Gilroy Gardens with Gammy

One of our "Go to" places for our family is Gilroy Gardens. Gilroy is actually where our new house is going to be as well. Eventually, I will get to the post on that. Anyway...we have Season passes there and we thought it would be a great place to take Mom and let the kids have a good time. The kids (especially Cohen ) love all the rides there, so we did as many as we could. Cohen did extra with his Daddy because he likes the scary ones that Cooper will not do :). They had a really cool petting zoo that Mom got the kids tickets too. I think that was the best part of the trip. Cenely chased chickens the Entire time, Cohen hung on a a fence watching the ducks, and Cooper carried around a chicken while checking everything out. Very neat!!

Gammy's Visit

Mom came for a visit for 2 weeks this past month. We all really enjoyed the visit and I think wore her out really well. We weren't able to really make any big trips this time because we had quite a few Doctor's appointments and school meetings. We did make several trips to parks and also to Gilroy Gardens. Thanks Gammy for a fun visit and all the HELP! :)

Game Day!

Well, just because we live in California doesn't mean we don't still support Alabama football! Well, I do at least. We all wore our Bama attire out to the park this past weekend, on Game day. Tried to get some pictures of our crew together, got a few cute shots. :) The park we took the pictures is really close to our new house, by the way!

Kindergarten has Begun

Well, it has begun..the days of Elementary have started. Cooper started school about 2 weeks ago. He is really enjoying it. It's a new thing for Cooper to have to sit still for longer periods of time, but he is learning :). He loves his new teacher, Mrs. Randazzo. She seems like a wonderful teacher, very well organized and keeps the kids in line. Cooper comes home singing his rules and new songs he has learned. Makes me happy to see him enjoying it so much!

Our Precious Co Co

If you know me well, then you have met our 3 kids. I haven't met anyone that hasn't instantly fallen in love with Cohen. He has this way of stealing hearts, well he for sure has ours. We love our Cohen so much, but have struggled for a while with how to deal with him. Not that he is bad, he is just difficult. Cohen doesn't talk much, other than repeating things and it really frustrates him that he can't communicate with us, and really not understand. Our Pediatrician was concerned and sent us to a Clinical Psychologist. After much paper work and a long day of tests they have diagnosed Cohen with Autism. I think we sort of knew that is what they would say, and I have to tell you it doesn't make me sad. I am just so EXCITED to get help! We need it and I feel this is really going to help him grow into the little boy he was meant to be. A whole lot is going on in his little world and we just want to be invited in! So, for all of our close famiy and friends that know our struggles thank you for your prayers and concern. And for those that don't know we ask for your prayers and understanding with our precious boy!

Cooper's 5

Well..once again this post is late coming, but finally trying to catch up. I can't believe we just celebrated Cooper's 5th birthday. Sometimes it feels like we have had him a LONG time :) and other times it feels like yesterday we were bringing home our baby boy from the hospital. Time goes so fast, being Clay and I really are trying to enjoy every moment with our children!! There are many sacrifices, but it is so worth it. So...on to the party part! Cooper had his 1st Real birthday party. He has had small things at our house but this our first real Event. We chose to have it at a gymnastics place, thought indoors would be ideal. Not that there is a concern for rain here! :) Cooper wanted a Super Mario party and that's what he got. It was a blast and we enjoyed having some of our new friends come and celebrate with us!

Birthday Part 2

So, for Cohen's birthday we planned a family trip to the zoo! We found a new nice zoo here near us! We had such a wonderful time together. All of the kids really enjoyed the animals. I was happy to see Cohen and Cenley both really paying attention to all of the animals. By far Cohen enjoyed the chimpanzees the most. He loves Monkeys. They put on a major show for us too. There was a little place the kids could put their feet in the water and of course Cohen met a new friend. (always an adult) He cuddled with her for a good 5 minutes, I really don't know what to do with him. Luckily she was a Grandma and enjoyed it. After the zoo we picked up a pizza and went home to Party. Pizza, cake and opening presents was the closing and it went over great. Cohen loved having this day being all about HIM, we need to give him more days like this.