last night Cash wanted a 2nd cookie. i said no. Cash then said,

"Cookies make me happy. You make me sad."

haircut

i don't think i've had my hair cut since Cooper was born so i went and had 8 inches chopped. i miss my long hair but i can still get in a pony tail. and hair was meant for cutting.

Cooper teeth update

no new teeth but i noticed something tonight that i'm going to keep an eye on...Cooper's upper gum where one of his top front teeth would be, is purple - like its bruised. i can either think that he actually did bruise it by chewing on something which is probably most likely since he is always putting something in his mouth and gumming it. Or i can believe one of the many scenarios going through my head where he was born without that tooth or it is rotting from the inside since i gave him a gold fish cracker the other day...

he is not nearly as slobbery as Cash but if even a drop of slobber leaves his lips Cash freaks out and uses an entire box of wipes to wipe it up or he comes to me saying, "cooper almost slobbered on me". maybe i should remind him that for 6 months straight he slobbered all over everything in our house!

Cash seems to be struggling a little bit with Cooper. Now that Cooper is on the move and getting into ALL of Cash's stuff. He crawls over and grabs onto Cash and whatever he is doing or eating. Cash is getting really frustrated with him. He's acting out a bit at daycare and having lots of trouble going to sleep again. 

Although today i caught him being good! and made a big deal about it. He was frustrated that Cooper stole his blankie and he was going to bop him on the head but he stopped himself and just petted him on the head instead. that was a pretty cool moment to see. 

Kitty the bear

Kitty the bear, originally uploaded by carolyn_martin.

its 113 degrees today. no one in their right mind is outside. we decided to get out of the house and go to the mall. we stopped into Build A Bear and picked up "kitty" the firefighting bear.

what do you do when its 113 degrees outside

go to the mall and hang out all day.

big night out

tumblr_l5qfffRjaL1qbajbyo1_500, originally uploaded by carolyn_martin.

chandler and i had a great time last night. we were lucky enough to get some free tickets to this amazing reunion concert.

post edit: my children have a way of knowing when i sit down at the computer and need something that most at that very minute. here's the rest of the story.

Amy Loop came over to babysit. Cash was a little disappointed that Thomas didn't come with her. So C and I left thinking that we'd have time to grab dinner before the concert. well the MGM and the Strip in general was a mad house on Saturday night - something you don't realize if you spend most of your time avoiding the Strip - so it took us almost 45 minutes to get through the traffic light, into the parking garage and into the Casino to even think about dinner. when we finally got in everywhere had an hour long wait so we ended up getting take out from one of the mexican places that has a "to go" window out onto the Casino so our big night out consisted of eating taquitos while sitting on the floor in the corner of the convention center. we sure know how to do it right! so then we went into the concert and had awesome seats. right up front, about 7 rows back. great seats. James Taylor and Carole King are amazing. their voices are still as great as they've always been, however Carole King has gotten old looking. and Chandler and I giggled that James Taylor was dressed like he just got home from work. They played all the great songs: carolina in my mind, you've got a friend, fire and rain, sweet baby james, so far away, i feel the earth move, natural woman, and some others i have never heard. I'm not sure Chandler enjoyed the actual concert so much as this type of music isn't his thing but he was a trooper and we had a fun time people watching and laughing at all the middle-aged women re-living their 70's.

we got home and found out the boys had a hard time getting to bed. Cash was actually still awake and Cooper hadn't been asleep for all that long. finally everyone settled down and all was quiet again at the Martin household.

of course i forgot the camera so i only got shots on my phone which are terrible. geesh, we aren't very good at getting out of the house...