Still Perfect

Overdue Update!

2011-04-17T21:13:00.000-07:00

Since our last post a lot has happened. Coop is now almost 15 months. He loves to run around and play. Mike is finishing up his school semester and getting ready for summer school. We have moved. I have been doing a lot of different crafts and have enjoyed my time learning new things.

2010-12-12T15:44:00.000-08:00

We definitely have a basketball player not a soccer player.

Thanksgiving

2010-12-07T11:24:00.000-08:00

We had a great Thanksgiving. Mike smoked a turkey the night before just for fun (I loved it). We had a delicious dinner at Joe and Jenn Haroldsen's house. We love spending time with family.

Mike really wanted a real Christmas tree this year. The only condition I had was that we could get it home in the car. I love the real tree and it fit in the car.

Coop and Mike watching football!

Coop after eating part of Mike's sugar cookie.

Halloween!!

2010-10-30T19:51:00.000-07:00

We have had a great Halloween! Cooper was Super Cooper and enjoyed crawling around with his cape. We carved pumpkins, had a Halloween party, went Trunk or Treating, and all dressed up. More pictures to come.

Getting Bigger

2010-10-14T07:58:00.000-07:00

I can't believe Cooper is already 81/2 months! He has done a lot of new things lately. On Saturday he said his first word BALL. His favorite toys are balls, books, and empty boxes. He loves to pull himself up on everything and has scaled the wall a couple of times. He has his two bottom teeth and makes some pretty funny faces. Enjoy the videos!

Catching Up

2010-10-10T14:36:00.001-07:00

First Mom Project

2010-07-11T14:24:00.000-07:00

Cooper has become a little more adventurous and has also started to like to play peek-a-boo. All of these things are fun except for when I am trying to feed him especially in public. So, I went on a search to find a nursing cover that was bigger than the one I already had. A very kind new mom told me about makeitandloveit.blogspot.com. It had a great pattern and so this week I tried it out. I am so excited it is just what I was looking for and I was able to make it quickly. I also am proud to say that for the first time I used my sewing machine! I only have had it for almost 2 years.

Our Summer So Far!

2010-07-09T19:29:00.000-07:00

We have had a wonderful summer so far. Our family has gone to Oregon and had a ton of fun with lots of family. Steven was able to visit us before he left for the MTC. We are so excited for him and know he will do a great job. Cooper loves swimming in the little pool in our backyard. We have had so many adventures this summer and have more to come.

He is Ticklish

2010-05-07T22:58:00.000-07:00

There are 3 new posts. Be sure to check them all out.

Bath Time

2010-05-07T22:52:00.000-07:00

Cooper loves baths!

15 Weeks on Monday

2010-05-07T22:14:00.000-07:00

We are just as surprised as he is with how fast he's growing. We have enjoyed this past few months. A few of the things Cooper is now doing: Sleeping through most nights, laughs, always making some sort of cooing sound (his favorite is a gargling sound), grab things and bring them to his mouth. We have a toy that when you pull it, it vibrates and and makes noise. Just yesterday, he learned how to work it. Fun stuff. Here are a few pics for you all to enjoy.

He doesn't do dead to the world like your kids Jenn T. He is stiff as a board all the time.

This was the outfit he was blessed in.

We found a bunch of Nike onesies at Ross. This is one of them.

Coopers Blessing

2010-04-04T08:17:00.000-07:00

Last Sunday I was able to bless Cooper. It was an awesome experience to say the least. Both of our parents were able to make it along with lots of other friends and family. Thanks for coming those that were able to make it.

Uncle Jess brought Grandmother down. She looked great as she usually does.

Four generations of Haroldsen

Grandpa and Grandma Brown came too.

This is Coop's easter outfit. Vivian Long got the vest and shirt for him. Thank you Sister Long.

Update

2010-04-04T07:59:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pics to update all of you on Cooper the Super Duper Pooper.

On the left Cooper is one month. On the right he is one month and one week.

Lacey and the boys came to visit before they moved to South Carolina. It was good to get to spend some time with them.

