My Baby Boy...

In His Big Boy Bed!! He kept asking me where his other bed went....so cute! I cannot believe we only have 1 crib left in the house.
Campbell was so supportive and excited for him!

Getting Ready for Halloween

We had such a fun day! We spent most of the day getting in the Halloween spirit. We started with a nutritious breakfast of Count Chocula. After that we made one of our Halloween treats for the day...frozen banana ghosts. This was followed by many Halloween arts and crafts...an egg carton spider, hand print bats, footprint ghosts, "Thumbkin" patches and some coloring. We also enjoyed a morning snack of ghoulish mouth. It was a wonderful day and I look forward to doing more days like this with the kiddos.

We are Texans now!

So, we have been in our house for almost 2 weeks now. We are NOT settled yet. Hopefully, in a couple of more weeks I will have the boxes unloaded. it doesn't go very quickly with 3 kids! We have already had our first visitors...Nana and Pop...passing through to and from San Antonio. It was great to have them here. Campbell and Cooper have started school. Campbell is in Pre-K and goes part time 3 days a week. Cooper is going to school for the first time. He goes one day a week. I don't think he stopped smiling when I picked him up from his first day. They take a nap in his class. When I got to his room, his teachers shared with me what he thought about during nap time. The teacher said that during the first few weeks, they rub the kids' backs to help them go to sleep. Well, she was rubbing Cooper's back and he looked at her and said, "What are you doing?" She said, "helping you fall asleep". Cooper responded with, "I'm okay." And he went to sleep, no problem. The move does not seem to have phased him too much. Although last night, I was putting him down and he asked when we were going home (i guess he meant in indy) and I explained that this was our home now. He wanted to know what happened to our other house...so sweet. Campbell has been okay. I think she is the most bothered by the move. She talks about Indy a lot. She really likes school though and has made some new friends. She starts soccer this week too, so that will be good for her. We went to church on Sunday and she went to her class. She loved it! So, I know she really misses playing with her friends. Collier has been exploring our new house on all fours but I think she will be walking soon.
The weather has really not been too hot either. The first week was rough but it has cooled off a little. We have been playing out in the back yard. We went to the pool this last weekend. It is the coolest pool ever. It has a tanning ledge, a splash park inside the pool fence, and 2 water slides(not slides that go in the pool, i mean water slides). We had so much fun! I am slowly learning my way around or at least to the places that I need to go to like the grocery store, target, etc.
Jeff is really liking his job. I think he enjoys being out of the office.
Texas definitely does not feel like home yet but I am sure it will in the future. As soon as I get the house in order, I will post some pics.

"Big Boy" and more...

Cooper is so excited because he is officially a "big boy". Yes, last Tuesday afternoon he decided he wanted to wear underwear. So, I started potty training. He is doing so great! Yes, he still has accidents but not many. He is wearing a pull-up at nap time and night night time (plus he almost always keeps them dry). We are soooo proud of him. The first couple of days were hard for us and him but he is rockin' and rollin' now. He does not always tell us but we take him every hour to 1 1/2 hours and he holds it until then...so for being 2 years and 3 months old tomorrow, I think Cooper is doing awesome.
Collier is 7 months old now. She is loving baby food, eating like a champ. She is not partial to anything in particular and does not turn down any of it including the "green" stuff. She is also pulling up on stuff. She is soooo active and is loving playing with Cooper and Campbell.
Campbell is such a great big sister to both Cooper and Collier. She has been very encouraging and excited for Cooper as he learns to go "potty". She is such a little mommy. She had her 4 year check up this summer and had to get a shot. Collier had her 6 month check up at the same time and had to get 4 shots. Campbell volunteered to go first. She did not shed a tear. I was so proud of her!
On the moving side of things, we bought a house in Keller, TX. Our house here has sold. The moving truck is coming August 16.
This summer has absolutely gone by too fast. We have made some incredible memories and look forward to new adventures in "cowboy" country.

Whoa...so much going on at our house

I do not even know where to begin so I will just get to the point...our life has been crazy lately! After Cooper turned 2...the craziness continued. Jeff was reallocated at Lilly so that means he was told he did not have a job and needed to find one...OK?? So, he began looking both here in Indy and other places. He interviewed and he actually came out "a winner"...back to this in a moment. In the meantime, I ran a half marathon, there was mother's day...my 1st with our sweet Collier...have I told you how much I love being the mommy of my 3 precious children...LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!! Then we went to Birmingham to have Collier's infant baptism at Oak Mountain Presbyterian...the same church where both Campbell and Cooper were baptized. That was a long, quick trip. We got to Birmingham on a Friday afternoon and left Sunday after church. It was great though! We saw some great friends and hung out with family...wish we could have seen more of our friends! Back to "the winner"...Jeff was promoted to a district sales manager. It is a great opportunity for him and our family. So, we will be loading up the fam and moving to...Dallas/Ft. Worth area. Did I tell you how HOT it is there...highs in the low 100's for the next 2 weeks...so I guess we will be inside in the summer there and outside in the winter...exactly opposite of here... But, all of the Jordans are excited and ready to get our cowboy boots on... Next, we have Campbell's birthday party...she is turning 4 on June 16th. I cannot believe that...where has the time gone?...where is my baby girl? Ok, this was the totally abbreviated story...did I mention that we have also been trying to get our house ready to put on the market too...Done...lock box on...sign in yard Friday or Saturday...Let the selling begin! I will get some updated pics up soon. Campbell's party is this Saturday!

Cooper Turns 2

April 24th, this past Saturday was Cooper's 2nd birthday and his party. We had a Cowboy Party. Due to rain, we had his party in the garage. It actually turned out pretty good...Cooper had so much fun! Nana and Pop were here for the party. We all participated by putting on our cowboy gear!

Cooper's birthday breakfast!

Collier was taking a nap...

Aunt Jerri, Cousin Ann Marie, and Cousin Gabe visit for Spring Break

We had such a wonderful week with Aunt Jerri and our cousins. The boys, Cooper and Gabe are 4 days apart in age. They played together. And, of course, the girls had a blast. Unfortunately, it was only warm the first they got here so we played outside that afternoon. Monkey Joes was so much fun too. I think the boys had more fun than the girls... On Thursday of the visit, we had a picture made. Whew! Getting 5 kids to take a successful picture was a lot of work. Jerri and I felt it went really well, no one was crying in the picture....we say SUCCESS! Nana and Pop wanted a picture of all the grandbabies. Hopefully, they were happy with the picture! We also went to the Children's Museum while they were here. There were 2 special exhibits going on...Barbie (great for the girls) and Bob the Builder (great for the boys). We were there for over 3 hours and basically just saw these 2 exhibits. There was also a great big slide from the second floor to the 1st floor. We all slid down, even Collier, in mommy's Baby Bjorn. We were very sad to see them leave...the house was so quiet. Cannot wait to do it again!!