Reptiles and Orthopeds

We found this cute little guy in the pond behind our house. Cooper wanted to name him Bob and Ruby and I wanted to name him Turds so here is Bob Turds (sorry dad!)
Cooper fell of a swing at our friends house and hyper-extened most of his fingers. Poor kid, his fingers looked like little Vienna Sausages. Our insurance only covers us in Indiana, soooo we drove back (a 4 hour drive).

Turns out that he broke 3 of the 5. He was so excited to get a cast. That lasted about 2 days. NO: swimming, bike riding, scooter, skateboard, etc for a month! I don't know who this will be harder on.

I am 23 weeks now and look like a baby beluga. Who knew you could get pregnant in your arms! I am blessed to have a face covered in leopard spots (pregnancy mask) and lovely support hose for my road map legs that are starting to look like tree trunks. We have been blessed with terrible rainy weather, thank Heavens because I am not looking forward to an Ohio summer! Rocky better be a dang good kid. Here is to motherhood and the ability to forget how much fun pregnancy is between babies! Cheers!

Memorial Tournament in Dublin Ohio

Matt had a "business meeting" at the Memorial Tournament (a PGA tournament). I wondered if he would see anyone famous. This was his proof for me taken from his iPhone (I really call it the iWife). I thought it was pretty incredible that he saw on of the most famous athletes in the world. I have never been a fan of golf. In fact years ago it was a four letter word to me. I did have to admit, it was pretty cool to see Tiger.
Well it just so happened that Matt had the passes for Saturdays event. Once again, not a big golf fan, but I sure wanted to see Tiger. If you can get past my sweaty pregnant self, you can see Tiger standing on the green with a white hat (between our heads, I know it's a stretch but it is the only proof I have). I was freaking out! It is amazing to see someone that talented. About an hour after we saw him the first time, HE (el Tigre) walked within 3 feet of us and we watched him tee off the 18th! THWACK! His ball sounded like it went much further than mine does at the driving range!
Cooper and I found this dragonfly. Thank heavens, because it kept the kids entertained for HOURS! It perched right on Rubys nose. Right before Tiger walked past us, there was a herd of photographers that walked past. One of them saw Ruby with her nose jewl and started snapping pictures! Let me know if you see her in Golf Digest!

For more excitement, Cooper fell of a rope swing and hpyer extended most of his fingers on his left hand! That poor kid, his fingers look like Vienna sausages. Our insurance will only cover us in Indiana, so luckily we were headed there tomorrow for my doctors appointment anyway. Time for some x-rays!

O HI O!

We are going to see and do every possible thing we can while we are here in Ohio. Today I ventured to the big city of Columbus. Columbus is Ginormous compared to Marysville and Bloomington. We went the COSI, a science museum for kids. The greatest thing is that my Wonderlab pass got us in for FREE! We had so much fun. We even got to ride a camel! OK it was fake, but just image some pregnant lady trying to climb up on that thing!
Columbus has a cute little temple. There are 4 sessions a day and you have to make a reservation to go to one of them. Don't mind us standing in the garden!
Ruby riding "Raspberry", Cooper staying as far away as possible ( I guess he is my son).
Kids:Can we take him home? He is only $5! Parents: instantaneous and unanimous NO!
We went to Marmon Valley Farms. I wondered if it was settlede by a Mormon from southern Utah but it wasn't. The kids loved to hold the bunnies and kittens while I panicked about fleas (supposidly animals don't get lice, I have to have something to worry about!).

There are 2 ponds behind our townhome with a beautiful wooded area. Today we saw a momma duck with 13 ducklings, 2 roosters 2 deer and 2 families of new goslings. This place is like a fairy land!

We made it!

????? (This is not a yard sale!)
What the heck?
Matt made it, OK, we all made it through the first year of the MBA program! We are so proud of him! He has worked his can off! We have been celebrated the end of the year by going on a short road trip to the crazy little town of Bedford Indiana. The top 3 pictures were crazy things on the side of the road we saw while driving through!
We have been to lots of end of the year parties. Here are a few of my favorite MBA gal pals. I feel so blessed to have so many great friends who are all in the same boat in B-Town. We will miss you Tania!


For Mothers day, Matt and our friend Joey took both of our families to Monroe Reservoir for an night of canoeing, chubby bunnies, geodes, and great fun. We found a spot the kids named Geode Island, it was covered in Geodes. Jackpot! Thanks so much Joey and Sally!

Matt took off mid-May to start his internship in Marysville Ohio. We made sure to play hard while he was gone. We joined him yesterday after a 4 hour drive with our little Saturn packed to the gills!
It is great to be together again. Marysville is about 30 miles from Columbus, OH. It is a cute little place with a lot of character. We have a cute little town home sans any furniture. I tried an air matress last night, not the comfiest accomidation for a woman in my maternal condition. I ended up sleeping on the floor which wasn't much better. Our neighborhood has several parks and ponds. I think we are going to have a lot of fun.
Indianapolis Childrens Museum
Lots of rain in Bloomington! Several roads were covered in water!

Here HE comes!

We had our ultrasound this morning and found out that Rocky Rich is on HIS way! I am so excited!!!! He is currently 11 oz! I eat things bigger than him! I love to see my babies, it makes me cry every time.

I started going through my baby clothes, pulling out the boy stuff. Then I started bawling realizing that unless there is some huge miracle, there will be no more girls coming to the family. Ruby's little clothes are so stinking precious. All the memories of her in them were much to much for a pregnant momma to handle. Don't get me wrong, I am thrilled to be having a boy. Can't wait to meet him!

Coop Dawg

It is crazy to think that 5 years ago tomorrow Coop was born! Yesterday we had his friends over for a Hotwheels party. He was in heaven! I was pretty proud of my racetrack cake. These are some of my favorite Coop pictures. Here are my 5 favorite things about Cooper:

• There is NEVER a dull moment when he is around.
• His sense of adventure.
• His expressions (he looks like he is always up to something because he is!)
• His laugh.
• His love of learning (yes this does include his "smearaments".

I love you buddy!

Mashed Tomatoes

Have you ever wondered what happens when you drop a 15 pound rock on a Roma tomato? Well wonder no more, Cooper did this little "smearament" as he likes to call experiments. Last week it was with a raw egg. After I put him in time out, I ran and got my camera with trying to hide my laughter. It is a good thing that little scalawag is so cute!