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Hello to you, it's me again, bringing you the news on this lovely spring day! How in the heck have you been? We are really great here and I have to say we are all especially enjoying this beautiful weather. We sure hope you are too. If you get a second, be sure to check out the Battler Babies Blog. You will find a link on this page near the bottom. We can't believe how the triplets are growing! We are so excited to see them and everyone else at the annual 4th of July extravaganza! You would certainly be amazed if you could see what I've been up to. I LOVE to read! My current favorite book is called Secret Seahorse from my aunt Helen and m&d read it to me no less than 10 times daily. I love to point the seahorse out on each page and I give kisses to the fish. I am quite the kisser these days. Tuesday at daycare, I kissed my friend Lily 5 times and then Wed morning, I tried to plant one on Tatum. The past few mornings mom has come to get me up and found me kissing the various animals on my quilt Nanny made me. In fact, I wouldn't get out of bed until all the kissing was finished. It really makes mom and dad laugh. Another amusing feat lately has been my vast and quickly growing vocabulary. For instance, you know I told you how much I love the word shoes, right? Well, now I have more faves to include UP!, truck, whee, no way, please (only for chocolate), wa (for water), and most importantly, uh-oh shit! In fact, this last phrase has been the phrase of the week, much to m&d's chagrin. Mom is trying to blame dad, but we all know it is totally her fault. She was afraid we'd get kicked out of daycare for some reason or another. I am not sure what all of the fuss is about, I say it appropriately every time. For example, when I fall off my zebra or drop my pacifier, uh-oh, shit. Sounds right to you doesn't it? Anywho, mom keeps trying to substitute some word, shoot, every time I try out my new word. First they want me to repeat every word they tell me and then they try to change my favorite one, I am so confused! As you probably know, this upcoming weekend is dad's crossfit certification. We know we will miss him, but we are so excited for him as he already got offered a gig from the park rangers down where he teaches his land navigation class. Very exciting. Today I have my 15 month old well visit with a new doctor. Mom is a nervous wreck about the whole deal, you know I have to get some shots and a blood draw today. Needless to say, she is beside herself. We are planning some weekend visiting as soon as we get a chance. We'd like to go to the Baltimore aquarium, the National Zoo, and mom especially wants to visit her favorite landmark, you've all probably heard of it, the Dulles Town Center. Doesn't sound historic to me, how about you? We also want very much to pay a visit to Clarksburg and all of our friends as well as stops at our families. Keep your fingers crossed we can squeeze it all in! Of course, if you want to help us out with the driving, come on down our way if you get the chance. We had a wonderful but brief visit from aunt Amber and uncle Jim last Saturday. We did lunch, mom and aunt Amber shopped at the UB general store, and of course, we had some fabulous cold stone ice cream. What a great day! This is what you can look forward to as well anytime you are in the neighborhood! Well, I better run, I am busily napping (call me multitalented) and mom has to get a shower since we got so muddy playing in the yard this morning. Dad will have quite a surprise to come home to as mom decided to do some gardening on her own. What a mess! Hopefully he won't yell at her too much for destroying his beautiful grass and giving him MORE obstacles to mow around. I'll let you know how that one turns out! Until next time, keep us in your hearts and prayers and we'll do the same for you. Lots of love to you, Cooper B.