Wow. Three decades. I remember when I used to think 30 was old... funny how your perspective changes as the years go by :) Happy Birthday to my amazing husband, friend, and Cooper's awesome dad. 30 looks good on you, Jeremy!
In honor of this special day, here are some fun daddy and son photos from the past few weeks. Enjoy!
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| "We're going to outsmart this little gopher, aren't we, Cooper?!?" |
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| Fun with Play-Doh |
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| "What's That?" Cooper was very curious inside Jeremy's derby car. |
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| Driver in Training! |
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| Good brushing! |
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| Making sure the helmet still fits before the derby. Cooper was helping, naturally. |
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| "Am I good at stirring, daddy?" |
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| Yes, Jeremy is teaching Cooper to be a good cook at an early age. He certainly won't get that from his mother:) |
And a funny thing happened to us tonight. We were talking about this fall, deer hunting to be exact, and Jeremy made the comment that he would like to arrange for someone to come stay with me and the kids while he goes hunting for a couple days. Me and the kids. Weird. We're going to have KIDS in roughly nine weeks! Surreal and exciting, all at once. It was a funny moment we shared, as we haven't really referred to life with 'the kids' until now.
Both of our 'kids' are growing fast, and our little girl is getting stronger and stronger in there--as witnessed by my stomach's morphing shape at random times. She is now around 3 pounds and is making millions of brain connections by the second.
Cooper loves to lift up my shirt and say, "BABY!" (sounds more like 'bobby' but we know what he means). He gives my belly a wide-mouth kiss and a hug and then sometimes runs to grab the ultrasound picture off the shelf. I think he's making the connection, although he certainly has no clue what's about to hit him!! In church last week, he was rubber-necking it to see the newest addition to our church family sitting a few pews ahead of us. He was very curious. It was pretty cute!!
Lastly, I read a story tonight that brought me to tears (maybe hormones, you be the judge)... there was a car accident not too far from here over the weekend where three generations of 'women' were killed. It didn't really hit home until I got an email from our school secretary that the husband/dad/son of these women used to work at my school.Although I didn't personally know him, it made the story so much more sad to think of this story from the perspective of this poor man who just lost the three most important women in his life--his mother, his wife, and his 8-year-old daughter--all in an instant. It reminds me to be thankful for all the blessings God has given us and to never take it for granted that the most important thing in life is family. As you give thanks tonight, please pray for this Michael Hoffman's 5-year-old son, Jason, who remains in critical condition, and pray for strength for him in the coming days and years as he figures out how to continue life after this.
Enjoy the cooler BEAUTIFUL weather!
