April 2013

                                                Look who's sitting up!

                                              Fun with cousins

                                               Sisterly fun

                                               Passing down clothes

                                             Fun at the Greenville zoo

April has been another fun filled month.  It has been beautiful most of the month so we have spent alot of time outside.  Anna is now 4 months old and growing up fast.  She is sitting up in her Bumbo seat, push up on her tummy and even has started eating some food.  We visited Grammy and Doc while Daddy was on a trip and had a great time at the Zoo and playing with cousins.  The girls have so much fun together.  It is precious watching them interact and play together!

March 2013

                                        Easter 2013

                                               The Easter Bunny

Ava and Maddie-BFF

                                                 Visiting the dentist-rocking our ear muffs!

                                                   Family Hike

St. Patrick's Day fun

                                       First time at Tea Leaves and Thyme

                                               Getting to meet Ariel

                                                 Always fun with friends

                                              Tornado Warning!!!

Wow, I am behind in blogging!  But I guess that is what happens when you have two busy girls!  March was filled with fun, family and friends.  There was Easter, a family hike, visiting the dentist, tea for the first time and of course hiding in the bathroom during a tornado warning.  Life is fun, busy, crazy and a blessing all at the same time.  Blessed that I get to be called these two sweet girls' mommy!!

February Fun

                                            Anna holding her head up!

                   
                                             Super AVA!!

                                               Ready for swimming lessons

                                             Valentines Day with Daddy

                                              My sweet girls

                                             Happy Valentine's Day from Anna

                                            Swimming lesson fun

                                             Ava loves Miss Lori

                                       
                                             Happy Valentine's Day from Ava

We have had a super fun February!  Ava and Anna enjoyed celebrating Valentine's Day, Ava started swimming lessons and we have had a lot of play time outside.

Sisterly Love

The other day when Ava came home from school, she told me it was her turn to hold Anna!  My prayer is that the two girls will always be close with each other.

Happy Birthday Ava!

Happy Birthday to my big 4 year old!!  How in the world do I have a four year old.  It seems like just yesterday our precious Ava was born early, and we were learning how to parent not only our first child, but a preemie.  Now she is an incredible, smart, funny, energetic, friendly, loving, active four year old.  We began her birthday celebration by going up to the NICU at Kennestone to tell the ladies thank you for taking such great care of Ava.  I love the tradition of going up there, because it is a just a great reminder of how far God has taken us and how gracious He has been to our family.  We celebrated Ava's birthday with a Western themed birthday party at the house.  We had family and friends over, cooked out and even made smores.  It was a great day of celebrating the birthday of my precious first born!!

Christmas 2012

Merry Christmas!  It was a super fun Christmas 2012.  We started the celebration a few days before Christmas with Daddy and Ava making a special gingerbread house.  We then were able to get a Christmas card put together, to share the great news of the birth of Anna and a celebration of the growth of our family.  On Christmas Eve day, Grammy, Doc, Brad, Carri, Hudson and McClellen came to our house for a "Medcalf" celebration.  It was so fun seeing the three older cousins running around and playing together.  On Christmas day we went to Me-Me and Bob-Bob's house and had Christmas all together. It was so fun everyone together and get a picture with all the generations.  God has truly blessed our family!

Welcome to the World Anna Cooler!

                                            Thank you Dr. Bardwell

                                          Uncle Brad drove from Greenville just to meet his new neice

                                          Grammy came to help make the first week an easy transition!

                                                    Ava meeting her little sister

                                                    Welcome to the World Anna

                                                   Sisterly love

                                                    Daddy and his girls

                                                    Doc came in town to meet his newest granddaughter

                                                   Ready to get this show on the road

                                         Heading home!

                                                    Bob-Bob and Me-Me meeting their newest great grandchild

On December 5, 2012 we welcomed in to the world our 2nd daughter Anna Mincey Cooler!  It was a planned C-section, in which I had a "spinal" and felt nothing.  Well, except when the nurse was trying to put the IV in my arm and it took about three times...ouch!  Anna was born at 9:45 and she was perfect!!  She came out crying and had an almost perfect Apgar score at 7 lbs and 1 oz.  After I recovered a little bit, she was brought to me and we began our journey as a family of four.  Once Ava woke up from her nap Grammy brought her up to the hospital to meet her baby sister.  Ava was not too sure about Mommy being in the hospital bed or Anna at first, but she has now become a great big sister!  We are so blessed to now have two precious, amazing little girls.  There are moments when I still get choked up, when I say, "my children".  Praise God from whom all blessings flow!!