Tis the Season'........allergies!!

I have found that since the start of Spring the allergies are exceptionally worse this year.  Cooper has been living with constant red eyes and rashes.  It is a fight every monring to get some sort of medicine on him.  Sometimes I wonder if he even notices the difference when he is not scratching!! As much as I love the spring..I hate it now!!   Im afraid to let them go outside because Cooper will walk in with his eyes swollen shut and another new something on his leg, tummy, neck, or somewhere else!  Park on the other hand has barely been sick throughout his tiny little existence, and if you have met Parker he is not exactly tiny for his age :)  Park has no allergies, no boo boo's, no strange rashes.  Its amazing how different and exactly the same my babies are. 
So as we blow through spring I hope no one else is going through the same allergy misery we are going through over here at the Waldran house.  Happy Spring Everyone!

Parkie ate my cupcake!!

Well as Cooper turns 3, Parkie turns to eating and I mean everything.  Today Chelsa took Park to story time at Barnes and Noble  I thought this would be something he would enjoy.  He did enjoy the free snacks but could care less about the story.  He was eating the leftover cheerios on the floor and probably stole some from the other kids when they were not looking.  Not only does Parker eat the recommended 3 meals a day plus a few snacks in between, he also eats everyone elses meal.  His new trick is to wait until everyone has left the kitchen and then he goes back for what ever is left.  Its not like he is starving I think he weighs 35 lbs!!

At Cooper's birthday party I cant even tell you how many cupcakes he stole from the other kids.  All I kept hearing was "Parkie took my cupcake!"  Even though I find myself laughing at him, I can't help but wonder if we are going to see him at the local hot dog eating contest someday!  Oh Parkie, sweet baby, I promise I will feed you but if you are eating my entire pantry at 1 what happens when you are 15??

Three

I can't believe Cooper is 3.  Where has the time gone?  I have noticed that the chubby little blonde baby is growing into a silly little boy.  It feels like yesterday that we were finishing the nursery and preparing for the 1st baby. My favorite little monster has learned many new things over the past year.  He knows his ABC's, can count in spanish (with the help of Dora), and I have taught him how to load the washing machine!! Hey,  I will take the help where ever I can get it. 
He got his report card today from preschool..as I was reading his progress I kept thinking why in the world do we have report cards at 3.  All I wanted to know was does he behave at school??  I know he can do the rest. His teachers have told me that he is very smart..BUT the big question is..Does he behave..and I pray to God he hasn't blurted out the phrase.."oh S*&T" at school!!  Yes, he has learned this phrase, probably from me.  I am trying so hard to say darn it, shoot, anything else, but when I walk into a bathroom full of water from Cooper "washing his hands" it just kind of slips out. 

So as we are fully ready to deal with the fun age of 3 I have just decided that I will no longer feel guilty for dragging out that "quick" trip to the grocery store while Josh is home with the boys!  Funny how going to target can save your sanity!! 

Here is Cooper at school on Western day.  Lets just say that daddy is hoping an praying for another FFA member in the family!