Daddy is the coolest!

We love Monday nights around here! What a great night to settle into the week and just enjoy being together. Tonight, Cooper's Daddy made Monday night even better with some wrestling and Cooper's first fort! He loved it and kept calling it his "fork!" I think this might be a regular occurance at this little boy's house! Thanks, Daddy!

Band-aids...

Do you remember when band-aids would cure any ailment or soreness immediately? I sure wish they worked for this 30-year old runner like they do for my 2-year-old! Happy Weekend!

Praying for our Nation

As my disappointment about the election results yesterday has set in, I decided today that the best thing to do is to pray. I am a firm believer in God's sovereignty, and I know that He has chosen Obama to be our leader at this exact point in time. As many, many challenges loom ahead of us and especially Obama and his team, the only thing I can do is to pray for him and our country. I found this website called the Presidential Prayer Team that encourages Americans to pray for our current president, president-elect, nation, and military, and I thought it might be something worthwhile to share with everyone.

Cooper's Halloween Birthday Party!

Here are some pictures from Cooper's party! The weather was perfect, and everyone had a great time! It was great seeing all of the little ones in costumes while celebrating Cooper turning two!

Mickey Mouse!

Mickey and Minnie (aka Sadie, the Edwards' family dog)

Cooper, Gracie, & Lydia in Cooper's new golf cart

The kiddos at play

Some of the moms and little ones at the party

Two!

Wow, how two years flies by! It was two years ago when Dan and I ventured to the hospital anxiously awaiting the arrival of "Baby Sikes!" We chose not to find out what we were having, and for some reason we both thought it was a girl! Boy- were we wrong! After a long labor process, Daniel Cooper Sikes arrived, and he forever changed our lives! He turns two today, and after celebrating at a great "Halloween Birthday Party" last night (will post pictures soon!), we are having a quiet birthday celebrating this little boy!

I wanted to share some things that make Cooper so special at this stage in his little life! He is such a little character- being the only grandchild on both sides does not help! He thinks the world revolves around him, and most of the time he is right! He loves to drive! This includes most anything with wheels (including pretending in mom & dad's cars which is not the best idea!). His favorite thing to drive today is the motorized golf cart that Edie & G-Chip gave him for his birthday- he is obsessed! He loves his family- Nan, Uncle Rob, Edie, G-Chip, Nanie (Eric, too), Sis-sis, Granny- and his extended family- Dodo & B & the Yeaglins- and he prays for all of them each night! He loves to say the blessing, too, and will make sure this is done at almost every meal with a hearty "Amen" at the end! He loves to "go" almost anywhere! He loves music of any kind & dancing to it! When he says "thank you" it is immediately followed by "welcome" (it is the cutest thing)! Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is the only TV show he watches, and of course, Mickey is his favorite! He loves visiting his grandparents houses and knows when we are headed to either one of them! He loves the dogs that are around including Sadie, Annie, Parker and Phoebe (the Yeaglin's dogs) and Hallie (the Coble's dog). He sleeps with his frog, dog (that cousin Jill made for him), and Mickeys (yes, two of them!) every night and has to bring them downstairs with him most mornings! He loves to be outside! He loves ketchup and will eat almost anything dipped in it! He loves dum-dum suckers- almost any flavor!

Cooper is such a blessing in our lives, and we are daily thankful for him! Happy Birthday, Coop! We can't believe you are two!

Cooper then and...

Now!

Tagged...

My friend, Katy, tagged me to play the random fact game! How fun! Here are 7 random facts about me...

1. I am an 8 hour girl- more if possible! I love to sleep. My mom would probably say I am making up for all of the nights I did not sleep in my childhood! Overall, Cooper has allowed me to remain this way even with a little one living in our house. Lately though, he is waking up between 5 and 6. I am not happy about it!

2. I am training to run a 1/2 marathon with my good friend, Josie. This is a big feat for both of us because although we have always been exercisers, we have never been runners. It is also a feat because we have set a goal with exercise and are following through with it! December 6th is the day!

3. I love to decorate. Not a huge surprise to people who have been to my house, but I love to decorate for holidays, too! I get it honestly because my mom decorated for every holiday growing up, and I loved it! Here are my witches that I have had for many years and who make me so happy to pull out Halloween decorations every fall!

4. Ok, this is more of a confession, but I love Sex & the City. I have never watched the full-blown episodes on HBO, but I love the PG rated TBS reruns. I also loved the movie and purchased it when it came out at Target- much to the dismay of my husband! I think it is my fascination with the clothes (fabulous) and how people live their daily life in NYC! It is a city I love to visit (yearly if possible) but could never live in!

5. I have a tendency to be a political junkie. With the car time that my job dictates, talk radio is so readily available and is so easy to get sucked into. After the 2004 election, I had to detox from all of the politics, and I imagine that starting in about 10 days, I will begin the detox for 2008.

6. I like a tidy house! I feel better about the day when I know that the house will be clean when I get home. If for some reason I leave the house a mess, it bothers me all day. Definitely the control freak coming out in me! That being said, my car and closet are disasters! I guess I just like knowing where the mess is and knowing that it is contained!

7. I love make-up! It's not that I wear a ton of it, but I love the promise of a new "product!" I like it from any retail outlet, but Sephora is euphoria to women like me! The online version is so enticing, and I have to literally walk the other way when one is close to me in a mall if I am not willing to commit some serious cash!

So here are the rules:
*Link your tagger and list these rules on your blog.
*Tell seven random facts about yourself on your blog

* Tag seven people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs
*Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog
I'm tagging:
Jessica
Kathy
Mary DeVan
Selwyn
Holly
ok- I know it is only 5, but I don't have that many blogging friends!! Too many of my friends are on Facebook instead!

trying to see the positive

With Auburn's football season looking worse and worse as the weeks go by, I have to focus on what really matters around here! As an Auburn fan who was born, raised, and lives in Tennessee, the only victory that impacts my daily life is the one that occurred several weeks ago! Never got around to posting this picture of Cooper and his friend, Cade, but it somehow eases the pain of how bad things have gotten on the Plains! War Eagle anyway!