Rachel Ray says...

that if you can't go on a vacation to a different country than visit different ethnic restaurants in your area! So, that's what we did on Monday with my hubby being off for President's Day. We went to a Mediterranean restaurant and boy, was it yummy! We love mediterranean food but this was Cooper's first time other than pita and hummus which he loves and is always kept in the fridge!

"Oh, don't do that to him!"

We went to the grocery store on Monday and I bumped into the daughter of one of my patients that I hadn't seen in a long time. For those of you that don't know, I was a social worker before becoming a stay at home mom. It was funny because she turned around at my hubby and Cooper that were further down the aisle and said "is that your baby?" She said that you could tell he was mine. I liked that comment :)

What I didn't like was the following stuff. She asked if we were going to have anymore and I said that we were most likely done with adding onto our family. She then proceeds to tell me how unfair it is to not give him a brother or sister. Well, I could've gone into the whole story but really why should I have to? I can't have anymore kids but even if I could, why can't I just be satisified with the one that I have? I could've gone into the whole "I'm lucky to have this one" story but why should I have to? I could've gone into the "well, I wanted two but that wasn't in God's plan..." story but again why should I have to?

I'm tired of having to tell a really sad story to get people to leave me alone about kids. Enough, already! I truly believe that people mean well, but as a whole they're generally clueless.

A true (funny) story...

I was in bed all day yesterday with a migraine so I don't have any pics to share today! I haven't had a migraine in 2 years and was only awake for about 30 minutes yesterday when I could feel one coming on. I started having migraines when I was 16 and they stopped right around the time that I found out that I was pregnant with Cooper. I was wiped out and spent almost the entire day in the bed. My sweet hubby took Cooper to my goddaughter's 12th birthday party while I slept it off...anyways, this has nothing to do with my funny story!

We spent a lot of time last week out in the sun and sunblock is very important to me. So, I was putting sunblock on Cooper one day and noticed that the sunblock was kind of thick but figured that it was just getting old. I used this tube for about 2 days. I decided to use the other tube of sunblock in my diaper bag and was much more pleased with the consistency. LOL, but decided to take a closer look at the 2 tubes of sunblock and noticed that one of them was actually Ave.no diaper rash cream! His face shall we say is now as smooth as a baby's bottom! :)

Oy Vey! Sometimes, I wonder where my head is!

Now it just seems like I'm bragging...

But, another glorious day in Georgia yesterday! We met my sister and her three girls in a park in Athens for lunch and a stroll around their natural walk. This park is awesome because it's totally free! You don't have to pay $3 for parking and their little zoo is free, too! Our favorite part was seeing the bald eagles...

Cooper eating a chocolate chip cookie :)

There are these painted bulldogs all over Athens...

Cooper swinging and wanting the camera!

Mommy and Cooper

My favorite menfolk!

Just another day in the sunshine!

Cooper and I spent the afternoon at the zoo yesterday! Gosh, I have really enjoyed this weather! It feels like we've been cooped up in the house for weeks and weeks so it's really lovely to feel the sunshine on my skin! Obviously, the entire city of Atlanta feels the same way because this place was packed!

I put this picture on here just so you can see how fascinated Cooper is with this milk snake...

Homeboy was totally enthralled with this snake!

He's telling me about how cool Chelsea the tiger is...

I packed our lunch...

But, we shared this dessert :) No worries, I ate all the gummy bears!

And, I couldn't get him to look up to take a pic, no matter how hard I tried!

Dead leaves are obviously way more captivating!

Cooper, a gingerbread man and some pinestraw...

Is all I need to have a fun afternoon! We were blessed with yet another day of great weather yesterday and I'm looking forward to seeing green everywhere soon! Come on, Spring!

He looks really serious for a baby with a gingerbread man cookie!

The remains of the gingerbread cookie lay on these cute little lips!

We never leave home without a book or two :)

Chillin with a huge frog!

"What big feet you have!"

Spying on the ducks....

He's obviously inherited both mommy and daddy's need for clean :)

Coopie to english translation, please :)

Cooper talks a lot but I can't understand about 75% of what he's saying. There are things that he says perfectly, like Dahda, momma, wuv, wuv ewe (love you) , moo, and dog. He'll say the same *indecipherable to mommy* word several times in a row so it's a word to him! I'm still learning on how to translate because I'm sure what he's saying is very, very wise!