Cooper is 2

My little baby is 2! I cannot believe it. Time has just flown by! We celebrated Cooper's 2nd birthday yesterday with a party - Sponge Bob themed! Prior to guests arriving, we got online with Eric so he could see Cooper open some of his presents. It was great!

Happy Birthday Cooper!
Me & my boys!

online with Daddy

Say Cheese Coop

presents, presents, & more presents

He's a White Sox fan by birth!

And what would a birthday party be without cake??? And messy kids :)





And some "brotherly" love!

and this just because Collin is so darn cute!

Eric's Leave

We made the most of Eric's 2 week leave.

Here we are in downtown Chicago - on our little get-away!

And this was too cute not to post!

Collin Plays Baseball

new family picture - taken right before Collin's first baseball game!

Collin up to bat

Easter 2009 (very late & I'm sorry)

The boys Easter Morning

Coop "LOOK WHAT I GOT"

Collin says "EASTER BUNNY DIDN'T HIDE THESE VERY WELL"

Enjoying this Time...

It is absolutely wonderful to have our family back together. We have been doing lots of things. But most importantly, we have been enjoying this time together.

Eric & the boys chillin out watching a movie. The boys are so happy to have their Daddy home! Eric & Collin spent some quality Daddy/son time together yesterday while I ran errands. We also managed to have a "pretend" birthday dinner for Eric at Kobe. Wasn't he such a good sport!

ERIC IS HOME ON LEAVE!!!!

I am very happy to report that Eric arrived home safe & sound! He is on a 2 week leave, & we are loving every single minute of it. The boys are SO UNBELIEVABLY happy to have Daddy home for a while. I AM SO UNBELIEVABLY HAPPY TO HAVE ERIC HOME!!!

With that being said, we have much more important things to do than blog about it. I will leave that to my very awesome friend, Natalie . I am taking lots of pictures & will get them to her to upload when I return to work!

Too Busy To Blog

Ok, so here are my reasons for not posting more regularly:

1. Eric has been in Afghanistan since the week after Thanksgiving.
2. Collin & Cooper keep me very busy at home & I would rather enjoy my time with them then sit down to blog.
3. I work full time & recently took on a different role at work. And I am much busier!