All 3 of my boys are napping. Glorious! I am going to attempt to publish some posts that I have started but not finished. How do moms find time to blog regularly?!

Side note... I am good at starting and not finishing things.

Zoo Zoo Zoo

We decided to take advantage of the first 80 degree day and go to the zoo! Liam LOVES trains so we decided it would be fun for him if we took the max there and back. Which worked out nicely to not have to fight for a parking spot. The weather was great and Liam had a great time. Liam really likes the monkey exhibits and was excited to go in the petting zoo and brush the goats. Henry had no idea what was going on and only messed one outfit with an icky diaper :)

Penguins with Dad

Mommy and her boys :)

Daddy and Liam enjoying the train ride together. Liam was exhausted.

Each time I look at this picture of Liam I see me.  

Momma's Boys

All handsome and ready for church

Henry 1 month

Henry has been such a sweet little boy. We love having him in our home. The first month has flown by and I am expecting the upcoming months to do the same. It is so different with the second baby. All I did with Liam was hold him all day long and some days wished he would let me lay him down and get things done. Little Henry seems to get the quick snuggles, kisses, and milk while I am trying to take care and entertain Liam and take care of the house. I would love to have him nap on me all afternoon so I could breathe in his little head more often but some days that just doesn't work out.
Henry has the best head of hair. It is so very soft and so long. He still has all the hair he was born with and then some. And it seems to be getting longer. It is a little darker than Liam's hair was when he was a month old. He has the same fuzzy ears that Liam had. I love it! His eyes are getting lighter and lighter everyday and I am guessing they will be a bright blue like Liam's. It is so hard to not compare the two boys! I often have to remind myself that they are two different people. I am trying to remember that I have two boys and they are going to grow up to be 2 different people and they aren't going to look the same. When I imagine Henry growing up I just picture Liam. It will be so fun to see what he turns out to look like.
It has been so fun to have a cuddly baby in the house again. I am exhausted but don't expect anything less than that. He does decent with his sleeping patterns. Every now and then I'll get a good stretch of sleep out of him (6-7 hours) but it is usually 3. I'll be rested in a year or so...

Me hold baby!

Liam really likes to hold Henry and asked me today if he could home him. I said yes and the following pictures are of what happened next...

Going well. They looked adorable so I grabbed the camera. Although not the best way for Liam to be holding Henry but he insisted.

Liam looks down and seems a little concerned for Henry. He then notices his blanket. He loves to share his blanket with Henry... 

Liam decides to grab the blanket. (which means he is only using one arm to hold Henry) Check out the smile on Liam's face! So proud.  Henry is starting to slip...

Big brother so proud that  he is sharing his blanket with "Baby Enry" and  he doesn't have any idea that Henry's face is turning red! And is not enjoying the experience.

 Don't worry Henry was not harmed while I was busy taking these pictures. I quickly thanked Liam for holding him and pulled him to safety. We have also had to teach Liam that while he loves to hide from us and play hide n' seek, it's not ok for him to put blankets on Henry's head to hide him. Brotherly love...

One. Day. At. A. Time :)

3 weeks

The past 3 weeks have gone by so quickly! Everything is a blur but we have enjoyed having Henry around. He is a patient little guy who likes to sleep on my chest and loves to have his hands up by his face just like Liam did. He is still doing well with his sleeping habits. Of course I would love to be sleeping through the night but I'm ok with only having to get up twice. He is starting to like bath time and is starting to spend more of the daytime hours awake. He has a great full head of fuzzy hair that we love to play with. Although it doesn't stay soft and fuzzy for long once we start running our fingers through it. Liam likes having his brother around but gets upset with me when I have feed him, change him, etc. He loves to give him kisses and high fives.

11 days

Hard to believe that Henry is 11 days old already. We have enjoyed having him around to snuggle with. He is a wonderful baby who sleeps most of the day and goes for 4 to 5 hours at night. Much better than his older brother was sleeping as a baby. Liam really loves the "baby" and is excited to see him when we wake up in the morning. He loves to give him kisses and the first night we were home from the hospital Henry was crying and Liam ran and gave him his favorite blanket to calm him down. If you know Liam you know he LOVES his blanket. It was so sweet. Nana Sautter was able to come and spend the past few weeks here with us waiting for Henry's arrival. It was so great having her here with us. Liam loved having someone here to give him an endless amount of attention and we loved being able to sleep in while adjusting to the new baby. Nana left yesterday to go back to Papa in Utah. Who i know is happy to have her home but we miss her already. Matt was able to take 6 days off of work to spend with us at home. I took Henry to a friends house who has started her own little photography business and had some pictures done on Tuesday (8 days old) I love how they turned out and i am grateful that I will have these sweet pictures of the new little man.

Henry Calvin Cope 04-18-11

He's here! Henry weighed in at 8lbs 6oz and 21.25 inches long! Labor was long. Pushing was short (8 minutes!) We couldn't be happier that he is here with us. He looks so much like Liam! But more hair! If you can imagine that.

36 weeks

Feeling decent and ready for him to come. Liam is starting to talk about a baby and the house is slowly gaining baby "stuff". My hips hurt and I am exhausted but so excited to meet this little man!

Never too old for a boppy

When I walked in to get Liam out of bed this morning I found him dozing in the boppy. I wish I had the camera ready for a picture. It was so funny. The best part is that the boppy was in the crib. He had to climb into it to even get it. Funny little boy. Hope he doesn't grow too attached to the thing.

