Jett Michael Cooper-born at 8:57 on August 26, 2008.  He weighed 7 pounds 11 ounces and was 19 and a half inches long.  He has dark hair and the sweetest little face.  His daddy says he has Skylor’s nose.  Both mother and baby are doing great and will be at Mercy Hospital until Friday, room […]

My little sister Sarah and her wonderful husband Mike (or Coop as most of us call him), will have their baby on Tuesday.  They have asked Kennedy to come see her new cousin at the hospital, and she couldn’t be more excited.  Today alone, she showed me how big he would be, how she would […]

Kennedy and I ran by Staples last night for office supplies.  As I was pulling into the parking lot, she said, “Dang it!  I didn’t know we were going to Staples.  We should have brought your Easy Button.”
Then we got to have the truth in advertising discussion, which, by the way, we had already had […]

I have really big, wide-tooth comb that I use to comb Kennedy’s hair when it’s wet.  The other night she came out of the bathroom after her bath, using a comb on each side of her head.  Her explanation?  “I couldn’t find the big comb, so I just got two instead.”

Today was Kennedy’s first day of school.  Her teacher is Ms. Kropfinger, and Kennedy seems to like her.  They had a ton of homework, which I wasn’t expecting on the first day, but otherwise things went pretty smoothly, mostly.  This morning, Walt and I both planned to take K. to her classroom.  However, when we […]

This week was our “last” week of summer.  I start back to work (officially, I’ve been putting in a few hours here and there) on Monday and K. starts back to school on Thursday.  I can’t believe she’s already in first grade!  So, anyway, I tried to cram some last minute activities into our week.  […]