Long Time no Post

I can't believe I've waited this long to post anything. It's been almost six months and a lot has happened. The biggest thing is the birth of our second girl, Brooke Ann Cotter. She was born December 28, 2007. She was only 6 pounds 13 ounces which seemed very small to me since Brielle was 8 pounds. She is a very good baby and calm from the very start. The nurses were all surprised that after she was born she hardly cried and didn't even make a sound when they gave her a shot. She's still very easy going and loves to just hang out on the floor and talk to whoever happens to be near.

Brielle loves her to death and thinks she should be the one to take care of her all day. She even gets upset when the baby takes a nap. Once when she was bored I suggested that she play with her baby dolls (she was playing with them almost everyday before the baby was born) but she said she'd rather play with the real baby. She gets a little jealous from time to time too and told me the other day that she wished she had her own mommy and didn't want to share. She's been a little emotional with wanting to help and love the baby to excess and then being jealous when I have to feed the baby. I'm hoping that she will settle down eventually.

She loves to be busy and hates hanging out at home so I am grateful for her preschool she has three days a week at the local high school. She loves preschool. It's in the afternoon so she asks all morning when preschool starts and if we're late yet and shouldn't we hurry. Another thing she loves is playing the piano. She started taking piano with a lady in our ward. We trade teaching piano lessons, she teaches Brielle and I teach one her kids. She has been really enjoying it and sits at the piano several times a day to practice. I try and practice with her at least a couple times a week but most of the practicing she does by herself.

Brooke is growing big fast. She is now 11 pounds and will be three months by the end of this month. She smiles a lot and coos. She loves to talk to her big sister. She was blessed on March 2nd and lots of family came down, all of Chad and I's brothers and sisters came down along with our parents it made a big group of around 20 people.

I am teaching piano in Queen Creek at my mom's house. I have about 13 students and am looking for more. I enjoy coming up and teaching and I really like all my students. So this post is huge and could have been several posts, but oh well.