coop & TT...they already love each other

just had to post this pic

Tennyson gets her ears pierced

Tennyson turns 6 months tomorrow...so, we decided it was time to get her ears pierced.  I got my ears pierced when I was a little girl.  We went to the mall on Sunday...I actually went first.  In Jr. high I (actually a friend) double pierced my left ear...back then the "cool" thing was to only double pierce the left ear (double piercing the right ear meant you were gay.)  anyway...it was time to even out my piercings so i got my right ear double pierced first...and it sure did hurt a lot more than I thought it would...ya, Tennyson isn't going to like this.  Then it was her turn...as the lady got everything ready Tennyson just smiled at her and laughed...obviously, she had no clue what was about to happen.  Here are the pics.

my happy baby...she has no clue

ear #1

are you kidding me...mean mommy!

ok...that wasn't that bad..she didn't know that we had the left side to do too.

coop was ready to leave..."ear piercing is totally overrated!"

we never took a picture of her with both ears pierced...pic coming soon.

what?!?...its 2009 already!

So, here's a little recap of the last few weeks. 

Christmas was great...very relaxing!  I didn't have to cook at all!!!  (Which was a gift in itself)

Daniel got off early on  Christmas Eve and we got to experience an amazing Christmas Eve service at our church...lifechurch.tv.  This year both grandma,papa and uncle matt joined us...it was so special to have them ALL with us.  After naps we had dinner at AAAHH's (Cooper's name for grandma) and opened presents.  The babies got lots of books and Cooper got a basketball goal.

Christmas morning Cooper got up to find Santa had left him more books, a helicopter, and a sight and sound stage (which was actually for tennyson...but she doesn't mind sharing.)  Tennyson slept in...and actually had a tummy bug...which had been passed from coop-to-daddy-to-TT.  We all played with the new toys and grandma "aaahhh" came over and brought a yummy stew over for lunch.  That afternoon we headed to papa's house for some good cajun cooking...etouffee and gumbo.  Cooper got a riding john deer tractor from papa...he hasn't quite got the "pedal makes it go" down yet.  he'll get lots of practice though if we have beautiful weather like today.  

Here's a pic of my Christmas gift!  Finally...I've been wanting another forever....but I've been pregnant for the last 2 years.

After Christmas, Jon and Amanda came to stay with us for several days.  (Jon has been Daniel's best friend since like 3rd grade)  we ate sooooo much while they were here...anytime we're with them...pretty much everything revolves around good food!  They surprised us during our first dinner at Ted's...that they were expecting their first baby!  FINALLY!  we're already planning to be in-laws someday...watch out cooper or tennyson!

New Year's Eve was filled with food (of course) and LSU Football.  i celebrated the stroke of midnight in bed sound asleep.  Yep that's right...i was exhausted and couldn't keep my eyes open...i was in bed by like 9:30pm...man, priorities change when you have kids...in more ways than one.  apparently, everyone else in the house was in bed by 12:30am too.  ;)

Tennyson (and the rest of us) want to say happy new year and we hope 2009 is a blessed one!  is she not the cutest thing you've ever seen.