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Monday, August 30, 2010

My John Deere Boy

If you know Cooper at all, you know that he LOVES tractors! No wait, that is an understatement. He is OBSESSED with tractors (and cars, trucks, emergency and construction vehicles.) Pretty much anything with wheels attracts him. Last weekend we drove out to Post, TX to visit our friends Ty and Hayley. Ty farms cotton in Post and has been wanting to show Cooper his tractor for a while now.

The drive to Post was narrated by Cooper naming all the cars, "That's a Toyota! That's a Chevrolet! That's a Lexus!" and the construction vehicles, "It's a CRANE! Do you see the bulldozer? I see a grader!" and of course the tractors and other farm vehicles. He knows them all, tractors, planters, seed drills, combines, cotton stripper, plow, cultivator, you name it he can identify it.

When we got to the farm, the first thing he saw was Ty's tractor! Not only did he have a tractor outside, he had a house full of tractor toys and decorations! When we thought it couldn't get any better, Ty offered to take Cooper on a ride in the Tractor AND the Cotton Stripper! Needless to say, Cooper was in tractor HEAVEN!



Cooper and Ty talking about Tractors.



Ty explaining how it works



Start your engines!


If you notice, Ty isn't holding the steering wheel.



This thing was HUGE!





The cotton stripper was even BIGGER!

Very pleased with himself. I think Ty enjoyed it too!
Needless to say, we had a great time! Oh and Ty and Hayley are doing great. They just had a sweet precious baby, Ayden, who we got to love on some too!

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Rice Cereal time!

We decided to go ahead and try Mattox on rice cereal this week. Over the past few days, he has been trying to lift himself into a seated position, can sit for a long period of time with support AND has been eyeing our food during every meal. He has even tried grabbing our utensils. So, we tried rice cereal. As with all first attempts at food, he wasn't too impressed, but after a while got the hang of it and I think actually started to enjoy it.


The "before" picture.


Big bite!



"Mom, what WAS that stuff?"


Not too bad. Kinda content face.

Welcome to the Family Baby Anya!

On August 17th, we welcomed Anya Milena Aaron to the world! She was born at 12:22pm and weighed 7 lbs 13 oz and was 20 1/2 inches long. She is just precious! I think she looks just like Erin. It has also been mentioned that she looks alot like her cousin, Aria. She is beautiful and such an amazing blessing to all of us. I just wish she didn't live so far away!


Right after she was born. She had to stay under an oxygen mask for a little while.

Anya Milena Aaron


Proud Mommy and Daddy!


Proud Aunt!

Going to church for the first time! She was the center of attention!


All 4 cousins. Cooper, Aria, Mattox and Anya













Mattox is 4 months old!

I can't believe it! It's just going by WAY too fast! Mattox is already 4 months old! He is such a happy, smiley baby! He is the master of facial expressions! You can pretty much tell what he is thinking by looking at his face.

New adventures for this month included going to the zoo and aquarium with big brother Cooper and Cousin Aria and welcoming our new cousin Anya into the world.

Not only does Mattox like to stand up, he is now starting to pull himself into a seated position. He also stares at us while we are eating like he is begging for food. We finally gave in and started him on rice cereal yesterday. Here are a few pictures!


Sitting with Aunt Lauren while Mommy is holding baby Anya.
This face is saying, "Mom, aren't you suppose to be holding me?"

Rice cereal faces. He wasn't too impressed with it at first, but by the end, it wasn't too bad.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Samarillo Ranch

I am WAY behind on posts so most of this will be old news. Oh well! A couple of weekends ago, we drove to Amarillo to spend the weekend with Sam and Keesha at Samarillo Ranch. Holly and Cody came with us and we had tons of fun! We got to play games, ride horses and play with the new kittens!

Mattox playing with Holly

Horseback riding! David is on Shasta and Cooper and I are riding C B



Playing Rockband. I was an AWFUL drummer!


Cooper showing the new kitten how to drive a truck


Keesha and Cooper playing with the kittens


The guys playing Rockband