Working in the Garden Box

It was beautiful out the other day so Paris and I decided to go through the garden box a bit - clearing out dead leaves, picking out old vegetables, eating dirt - you know what I mean. These are some adorable pictures we took while out there.

Typical Day for Will

I think when Will grows up he wants to be a dancing queen! This is just a day in the life of preschool outfits for Will Mckeehan.

Baby Hamster

Recently, Cooper saw baby hamsters at the pet store for $6.99 and decided that he is going to do chores to earn enough money to buy one. He is lucky to live next to Nonni and Grandpa Rob who have an endless supply of cash and chores. The only problem is that we already have one hamster and I don't know how excited Austin will be about another one. Cooper has already solved that - "don't worry mom, you know how much Dad loves Tan(our current hamster, named by Cooper) and I think I am going to buy the baby hamster for him for his birthday. I thought it was very sweet of him to think of his Dad and how much he must be wanting a baby hamster!

Armpit-mometer

Tonight Cooper was shivering on the couch and I thought that he might have a fever and Will said, "Oh, yeah, we need to put something in your armpit!" I didn't know what he was talking about until Cooper started talking about thermometers and temperatures and I said, "Oh, yeah Will, we need to put the thermometer under your armpit." We started a discussion about places where you could put the thermometer and how you could find out your temperature and Will said, 'yeah, you just use an armpit tool." And I said, "It's called a thermometer." And Will said, very excitedly, "Oh, I know! An armpit-mometer." It was hilarious at the time - a much-needed chuckle at the end of a long day.

Paris Loves Dada

Paris has been learning to wave hello. She gets especially excited to see her Dad. One day last week Austin had just gotten home from work and he came to sit down at the dinner table with us. As soon as Paris saw him she started to wave and said, "Hi dada!" She loves him so much that she even waved to him in the middle of the night when I got her up to eat. He came up the stairs to see if I needed help and she looked at him sleepily and waved.

Will and Mom went ice skating

The other day I took Will ice skating. I don't get much time alone just with him and it was really fun. He planned out his "hockey uniform" all week. He wore shark pj bottoms under shorts, gloves, a helmet and two shirts. He assured me he wouldn't be cold because he had his shark bottoms on. He was so sweet to me. We had wonderful discussions and he wanted to hold my hand the whole time we skated. He was well-behaved and didn't whine about anything the whole time. We looked at the hockey gear at the shop and he chose gloves and shoulder pads for his birthday.

Martin Luther King Day update

Paris is now crawling and moving all around the house saying "dada" as often as possible. She is waving and in general being adorable and sweet. Cooper is becoming a sweet and wonderful helper. In one of my recent crazy days he came over and said, "mom what can I do for you?" Then he proceeded to hug me and help vacumn the living room. Will is a crazy boy still. Trying to figure out how to channel his energy into more productive activities than sitting on Paris. He is very excited to wear the new UM football gear he got for Christmas. Had to pry it off of him yesterday to wash it! They are wonderful and keep us learning how to be patient! And make us laugh constantly!

cooper is a baseball maniac!

Cooper has played baseball this fall through MARA and he is on the blue jays team (coach pitch). It has been an amazing season, so far Cooper has scored 3 home runs and their team took first place in the league! It has been fun to watch him play - he is in a league with 6-8 year olds so he is actually one of the smaller guys. The boys are such wonderful players on the field but when they are in the dugout singing, or get hurt and cry, you can tell they are just little boys still. Austin is totally into the league and gets super stressed before each game. It's fun to watch him so proud of his son.

Will at School!

Will loves to dress in sports gear for all occasions - just in case a game should break out at any moment - he would be ready. Since Cooper has been playing baseball this fall, Will is very into the baseball pants ensemble! This is an outfit he put together to wear to school today. 10/25/07

McKeehan Family Update

As I am entering the 21st century and starting our family blog, I thought I would give a quick update on our family. We have been living in Charlotte, North Carolina for the last 3 1/2 years. Austin finished his MBA at the University of Michigan and then got a job with Bank of America in supply chain. We have three children - Cooper age 6 - who loves sports and reading and is a very active 1st grader! Will - age 4 - loves sports also and dressing appropriately for each of them, also making sure that he is ALWAYS dressed in sports gear - even at school! Paris is our baby girl - she is almost 6 months old and loves to smile and roll all over the floor.

I am enjoying being a mom and learning lots of patience! I also teach piano and love to exercise, read, scrapbook, knit, sew, crochet, etc. - any of the "old grandma crafts" Austin says.

More Pictures of Will

This is just Will in a nutshell. He turns 4 tomorrow so I guess he is on my mind. I love Will's creativity and passion for life.

Will The Thrill

Will is an amazing kid. He will cheer for anything with you as long as you let him dress up in the proper attire for the occassion. This is an old picture of Will and I cheering on Oregon State in route to the first of their back to back Baseball National Championships (2006 & 2007). Will's Poppy used to play baseball for Oregon State, His great grandparents still live in Corvalis so we have cheered for the beavers for a long time.

An outfit for every occasion...