http://blogs.oc.edu/ee/index.php?/jcopeland/ en judson.copeland@oc.edu Copyright 2010 2010-03-03T17:41:11+00:00 http://blogs.oc.edu/jcopeland/big_girl/ I took this picture of Cade this morning on our way top school. She just woke up so she wasn’t really in the mood to smile yet but I just thinks she looks sooo big. She had her 18month (wow where does the time go) appointment yesterday. She was 19.6lbs (3rd percentile), 29.something inches (5th percentile) and her head was in the 25th percentile. So given her stats she isn’t too big but it just seems like it to an emotional Mom. I think the other part of it is how big she thinks she is…she just acts like a big kid (except for the paci I am trying to get rid of). I’ve said it before but I really don’t think she could be more fun…who knew?

]]> 2010-03-03T16:41:11+00:00 http://blogs.oc.edu/jcopeland/go_team_canada/ Cade can’t wait to watch the big game! We cheered for Apolo last night but Sunday we will be going for Team Canada!

]]> 2010-02-27T15:56:36+00:00 http://blogs.oc.edu/jcopeland/our_funny_valentine/ I’m pretty sure Cade gets sweeter every day. She provides so much entertainment for us. On Friday night we went to The Wedge for pizza. If you’ve never eaten there it is great but pretty small. They were pretty busy & the governor was there so I’m sure they were a little preoccupied with that. Anyway, Cade was getting pretty hungry and ever plate that went by I thought she was going to pull it out of the waiter’s hands. Our waitress was great and brought complimentary meatballs while we waited. I was taking pictures of Cade “hamming it up” so she brought us a plate of pizza dough with flour on it for a better shoot op. It was a lot of fun to watch Cade poke her finger into it. She didn’t make as big of a mess as I expected but we had a great time. 

]]> 2010-02-15T16:54:24+00:00 http://blogs.oc.edu/jcopeland/the_girls/ Cade had her first Sunday in “Big Girl” Sunday School (finally out of the nursery). She was able to sit with the other girls from our class. We took the first picture when she was about 2 weeks old…the second one was taken 17 months later. I really wish they didn’t have to grow up so quickly but they sure are cute. (first pic is in age order Ava, Piper, Lainey & Cade…the second pic is in no order Lainey, Ava, Cade & Piper)

]]> 2010-02-10T03:37:30+00:00 http://blogs.oc.edu/jcopeland/ice_storm_2010/ Cade kept herself pretty busy while we were trapped in the house for a couple of days. She really enjoys riding bikes with her Dad but she is getting serious decked out in the team jersey. In her down time from riding she would rearrange her stool & new chair Bobber sent her last week (I think the chair might be taller than her but she doesn’t seem to notice). We did catch her filling up her teapot with Pod’s water dish and then drinking it…we draw the line somewhere so we actually did stop her from that. Overall it wasn’t too bad hanging out for a couple days but I think we are all glad to be back to our normal routine.

]]> 2010-02-01T17:53:01+00:00 http://blogs.oc.edu/jcopeland/crawford_25_year_cruise/ A couple weeks ago Judson & I had the opportunity to go on ANOTHER cruise with my office. I know I am completely spoiled and blessed to have such a great work environment. We had a good time and relaxed a lot. This trip was a little different for us since we missed Cade but she had a wonderful time being spoiled by Grandma (I guess that is a 16 month olds version of a cruise). This time we stopped in Honduras, Costa Maya, MX & Cozumel, MX.  We mostly went to beaches and relaxed…I burned pretty bad the first day but still enjoyed the other days. Now my Mom has gone back home, we are back to work & the real world has to set back in. 

]]> 2010-01-26T15:55:58+00:00 http://blogs.oc.edu/jcopeland/attention_attention/ Well, Cade had a very eventful Christmas. She really seemed to enjoy entertaining all the adults. We had to force her to go to bed every night because she wanted to stay up and play. Of course she got a lot of presents and she knew how to ham it up each time she opened one. Her reaction to Santa’s gifts was exactly what I was hoping…this year it really hit me that Christmas is really about the kids, who knew? We started Christmas in Broken Arrow surprising Judson’s mom with his brother Steven coming home from Georgia. We finished up in Grand Prairie, TX at my sister’s house. One of my favorite gifts were matching aprons my mom made for Cade & I. The picture of the 2 of us together wasn’t great since she was too busy to pose for pictures but hopefully we can get some baking pictures later. We went to Medieval Times one night while we were in Texas. We had debated not taking Cade with us but that would have been a huge mistake…she LOVED it. I’m pretty sure I watched her 80% of the time because she was so excited to see all of the horses. We had a great holiday but now we are back to the “real world” for a week before we go on vacation next week…I know it will be tough but I think we will make it.

]]> 2010-01-05T20:41:04+00:00 http://blogs.oc.edu/jcopeland/musical_debut/ I promised pictures of Cade’s Christmas concert. Every year her daycare puts on a big concert with all the kids starting with our little ones up to the “school agers”. This year was especially difficult to get pictures… the parents were pretty aggressive getting their pictures but Judson was able to get a few. I added a picture from last year for comparison.

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