Sunday, July 31, 2011

ALV-3 months old


Our baby girl is already 3 months old! I can't believe it. I feel like I should still be pregnant with her and already 3 months have gone by. I am sure I will always feel this way...I think that is just the nature of having children!

Anderson is probably weighing around 10 pounds now and is wearing 0-3 month clothes and size 1 diapers. Her size seems to surprise just about everyone she meets. She is only in the 5th percentile, but the doctors are not concerned at all about her weight gain because it has been steady. I seem to get asked on a daily basis, "How old is she?" And, when I tell them, the response is typically the same, "Oh my, she is so tiny!" or "Wow, was she a premie?" Well, yes, I know she is tiny...she was tiny when she was born and it is expected...and no, she was not a premie ;) The reactions we get from other people crack me up sometimes!

We are getting the cutest smiles and coos out of Anderson these days! She seems to be happiest in the morning and in the late evening, after a period of slight fussiness. I am loving all of the precious sounds and "talking" she is doing. I expect that she will be letting out belly laughs any day now!! She has been sleeping great lately, sometimes all the way through the night for close to 10 hours! That doesn't always happen, but it certainly is a wonderful treat when it does. We finally got her nursery done (pics coming soon) and we will be moving her in there this week! I can't decide exactly how I feel about that!

She went on her 1st airplane ride this past weekend when she and I flew to NC for Aunt Mindy's baby shower! She did great and was such a good baby for me on our entire trip! She even got to go to the hospital with me and hang out with Uncle Will for a little while so that I could go back and meet her TWO boyfriends, Kip and Cole Cooper!

These 3 months have been wonderful and we are loving having our sweet girl around! She is such a joy!

July randoms

These are just some random pictures from July worth sharing. The first one is of Anderson in her papoose from G-Ma...but, she just really didn't want her arms down in it. I thought it was so funny, so I snapped a picture! The one of Owen in the pool is actually just to show his masterpiece. He took our ladder ball game apart and put them together attached to the water hose so that the water came out in all different directions. We thought it was pretty innovative and he had the BEST time doing it! The lasr ones are from a Pittsburgh Pirates game that we went to in early July with a group from our church.






Tuesday, July 19, 2011

COUSINS



Over the 4th, we were able to get all of the kids to sit together and get a group photo...this was totally unstaged and spur of the moment, but we were able to get a pretty good shot of all 7 Voelp grandkids!! Love this crew!

Welcome to the world, Cooper Boys!!!

Will, Amy, and big sister, Bella welcomed the newest additions to their family last night!!! Amy has been in the hospital since last Tuesday with pre-term labor at 32 weeks and the boys were able to hold out and get one more week stronger! They were born last night and came out screaming! Amy did a great a great job getting those boys to this point and delivered them last night with NO epidural!!! She is amazing! Everyone is healthy and doing great! The boys are in the NICU, but only because they are small and early...they don't have any need for the ventilators or oxygen, which is wonderful! Thank you Lord for these amazing little miracles! We are so excited for the Coopers and cannot wait to meet the little sweet ones! We miss them all the time, but especially right now! It has been a tough week not being able to be close to them and know that they are all ok! But, now the boys are here and doing so well and we are breathing a huge sigh of relief! We LOVE you ALL!!

Counting down the days until we can meet these cutie pies...



Kipton William Cooper

July 18, 2011 @ 10:49pm

4lbs 10ozs

17.5ins



Coleson Richard Cooper

July 18, 2011 @ 10:55pm

4lbs 3ozs

17ins

Monday, July 18, 2011

Owen's 4th Birthday PARTY!!

We had so much fun this year at Owen's party! He enjoyed splashing and running around with his friends in the backyard and we all enjoyed celebrating his big day! We were so happy that G-Ma and Papa could join us in the festivities and spend the weekend with us! Owen is one lucky little boy to be surrounded by so many people that LOVE him so much! Happy Birthday sweet boy!