---Wednesday, April 27, 2011-- (58 of 365)

One day after surgery and this is what Cooper's up to...

 

He's back to normal, well he never really was down from his surgery!  This is how he and Gramps spent their day - chasing bubbles in the back yard. Cooper got a giant bubble machine and the Hallmark Cooper's set of books for being so brave and doing such a great job with his surgery!

---Tuesday, April 26, 2011--- (57 of 365)

Cooper had his second set of tubes inserted and his adenoids removed today.  He did great with the surgery!  He is a little trooper!!!

---Monday, 25 April, 2011--- (56 of 365)

Tucker is back on his nebulizer.  He grabs the mask and pulls it towards his face.  He loves it!  He definitely knows it helps him breath.  So precious!

Corey caught a picture of our new little pet taking a drink from the pond first thing in the AM.  Hope he doesn't get into my garden when I finally plant it!

---Sunday, April 24, 2011--- (55 of 365)

 The loot the Easter Bunny and Nina left for the boys! 

 Cooper was shocked and a little bashful - it's like Christmas all over again! 

 Tucker with his baskets!

 

 Cooper showing off his Easter goodies!  

Tucker watched Cooper dig into his baskets with awe.  Once it was his turn he tore through his Easter baskets, especially Nina's which was filled with toys, like he knew exactly what he was suppose to do.  Happy 1st Easter Tucker Shea!!!

 

Cooper and Nina coloring Easter eggs.  After egg two, where Cooper splashed Nina and overflowed the dye cup, Cooper's attention span was gone.  So, Nina colored all of the eggs by herself!

No family pictures this Easter.  Corey came down with bronchitis and walking pneumonia and was in bed all day.  Hopefully we can recreate a family picture next Saturday/Sunday.

Happy Easter from the Ezersky's!

---Saturday, April 23, 2011--- (54 of 365)

With the help of Nina, Cooper participated in his very first egg hunt at South Riding.  In past years we have gotten there five minutes too late and all of the eggs were gone.  So this year I ensured we were there early - to be exact Cooper was the second kid in line!

 Eggs! Eggs! Everywhere!  They hid 15,000 eggs for 0-3 year olds and then 45 minutes later hid another 15,000 eggs for the older kids.  Well, hid is not the exact term I should use - more like scattered. 

 Cooper giving Peter Cottontail a high five!

 Look Momma, I got 37 eggs all by myself!!!!  Cooper had a blast!  He was very tentative and selective of the particular colors of eggs that he wanted to collect.  We have another egg hunt next Saturday, so hopefully he will be a little more aggressive and less selective.

 Nina and Cooper with Petunia the Easter Bunny!

Cooper posing before we headed to the mall to have the boys picture taken with the Easter Bunny, aka Harry!  Cooper was amazed the he saw three Easter Bunnies in one day and they were all different colors - white, gray and brown. 

Tucker sitting like a big boy in the shopping cart.  This picture reminds me of the movie Risky Business with Tom Cruise.  Must be the button up shirt and diaper.  HaHa!

---Friday, April 22, 2011--- (53 of 365)

Tucker trying to steal Nina and Gramp's dog, Murphy's, spider toy.  Tucker is starting to crawl backwards.  He will be everywhere very soon!

Tucker is starting to like his baths more and more.  In honor of the upcoming Royal Wedding he is taking a bath with his beefeater duck!

---Thursday, April 21, 2011--- (52 of 365)

Cooper is back into his Woody and Buzz phase - Howdy Cowboy!

Tucker has been running a fever for the past two days, so Corey took him to the pediatrician.  Diagnosis - another ear infection!  Poor baby!  So we are going through another run of antibiotics.  If he gets one more ear infection then we are off to see the ENT.  Sound familiar?!?

Here are his 7 month stats - 20lbs 8 oz and 29 inches long.

---Wednesday, April 20, 2011--- (51 of 365)

It's beginning to look a  lot like SPRING!!!! The flowers and trees are not the only thing starting to blossom, so are our allergies!!!!

The blooms are budding on our dwarf apple tree in the back yard, and we already have a bee!

And one of our blue forget-me-nots is starting to spring blossoms in the front yard.

---Tuesday, 19 April 2011--- (50 of 365)

Wow what an accomplishment,  this is my #50 post!  But, I won't lie #365 seems so far away! Don't get me wrong I love doing a 365 blog because I love the end product, but it is a lot of dedication!

Tucker Shea and I spent some quality time outside while waiting for Corey and Cooper to get home.  This was the first time Tucker had ever sat in the grass without a blanket. The picture below is as soon as I put him down as you can see he is content....

and  3 seconds later...Fussy!

He hated the grass!  He didn't like for his feet or hands to touch it! He wanted up in my arms ASAP!  HaHa!

