Those Crazy Cothran's

New Pics

2010-06-14T18:25:00.000-07:00

So Denise took some new pics of Lily Bug for me. I think they turned out super cute. I love this little dress.

Once she found the water we couldn't keep her out of it. She just sat right in it and said "water, water."

I'm really bad at blogging.

2010-06-02T20:09:00.000-07:00

So my little bro keeps getting angry at me for being a terrible blogger. I really am horrible at it. I try and try to keep things current, but it seems like 2 months go by in between updates. I'm going to try and be better....for Trever's sake. I know that he lives 4 hours away and can't see the kiddos very often.

My mom bought Lily a new sandbox. She loves it! She would be in it 10 hours a day if she could.

She even gets in it after it rains and is super muddy. This was fun to clean up.

Lily is a happy little girlo. We love her so much. I can't believe that she is 19 months old. Where has the time gone? She is also very tender hearted. She gets very sad if little kids are yelling or fighting near her. I think that she will be the type of kid that bursts into tears if you raise your voice. Sweet little girl.

She has become kind of a stacker. She sat all of those books up. She also stacks cans in the pantry. She makes me build little towers out of her books...she usually knocks them down afterwards but she loves it.

Lily and Brielle in Grandma and Grandpa's playhouse.

Grandpa and the Boss. He is getting so big.

Lily sitting on her daddy. Nate is the best dad. He plays with her all the time. She LOVES her daddy.

Well it was Mother's Day recently and I must say that I LOVE being a mom. It has been the best thing that I have ever done. She is so fun to wake up to in the morning. I know that we are going to have the funnest summer together. I love her more than anything.

Easter Fun!

2010-04-04T12:44:00.000-07:00

Easter morning was a lot of fun this year. Lily was excited about her basket and loved all of the eggs. The Easter bunny hid eggs all around the living room for her to find. It was pretty exciting.

This was her Easter basket. She was most excited about the eggs.

She got lots of cute summer clothes. Grandma Lori gave her the plaid shorts outfit and the little yellow one piece outfit. The Easter Bunny gave her the others. Grandpa Rick gave her a Disney Princess camp chair to keep in the trailer. We actually spent Saturday down to Grandma and Grandpa's. It was my birthday so we had carmel cake and colored Easter Eggs. We were going to go camping but it snowed, so I think we will be going in the next couple of weeks. Uncle Trever was going to come up, but he decided to stay in St. George in 70 degree weather...go figure.

Lily has started wanting to walk in our shoes lately. This is her in her Daddy's shoes.

Super funny.

Silly little kid. Trever told me yesterday that I was terrible at updating my blog, so I thought I would put up a few extra pictures that weren't Easter. I am terrible at it.

Pictures are fun!

2010-01-19T12:10:00.000-08:00

We tried to take pictures of the kiddos last Thursday. Let me tell you, it was A LOT of fun. The girls would not cooperate. Boston grinned like crazy, Brielle smiled maybe twice and Lily didn't smile at all. This was the best group picture we could get of the three of them. What little stinkers.

At least she still looked cute.

Brielle and her serious face.

Boston smiling away.

One of Brielle's only smiles of the photo shoot and Lily at least isn't scowling in this picture.

The two girls playing tea party.

This is the only pic we could get of Brielle and Boss.

Maybe we will try another photo session next year. :)

Christmas Crazy!

2010-01-05T11:09:00.000-08:00

December was soooo crazy for me. I did a video of all of the Great Grandchildren for our Christmas Eve party. It turned out really cute and I'm glad that I did it. I also made a digital scrapbook of Brielle, Lily and Boston for my Mom for Christmas. It really turned out nice. It is so great to have a record of their lives so far in one book. I bought Lily a little Christmas dress this year. She looked soooo cute on Christmas Eve.

I actually took these pictures before I put my tree away. It took a lot of effort and the payoff wasn't that great. She was kind of a stinker and wouldn't look at the camera. This is my tree, the first in 6 years.

I thought I would take a quick shot of Lily with her gingerbread house. She pretty much ripped it apart after this.

Brielle and Lily on Christmas Eve.

Trever and Boston on Christmas Eve.

The holidays were so great this year. I'm so upset that they are over. We had a lot of fun in Nephi this year with all of the kiddos. On Christmas night me, Nate and Trever actually went and saw Sherlock Holmes with Danielle, Carl, Dustin and Duane. I hope we make movie night a new tradition now that Nephi finally has a theater.

