Get Well Grammy J!

Hi to all of you faithful fans and my apologies first and foremost for the delay in posting! I hope you can forgive us for the gap in the news, you know life barrels on at quite a dizzying pace! For those of you who don't know, I'll get right down to the nitty gritty. My grammy J is in the hospital with pneumonia and we are praying like crazy she'll be out by the weekend. She has had quite a battle with this nasty infection and we only wish we could be there with her to cheer her on. She sounded much better today but has a few months of recovery and hard work ahead of her. We don't doubt for one second if anyone can kick it in the rear, Grammy J can! Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers for a speedy return to good health. I have many updates, Happy Belated Easter first of all, and boy, did you miss one heck of a bday bash for dad turning 32! Whoowee! There was a HUGE cake, but funny, now that I think of it, I didn't get a single bite! The nerve! I guess I can't be too angry, m&d did take me to the beach. And what a great time was had by all! We celebrated Easter together with a delicious ham dinner and we even hunted Easter eggs on the beach, a first for our little family. We all colored and decorated the eggs together. We also went to a pig pickn for Uncle Bart's homecoming. You should have seen what a party animal I was! The park people all had their golf carts surrounding yours truly and I was showing off my moves to some serious soul music. The food was delicious and I guess the beer was too from the looks of the Bryant/Costello gang! Of course, they cut me off after one, talk about your party poopers! We also went to the NC aquarium. That was the BEST! I saw lots of fishes, an alligator, seahorses, stingrays to name a few. I will try to post some of the pics with this entry or very soon. I also went to Chucky Cheese for the very first time (m&d's too). You should see me play skee ball! Once I get the ball on the actual machine I will be unstoppable! Dad, mom and me had a picnic in the park and I did some swinging and slicky sliding. The most awesome part of all was spending time with my family. It was great to see them all and we miss them already. We hope Gram and Gramps B are busy planning our next get together, of course we are keeping our fingers crossed that it is somewhere in the southern region of the US. Big news here in UB, dad's crossfit certification is coming up at the end of this month. Mom and I are REALLY excited for him and know he will have a blast. Gramma B announced today more wonderful news...she is getting hearing aids! WHOOPEE! We are very excited for her as well; although mom is a bit worried, she made a comment that Gramma B might tell her friends...love that daughter in law, but BOY, is she LOUD!! April fool's came and went without a hitch around here, I'll tell you time flies and most days mom doesn't even know what month it is! She and I are a little under the weather right now with head colds and snot, but we are both thankful that dad is finally feeling better. In fact, he's right back at it in the gym. Poor mom keeps suffering setbacks but she is keeping the faith. We got some new rubber matting for our gym floor and you should see it. Dad is willing to do anything to keep mom out there with him! No news yet on the house, unfortunately, but keep your fingers crossed for us...m&d say it doesn't look good. We are reassured that whatever is meant to be will be. We missed alot of birthdays in our time off and we'd like to mention a happy belated to Marcie, Leah, Marisa, Gary, cousin Kelley, uncle Bob, Mason Halfin, Brady Swiger (the big 1), cousin Connor, & Wyatt McClintock (also 1). This Friday cousin Matt, aunt Glenna, and cousin Katie Sayre (ONE : ), also celebrate so if you see them, tell them Happy Birthday. We are sure looking forward to the weekend here in UB. Dad has big plans for a vegetable garden and the seedlings are poking out of the topsoil. He is looking forward to the rotatiller and getting those babies into the ground. We are also admiring our very green (read higher than everyone in the neighborhood's) grass due to some fabulous weed and feeding by my dad last fall. Needless to say we'll be the first on the block to mow this spring. So please, if you are in the neighborhood, take the opportunity to come by and take a gander at our grass! We'll be looking for you and in the meanwhile, please remember ma-ma's MAMA and keep her in your prayers. Take care of yourselves and those you love...we miss you and love you back. Hugs and kisses, Cooper B.

PS: I have 15 going on 16 teeth now and I am repeating lots of words. I said sleeves today! How about that? I am also feeding myself with a spoon and helping put on my own shoes (while I say "shoes")! I have also added the twist and some serious head nodding to my dance repertoire, next stop, dancing with the stars!