Thursday, April 30, 2009

Some Love in Little Places........

This is one of the kids favorite things to do. Cooper does have his own "big" pool but he chooses to go in with Avery. Avery just doesn't care. As long as she is in the water she doesn't really notice who is around.....
Well, until Cooper squirts her or pours a cup of water over her head. She just blinks a little bit and then keeps playing. But when Avery splashes Cooper while she is hitting the water he freaks out. Literally, he starts screaming. He doesn't like the water to touch anywhere on his face or head.
They really are starting to enjoy playing together. It is so sweet to see them interacting with each other.
You can never get both of them to smile at you at the same time. So here is Cooper smiling somewhat at the camera.........
......... then Avery smiling at the camera.
I just love seeing them having so much fun and TOGETHER at that!

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Easter Fun......

Well Easter was very different this year! Here in Costa Rica they don't celebrate Easter the same. You won't find any baskets or candy or dye for the eggs. They close everything down on Good Friday but that is about it. Cooper was so excited to finally get to use the dye that Nana and Papaw sent him.
Isn't the green one looking pretty? He was so good and patient. He actually wanted them to stay in there for a while. I was very surprised.
This one was one of his favorites! He is such a cutie pie!
Then Sunday for lunch a few couples and us got together and had like a potluck to make it feel a little bit more like home. Knowing we always ate with family on Easter. Also, Lilian's grandparents came to visit and brought some plastic eggs so the kids were able to have an Easter egg hunt. Cooper was so excited and yes that is a purse he is holding. 
Avery loved getting to hold as many eggs as possible.
This is one of the only pictures I could get with her looking at me. Too bad she can't also smile!
Hey look, we both found two eggs each.
Here are the three amigas on the street. Avery, Lilian and Hannah! 
I know it is a little blurry, but hey she is smiling in it.
Alright, remember the girls only having two eggs a piece? Well here is the winner of the egg hunt!!!!!! Cooper really got into it and understand more this year than ever expected. He sure missed all his cousins and uncles to race him to find all the eggs.
Thank you Nana for the easter egg dye and for our cute outfits. We will have to put them back on again for some pictures together though. Now that Avery can walk she sure doesn't stop much for any pictures. She is constantly on the move. But we will try it again!
Hope everyone had a great Easter!

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Avery Is Now Introduced!

Alright, I know I am behind on blogging and also doing it a little backwards. Her actual birthday was the day before her party so we let her have a little piece of cake since that is what they do back in the states! They don't do that here so we just had a little celebration her at home on the actual day of her birthday!
She wasn't real sure what to think about the cake at first. The cake here is very different though. Darin doesn't like it at all. He says the icing is fake! 

Cooper tried helping and showing her how she needed to eat it. Cooper doesn't think the cake taste different at all. Cake is cake to him! He loves anything as long as there is sugar in it!
Avery started enjoying a little more and we even got to skype with her Baga (my mom) and her GG (great grandmother/my grandma), so they were so thrilled to watch her. Avery also liked them cheering her on! I was so happy the Lord blessed GG with another year to see Avery's first birthday and pray for many more!
After Cooper gave one bite she was ready for more!
And then again, she loves the praise coming from the computer! She won't know what to think when she actually sees them and sees that they are real people. Not just faces on our computer!
You just got to love that face!


Happy First Birthday Avery!
I know there is no stopping this girl now that she has been introduced to the rest of the family's weakness...........SWEETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!