Cooper is already FIVE months old!!!

Check out this cutie!!!

So, Cooper is already five months old!! He loves to play, coo and laugh. He still hates tummy time. But, he is really the sweetest little guy. He talks to his daddy every night after his feeding. The two of them converse back and forth for a good ten minutes every night. It's sweet and Cooper is LOUD!!! He plays in his saucer now for longer periods of time and is learning to like his jumper too. His favorite thing is still the swing!!

This past month he has found his hands and feet. So, he sucks on his fingers a lot and grabs his feet when he's laying on his back! He is still a great eater and has started on cereal and fruit now. He's definitely a fan!!

Enjoy these great pictures...and thanks to Aunt G for the handsome shirt!!

Daddy-Daughter Dance

Today was the Daddy-Daughter Dance. Rachel and Brooks had the BEST time ever! Rachel has been looking forward to this for MONTHS. Literally...this has been a huge deal in our house. We even made Rachel her own calendar so she could cross off the days until the dance. Rachel and Daddy danced the day away!! Here are some pictures to highlight the afternoon!

Rachel before Daddy got to see her all dressed up!!

She is so beautiful!

Rachel wore some of mommy's jewelry and painted her nails red to match her dress, which made her feel even more special! She even picked out Daddy's red tie! Mommy thought they made a great little couple! I think she is the only girl I would let Daddy go on a date with!!!Rachel at the dance!

Rachel and Daddy at the dance. SOOOOO cute!!!

During the last dance (which was a slow dance), Brooks was holding Rachel in his arms swaying her around. Only to finish the song to the sound of snores!! Yes, the poor girl wore herself out!! I think all the anticipation of the big day finally got to her and she just fell sound asleep on his shoulder and then again in the car on the way home. Here she is at the end of her first dance! Sweet girl...

Yet another snowstorm!

We were snowed in again with about 8 inches of snow and ice. We enjoyed some fun family time and watched some new movies. I was able to get lots of organizing and cleaning done while Brooks had some fun wrestling and hide-and-seek time!! Cooper is in the middle of a growth-spurt, so thank goodness daddy was home considering Cooper stayed awake all day for the last two days and ate NON-stop!! Whew!!! Here are some fun pictures of the ice/snow storm!

Four Months & Happy New Year!

Wow! Where does four months go?? Cooper is already four months old!! He is an amazing little man...already trying to sit up!! He is such a happy baby and really makes our family complete. Here are a few pictures of our little man!

Cooper and Mommy at Nana & Papa's house!!

Super Duper Cooper...

For New Year's, we got to spend a lot of fun time with Lee, Zachary and Whitney. Lee and Zachary came in town from California and it was so great for the kids to have some fun play time. Here are the four cousins together!!

Happy Birthday, Jesus!!

What a great Christmas 2009!!!

Rachel wanted to know if she could blow out the candles at Jesus' birthday party because He wouldn't be there! And Eric strolled through Wal-Mart shouting "Ho-Ho-Ho, Merry Christmas!" to everyone who would look at him!! The kids really got into the Christmas spirit this year and it was fun!! This year will definitely be remembered as the year of the big blizzard. And it changed much of our celebration plans. But, we still managed to see everyone at some point throughout the weekend and managed to have a wonderfully joyous celebration with lots of family!!

What a great time of year!!

Rachel, Cooper and Eric on Christmas morning!

All the McMullan cousins!

They had so much fun playing together!!

L-R: Eric (2.5), Halle (5), Jake (5), Austin (1),

Rachel (5), Cooper (3m)

Daddy, Mommy and Cooper!!

Daddy, Mommy, Rachel and Eric at Nana and Papa's for Christmas on the 26th! We finally made it out there!!

Then Rachel and Eric sitting all cute waiting to open presents!!

Silly Papa with Rachel!

Some post-Christmas fun out in the snow!! Daddy made a snowman (who, by the way, is sitting down)!!!

The kids loved it!!

Nana and Papa rockin' it in their winter gear!!! Wa-hoo!!

Christmas Eve Blizzard!!

Let it snow!!! Let it snow!!! Let it snow!!!

What do you get when you have a blizzard

on Christmas Eve??

One little girl, entertaining herself (and cleaning up EVERY mess in site so Santa will come to a clean house)!

One little man swing in his swing!

And...one VERY active toddler-boy who shows all the signs of cabin-fever!!! Running, jumping, screaming, dancing, crawling, playing, eating...oh my!!!

The interstates are all closed. The city mall is closed. Church services are all cancelled. The airport is shut-down! Massive multi-car pile-ups are everywhere! I have friend whose brother and family are stranded on I-35 and were just told that everyone will have to stay the night

in their cars!! Unbelievable!

It started off as sleet and by 1pm, it changed over to blowing snow with 49+ mile an hour winds!! The airport has recorded 10 inches of snow! The last snow fall record on Christmas Eve was back in 1914 at a whopping 1.4 inches!! Whew-hew!!

The kids are loving the fact that they get to have

a White Christmas!!

Happy 5th Birthday, Rachel!

Five years ago tonight, Brooks and I were finishing packing our bags for the short trek to the hospital, knowing that in the morning, our lives would be changed forever. We were going to be first-time parents. When we were pregnant with Rachel, we didn't know if we were having a boy or girl, so we had names picked out for each gender. A boy would be Austin (after Brooks' grandmother - her maiden name) Allan (my dad's middle name). But, for the life of us, we couldn't come up with a girl name. We had decided on Madeline Moret (my middle name) for a time but then knew that wasn't right. So, one morning during church I was thumbing through the Bible and I pointed to "Rachel" and Brooks said, "hum...it's okay." That same afternoon Brooks went running while I took a nap. After his run, he literally jumped on the bed and woke me up..."If it's a girl her name HAS to be Rachel...I was running and the sun parted between the clouds and I saw a beautiful ray of sunshine...she would be MY ray of sunshine."

I should have known in that moment that she was going to be a girl! :)
So, the 16th of December 2004 came and we were blessed with the most beautiful little girl in all the world. How does half a decade slip away so quickly? Our sweet little lamb is now a beautiful and thriving five year old. She goes to school, rides a bus, teaches her brothers new things, plays dress-up, sings and dances all the time. Rachel is the most amazing blessing and we are SO grateful that God thought us worthy enough to be her parents here on Earth! What an honor!
So, to our little ray of sunshine, Happy 5th birthday, sweetheart! We love you with every fiber of our being. We are proud of you and think you are the most amazing girl ever! We love all your pieces!!! Happy birthday, Punky!!

December 16, 2004! Welcome to the world, Rachel Moret!

Rachel's 1st Birthday...she wasn't so crazy about the cake!

Rachel, 2 years old! This is one of my all-time favorite pictures with Rachel!

Rachel, 3 years old. Standing next to her pink birthday tree that we put in her room!

Rachel's 4th birthday...daddy was the clown for her circus party!

For Rachel's 5th birthday, we did a craft party!!