Cooper and Mommy

Cooper, Cooper, Cooper......

yes I say it like that again. You just totally amaze us. Every day you continue to surprise us.
You repeat words now. You will say juice, Hammy (a character from Over the Hedge), you say amen still at bedtime prayer. You sign for raisins.
Your Grammy got you your first fish. Grammy named him max and you enjoy feeding him in the morning. You wave hi to him and blow him kisses. Here is Max....

You really like to be outside. You will bring me your shoes and sign more. You and Adin are getting along really well too. You like having someone to play with.
You are also getting your two year molars. Tomorrow you will be 19 months. Closer to 2 then one. WOW! Time flies.
Also you have been doing pretty well in your lessons. You just refuse to kick or blow your bubbles AT the pool but you do it at home.
You have so much character we can see it in your face, the way you laugh and the way you act. It is so cool. You will do laps around the house. You will look at us and give us this amazing smile. You have one of the best smiles I have ever seen. If we say ow you will come up to us and stroke our cheek. That is what Daddy taught you to do for gentle. The other day Adin hurt himself and while I was calming him down, sitting on the floor cuddling him you walked up to him and rubbed his back. You are such a caring little man.
Well that is the update for now. We love you little man! More and more every day.

Happy Halloween

Phil got some pics for us.
Cooper not too happy in his costume


Running to the elevator


Cooper and mommy at the mall

QUACK! QUACK!!

You are a duck!
Grandpa put you into swimming lessons. He paid for it. So today was your first lesson. You seemed to like it. You went under the water a few times and even JUMPED off the edge of the pool. You weren't too fond of being on your back though. But you did great.
Pictures soon!

LONG time!!

guess I really need to start keeping up here. Sorry I have been slacking little man! There is just so much going on right now with you if I blink I will miss it. Let's see here....

Teeth
your four eye teeth are through the gums now. Two of them are almost all the way up and the other two are about half way there. You have all your teeth. Although I think you are working on your second set of molars cause you are drooling like crazy.

Talking
The last couple days you have learnt a few new words and are starting to say some words more often. You will say the "e" in Daddy and Mommy now. We have heard you say Auntie, arriba (spanish), water (clear too), woof (clear as day!, nana (banana)and a couple others I can't think of right this second. You are trying to put more and more words together.

Appearance
Each morning you seem to change over night. Your face looks different. You don't look like a baby anymore. You look like my toddler. It has happened so fast. You only weigh about 24lbs. But are healthy and active. You are now 17 months.

Noisy sleeper
We are staying at Grammies right now watching the house while they are on a cruise. On Saturday night you let out a terrible scream sounding like you had a bad dream or something. So against my "better" judgement I went in and picked you up and cuddled with you and let you sleep beside me on the twin bed. You put your head on the pillow and it was so sweet. Your face was facing mine and I could feel your breath on my cheek. But I was too paranoid about you suffocating with the pillow to actually fall asleep myself. Then you would still be asleep but reach over and put your arm around my neck and go "mom" and then kiss me. It was so sweet. You are such a kissable boy and you love giving people kisses although some just don't want it. But then while sleeping you move SO MUCH. I remembered why we took you out of the bassinet at three weeks and put you in your own bed. hahaha.....you are a tosser and turner. You talk in your sleep and you act restless. Once you went to your own bed at 3 weeks we all slept better. But I just enjoyed the moment and held you close. It was pretty darn special.

You are really growing so fast before my eyes. Learning so much. You are just a little sponge. You soak up everything. The talking is getting more and more. The exploring is amazing. You know how to stack blocks and build with lego. It is really sweet and neat to watch. Well you want to play so time to go. Love you little man.

Hillarious way to wake up this morning

Daddy goes and gets you in the morning right now to help with the weaning. So from the next room I hear, let's go show Mommy. I am thinking, "oh great, what happened?" So in you two come. What do I see? A COMPLETELY nude baby! You took your diaper off last night. I didn't get any pictures though[:(]
So I go and check your crib and you must have had it off for a long time. The sheet was SOAKED, the bumper pad was wet on the side right up to the top and the bed skirt was wet too. I can honestly say this is the first time you have peed the bed. LOL. You must have been REALLY hot last night!

You can now say....

Amen!!

LOL! It is SO cute! Ever since you was tiny and first started solids, at 6 months, I would always say a prayer and thank God for your food and then end with, In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.
I wondered what the point was in saying it so young but I continued. Then yesterday at lunch I said the prayer and then said Amen. You went 'amin'. Sue's Grandma heard it, and she can't hear all that well. She said, he said amen. I was like YAY! That means you heard it too. I wasn't crazy!
Then at dinner we said the same thing and Amen. You then proceded to say it clearer then before. Then would even say it on command.
I love you son! You are SO smart!! We can see you trying to put words together. You are trying really, really hard to get the right word out.
Oh and your top right molar has poked through the surface and the top left is coming through. Getting so darn big!