Play Time With Daddy!

Every day Erick comes home and has playtime with Cooper. No one can make Coop laugh and coo like Dad! Isn't he cute!

YUM!

Hey Cooper! What's for Dinner????

PIZZA?!?!?! Pizza that Daddy cooked on the GRILL?

YAY! You like that idea? Sounds Yummy Huh!

Mmmmm! It was YUMMY! Thanks Dad!

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Capture the Moment

We have been SO EXCITED to share these darling newborn pics of COOPER! He was just 10 days old and our great friend ANNAKA CROCKETT took these DARLING pics! Everyone told us that new baby "NEWNESS" just doesn't last, and boy were you all right! Cooper still feels like a tiny newborn, precious little baby, but there is something so sweet about a NEW baby that if you don't capture, will pass you by. Thanks for helping us CAPTURE the MOMENT Annaka!

Grand....No?

Erick, Cooper, and I took our very first family vacation! Phoenix is just getting too hot for us so we headed for Flagstaff and saw the GRAND CANYON! Which, for the record...is TOTALLY GRAND! It was AMAZING to be outside, take walks, and have picnics! Cooper is only 1 month old, and I'm still healing from my awesome delivery :)...so we just took it easy and enjoyed some family time.

First, we saw Montezuma's Castle. These amazing farmer-dwellers of the 1100's sure knew what they were doing!

Check out this TOTALLY GREAT view! I know! Erick's HOT isn't he?!?!

We had an upclose encouter with a CALIFORNIA CONDOR! This was a HUGE bird!

Cooper, Company, and Baby Blessing

We love this little look Coops throwin' the camera! Isn't he just so sweet! So we wanted to post some pics of all the wonderful family and company we have had over the last month. We are so grateful for all your love, support, help and encouragement! We love you all! Thanks for sharing this special time with us!

Erick's parents, Hank and Wyoma spending some quality time with our little Man Cub.

My sis, Linds, and her hubby Kevin! We love you guys!

My Auntie Chris was in town on business when coop was only two weeks old! How fun!

We blessed Cooper a little early so we could have family there. Thanks for coming everybody! These are my parents holding Cooper on his big day!

Megan, Adrian and Aspen. I love this pic! And isn't little Aspen just darling?!?!?

This is a fun shot! These little white shoes have special meaning and we are lucky enough to have them! Erick and all of his brothers were blessed in these little shoes! And now Cooper was too! Wyoma made the gorgeous white blanket behind him. Thanks again Mama! It was perfect! Wish you could have been there!

Oh! Our little Man Cub looks more like a little boy in that shirt than a three week old baby! They grow so fast! Holy Cow!

I'm usually not one for many words on my blog as you all know, but I just wanted to take a minute and thank Erick for giving our sweet son a beautiful Priesthood Blessing! I am so thankful that he lives his life worthy of the Priesthood. It has blessed my life so fully and now is blessing the life of our son! Erick, I feel so honored to be your wife and to share this experience with you of growing our family! You are an amazing father already and I love you!

Finally Home!

We're getting settled as a family here and wanted to drop off one more update before we take a good nap!!!!

The nurses recommended we supplement a little formula one time to help his bilirubin numbers go down just a little...that was our ticket home!

Snug as a bug!

Take that camera!

Coop sleeping in his plastic crib at the hospital.

After a long week, and several wonderful nurses later we were allowed to come home!

"Big Mama" is now officially the family car we hoped she'd be. Precious cargo onboard!

We just love the monsoon season! This was Coopers sky the night we brought him home.

Even Harley was getting in on the welcoming home action. Back away you funny cat!