The Gussenhoven Family: Mother's Day Weekend

I'm so lucky to be the Mommy of this beautiful and crazy little man!

He makes me smile and laugh one minute and then want to scream and cry the next minute. He gives the best hugs and I love his kisses, slobbery and all. He has turned every room in my house into a toddler toy room and my DVR has more Little Einsteins and Chuggingtons than my own shows on it. He gave me stretch marks and took away my ability to completely control my bladder. He embarrasses me in public ("Mommy farted!" even when I didn't fart) and takes over my bed every morning around 4:00 am, when he decides that he and all his stuffed animals want to cuddle with me. He makes me pack everything but the kitchen sink to go out of town for one night and my wardrobe no longer grows steadily like it once did because I'd rather buy new clothes for him than for myself (I always thought those women were crazy and now I'm one of them!). He melts my heart and makes me worry like no one else can, and I wouldn't want it any other way.
I love every minute of it!

This Mother's Day was a great one! I got to spend it with some of my very favorite Moms! My Granma (no it's not a spelling error), my Mom, my sister, and my aunt. We couldn't have asked for better weather or better company.

My Mom - she's amazing!

Cooper was pouting

"Look Mom! No hands!"

A couple of Cooper's funny quotes from the last couple of weeks:

Cooper asked me to do something and I told him no, so he said, "Mommy go timeout!" and he said it with the sternest look on his face. And then when I refused to go to timeout he smacked my leg and said, "I spank your bottom!" LOL! It's super rare when I spank him so I was caught a little off guard, but I got a good laugh out of it.

There were some major thunderstorms last week and every time Cooper heard the roar of the thunder he'd run to the window and say "Mommy a bear outside! RAARRRR!" He wasn't afraid of that bear one bit. He growled back at it every time. haha.

We've been very fortunate to have my Grandparents in town for a couple weeks and have been spending a lot of time with my wonderful and crazy family. There's been great food, perfect weather, and many good conversations, along with water fights, hitting fights (Becca and Cooper), tantrums, smiles, and lots of laughter.