Just the 3 of us...: Trip to ARIZONA!!!

We have been wanting to go to Arizona for quite some time. The last time we were there was in March of 2006 for a family wedding and I fell in love with Arizona! I just loved how different everything looked from what I was used to in California. So anyways - we finally were able to return to the land of Cactus during my Spring Break. Chad's grandparents, Mamaw and Pawpaw welcomed us graciously into staying at their house for 7 days! This was their first time meeting Cooper - so they were thrilled and so was little Coop! Cooper absolutely loved playing with his great grandparents. He laughed so much and began saying so many new "words"... Cooper definitely enjoyed having a big house to crawl around and new cupboards to open! He is quite the crawling and climbing little guy.

In Arizona Cooper had many firsts:

1. flying on an airplane

2. going to the Zoo

3. eating table foods and LOVING them all - mac and cheese, grilled cheese, raviollis, mashed potatos, rice, beans (I have been putting this off for awhile b/c I am fearful of choking, but he proved to his mommy that he is a great chewer!)

4. meeting his great grandparents - Mamaw and Pawpaw

5. meeting his Uncle Stevie, Aunt Marny and cousins Alyssa, Luna and Ryder

6. seeing the largest pig known to mankind!

We can not thank Mamaw and Pawpaw enough for showing us such a wonderful time in Arizona. Chad got to play golf 2 days - what a treat for him! I got to go shopping a lot and finally bought myself a new pair of sunglasses and a few other things :) I also began reading Memoirs of a Geisha (I have not read a book in over 2 years) so it was nice to take the time to relax and just read. We visited Sedona, which was beautiful and like nothing else we have ever seen. Best of all, we got to take time from our busy lives and spend a whole week together as a family...it was wonderful!

Cooper enjoyed playing with his cousins