2.24.2013

Super Douper Cooper!!!

Welcome to the world Cooper!! We're so excited to see you as you grow and develop your little personality! You are already so sweet and such a good baby. You're a good eater too, but please slow down because your going to pass poor little Mar Mar up. We love you and are so excited you're finally here!

Love,
Aunt Amanda, Uncle Drew, 
and baby Mar Mar



Best Friends Forever :)


Hazel absolutely loves Marlee, it is the sweetest thing. When ever she hears Mar Mar crying, Hazel is the first one to her rescue. She gets her little arms and hips swingin' and runs there as fast as her tiny feet will take her. She has been loving kissing and holding Marlee, and whenever Hazel sees current pictures of herself, she always says it's Mar Mar. Olivia says Hazel will be talking jibberish and out of no where will say Mar Mar, then go back to her crazy baby language. Hazel always starts out playing really sweet with Marlee, but over time starts getting some what vigorous :) She'll start by squealing "baby! Hi baby!" Then it moves to petting her head, and finally stealing her binky and shoving it back in her mouth. haha. 

Just as I was thinking poor helpless Marlee, this story happened: The other day Hazel was leaning in to Marlee's bed, trying to smooch her or get as close to Marlee as she could. The next thing I know Mar Mar has Hazel by the hair in a double fisted grab, holding so tightly that they were looking nose to nose with each other. I ran over trying not to laugh at Hazel's astonished face, and just as I unhooked the two, Marlee started yanking on poor Hazel's clothes. Hazel was so sad that Marlee would do such a thing to her. As this was happening she was telling Marlee, "no no no!" 

Hazel kept her distance from Mar Mar for the next couple hours, and nothing we could say changed her mind. I tried telling her to tickle Marlee and even kiss her, which she usually loves to do, and Hazel wasn't having any part of it. As far as Hazel knew, Marlee had broken their friendship for good. Nap time rolled around, and after Hazel woke up she had forgotten all about her and Mar Mar's first fight. Sleep can make you forget about a lot of things you thought were a big deal at the time, just ask Drew and I!
  
Crazy Hazy and Gnarley Marlee !!




2.14.2013

Happy LOVERS day!!


I decided to do the '12 Days of Valentines' for Drew this year. Drew loves a lot of things so it wasn't too hard to decide what to get him. The trouble was trying to get him different things than what he got for the 12 days of Christmas. For some reason I thought he loved Bratwursts... maybe I figured he loved bacon, and he likes eating hot dogs, so why wouldn't he love an even beefier hot dog like a brat? I guess I just figured that all men love them.

Day 1


Day 2
Bratwursts!!
Day 3

Lemon cookies
Day 4



Day 5
A fruit shake (peach)
Day 6
Klondike bars

Day 7


Day 8

Day 9

Day 10

Day 11

Day 12

Sadly I can't remember what I did for days 9 and 10... I'm hoping some day it'll come back to me.

Be mine for Valentine's!!

On Super Bowl Sunday, Amy helped me take a photo shoot of Mar Mar. I got a few things from the dollar store, and found the other decorations in Mar Mar's room. It was just supposed to be for a fun activity, but I ABSOLUTELY LOVE how they turned out, and am going to hang them up in her room! I was SOO giddy when I saw the pics, and am so thankful to Amy for her expertise in photo shop! Thanks Aim, they turned out amazing!!!

bE MiNe
fOR vAlEnTiNeS!!!












xOxO
Marlee

2.12.2013

Papa Hansen

We absolutely love that we have been able to see Papa Hansen almost every month with his new job!!  It has been so much fun spending extra time with him! Here is a pic of Marlee and Papa Hansen getting some snugglin' time in.