another 4th of July post

I forgot one thing I wanted to add to what we did for 4th of July. Our ward had a 4th of July breakfast and bike parade. We went and it was fun. Brielle actually got over her fear of her two wheeler and rode it round and round the empty parking lot.

Following Instructions

Jenny said I didn't have enough pictures on my blog. So I'm adding pictures. Brooke is growing big. She can sit up now all by herself. She's gotten fussier as she's gotten older too. I miss the four month old baby who used to just fall asleep all by herself. She's gotten cuter too though. She laughs and smiles all the time. She loves Brielle. Brielle can always get the biggest response from her, whether it's laughing hysterically or screaming. Brielle likes to play with her a little bit everyday. She has one game she liked to play. It's called baby tag. Brooke lies on the ground and Brielle runs from either side of her. They both end up laughing and laughing. Brooke's head whips from side to side as she watches Brielle and laughs. Brielle thinks it's funny too.

watching fire works

Okay, so I'm a horrible blogger. Some people put new posts up daily or weekly, I'm lucky if I get something up monthly. It is now August and I'm writing about the fourth of July. I know it's a distant memory for most people now. Well we went down to some Chandler fireworks. Brielle was very excited. She called them booms and remembered seeing them last year. It said it was supposed to start, oh I can't remember now, maybe 9:00 or 9:30. But the fireworks didn't come until 10:00 and Brielle was exhausted. Brooke just slept in her car seat completely oblivious. She had more fun watching the fireworks that were way off in the distant that happened earlier than the ones that were big and overhead. It was too late for her and she just wanted to go home and sleep. She wasn't scared at all though. Still it was fun.

Taking Pictures

We went and took the three grandkids on my (Sara) side to get their picture taken. It was fun, and an adventure to try and get the three of them smiling at once but they turned out cute. Here are some of the pictures.

We've Moved

We are no longer living in Tucson. We moved to Gilbert in April rather suddenly. Chad decided to just test to the market to see what the jobs were like and suddenly he had almost 20 calls the same week, four interviews accompanied by four job offers.

Here is a picture of the patio at our new apartment. I really like it.

Easter

This post was written in March and I didn't post it because my pictures were'nt downloaded yet from my camera, now finally I've downloaded the pictures so here is this written back in March.

We had a nice quiet Easter. I found in my purse (also known as the pit of no return) some gift cards that I had forgotten about and wasn't sure how much money was left. I called to find out how much and was surprised I had some money left. I decided to get Brielle an Easter dress since the next day was Easter Sunday and while the dress she has is beautiful, she hates it and

thinks its scratchy. It makes getting dressed on Sunday a little bit harder. So I thought it would be fun to get her a new dress and let her pick it out with my help. It was fun. She found a cute blue and white polka dotted dress that she liked and she played in the play area and we ate in the food court. Brooke came along too and was her normal quiet content self.

Easter morning Brielle was excited to wake up to an Easter basket sitting on top of Candy Land. We managed to play the game once before we had to get ready for church. She also got a stuffed Easter Bunny and lots of candy, which sadly, was gone by the end of the day.

Here is a cute picture of Brooke.

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.