Update

Ugh. I have been so bad at updating the blog. I have a dozen started that I need to complete. Baby Henry will be here in less than a month! Liam is a wild and crazy little boy, Matt has gone back to school to get his MBA, and I am trying to remember if I felt this same way when I was pregnant with Liam. I am so ready to meet his little guy and have him out of me. This little man NEVER stops. Not once have I worried that something was wrong, he hasn't given me a chance.
Liam is doing great. We moved him into his twin bed at the beginning of February and he loves it. The boys will be sharing a room so I was hesitant to have to switch Liam out of his crib and into a big bed while the crib is was still set up in his room. I thought it might just torture him to see it. But he has done great and doesn't leave his room unless we go in to get him. We have even found him during the day laying in his bed and cuddling with his blankets. Love that little boy!!! He loves anything that moves. Trains, planes, cars, trucks, buses. If it moves, he loves it.
Hope he loves his little brother as much as he loves his toys :)

Bubby turns 2!

I can not believe that Liam is 2! We had a great time together as a family. Matt was able to work from home for the day so we were able to spend the entire day together. We set up Liam's gifts the night before so he would see them when he came down for breakfast and he looked at them and walked right past them. (pretty sure he was going to play with his Thomas train set that santa had brought him) He warmed up to the idea of more presents a couple of hours later and was excited to see what was wrapped inside. The activity table was something we never had when he was a "little" guy and he seems to really like playing with them so we picked one up on black Friday assuming he will play with it for a few months then it can be BB#2's. My parents got him the little table. He has liked sitting there for snack times and to color. After opening gifts we took him to Out Of This World Pizza. It is a giant play place that he LOVES! so much that he knows how to get there and he cries when I turn a different direction and he realizes that we aren't going there. Thankfully Matt was able to go because I can't fit through the tunnels and bounce houses like I use to!
After nap we played with his new toys and then met up with our good friends the Smith's at Red Robin for Liam's birthday celebration. Liam was so excited to have them there with us and had a hard time settling down to eat once he saw his best friends Trey and Lucy. He was being very silly and very loud, good thing that place is kid friendly. The servers came out to sing to him at the end of the night and we weren't sure how he would respond. Not much of an expression from him but he did keep the balloons on around his chin and say "yay!" when they were done. We had such a great day celebrating with our little man. He has brought so much joy to us the past two years and we are so grateful to have him as part of our family. It is really hard to believe that two years has passed but we are looking forward to this next year with our Bubby and all of the fun things we will experience with him.

This picture was too funny to not post!

Thanks for the lunch box Aunt Kate and Uncle James!

He loved the balloons so much he wanted to wear them at home too!

Things to remember about Liam as a 2 year old:

• He LOVES trains. Any kind. Any where. We were in a parking lot the other day and a train was coming by...he stopped, waited, waved, then blew it a kiss goodbye as it passed.
• He loves to jump. The landing doesn't have to be soft. He just wants to jump. When he is about to jump off of something he says " Mom! Mom! Wasch (watch) one, two, go!"
•  If he is ever leaving the room he runs to me or gets my attention somehow and says "mom, mom. Bye" while waving and blowing me a kiss. I love it!
• He loves to play basketball and baseball with his daddy. Matt can really get him giggling. 
• He really loves to hide from us and he is good at it. Going to any clothing store can be a scary experience. He hides behind a rack of clothing and will stand COMPLETELY still and not answer you while you look for him. My mom and I had an experience over Thanksgiving in an Old Navy where he sat down indian style on a platform behind thick wool scarves and you could NOT see him. I was so nervous. I can usually see his little feet on the ground but not this time. Thankfully my mom got a glimpse of him while I was looking through the store and she could not stop giggling when she found him. He was not happy to be found! But it happened quick and the child is not let out of my site while shopping anymore!
• He loved Christmas this year and LOVED all the Christmas lights. We heard lots of "Oh wows!" while driving anywhere in the month of December. 
• He likes to drink smoothies and is a great eater.
• He says Mom all of the time. He knows that I am mom and will use "mom" correctly but it is often used as a command to anyone when he wants something.
• He loves to hear the garage door open at the end of the day. And loves when Daddy walks through the door. 
• He does not like his belly or any one else's belly to be showing. He tells me "no, no" when I try to watch the baby kick. And will pull my shirt back down. 
• He likes his space and if you get to close when he doesn't want you there he lets you know bye shaking his hands at you and saying " No! No!"
• He loves to be around other kids. 
• He likes to help around the house but loves to climb in the laundry baskets once we empty them. 
• He is really good at occupying himself and playing quietly when he knows its bedtime and doesn't want to go.
• He loves to take baths and has recently started to really like showers. Which I love! total time saver!
• He is still sucking his thumb...sleeps with his two favorite blankets and his stuffed black sheep. I think they are his best friends. I went to Mexico in October for a week and the night before I left I put the sheep in bed with him. Hasn't had a night without it since :)
• Likes to make us food in his play kitchen and lets us know when it is too "hhhooottt" check out how cute his kitchen is!
• Loved the movie 'The Polar Express'

I doubt anyone made it through this list! I am sure I will think of things to add to this! I am afraid I won't remember anything soon and to avoid this from happening I am determined to be a better blogger/journaler! I need to get into a good habit before this baby gets here.