Dear Liam,

Please don't turn 2.

I love you,

Momma

Browsing my pictures tonight and came across this shot from the Hillsboro airshow in August.

I love my boys!

Ps. Halfway mark in the pregnancy. Go me :)

Paint exploration...

Liam at 22 months 

Pumpkin picking

We are alive

It has been a busy summer and the blog is proof of that! Besides being busy I just haven't wanted to blog. Lots of events, lots of cute pictures, lots of stories about our little man but no desire to write them down. Which is a bad thing. Now that the weather has taken a nose dive and the rain is among us I plan to get back to it. We have made some memories the past fews months that I never want to forget.

08-18-10 Just hanging out with his giraffe friends

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Happy 3 years My Matt!

Love You-

Hun E

Summer is finally here

It's June 12th and the sun is here. We couldn't be happier.

I am not sure who is more excited about the water table, me or Liam? Although he kept trying to climb in and take a swim. An added bonus was a two and half hour nap after running around in the sun all morning!

Cape Mears May 2010

We went to the beach for the weekend in March for Matt's birthday with Tanya and Travis and we had so much fun without the kids we decided to go back with them. The trip definitely wasn't as relaxing with the kids but we had a great time together and Tanya was able to get some great family shots for us.

A little nosey

This has been an eventful week in the Cope household. I went in for surgery on Tuesday to have my sinus' cleaned out and my deviated septum repaired. All in the hopes that the sinus infections I have been plagued with since Liam was born would subside. My doctor explained that your sinus' are like a small room with a door open for things to pass in and out and my door had been permanently shut in 4 out of the 6 "rooms". Awesome. He said surgery would hurt and so would the recovery and to have extra help with Liam for 3 days. I just thought the extra help would be for a little lifting and chasing. Boy were we wrong. Turns out we needed someone for Liam and someone for me. Apparently I don't come out of a three hour sedation well and my face does not like to be packed with gauze and whatever else may be stuffed in my sinus' right now. I was also able to hear my nurse on the phone saying she was panicked and shaking.

After not being able to keep my eyes open for longer than a 30 seconds at a time for the first 36 hours I was elated to see Liam galloping around the house today pulling every tissue out of the box and giving me high fives. Much better than yesterday when he tried to go for my bag of frozen peas and smacked me in the nose instead. Love that little boy and I wish I had that much energy. Anyways... Doc says the surgery went well and I will have everything removed tomorrow, which wasn't suppose to happen until next Tuesday, but i guess he moves up the removal date when you have his cell number and call frequently :)

I requested that Matt take pictures so I could remember just how terrible it was. Seriously...natural labor from here on out. (but don't quote me on that)

Moral of the story...When the doctor says it is going to hurt...multiply it by 1,ooo.

Thanks to my amazing husband, amazing friends, and amazing family for helping out the past couple of days. i am a blessed lady.

Day1

Day 2

At my most recent dr's appointment they asked me if I was employed. It was so weird to say no and at first I felt a little embarrassed. I was a working girl for over 5 years! It was a fun and challenging 5 years and I am grateful for the things I learned and the people that I met.
I had a few people say "what are you going to do all day??" Are you kidding me? I am going to explore with my little guy and not think about the stack of paperwork that I could be working on. I get to choose to do the best things with him and not let the good things get in the way. I am grateful for the opportunity I have to stay home with him because I know not everyone can. And I am grateful for a husband who works so hard to take care of us. Although I loved my old identity as a working girl...I would choose to be a mom in a working home any day.



I'm grateful I don't have to miss smiles like this...

Mother's Day 2010

I love these two handsome men! Being a mom and wife is amazing thanks to these two!



I couldn't get enough of the little man in his suit today. Can you blame me?

6+6=12

Liam started this month with 6 teeth and will be ending the month with 12! Poor little guy. We noticed a molar on each side coming in a couple of weeks ago and while managing the pain for those 4 I found the "sidekicks" to his bottom two today. One of them has already cut through!How do I not notice these things??? He has dealt with the pain pretty well. Although his shirts might not survive all the drool.

3/30/10



On a side note.... I know I have been pretty lame with updating. I have three drafts in here just waiting to be finished. It will happen. This is my last week of working "outside of the home"! Woo Hoo! I decided to focus more attention to Liam and playing :) And I am only sort of kidding. Working part time from home and part time from the hospital was a huge blessing in my transition to motherhood. But it wasn't as easy as I thought it would be and with Liam constantly on the go it was time to drop something from my schedule. If you're thinking about working from home... send me an e-mail I can give you some pro's and con's. So with that, goodbye to Providence! Thanks for the last 5 and a half years!