---Monday, 18 April, 2011--- (49 of 365)

At #49 post I had my first slip up of not taking a picture during the entire day.  However, this is due to a good reason, I slept 20 of the 24 hours fighting some sort of bug.  Thanks to my husband for taking great care of the boys so I could recuperate!

---Sunday, April 17, 2011--- (48 of 365)

Happy 7 Months Tucker Shea!!!!

Accomplishments - Tucker is starting to crawl/wiggle backwards.
Weight and Height  will be updated next week at his well appointment. 

---Saturday, 16 April, 2011--- (47 of 365)

Corey and I had our first date night in 5 long months!!!!  Thanks to Grammy and Poppy for babysitting the boys! We had a yummy dinner at Longhorn Steak House and 4 very competitive games of bowling!  We had a lot of fun and really enjoyed our much needed night out! 

---Friday, April 15th---(46 of 365)

We took the boys to their first Nationals game.  They both did great, but we ended up leaving in the 5th inning because it was so cold and windy.   Hopefully the next game we go to will be a lot warmer!

  My boys bundled up trying to stay warm!

Cooper loved the "Silly Presidents"!  Daddy tried to persuade him to like T.J., but it was no go he like Teddy the best!  Must be the glasses!

Also, last but not least - a very special happy 6th birthday to our niece, Maddie!! Here is one of my favorite pictures of her that I took at her baptism a long time ago!

---Thursday, April 14, 2011--- (45 of 365)

This morning I was calling for Cooper to come to me in his room.  He would respond, "What? I am busy!" from where ever he was.  I decided I better go check it out, because it sounded like he was up to no good. 

This is what I found...
Cooper had put a large amount of toys in Tucker's bed and climbed in to play!

They were both just playing away with have the best time!

---Wednesday, April 13, 2011--- (44 of 365)

Cooper's daycare called yesterday to let me know that they had noticed a rash on Cooper's chest and back.  They thought it was a heat rash.  Corey and I researched that night on the internet and it looked like the pictures of heat rash that we could find also.  When I went to take him to school this morning I was turned away because he stilled had the rash.  The director told me Cooper needed to be seen by the pediatrician before he would be allowed to return to school. So, we headed to the pediatrician office only to find out that he tested positive for strep and has scarlet fever.  Ugh!  So the entire family is quarantined for the next two days!

Thankfully the pediatrician said it would be very unlikely for Tucker to come down with it since a) his tonsils are still rather small; and b) he still has my antibodies in his body which help fight off major illnesses.  Tucker is feeling much better with his ears and gave me bunches of smiles for the camera in his cute lumberjack outfit from Uncle Greg and Aunt Jackie!

---Tuesday, April 12th, 2011--- (43 of 365)

One day of antibiotic ear drops and Tucker is already feeling better and back to his old self!  Love my happy smiley baby!

---Monday, 11 April, 2011--- (42 of 365)

Tucker was very fussy all weekend and came down with an ear infection. This was the best smile I could get from him - you know he is feeling crummy.  So, he went to daycare in his pjs.

 Happy Monday from the Ezersky boys!

Tucker's favorite past time - trying to eat his rubber duck's head.  I think Tucker is teething by the way he chews on everything, however I can not see any signs of teeth in his mouth.

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We had a big weekend filled with yard work, landscaping and gardening.  Thankfully Uncle Lee, Aunt Jeanie, Allie, Nina and Gramps came to help us - we would have never gotten it all done with out them!  THANK YOU!!!!


---Friday, April 8th, 2011--- (39 of 365)

America's Funniest Videos (AFV) is SO FUNNY!!!!  By far, Cooper's favorite show!

---Saturday, April 9th, 2011---(40 of 365)

12 Tons of river rock, mulch and top soil just for our house!  Yep, the entire truck load was ours.  I kick myself for not taking a picture of the driveway after the truck was unloaded.  It was completely filled!  I don't think anyone, especially our help,  realized how much work we were planning on doing that weekend.  My dad said it best, "If they would have taken one more bag off the truck, I think I would have had a heart attack."

 Cooper got to pretend drive the giant fork lift.  He thought that was awesome!

 

 Gramps and Cooper trying out the fork lift again!

 The finished product under and around the deck.  Love it!

 

The front of the house! 

 Everyone was worn out by the end of the day!  Gramps was just the lucky one I caught a picture of snoozing!  Thought it was extra funny since he was holding Cooper and sleeping away!

---Sunday, April 10th, 2011---(41 of 365)
The boys proudly posing in front of their hard work!

Gramps and Cooper enjoying the beautiful weather in our front yard while sharing teddy grams.

Again, a BIG thank you to Lee, Jeanie, Allie, Gamps and Nina - it took all of us to get the job done!