Cohen

Oh my little Cohen how we Love you! Cohen is the most loving, cuddly, sweet little boy. Full of quirks, and hard to figure out, which makes him that much more loveable. Most people don't know how much we have struggled and still do with communicating with Cohen. It causes things to be really hard because he gets really frustrated and breaks down and has temper tantrums because we can't understand him. We have worked with him a Lot, with sign language and ways to communicate. He has improved so much I am so happy to say!!
In just the past few weeks Cohen has been repeating lots of words and phrases and doing his animal sounds. He's actually a really funny little guy. Today Cohen was saying some of his numbers letters and repeating all of his colors! Wow!! Seriously a lot of improvement lately. So, he was taking in everything just not able to verbalize it.

We so love our little man, and I just had to write a special blog for him today just to say how proud I am of him!!!

Halloween

We chose not to go trick- or- treating this year in the neighborhood because we don't know the neighbors yet. Our church had trunk-or-treating (which ended up being like a Fall Festival) so we went to that. Clay came home early from work and I had all of the kids dressed and ready to go! Cooper was Spiderman, Cohen a monkey, and Cenley was a kitten! Obviously didn't go together, but they were cute :).
Cooper had a blast playing all of the games, Cohen loved grabbing the candy and eating it immediately! There was also a pony ride and Cooper did that! Here are a few pictures of the cuties!

Park

There are beautiful parks everywhere here in CA. They make up for the lack of yards with parks basically on every corner. There is an amazing park we have discovered just a few blocks away from here. It's in Almaden where Cooper goes to preschool. So we have been there twice for picnics, walks, and fun! I want to go by myself soon just to photograph the trees, lake and birds. But, here are some of the kiddos.

Life

Life is beginning to have a bit of a routine for us! I am learning the immediate area for the most part. Of course with the help of my handy GPS. Cooper is now in his second week of preschool, which he is really enjoying. We attended Church, where Cooper's preschool is this past Sunday and really enjoyed it. I am excited that there is a MOPS group there, Women's Bible studies, and seems to be a good Children's program.
I still plan on joining the YMCA and getting involved with that. Cooper is ready to start Soccer and t-ball again. So, these are a few pictures we have taken as of lately from around the house.

Pumpkin Patch

We were finally able to take the kids to do something fun this past weekend. There is a Pumpkin Patch really close to our house so we thought that would be fun! The view was just amazing, we could see the foothills behind the farm and it was absolutely beautiful!
There was a petting zoo, pony rides, hayride, train ride, plenty to keep the kids busy.
Everyone had a really fun time!

Cenley is 1

It's hard to believe I have had my 3rd and final 1st birthday with my baby! The firsts are so exciting, it just does not get old. All 3 are so different and each moment is so special! We were in the apartment for Cenley's birthday and also in the process of moving into our new house. Everything was so rushed but we still had a little party for Cenley. We had a quick dinner and cake! The good thing is baby's don't get the rushed part :).
We weren't surprised when Cenley dove right into her cupcake and devoured it! She got a new Leap Frog train for her b-day and Loves it! And the other kids like it too which makes it really hard. All 3 have a lot to learn when it comes to sharing :(.
As for the new things Cenley is doing and learning...well, a lot! Girls really do pick up on things faster than boys in my opinion. I think she actually has more words than Cohen. In fact I am pretty positive she does :). She repeats most words we say.
She says: bye bye, Da DA, Mama, frog, dog, turtle, Here you go, cookie, hair, and I am sure there are more that I am leaving out. Cenley is sweet, sassy, loving, fun and growing up to be a wonderful little girl. We all love her very much!

Finally

Today is the day! The Big Orange truck is at our house with our stuff :). We told Cooper but he doesn't even show excitement. Why? Because I think he has to believe it when he sees it. We have told him for weeks we will have our stuff soon so he doesn't know what to think. Actually..I think I do too.
So we are at the apartment, hopefully for the last full day. We are actually trapped because Cohen has the stomach bug. So no park today means very very Wild kids. Ughhh...
So in the past month I have had strep throat, which Clay has now. The dogs had stomach bug, then Cooper, now Cohen and a little bit with Cenley. We have celebrated 2 birthdays and we have Survived it all. Yay us! Life is about to really begin for us here in California.
Thanks for all of the prayer and support!! We love and miss you all.