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Great Grandma gave us a Story Jar... The point of the story jar is to tell the stories of your life, and record them for all to remember. How fun - let's start documenting. Question : Can you remember a historic event that happened when you were in school? Who told you about it? Dad : I was driving to school and on the radio I heard about 9-1-1. Cooper : We are living history right now because COVID-19 is happening as we speak. I remember hearing about it when our family went to the public library. Mom or Dad told me about it. We then had to do school at home for a couple of months. Mom : I remember two events in history from when I was in school. First, I remember when 9-1-1 happened. My friends and I were driving to school and we were listening to Alice 105.9, and they had been saying that an airplane had just flown into a building in New York. At the time, I didn't know that it was a terrorist  attack. Then, I got to school and I was a teacher aide in a Fren...

I know... it's been a long time since I wrote last! I hope to be better about this because you guys are growing up so quickly! We are nearing the end of a really interesting year. Cooper, you are in first grade, and Reagan, you are in kindergarten. You both have blossomed so much and I am so proud of you. COVID-19 Face Mask (we had to wear them everywhere we went outside the house) Reagan , you have grown your kindness muscle so much this year. You are a friend to all. Your heart is so big and cares so deeply for others. You have become this beautiful reader this year. I love how you have persevered and enjoy reading to yourself before you go to bed at night. You have found such great joy in reading Dr. Seuss books and Elephant and Piggy books too. You are able to do this because you have really persevered in studying your sight words. Thanks for being such a wonderful leader in school, at home and at Taekwondo (purple belt, go girl!). I know that we are ending your first...

Undoubtedly, this is a camping trip that will go down in the books. Each day was packed with many fun and adventurous experiences.  After two days of packing the camper (you kids need a lot of extra "stuff"), we pulled out of our driveway and almost 8 hours later we finally arrived at Ridewau State Park. The drive down had some awesome moments and some other moments filled with tears. This was a long drive for both Rea and Cooper. This was the first long drive yet. Here in another couple of weeks we will be taking a much longer drive, this shall be interesting.  We met Grammy and Papa at the campground, they were thrilled to see the babes because they've been out of town for the past two weeks. More importantly, our little darlings were even more thrilled to see the wonderful Grammy and fun Papa. Together, we spent our days fishing at the upper and lower ponds. Cooper entered into his very first fishing derby where he won a certificate for the youngest boy who caught the ...

Cooper is two days from being 13 months, and today he had his very first dentist appointment. He has four teeth on the top and four teeth on the bottom. I think Cooper gets his teeth pretty quickly and maybe even a little early compared to others.  The pediatric dentist thought Cooper was just a hoot. And, Cooper thought the dentist office was a hoot-very bright and colorful with lots of toys. An amazingly exciting dentist office. When Cooper laid back in my arms into the dentist's lap he suddenly was a little frightened and was unsure of what it was that we were looking at. He cried, but was a strong boy. He even got to visit the treasure chest when he was finished.  The dentist said Cooper's teeth look wonderful, however, he said to be prepared for the two molars that are about to come in. Michael and I thought to ourself, yep, we figured-he's been drooling uncontrollably lately.  Our little man keeps growing up so fast. It's hard to keep up. The small moments truly d...

Winter break has been so much fun this year with a little one WALKING all around. Yup, you heard it. Cooper is walking tall and proud with great confidence. He picked this up so quickly. He is always so proud of himself after taking some long and graceful strides. He claps for himself and grins the happiest smile.  Mommy and Daddy could not be more proud of his hard work and determination to want to do so well. He doesn't give up, he just gets up and tries again and again. Now, we ask, what are we in for, and will we be able to keep up?

A godmother is a special person and Cooper is lucky enough to be blessed with two godmothers. Both Jaclyn and Alayna said they would be delighted. Michael and I know that both of these lovely ladies will continue to teach, shape and nurture Cooper's growing faith. Cooper will be baptized on February 10th at 10:30 am. We look forward to the family attending this event in support of Cooper's first stepping stone in his journey of faith and love for Jesus Christ.