Birthday & Halloween

2009-11-05T13:15:00.000-08:00

Well Lily bug turned 1 year old on Friday, October 23rd. It is really hard to believe. This year has gone faster than I ever could have imagined. We had a party for her at my Mom & Dad's on the 25th. It was a lot of fun. She really loved the cake eating part. Everyone bought her clothes (as I requested). She got so many cute things, even Kara thought so. :)

Lily and Brielle got in the tub after the cake eating was over. I'm not sure why....hmmm.

Lily loves her Grandparents. Check out the super cute monkey pjs they got her for her B-Day.

Before the Birthday party started Lily and Brielle played in the leaves. Brielle liked it more than Lily. Brandon actually buried Brielle completely and she just laid there. We just kept laughing at her.

Lily was a super scary witch for Halloween. It's technically her second Halloween, but last year she couldn't go out so we didn't dress her up. My Aunt Denise made the skirt and the cape for her. It looked so cute. We couldn't believe that she kept the hat on, but she did.

This picture is so you can see her stockings and broom. You can't really tell, but the black thing on her broom is a little black cat. Halloween was a lot of fun.

Two steps forward...

2009-10-16T18:40:00.000-07:00

Lily is officially a walker. She has actually been walking for over a month now. Nate says that next week we're starting her on long division. She will turn 1 year old next Friday and I just can't believe it. This year has been the fastest and best of my life. Nate and I don't know how we ever lived without her.

Lily and her Daddy getting ready for our daily walk.

Me and Lily.

Brielle always watches out for Lily. She is such a sweetie.

Grandma and Boston. Poor little guy has had some health problems and has to be on oxygen. We hope that he will be off it by the holidays.

Grandpa and Boston.

This is Lily on the swing in my parents backyard. My Dad was pushing her in it on Saturday.

I couldn't resist putting this picture up. Teeny is wearing on old dress of Kara's. We all laughed our heads off. It was even funnier when Kara put it on. :)

The Boss

2009-09-16T19:55:00.000-07:00

We welcomed a new addition to our family today. Boston Richard Gadd was born at about 3:35 pm today, September 16th. He is super cute and just check out all of that hair. It is unreal. Linzee did awesome and is feeling good. Brandon is a proud papa and Brielle thinks he's "oh cute." Brielle actually liked the Oreo cookies a little better than Boston, but I'm sure she'll warm up to him. Congrats to Brandon and Linzee. My parents are of course thrilled. We all LOVE the little guy already.

July has been busy!

2009-07-20T15:08:00.000-07:00

I haven't updated my blog for a while because July has been a pretty busy month. We spent the 4th down in Nephi with my family. Jesse came with us and we had a BBQ at my Aunt Debbie's. It was a lot of fun. Lily and I spent the following Thursday and Friday with my Mom and Dad because it was the Ute Stampede (Nephi's Summer Celebration). Nate and Jess came down on Saturday and we went to the Car Show. I'm posting a bunch of pictures that I took. The first couple are from the 4th and the rest are from the weekend of the Stampede.

Glamour Shots

2009-06-25T18:22:00.000-07:00

So I took Lily to get some portraits taken at Kiddie Kandids today. I think they turned out super cute. It took a minute for her to warm up to the photographer but towards the end she was pretty smiley. Luckily my mom was with me and kept Lily happy. Here are a few of my favorites.

One Great Dad!

2009-06-22T11:13:00.000-07:00

This year was Nate's first Father's Day as a Dad. He is so wonderful with Lily, he is a real hands on dad. I am so happy that he loves her as much as she loves him. Every day when he gets home she is so excited to see him. He is such a natural at being a father. It took me a while to ease in to parenting but he knew what to do right from the start. I love Nate more every time I see him with her. We spent the day with my family. I can't believe I did't get any pictures at the BBQ. I love all of the men in my life, they are great fathers & grandfathers.

We took these silly pics last night when we got home.

Mobile at last...sort of.

2009-06-05T10:06:00.000-07:00

Lily has started crawling. Not the full blown crawl, more of an Army crawl, perhaps in honor of her Uncle Joe. We are excited and a little apprehensive. I think it will make her happy, but I doubt the dogs will be happy about it. Punkin will be in hiding all day and Neo will spend most of the time out on the patio.

Water Lily

2009-05-31T14:00:00.000-07:00

Lily and Brielle have discovered the hot tub at Grandma & Grandpa's house and they love it. Brielle just points when she passes it. Every time we ask if she wants to get out she says "no." I can't believe how much Lily kicks her arms and feet when my dad is swimming her around. They are both going to be little water babies this summer. My mom bought Lily Bug her brown and blue bikini to match her eyes. She is such a babe in it.

