The Daniel Family

Arizona/Grand Canyon

2011-05-31T13:43:00.000-07:00

I know I never update this blog but there are a few people requesting pictures etc, that are not on Facebook (my usual mode of posting pictures/updates). We took a trip with Rhett's parents to Sedona, Arizona last week. While we were there, we visited the Grand Canyon, took a trian ride through Sedona (4 hours long), spent LOTS of time at the pool and had a great time just relaxing. Cooper did great on his first plane ride, especially since my laptop stopped playing his DVD 10 minutes into the 2 1/2 hour flight! Luckily Rhett's parents drove and we sent a real DVD player with them that we were able to bring back on the plane. The trip home was MUCH better. Here are a few pictures from our trip. I am going to try and be a little bit better about posting in the future but I SAY THAT EVERY TIME!

As always, ENJOY!

Jade, this one's for you!

2010-10-04T12:11:00.000-07:00

Yes, it has been over a year since I have updated this blog! I have had my hands full with being a full time working Mommy. I know that is not a good enough excuse but it is what it is :-). So much has been going on and Cooper is getting so big. We are working on potty training right now which is both rewarding and frustrating at the same time. Cooper's teacher called me today and said he came up to her and said, "Miss Mahala, I pooped in my pants!" She took him to the bathroom and showed him what he did. She said, "Cooper, why would you poop in your big boy underwear?" His response was, "Because I am Cooper Vance and I poop in my pants!" As you can tell, I have my hands full.

This past weekend we took a trip with 14 of our adult friends and 14 kiddos to the pumpkin patch/corn maze in Missouri. It was so much fun but as you can imagine keeping up with 28 people was a task! Here are some pictures from our little adventure. As always ENJOY!

**I will try to get better at updating this blog more in the future :-)

Check out our new family pictures!!!

2009-11-04T19:21:00.001-08:00

Pumpkin Patch

2009-10-10T11:07:00.000-07:00

I took yet another break. Sorry for not updating lately. Today we took Cooper to the pumpkin patch in Pea Ridge. We had a great time even though it was really muddy. M'Amy and Cooper went out and picked a pumpkin for Cooper to bring home. He was so excited. He also got to play on a tractor which was almost impossible to get him off of. He is obsessed with tractors these days! We took a few pictures posted below. Enjoy!

I took a break

2009-07-08T19:17:00.000-07:00

Sorry I have not been blogging for a while. So much has been going on. We sold our house and bought a new one. Our closing date is on the 24th of July so we are gearing up for the big move. Things have been really busy. Cooper is doing amazing and is learning so many new things. He now says all of the animal noises, hi, bye, momma, dada, more, ball, Elmo, love you, and others that are mostly hard to make out. He sings the wheels on the bus pretty well and does the motions which is precious. He is a climber and knows how to get up and down off of the couch (scary). He runs instead of walks and laughs all the time. We are so blessed to have him!!!!

Oh, one more fun thing is my sister is pregnant!!!! This was as good of news to me as it was finding out I was pregnant. We can wait to find out if she is having a boy or a girl and to welcome the little angel into our family. Yay!

Here are some recent pictures of Coop. Please enjoy!

My new home...

2009-04-19T16:58:00.000-07:00

Cooper has decided that his new favorite place is inside his cabinet in the kitchen. This cabinet used to be organized but now is a mess because he throws everything out into the floor to play. He is so funny and is very proud of himself each time he does this. Enoy the picture.

Spring is in the Air!

2009-04-05T06:49:00.000-07:00

We had the best day yesterday. It was beautiful and Cooper really enjoyed being outside and spending time with his best friends. Here are a couple of pictures that we took.

Warning!

2009-03-24T16:05:00.000-07:00

Crazy baby with crazy hair on the loose!!!!! Make sure you hide all of your Oreo's because that is what he is after. Heaven help us!!!!

Happy 1st Birthday Cooper!

2009-03-09T17:03:00.001-07:00

We had the greatest weekend! It was Cooper's 1st birthday and we had a wonderful party. It has been the fastest year and I shed a lot of happy tears!!!! Everyone knows I am a crier though. We are so happy and blessed to have Cooper and enjoy him more and more everyday. He is constantly learning new things. He walks, is saying a couple of words, gives high fives, claps, does the "little Indian" and laughs uncontrollably. He is such a ham and loves attention (I wonder where he gets it). I can't wait to see what this next year has in store. All I know is I am in trouble...

Enjoy the pictures of Cooper eating his birthday cake!

My boys

2009-02-26T17:47:00.000-08:00

Rhett is out of town for the next 2 1/2 weeks and Cooper already misses his daddy. This is a picture I took of the two of them before he left. Be safe and come home soon--We love you!

Great way to spend Valentines Day

2009-02-14T17:43:00.001-08:00

It is Valentines Day and we are at home about to eat dinner and just hanging out with little Coop. I took some pictures of him at bathtime as well as took some video of him walking after his bath. It is amazing how fast he is growing up. He is making us laugh all the time and he follows us around the house which is strange but fabulous. We are starting to plan his first birthday which is less than a month away. We are so thankful to have him and can't believe a year has come and is almost gone. Time certainly flies when you are having fun!

