Posted on July 20th, 2010 by Zach
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Awhile ago I was evaluating our books to determine which ones to keep and I came across this tattered old book.  It was missing all of the little characters that slide into little slots throughout the book.  It seemed like the perfect candidate for the trash, but I got an idea to adapt the [...]

Posted on July 20th, 2010 by Kathleen
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Lets face it, that hour of Sacrament meeting is challenging on Sunday morning when you have young children, possibly when you have older children too, but I don’t know about that yet.  I spend a lot of time and energy fretting about how I can keep my children in their seats behaving well and [...]

Posted on July 19th, 2010 by Kathleen
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I finally got around to scanning this picture. This picture shows the break best, but you can see more here.

Posted on July 15th, 2010 by Kathleen
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I was trying to take a new video of Nicole moving around with her new cast on, but she didn’t really go anywhere.  She just kind of wiggled around.  I did however capture her trying to read this book filled with addition and subtraction problems. 

I didn’t know that she recognized numbers yet, but whether [...]

Posted on July 14th, 2010 by Kathleen
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Here are some videos that I took of Nicole learning to move with her leg splint:

Here she does some climbing:

Here is a still picture with her cast: So far she seems much happier in the cast.  I think it’s less painful for her.

Posted on July 12th, 2010 by Kathleen
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We’ve been on the phone detailing injuries to families for the last few days, but I know we have some close friends and family members who get their updates here, so for the benefit of them and for our written record, I will write the details of the injuries sustained during our car accident on [...]

Posted on July 11th, 2010 by Kathleen
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Note: I know it’s probably a little gauche to blog so soon after an event like this.  However, I want to get my feelings sorted out and writing is a good method.  Might as well update everyone while I’m at it.
I left the house this morning in a somewhat grumpy rush.  Often I’ll forget my [...]

Posted on July 9th, 2010 by Zach
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I reflected back to July 4, 2004 during testimony meeting today.  That year, the 4th also fell on a Sunday, it was when Zach blessed our first Child. 
Our celebrating mostly took place on July 3rd this year.
Video = While throwing Snaps, Isaac shows off his missing tooth, Jackson shows off something else.

We lit sparklers [...]

Posted on July 4th, 2010 by Kathleen
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Nicole is at that age where naps are becoming more irregular.  It seems too soon, but here are the details:

On days she naps, it takes her hours to fall asleep at night when she doesn’t nap, she falls to sleep quickly and easily
She often gets very grumpy for the last hour or two before bedtime [...]

Posted on July 3rd, 2010 by Kathleen
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Nicole has been walking into the living room wearing other people’s shoes so frequently, that I thought she might enjoy playing with the dress-ups.
She put everything she could possibly put on, notice how she is trying to pick up a 3rd glove to put on.Once she was all decked out, she didn’t smile [...]

Posted on July 2nd, 2010 by Kathleen
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Grrrr. . .

Posted on June 26th, 2010 by Kathleen
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. . .because otherwise she’d be in a lot of trouble right now. . . This evening, Nicole followed me into the bathroom and sat on the little potty pretending to go.  I handed her a piece of toilet paper which she used to “wipe” her diaper.  After putting the kids to bed, I discovered [...]

Posted on June 23rd, 2010 by Kathleen
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For some reason, Nicole has had a rough time sleeping the last few nights.  She usually sleeps all through the night with no trouble (except for maybe a little trouble falling to sleep sometimes).
It started with her crying in her bed at 1:30 AM two nights ago.  That night I went in and calmed her [...]

Posted on June 10th, 2010 by Kathleen
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Here’s a little Nicole clip to go with the Ila clip that I successfully posted moments ago. 
For some unknown reason, Nicole just started saying “oh, man” and I thought it was cute so I got out my camera.  Maybe she was saying it because she was really tired from waking up repeatedly last night, [...]

Posted on June 9th, 2010 by Kathleen
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Nicole’s favorite show is Curious George, and by favorite I mean it’s the only show she’ll watch.  She hands me the remote and says either “George, where are you?” or “Ready, Set, Go!”  I can’t decide which I like better.  The last few days she has been carrying around Curious George books constantly.  She [...]

Posted on June 7th, 2010 by Kathleen
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Nicole had so much fun swimming yesterday, that she really wanted to go again today. She put her arms in this swimsuit and walked around the house crying “water, water” It was a clever communicative idea, but even falling to the floor crying didn’t get her to the pool. Poor little thing, maybe I’ll take [...]

Posted on June 1st, 2010 by Kathleen
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Originally uploaded by Cochran Family

This is a fun little video. Listen for Nicole to say Ready, Set, Go! and then laugh her little head off.

Posted on May 18th, 2010 by Kathleen
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We had an assignment on the Cochran family blog to write about what inspired the choices we made in naming our children so I thought I’d share what I wrote here as well.  What I thought would be a short post, turned into a rather long one.
Our first boy was going to be David Hyrum [...]

Posted on May 17th, 2010 by Kathleen
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I previewed a room transition that we had started, but it didn’t go as planned so we had to change things around a few times to get it right, but I think we’re finally settled.  For the sake of family history, I will be thorough, so this might be a long one.
My late nights were [...]

Posted on May 16th, 2010 by Kathleen
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