army this weekend. It was so nice to see him. We grew up together and now he's so far away. We keep in touch but I worry as I know all of you do about your loved ones away in the army. My prayers go out to them and their safety.
Here is a picture of some of my family and Alex.
My niece Natalie and I love our Cheetos :)

One of Cooper's new sets of big boy shoes...Loving them :)

Uncle Matt played for a long time with the kids...

After grandma's Saturday afternoon, we went over to my husbands best friends house for some fun and fireworks. We had a great time.

Sunday the 4th we went to church then to Grandma's for dinner and then to go watch firecrackers. Cooper was decked out in his U.S.A gear.
Cooper had a long weekend. He was so tired after our fireworks on Sunday night. But I had to take a quick pic of him in his new cutie shorts one piece pj's I got him at the Gap on sale this weekend :)

Monday my brother and his wife and daughter went to lunch with us. We spent some time with them and my parents and then started on a few more backyard projects. Some of you may remember me mentioning working on my back yard. I don't want to share it with you until its done but we are getting closer and closer to finishing it. Its so time consuming and expensive but soon our extreme home backyard project will be done. I can't wait!

I hope you all had a wonderful 4th.

Help!!!

I have a dilemma. Well I don't know if I would call it a dilemma really, more like a very serious decision to make. Have any of you ever heard of Ovarian drilling? There are different ways of saying it and different ways of doing the procedure but you will know what I'm talking about if you've ever heard of it.
If you have heard of it or know someone who has had this done (maybe even one of you have had it done?) I'm looking for advice on if it worked and what you know about it?

Let me just start by telling you how I got to this place I'm in right now.
I'm pretty sure most of you know my background. If you don't you can go back to the very beginning of my blog and read all about it. I don't want to bore all of those lovely ladies who know all about it already. So just quick and easy I have PCOS.

For those of you uninterested in my personal life and hearing way to much info about my cycles. Stop reading NOW!

I went to the doctor a in mid June because I had not had a period in 55 days. While I was seeing my doctor, He asked me when I was going to have another baby??? I looked at him and smiled and said "I would have another baby yesterday if I could, my problem is paying for IVF again". I explained to him that we were in the process of saving so we could go for number two. I then said to him "If you can find a quick and easy way to get me pg without IVF then lets go". Joking of course, fully knowing that the other choices do not work for me. We have tried so many things and I just don't respond well. IVF is what works for us.
My doc left the room for a minute and then returned once I was pulled together and sat down and said "lets talk about your options". He mentioned injectibles and IUI'S-he said "we've already done that with you and the outcome wasn't good, either you didn't stimulate or you over stimulated". He then mentions IVF which is always an option. Then he says "Have we ever talked about Ovarian drilling/wedging/" whatever else you want to call it. I told him we brushed on it before we decided to do IVF a couple years ago but it was really just a quick talk and the doc sort of brushed it off as if it wasn't something he really thought wasn't something he felt would benefit us at the time.

At this point he says to me that he thinks at this point that ovarian drilling might be something that we may want to consider. I'm young, I have pcos, I overstimulate on injectibles really easily. All of these things are a sign that I would be the ideal candidate for the ovarian drilling. He called it the old remedy to pcos, before injectibles really started.

I of course start asking all sorts of questions. (Remember, I didn't come prepared for this talk. I went in for period reasons and ended talking about getting pregnant again).
I asked what the success rate was? He said it all depends on the person.
What are the cons to having this done? Possible scar tissue
What are the pro's of me having this done? It could potentially help me to be pcos free for 1 month- 3 or 5 years. Who knows. It works for everyone different. Some it doesn't work at all, some have 2 or 3 babies without having any fertility problems for years. Some have one baby and then start having problems again.
What will happen if it doesn't work and I go to do IVF? Will it cause issues with the success of another IVF if the drilling doesn't work? He sort of laughed and said "No, its shouldn't cause problems with your future in doing IVF if it doesn't work. There have been cases where women get scar tissues but tests have shown that it didn't make a difference on the outcome of whether the women got pregnant doing IVF or not.
I asked as many questions as I could in the short period of time I had to think of what was being thrown at me.

There are so many things I want to talk over with him. So many things we want to know.
I'm nervous, scared, excited at the thought something could help us that isn't IVF. But Its almost like someone told me I absolutely have to have this done. I get nervous when I think about it. But then I remind myself that this is my husband and I's decision. Nobody is making it for us. We can take down the facts and think about it and make a decision on our own. I guess it just scares me.

My doc ended up telling me to go home and talk it over with my husband and that when I was ready he would be there to talk about our decision. Whether it be IVF or Ovarian drilling.
Of course my husband and I weren't planning on getting serious about doing another IVF until this time next year. But now that this is thrown at us and since I'm having so much troubles with my cycles. We are talking seriously about if we want to do this procedure or not???
I am going to make an appointment with my doctor probably in August sometime to sit down and really talk about this with him and my husband. We will then go home and talk about it ourselves and call them if we choose to do the surgery.

My point in telling all of you about this is.. I started this blog because of the things I was embarking on. At the time it was IVF. I had already done all the injectibles, had a miscarriage and multiple failed attempts. We were getting ready to do the ivf and I wanted a place to talk to others who understood. Now I have found friends that understand me, they understand the issues and struggles. Not only my fertility struggles but my being a first time mom as well. So many of the ladies who follow me aren't necessarily women who have gone through fertility issues but they are great mom's and so nice to have as bloggy friends.
I have so many wonderful mama's out there who can give great advice.

So I am asking all of you, if you want and have any information to share on this ovarian drilling subject and you do know about it. Please share with me. We of course will still be talking with our doctor. But its always nice to hear from someone who has done this or knows someone that has.

I appreciate your help girls.

A day of silence for Cohen and his family

I will not be blogging tomorrow but I will be participating in The Moment of Silence for Baby Cohen....

What: Moment of Silence for Cohen

When: Thursday July 1st from midnight to 11:59 pm.

How: Bloggers participating will post the Cohen banner (below) or simply post Cohen’s name in large letters on their blog.

Why: July 1st Megan and Brent will be holding Cohen’s memorial service. The moment of silence is an opportunity for Megan’s blog community to stand behind her and support her on this difficult day. Linking up will give Megan a chance to see the support at a glance.