Richard and Tatum are now golfing buddies. Tatum got her own set of Golf Clubs when Cooper was born, as a Welcome to Being a New Big Sister....little did we know, she was going to LOVE it, and be really good at it. At least we think she is really good at it for a 6 year old. Richard joined the McKinney Golf Club, so they are able to go often. They love it! Great bonding time....well, I think so at least. She has not come home yet complaining about Richard yelling at her to do it right. I am sure that will come too! 
I love to watch her hit with her driver. She hits is high and in the air. I laugh when I hear the "ping" just like the big boys!! On this day, Richard said she also sunk a 12-13 foot putt. He was impressed!
It's been hot, but this day was only about 94 degrees, not too bad considering it has been well about 100 for a few weeks! Needless to say, that had a blast and they BOTH can't wait to get back out there!!
We have been swimming a lot! Richard loves to throw Tatum around the pool, and she gets a kick out of it! She has really become a fish this summer!
Did I mention Richard has been having a ball too??!!?
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After Fireworks, Nana and Papaw came back over for a little bit. My dad was holding Cooper and I had to take this picture because he looked so cute!! Just look at those cheeks!!!
More swimming! I must say, we have done a lot of it, but with the temps being over 100 degrees almost everyday...it's the only thing we can do to tolerate it!
This is how Cooper tolerates it. He just looks MAD! But, this is one of my favorite pictures!!!
More to come from Tatum's 
We went swimming a few weeks ago, and put Cooper in with Daddy and Tatum. I had to wake him up to do it, and he still wasn't ready to get up. He cried for a minute and then went back to sleep in Daddy's arms in the pool! Silly Boy! He did look SUPER CUTE in his Turtle Swim shorts and swim shirt!!!
This is how he spent most of the 3-4 hours out by the pool. It was NOT 102 degrees yet. 
We went to Emma's Birthday party last week. It was lots of fun! It was a Fairy Party, so the girls came dressed up as Fairies. Tatum was so cute. They got their faces painted. Emma and Tatum were cats, but very different cats. Then, those sweet little CAT Fairies, got tattoos. Something about that, didn't make it quite to sweet! Although they did LOVE it!!
Here's my Big Boy! He looks so big in this hat! I can't wait till he is bigger and can really wear baseball caps all the time! LOVE IT!
On June 24th, Cooper smiled a "real" smile for the first time. Later that night, I was trying to get him to do it again for the camera. It wasn't working! Tatum had to get in on the photo action!!
But....yesterday, while my mom was loading Cooper in the car, he was smiling away at her in the back seat. I quickly handed her my phone to snap a picture. This is the one she got, and I LOVE IT! Look at those sweet cheeks!
Here she is a couple of days ago. Tatum was snapping pictures of her. She was so pretty, but my gosh, the cat hair was driving us crazy. I thought that her shave job would look a little bit better, but what do you expect when you take her to a Country Vet? He got the job done, no frills about it!! We should have done this years ago!!
She looks sick, but all we can do is laugh! Even Tatum laughs about it and I was a little worried about how she would react to her best friend getting tortured. The poor cat won't even sit on her butt unless she is on her bed, or on our bed. What makes her think that she can get on the furniture, now that she has no hair! I guess maybe she is trying to stay warm? Whatever, 3 months of no cat hair...I am one happy momma!!!
Whoa, Daddy sure is Brave!! We think Cooper is so small, but he sure looks big in Tatum's arms! I did have to warn her to NEVER do this alone!!! I think she knows!
Sorry about the turned picture. Not sure why it turned like that when I put it on here. But HOW CUTE IS HE???
This was our first trip to the doctor with Cooper. He was only 6 days old. That is exactly how old Tatum was on her first trip to the doctor. He had to go for a weight check and also a jaundice check. All is good, he was down to 7lb. 7oz. when we left the hospital on Friday, and by Monday he was back up to 8lb. 2 oz. Only 1 ounce away from his birth weight. Dr. Katz said that is great, babies are usually not back up to their birth weight till 2 weeks, and he made it back in a week!! My Big Boy!!!
Tatum had a fundraiser at school that was selling Cookie Dough. Yesterday was pick up day for it all, so we had to go out and deliver all the goods. So, off we went to several homes, Cooper and I stayed in the car until we got to Nana and Papaw's. We hung out over there for a while and then went to eat dinner at Spring Creek BBQ. It was Cooper's first dining out at an Eatery! So, we took a picture of course! He was good the whole time till the very end, he wanted to eat. So, when we left, I sat in the front seat of the car in the parking lot and nursed him, enough to get home.
When we got home, Daddy decided to play photo opt, instead of getting Tatum to bed quick. It was already past her bedtime, but how could I get upset, when he got all these cute little pictures of Cooper and Tatum in bed together! Seems like it might be like this in a couple of years! Cooper wanting to sleep with his big sister!! It was so cute to see my babies cuddling together!!! He looked so little up next to her in the big bed!!
