Anderson*Cooper

Anderson and Cooper are 6 months apart. Elizabeth and I became friends through a mutual friend several years ago. We were both counselors at the time (she still is) and now we go to the same church and are in bible study together with our hubbies.  Anderson and Cooper are in nursery together at church and we've decided since they have the names Anderson and Cooper they MUST be friends! :)
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Last weekend we celebrated Anderson's 2nd birthday Home Depot style! Anderson's daddy works for Home Depot and Anderson loves it! It was great. The kids had their own work aprons, built a toy wooden car (daddy helped), had back packs and yummy orange cupcakes!

Elizabeth and I with our boys....they were much more interested in cupcakes than taking a picture

 such a cool cake

 the birthday boy

 Cooper was trying out Anderson's new toys for him

 enjoying his cupcake

 ready to work

 having fun while daddy pushes me around

 deciding he can do this on his own

We heart NYC!

7 neighborhood girlfriends in NYC......guarantees a fabulous time! Last weekend 7 of us went to NYC to celebrate Coco's 30th birthday! We left our neighborhood at 3:45am on Friday morning and returned Sunday night close to midnight! Thanks to our hubbies who were having fun with the lil' ones back home we were able to have fun in the city! Happy 30th to Coco! We had an amazing time together in NYC!

view of the city from the plane

 our ride to our hotel!

 standing in front of the only tree in that area that survived 911

 the 911 memorial - pictures don't do it justice

 right outside our hotel in Times Square

 Rockefeller Center at night

 Chinatown

Btw the 7 of us we bought a total of 31 pashminas/scarves!

 lunch in Little Italy....yummy!

 ice cream/gelato....Elisabeth and I shared Nutter Butter....it was divine!!!

 being silly in FAO Schwartz

 standing with the FAO Schwartz guard

 amazing view from Top of the Rock

 birthday dinner (Hannah, me and Coco...the birthday girl)

 us + Brianne's cousin that lives in NYC at dinner on Sat. night

 Hannah, me and Brianne at the largest Starbucks in the U.S.

(I don't even drink coffee, but it was cool)

 in Central Park

 we rented bikes.....by far the best way to see Central Park in a short amount of time

 waiting on the shuttle to take us to the airport

Easter!

Our Easter was spent with family celebrating that our Lord is ALIVE! What a blessing for us all! We went to church Sunday morning and then headed to Phil's brothers house for lunch and an egg hunt! It was a beautiful day and a great time had by all! Lots of pictures to share - Enjoy!

checking out his Easter basket before church

now checking out Daddy's Easter basket

Please note the belt/buckle.....his shorts were a lil' big and the only belt I had for him was the one we used for Aunt Carly & Uncle Ty's wedding......

trying to get picts with grandparents - Cooper was over pictures and ready for lunch at this point

check out what the Easter bunny brought me thanks to Mimi & Papa T

much better pict with grandparents - rested and happy!

Mimi & Papa T

Pop Pop & Nana

Pop Pop & Nana with their 3 grandchildren

Egg Hunt time

thanks to Aunt Helen who put extra special things in Cooper's eggs

running around and being silly with daddy