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Monday, July 11, 2011

You can find me in St. Louis...

On Friday morning Cooper, Stacey, and I left Bowling Green and headed to St. Louis to visit Ashley, James, and Carson.  This was Cooper's first long trip (longer than an hour and a half) so I was pretty nervous about how he would do.  The kid rarely sleeps in the car.  Yes, I know this doesn't sound normal because everyone always tells me that their kids fall right to sleep as soon as the car starts.  Well, not Cooper.  He loves to look around too much, and he always has to see what's going on.  This little fact made me the most nervous about our 5-5 1/2 hour trip.  I was extremely surprised and very proud of my little boy because he did GREAT!   He took a few little naps on the way up there, and when he wasn't asleep he was busy smiling and laughing at Stacey or staring at his musical piano.  We left Bowling Green around 9:00 and got to the Harper's house about 2:30.  We only had to stop twice...once for a bathroom break for Stacey and I and once to feed Cooper.

Friday afternoon we spent some time in their backyard while we waited for James to get home from work.

Cooper still loves to be outside.
He worked on perfecting his laugh all weekend!

Carson never stops! I think this was right before he said "tree".

Carson worked on opening doors over the weekend.  Ashley said he finally opened one Sunday afternoon after we left.
That night, Ashley made a delicious dinner for us...Cajun Chicken Pasta.  We also took the boys and the dog for a walk around the neighborhood, and then we built a fire in the fire pit and roasted marshmellows and made smores.  I think we all got eaten by mosquitos too...I know I have about 15 mosquito bites on my legs. 

On Saturday, we woke up, Ashley fixed a delicious breakfast, and we took the boys to the outlet mall for a full 3+ hours of shopping. 

Ashley and Carson before we left for the mall.
Both boys did great, and I'm pretty sure neither one of them cried once.  Saturday night we went and ate at P.F. Changs and then stopped by the Cheesecake Factory for a little dessert. Of course we had to do a little photo shoot before we left for dinner because the boys looked so cute!
Could this get any cuter?

Best Buds!

Love them!

Carson held Cooper, but I don't think either one of them liked it too much.

The boys and their "Aunt" Stacey

Ashley and I with our favorite little boys!
It was SOO good to get to hang out with Stacey and spend longer than 2 hours with Ashley and that sweet little boy of hers. 
Oh, and I can't forget all of the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse we watched.


I definitely could not have made the trip without Stacey.  She sat in the back with Cooper pretty much the whole trip there and back to keep him company.  He loves her!  We had a GREAT weekend, and Cooper did GREAT on his first long roadtrip.  Now I'm looking forward to our next trip to Florida in October! :)

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