It's hard to believe that a year ago at this time I was pregnant with this little bundle of joy!! How time flies when you're having fun. Caleb continues to amaze us with his many miraculous milestones each and every day!! Many of you know that we have a wonderful occupational therapist that comes to work with him once a week. She is always so positive, and says how happy she is with his ongoing progress!! I thank Heavenly Father every day for this special gift in my life!!

The Adventures of Caleb

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Gone are the days of ribbons and bows!!!

Every mother dreams of the day when she will have a beautiful little girl to dress up in fancy clothes, frilly dresses, and last but not least, ribbons and bows. Lucky for me, I was able to do all of the above for quite some time. It was almost like playing dress-up everytime I would buy her a new outfit just to see how darn cute she would look in it. And the shoes.....oh, the shoes! (Especially the boots in every color to match the outfits). Shortly after she was born, I even got a part-time job at "Baby Gap" just to keep her dressed in the latest and greatest styles!! Along with all of the fun clothes and accessories, she ALWAYS had a bow or ribbon in her hair of some sort. (Even when we went camping). She literally has HAD bows in her hair since the day she was born!! (you know those cute little ones that the nurse sticks in with KY, right after their first bath!!) Despite her change in styles and our difference of opinion in her clothes, I was still always able to sneak the ribbons and bows in.....up until that dreadful day last year when we were following our same morning ritual, and I went to tie that perfect bow, just as I had done so many times before, when she looked up at me and said in a very firm voice, "Mom, I am in second grade, and I don't want you to put those dumb bows in my hair anymore. I am the only person in my whole class that wears bows, and I am NOT going to let you put them in anymore!"

I couldn't believe this was happening. I was devastated and thought I had at least another couple of years.....AT LEAST. I quickly told her that it was just part of getting ready for the day, and that she had to have the bows in, and acted as if it wasn't any big deal. Again, she looked up at me and said, "I said NO BOWS," and walked away. That was that, and ever since, I've been hanging onto the fact that MAYBE, just maybe one day she might let me put them in for church, a special occasion, Christmas, or just for fun. So, I guess it's time to depart with all of those ribbons and bows, and say, "So long for now.....it was quite a ride while it lasted!!" I LOVE YOU SYD!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Koos Kids getting ready for a big night of trick-or-treating!! Caleb's FIRST Halloween!!
Caleb had so much fun answering the door with me. Everytime the doorbell rang, he would get really excited and crawl as fast as he could to the door. It was very cute!!

My kid's are growing up.....

Halloween just wasn't the same around here this year as it has been in years past! Austin came to us a couple of days before Halloween and said that he and his buddies wanted to go "trick-or-treating" by themselves this year and didn't want any mom's or dad's going. At first we were a little hesitant, but after lots of begging, pleading, many "safety" lectures, MORE stranger/danger talks, and tears (from me, of course), we finally gave in and decided to let him go. After we agreed to let Austin go, Syd. thought that she should be able to do the same thing, so luckily, since our kids have such great friends, she went off on our own as well. So sad!!! One step closer to independence!!

Austin and the boys after a long night of trick-or treating!!

Emma and Syd. met up with their cute little friend Shaylee, and had a great time on "their own."

What would we do without Sawyer? Poor Braden kept saying, "Who I am going to go twick-o-tweeting with? Fortunately, he and Shaun caught up to Danny and Sawyer and everything was all better!!