Cooper loved it. He would talk to Brandon and Andrew and smile at them the whole time.

Past Couple Weeks

2010-02-20T22:15:00.000-08:00

The past few week have great.....during the day that is. Here are a few pics of Coop.

I think Ang scared him.

Ang is a great mother. She is also a patient wife/women.

This is his baseball outfit. It says Daddy's All-Star. My favorite part is the shoes.

Naps on Sunday. One of my favorite things do.

Having Cooper be more aware of his surroundings has been fun. He still chooses the curtains over anything. But he is starting to look at us more and more. On Monday Cooper will be 4 weeks. Crazy.

He's Here!!

2010-01-30T19:13:00.000-08:00

We had an exciting Monday this week. Cooper David Haroldsen was born at 5:14 p.m. He was 19 1/2 inches and 7 lbs. Everyone is doing well. We couldn't have asked for a more perfect baby. We are crossing our fingers that it continues.

It's a Boy!

2009-09-22T17:57:00.000-07:00

Enjoy

Here is his profile
Spine and Head
Look just to the left of the "It's a Boy"
He's looking at you!

There's a belly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-09-13T20:57:00.000-07:00

Ang is showing and feeling. If has been a fun experience to say the least. We can feel it move around. We even saw it move today a couple of times. We think it's either getting ready for basketball season or training for the Olympics. We find out on the 22nd whether it a boy or girl. So put your votes in.

We're Sorry OK!!!!!!!!

2009-09-13T20:51:00.000-07:00

We know we have taken forever to update the blog, and for that we apologize. We will make it up to all of you. We took all the pictures from our summer adventures and put them on a slide show. Enjoy!

Good Ol' Elko

2009-06-09T11:35:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Ang!!!

2009-05-29T10:40:00.000-07:00

Well it's Angela's 24 B-day today. I Just wanted to share a few pics of her from the past year.

I love you Ang!! Happy Birthday.

That's right....That's my wife!

2009-05-24T09:34:00.000-07:00

So this week Angela had her end of the year assembly. They announced the teacher awards there. Can you guess who got crowned as the K-3 teacher of the year? That's right, Angela Haroldsen!! It was voted by the PTO and other parents. I'm so proud of her and so grateful that others see how dedicated she is as an educator. Below is the trophy she won and she also won a bonus for the award! Way to go Ang! Below the trophy are pictures of her doing the teacher musical number. It was an 80's theme. Ang is wearing an orange shirt and has a fro. Yes it is her real hair and yes I made fun of her. She is pretending to rock out on my Ukulele.

Our Backyard

2009-05-10T09:25:00.000-07:00

These are some pictures of the progression of our yard. We have a small one that is just right for us right now. There are few problems however. The first was that we had a lawn but nothing to cut it with. To solve that problem we got an old push mower that is perfect for what we need. It was from one of Ang's coworkers (thanks Bob). Also we have a chain-link fence with a parking lot and dumpster right behind it. If you look past me in the fist picture you can see the nasty pile of garbage. In pics 3, 4, and 5 you can see that we planted some plants by the fence. These are honeysuckle and trumpet vine that we hope will give us a better view. The last pic is of me trying to tame our apricot tree. We didn't have the tools so I couldn't do much.

There hard to see but the plants are right along the fence line.

Great but Pretty Uneventful...... for now

2009-04-14T21:22:00.000-07:00

Well, we apologize for lack of blogging. We really haven't had anything exciting to post. Unless you count work. We have both been doing way too much of that. Angela is getting excited for the upcoming summer brake in 5 weeks. She has had a great year. I am ready for a change at work and soon there should be one. We are loving our calling in the nursery. Angela just got called as the nursery leader. She will do great. Other than that it's just been working and spending as much time together as we can. On Friday it will be 6 months that we've been married!!!! I love my wife!

Our First Production

2009-04-14T20:51:00.000-07:00

My best friend from the mission, Kenny Jones, wants to be a movie director. He enlisted Ang and I to help him on his latest movie. There is a teaser for the movie we are working on at the bottom of the page. It's to help build his portfolio to get in to a school. Enjoy! WARNING It could be scary for some people.