I fell off the wagon!

2009-01-26T12:58:00.000-08:00

So I took a nose dive off of the blogging wagon lately....BUT I AM BACK. Everything has been going great in the Daniel home. The holidays were wonderful with Cooper. He enjoyed every bit of it and loved all of his gifts and attention from everyone who loves him. He is starting to walk now and has mastered about 10 steps at a time and stands on his own without pulling up on anything. It is amazing how fast they grow up.

Unfortunately Rhett's grandfather, better known as Papaw, passed away a couple of weeks ago and that was hard. We were however thankful we were able to get the entire family together to spend some quality time. It was mass chaos but Cooper loved it. We are thankful to have such a big and loving family.

I am attaching a few pictures. One is of Rhetts parents, Cooper and his 8 cousins and the others are of him being Biker Baby! Rhett and I are so lucky to have such an adoreable little boy! Enjoy!

Christmas Pictures

2008-12-11T18:06:00.000-08:00

I was going to wait to post these until after Christmas cards went out but here is a sneak peak at my little Cooper Clause!

I love CHEERIOS!

2008-11-10T16:51:00.000-08:00

Cooper has a new favorite...CHEERIOS! Enjoy this video of him attempting to eat them without teeth. Pretty funny and entertaining for Mommy!

Happy Halloween!

2008-11-02T07:16:00.001-08:00

Cooper had the best Halloween. I almost cried every time I looked at him because I can't believe a baby this cute could be mine! He continues to make me melt more and more every day. We went trick or treating at Aunt Lou and Uncle Ty's and it really was a family event. It was Lindsey, Tyler, my mom, Rhett's parents, Rhett and me. We looked a little silly walking around getting candy for a kid that can't eat it but it was really fun. This kid might be loved more than any other. Enjoy the pictures. I am not sure how I will top this next year but I will find a way.

Californ-I-A

2008-10-26T15:07:00.000-07:00

Rhett had to go to California on business last week so I flew out on Thursday for a long weekend. We had so much fun but we came home to a sick child :-( God bless Grandma C, Auntie Lou Lou and Uncle Ty for putting up with all the bodily fluids (to put it in a nice way). We appreciate all you do and Cooper is very lucky to be loved by so many people! Here are a few pictures from our vacation.

Pumpkin Patch

2008-10-11T11:59:00.000-07:00

Daddy is out of town so Mackenzie and I took all three of the boys to the pumpkin patch. We thought it would be great and we would get some great pictures but once we got there, the boys really didn't like it. Here are a couple of pictures I got with my camera. Mackenzie got the best ones and all of the ones of the boys together so once I get those, I will post them.

My Pot of Gold!

2008-10-06T17:26:00.000-07:00

I walked outside this evening to a beautiful sight! What more do you need in life?

New Pictures

2008-10-04T17:21:00.000-07:00

The first picture is a picture of Cooper when Rhett was in NYC for work. He really missed him. The next two are of Cooper in his Ohio State hat (which is one of my favorite baby gifts). the last two are just funny ones I took of Cooper for Rhett to see when he was gone. I tell you, I give props to single moms. It is not easy to do everything while Rhett is out of town. It makes me feel very lucky to have him around.

Cooper and Hutson

2008-09-19T14:27:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures of little Cooper and Hutson Grace playing at Jamie's house. Cooper was trying to steamroll her and just didn't understand why that was so wrong. Sorry Jamie and Russ, my son is already trying to get on top of your daughter. I am expecting Russ to be polishing his shot gun in a few years to keep him away from her.

I think in the last picture, she is loving on him a little too! Either that or she is just falling over :-)

Updates...

2008-09-09T17:00:00.000-07:00

Oh the things that have happened in the last few weeks! I took Cooper to the doctor because he had a stomach virus (another story in itself) and had another doctor look at his neck. This would be the third doctor and is a very trusted family friend. He confirmed that it is NOTHING to worry about and he would wait to do surgery until he absolutely has to have it. In his words, "He could be 15 years old when it comes out." That made me happy!

A lot of things have happened in the last couple of weeks as far as milestones. Cooper is officially on his hands and knees rocking back and fourth. Crawling is only a few days away. He has also learned to hold a bottle and feed himself. He had his first haircut from daddy to cut off his mullet and Donald Trump comb over. He sat very still and looks like a little man. It is amazing how fast he is growing up and I am having a bit of a hard time adjusting to him not being completely dependent on me. I will get over it though.

Cooper attended his first Razorback game and did a fantastic job. He was a huge hit and was passed around the box all night. He was such a trooper given all the fireworks, flyovers and screaming men! He is partial to the hog call and fight song since daddy played it while he was in mommy's tummy for him.

Mommy had her high school reunion this weekend and Grandma "C", Auntie Lou Lou and Uncle Ty watched him all weekend. He was very good and we are thankful to have them all so close!

I think that is all the updates I have at this point. Stay tuned...

