Texas Vacation... only a month late

LAST month, Brad, Coops, and I took a vacation to Texas.  As you know, the middle of our trip was a little dramatic with a surprise hospitalization, but before that, we had a great time!  We arrived late Sunday afternoon.  Monday evening we had a crawfish boil with Ritt and Chelsea, because that's just what we do when we're together.

Mmmm.... crawfish:

Cooper LOVED hanging out with Chelsea!

And Ritt

We ate crawfish, but Cooper ate alligator.

Celeste stopped by!!

The next day, Tuesday, we went to the lake in R and C's boat.  At first, Cooper was NOT a fan of his life jacket.

But then he was ok with it.

Cooper and mommy!

Love, love, love his little seersucker bathing suit!!

Mmmm, a toy that I can chew on that floats, just in case.

 The men:

He does have a lot of hair:

Chelsea "driving" the boat:

Ritt was the only one brave enough to get in; it was COLD!

We were the only people on the lake.  It was awesome.

Then little man had to take a nap.

That night, we went to NIOSA, one of our favorite Fiesta events.  We saw Amber and Jeff:

Chelsea and I got cascarones to use on the guys, but we of course had to use them on each other!

Favorite picture of the trip; this is so us:

Brad and Chelsea bring out the goofy in each other:

Not that Brad and Ritt are any better:

That night, we had to take Cooper to the hospital.  But after we made it to Houston, we had more fun times!  The men: Brad, Austin, and Ethan.  Cooper, unfortunately was asleep.

Compared to his cousins, Cooper is a GIANT!!

This one is my favorite; not sure why:

I took this just because it is amazing we have kept Cooper alive as long as we have.  I found him like this, with his blanket over his head.

Cooper and his Nana.

Other than our brief hospital stay, we really did have a fun and memorable trip!!