Coppin Family Website: June 2008

Miss Avery was having so much fun playing "peak a boo"

My 2 zombie's watching Dora

I'm really thinking about it...I really want to get that dinosaur!

Watchin' repeats of Hawaii 5-0

I was thinking about taking up guitar

Brayden thought he could swing too

Loved her expression and hair. We were outside all day on Saturday running through the sprinklers and having fun. It's been in the high 80-90 here for a while!

Not sure what kind of pose that is....too cute!

This last weekend we went to Rocky Mountain National Park and Estes Park for the day on Sunday. It was so beautiful! I asked Brayden what was his favorite part and he says "the Elks and the scary road". There were tons of Elk everywhere and the road up to some of the highest points were pretty steep and scary!

Oh wow, so I am really bad about getting these pictures up! Sorry!! It's been a nice month to be home and not have too many plans, although that never seems to be the case. Nights and days get filled non-the-less.

Avery is getting so big, she's 7 1/2 months. She's got 2 teeth on the bottom. She's pulling herself up onto her knees. Hasn't figure out to pull her whole body up yet. She's trying so hard to crawl. She'll get on her knees and rock back and forth and lunge to her tummy. She's got such a cute little personality always happy and smiling. She beems every time Brayden is around and just giggles at him. She is doing So Big and clapping. We are working on waving right now. It's so much fun to go through all these milestones again!

Brayden's growing so fast too. He's really become a real good sharer and helper. At school he knows all the rules and shares with everyone so well. He starting to tell me how he's feeling too. We were at the park the other day and he asked this girl to play with him as he held out a Monster truck for her....she screamed at him, he looked at me with the saddest eyes told me that the girl was mean to him. I explained that it was OK and that we'll find another friend who would like to play with him, not everyone will want to play and that's OK. Shortly after a little boy came along and Brayden asked him if he wanted to play with him and again offered his Monster truck. The little boy happily played with Brayden. Sometimes the rejection is harder on the parent than the child. I guess the lesson for a parent to learn is to explain things to your children but let them go on their own to experience these things. Do not shelter them and coddle them through life, give them the wings and let them fly!

Here are a bunch of pictures from the last month:

The first weekend in June we went to the Denver Zoo with Lisa & Joel and her family. Her parents, sister, and nephew, along with Joel's friend Tristen and his 3 little girls all joined. We had a lot of fun!

Daddy and Avery at the Zoo