Cooper's pictures

2008-08-28T19:28:00.000-07:00

So we got the pictures of Cooper back tonight and here are a few of them. Of course my favorite is the clothesline picture on the header. I think Cooper took the first two lines of the Arkansas fight song literally..."Hit that line...Hit that line..."

Enjoy!

This weekend wore Cooper out!

2008-08-24T17:05:00.000-07:00

Mommy has been sick most of the weekend and quarentined to her room. Daddy played with Cooper so much that the little guy is just worn out! Here are a couple of pictures of Cooper playing with Allie (his dog) and then crashing in the Jumperoo. I am also going to try to attach a little video of him jumping and fighting sleep. Too cute!

Weekend Fun

2008-08-17T17:37:00.000-07:00

We have had a relaxing weekend. Here are some picture of little Coop playing with his octopus and his new Jumperoo. For those moms that don't own one of these, do yourself a favor and get one. Cooper absolutely loves it and will sit and play and laugh for hours. He is so cute in it.

Cooper has also found out how to put his pacifier in his mouth by himself. Hopefully this means that when he spits it out at night, he will be able to put it back in his mouth without Mommy or Daddy doing it...I know...yeah right!

The third picture is of the outfit Auntie Lou Lou got Cooper. Thanks, Lindsey! Cooper loves you :-)

This is my outfit from M'Amy

2008-08-12T18:16:00.000-07:00

I completely forgot Cooper had this outfit so when Rhett came in this morning with Cooper all dressed, I about fell over. Again, I am biased but he was SOOOOOO cute! He continues to melt my heart every day. We got a lot of "Awe's" today!

This is what happens when mom gets bored!

2008-08-12T18:07:00.000-07:00

So I was sitting at home just pondering how cute my child is when I got the idea to play dress up with him! I laughed so hard the whole time I was dressing him and he seemed to think he was pretty funny too. You can tell this child is going to have one heck of a personality. I have a little "beefcake" on my hands...ENJOY!

My Friends

2008-08-09T09:23:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple of pictures of Cooper and his BFF's Kade and Jax. You can tell, he is used to being the center of attention.

Also, thank you to everyone for the sweet comments regarding Cooper's scare the other day. He has no idea anything is going on so that is fine with me. I will continue to update you on his progress.

We are going today to get family pictures and some "surprise" pictures of Cooper done. Be looking for a post with those in a couple of weeks. I am so excited!

Extreme Terror!!!!

2008-08-07T18:00:00.000-07:00

Let me start this by saying that Cooper is going to be fine. With that said, I (mom) have had the worst day of my life! No one ever wants to hear their child's name and Arkansas Children's Hospital in the same breath, but we heard it today. Cooper has a lump on the back of his neck about the size of a golf ball. After hours at the doctor, a radiologist visit and back to the pediatrician, we have found that the lump is not cancerous however, we have to keep monitoring it daily for changes and inevitably, Cooper will have to have surgery to get the cyst removed. They are hoping they can wait until he is about 2 years old to take it out but as I said, we are monitoring it and any change might constitute surgery. If he has to have anything before 2 years old, he will have to have it done at Children's Hospital but at least we are so close to the best of the best!

He was so brave and sweet through the whole ordeal. Every nurse was wrapped around his little finger and everyone keeps asking if he is always as happy as he seems. The answer is yes!!!!!! God has blessed us with the most amazing and happy child and I will continue to thank him every day for blessing us with him and thank him every day that our son is healthy! Even though it is a promising prognosis, please keep our precious boy in your prayers! You can't EVER have enough of those. With that said, I have to give a huge shout out to my dear friend Christy (Frits) Norwood. She had to live the nightmare of taking her baby to Arkansas Children's Hospital and the precious angel (Brycen) pulled through heart surgery with flying colors. What a strong mom!!!! I send this out to you Christy, with tears in my eyes and I salute your bravery!!!!!! You are truly amazing!!!!!

I have to run because I need to put my exhausted baby to sleep. He had a long day (and so did I)!!!!!

Party

2008-08-02T16:06:00.000-07:00

Tonight we are having Cooper's two best friends, twin brothers Kade and Jaxton and their little girlfriend Hutson over for dinner. Here are a couple pictures daddy took of Cooper and mommy since everyone complains that she is always taking the pictures and not in them. I will post more of the babies tomorrow. I am sure we will take a ton of pictures!

Summer Fun

2008-08-01T21:09:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple of pictures of Cooper's first pool experience. He was so cute I almost cried!

Slideshow?

2008-08-01T20:54:00.000-07:00

I might be technologically challenged because I can't fiture out the slide show. Looks like I will just be adding a couple of my favorite recent Cooper pics. Please excuse the spit up.

New Blogger!

2008-08-01T20:39:00.000-07:00

I suppose all of the rave these days are blogs so I am going to try this. Here we go! Long story short, Rhett and I have been married for almost 4 years in October. We were recently blessed with the arrival of baby Cooper! He is the love of our lives and neither of us could imagine life without him. He is such a blessing and we are so thankful to be his parents. For those of you that are expecting, you are in for the most amazing experience you could ever imagine. With that said, I am going to try and post a slide show of our little angel. Enjoy and expect many more fun pictures in the near future!