Christmas in Elko

2008-12-27T11:39:00.000-08:00

O' Christmas Tree

2008-12-27T10:42:00.000-08:00

Honeymoon and Oregon

2008-12-20T15:29:00.000-08:00

I know this all happened a long time ago, but it is finally Christmas Break and I have time to look at the computer. Hope you enjoy!

Oregon Scenery

2008-12-20T15:25:00.000-08:00

Oh Lacey

2008-11-20T16:28:00.001-08:00

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Wedding Pictures!!!!!!

2008-11-16T17:11:00.000-08:00

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THE FIRST DATE!!!!

2008-08-17T18:29:00.000-07:00

So a few days later I had a good friend ask me if I could get someone to go on a double date with him and a girl he met at a cafe for that night. Angela immediately came to mind. I went and asked my roommate that had been in the ward for a good while for her number. After a few minutes of pacing back and forth and pumping myself up I finally called her and got her voice mail. I asked her what she was up to that night and told her to call me back. A major detail I had neglected was that she was camping that night with some friends which she told me on Wednesday. So, I am with my friend and we are trying to find a campsite that isn't full and I haven't had service on my phone for a good while. Since we were meeting other people we drove back down to where we had service to give directions to the rest of the group. When I looked at my phone I had a message. I didn't recognize the number so I checked it. She called me a few minutes later and reminded me of that detail but added, "but I'm free tomorrow." I was so nervous i just said, "Ok, i'll talk to you later than" and hung up. As soon as I hung up I felt so stupid but i was too embarrassed to call her back. I'm free tomorrow was an invitation to do something some other time and I thought that he must have just called because he was bored then and I was the only girl that he knew so far. Then I got to thinking and wondering about how in the world he got my number. I realized that he had gone to some effort of either asking someone for it or looked it up in an old ward directory that was in his apartment. Luckily the next day he called again for a date. I thought it was interesting and I thought that this could be fun but I didn't want to get my hopes up. We went out to eat and then on a walk. we talked the entire time and it wasn't awkward at all. Finally!! OH and we went hot tubbing too. It was the best first date I ever had by far.

The Meeting

2008-08-17T17:58:00.000-07:00

So, he thought I was crazy! I didn't think she was crazy. I just thought she was magnifying her calling. We were both living in Crestwood Apartments in Provo and I am the ward publicity person. Which means that I have to take everyone's picture and put it into a directory. I only asked him a couple of times at church if I had taken it, but in my defense I asked lots of people if I had take their picture. Then he came over to collect fast offerings and I couldn't fill out my slip correctly. She thought I was hot. Whatever. Still in the same day but later at night I saw him at a cookie night my apartment organized and found out a little more about him. A girl had brought a little dog that was dressed up at cookie night and I asked her if she would dress her dog up like that and she said I wouldn't have a dog that small. That's when I got interested. I thought that he was not interested at all and was ready to keep looking. Little did she know that she intimidated me which made me extremely interested. I thought she was way out of my league and that I never stood a chance. So after Sunday we didn't see each other until Wednesday at meet the Bishop night. She wasn't there at first I was there I was just surrounded by boys that were extremely interested and he didn't notice. That's a lie she was talking to the Bishop, but I can't say that I didn't flirt with other girls. After a while I finally saw her. She waved at me from across the room, smiled, and walked over to me. We started talking. There was also another boy there that was different. He wasn't getting any hints and kept interrupting our conversation. I immediately recognized her sweet shoes that she was wearing and complimented her on it. They were my awesome shoes that Steven got me for Christmas they are worth noticing. As the night went on the other boy didn't get the hint even as we were scooting further from him and closer to each other. He still stayed. I was going to ask her on a date but it would have been awkward with him there. At the end of the night there was an awkward wave (let me tell you it was awkward) and a short goodbye and a hope for another opportunity. I left thinking that he was a nice guy, but he couldn't be interested and that I wished I could have just talked to him alone without someone else interrupting. I was also pretty excited that he noticed my shoes and he remembered that I like big dogs.