Just the 3 of us

2009-05-21T07:24:00.000-07:00

I tended Brielle yesterday. We had lots of fun. I basically just carried Lily and followed Brielle around the house. She loves the stairs. I can't imagine having babies as close as some of my family members have and are having. Brielle is an angel, but juggling the two of them was entertaining. They are fun to carry up and down the stairs at the same time. Lily loves Brielle, she smiles and laughs at her a lot. Brielle can say Lily now and was super cute giving Lily her toys.

1st Tooth

2009-05-18T20:28:00.001-07:00

Lily got her first tooth today, May 18th. I've been expecting it for a while. She had kind of a hard day, but we put baby orajel on her tooth and it seemed to help a little. She keeps sticking her tongue out because she's feeling her tooth. It's super cute.

I'm a Mom!

2009-05-18T07:36:00.000-07:00

It was crazy to actually be a mother on Mother's Day. We had a lot of fun. We went to my mom's and had a BBQ. We also took some family photos. Here are a few.

Our sweet baby girls.
Danielle & Ella, Kara & Teeny, Linzee & Brielle and Me & Lily.

The Gadd Family

My Mom is the best. I couldn't ask for a better mother. I love this picture of her and Trever.

Birthday Bash

2009-05-04T06:56:00.000-07:00

I can't believe it but Brielle is 1 year old. Soooo crazy! We went to her B-day party at my Mom & Dad's on Friday night. We had a lot of fun. The girlo's wore their party hats and thought they were pretty big stuff. I thought Lily wouldn't like it but she smiled the entire time she had it on. These pictures would be perfect if only Ella Bella would have been there.

Neo is hilarious.

2009-04-30T18:40:00.000-07:00

Lily thinks Neo is really funny. She smiles and gets really excited every time she sees him. We only wish that he was as excited to see her. We thought that everyone would enjoy this video. She has an infectious little laugh.

What a sweetie!

6 Months Old

2009-04-23T06:34:00.000-07:00

It's hard to believe but Lily Bug is 6 months old today. We took her to the doctor yesterday and she weighed in at 15 pounds 14 ounces. Amazing considering the 4 1/2 pound baby we brought home. She is in the 49% for weight and get this, the 4.9% for height. Uncle Brandon always laughs at how compact she is...poor little girl,mommy knows how she feels.

Grandma's Angels

2009-04-22T09:38:00.001-07:00

So my mom is loving the babies. She can't get enough of them. Every time she sees them she says "hello my angels!" My dad gives her a hard time about it. These girls love their grandma.

Lily's new favorite thing is hanging upside down. She loves it! She would hang like that for hours if we would let her.

Here is a super cute picture of Brielle that I took last time she was over. I love that little face.

Bunny Fun

2009-04-21T15:06:00.000-07:00

It was Lily's first Easter and it was truly uneventful. We went down to my Mom & Dad's on Saturday and had a good time with Brandon, Linzee and Brielle. Of course Grandma and Grandpa spoiled her.

On Easter Sunday we really didn't do anything. We got up and Lily got her Easter basket, we put her dress on her even though we had nowhere to go. She looked super cute. The three of us just hung out at the house and took pictures. We usually spend all day with the family so it felt very uneasterish.

Cutie-Pie

2009-04-21T12:28:00.000-07:00

There's a line from Sin City that goes something like: "Have you ever seen anything so beautiful in your whole life?" Of course, that line was during a scene where the guy talking is holding a severed head that was submerged in a tar pit.

But my point is that Lily just oozes cute at every level. Look at that kid over on the left (<--)! Picture her squeal-laughing at the same time because that's what she was doing, I bet.

That absolutely appropriate flower on her head? Care of Kara, Jod's cousin!

Her feet look big in this pic, but we don't think they've grown at all since she was born (and they looked like honkin' fire-stompers back then).

Che Lily

2009-04-21T12:14:00.000-07:00

Sometimes Lily gets a little rebellious around the house and stamps her foot down, pulls on mom's hair or dad's goatee or the dog's or really whatever she can get her tiny little hands on!

She's an assertive kid and, completely unlike every other kid out there, does NOT take "No!" (or "Please no?" or even "How about this instead?") lightly.

Lily looks like she's brooding in this photo, but it's just her way of saying, "I need to eat dad's cereal; here, let me hold the bowl while you try not to spoon the rest out onto your lap."

Whatever You Do, Don't Kiss Me!

2009-04-21T11:51:00.001-07:00

Poor cute little Lily decided she'd had enough with all the fancy picture-taking, clothes-wearing, and body-positioning for one afternoon. She wasn't about to enjoy having mom & dad start kissing her as well.

She's a temperamental little kid, but then again so is Lily! :D I kid, I kid, but Jod's the trooper especially since Lily has learned the art of the high-pitched squeal which makes us all drop whatever we're doing and come a'running, dogs underfoot and all.