Have Your Game Face On?
Saints than having to wear makeup to watch them!!!
Yes, we’ve always been Saints fans,
we’re not just jumping on the Bandwagon
I was born and raised in Louisiana!
GEAUX SAINTS
we had some quad friends that were Colts fans!!
Who Dat
Every Christmas Eve we have the Kirkwood Family Christmas. This year I was able to host the party at my house which, in all honesty, is way easier than having to load up all 5 and head out. Plus, if it’s at your house you are only in charge of paper products, NO COOKING!! I think we may have it at my house every year just so they don’t have to eat my cooking (I’ve actually brought something before that wasn’t completely unfrozen)!
Last year we didn’t get to bring the babies because they were so little and still on RSV lockdown, plus, let’s face it 4 month olds aren’t that much fun! This year, though, they were a blast! Here’s a few pictures from our festivities!
Cousin Shelly and the Flying Can-Man
(She’s Matt’s cousin, so they’re 2nd cousin; right?
I’m so confused!)
Cannon and his BFF his Pappy Frog!
A serious Avery with a Happy Old Grandpa!
He is Matt’s Grandpa and instead of adding Great, we added Old! He doesn’t mind at all, he loves all the grands and great-grands so much!
Uncle Darnell and Lauren
She loved, loved him!!!
Aunt Gloria and Nana playing
I’mmmma Gonna Getcha with Gunner!!
Gunner making a run for it!
Hannah Noelle playing in her room with
Cousin Kaytee and Cousin Karragan.
Cousin Mike and Lauren, she’s always with a man!
Cousin Mike is Cousin Shelly’s husband!
All the great grands that were present….
Mason, Brant, Anna-Kate, Lauren, Avery, Kaytee, Cannon, Gunner, Travis, Kinsey, Karragan and Hannah Noelle…
there are 5 missing!!
Cousin Brant (Anna-Kate’s brother) and Cousin Mason
Old Grandpa and his Children 
With cleaning and setting up, I forgot to get camera batteries so a special thanks to Cousin Tammy for taking the pictures and sending me the CD!
These were some of many of our attempt at a family shot! You may remember this picture from February. 
And you may remember this post from September.
Well, while we were at Bass Pro, Paw-Paw and Be-Be couldn’t resist getting the Crew new Camo Duds. So in true redneck fashion we decided what better way to dress the Crew for the Cochran Family Christmas Party than in their camo. 
She looks soooo grown here!
So grown that I decided to start 2010 off with a new hair cut for my Big Girl! 
If you missed the Pater Christmas, click here.
And stay tuned we still have two Christmas Gatherings left to post about!
Next year the babies are getting boxes for Christmas!
Avery admiring Kae-Pae’s Steamer with Me-Mom!
Now she’s on top of the diapers!
Gunner overjoyed about some new diapers!!
The diaper boxes were even a hit for Sissy!
The next best thing was the paper!!!
Can you tell she’s the one that pushes all the limits?
And where was Lauren???
No need to ask where Cannon was, odds are he was in my lap!
We were able to celebrate Christmas with the Pater Family (my mom (Me-Mom) my dad (Pe-Pop) my brother (Coach) my sister-in-law (Kae-Pae) my nephew (Jayce) and my sister (Pae-Pae)) the week before Christmas because my mom had to work Christmas night back in South Carolina! That made Christmas last for over a week, it was WONDERFUL!!
Still to come Christmas with the Cochran’s, the Kirkwood’s and then our family Christmas!
Hope your Christmas was everything you hoped for!
OOH, I ALMOST FORGOT!!!
We have a new addition to the Pater Family line-up,
Uncle Dan!!! 
Rocky Cochran
This happened over a week ago and according to my pediatrician, “This is the first of many!” On this specific day he pulled an entire table over on top of his head! LOVELY!! We’re not talking about some rinky dinky table I should have had secured or had safety latched, we’re talking about a for-real-deal table that you nor I would have ever thought of as a hazard! We took him straight in to make sure everything was okay since A) there was a cut (although I told the pedi on the phone, I’ve cut myself shaving worse than this!) B) it was on his face and C) there were multiple bruises!!! Everything was fine and she assured me it would happen many many more times! Since then he has had 3 more should we go to the hospital experiences!! I’m thinking Cannon and Reid should start researching padded college campuses real soon or maybe her Mom’s Website should carry helmets and full body gear!
Merry Almost Christmas!!!
I’m skipping a lot of the in between stuff and I’ll get back to that later, but I just wanted to share our Christmas Card. We were late sending them out so if you haven’t received yours yet, hang tight, it may take another day or two!
We have been super super busy around here with Christmas Parties, dentist visits, a new configuration for the playroom (and mommy’s sanity)!
Everyone please take time out this Christmas Season to remember the Reason for the Season and give everyone in your family an extra hug from the Cochran Crew!
Merry Christmas! 
Sorry I’m just now getting around to posting Halloween pictures! We had a blog-eye-opening experience in the middle of October and let’s just say there are some very strange, sick people in this world. I had thrown in the towel on blogging with pictures, but then I realized this is how some of you actually get to see my children grow up! So with a few new safety precautions, we’re gonna give it another whirl!
Two Frogs, Two Princesses and a Rock Star Princess!
Avery who we always have had pegged as our Punk-A-Rella loved dressing up!! She played with the tulle the whole night! Lauren, however, could have cared less. The boys weren’t concerned at all with their costumes and Cannon had his Pappy-Frog in his mouth so that’s all he was worried about!
I’ve got lots to catch up on, we’ve been very busy!
Hannah Noelle’s birthday, Thanksgiving and Christmas pictures!
