Thursday, June 28, 2012

1 Year Old!!!!

Happy Birthday sweet Coop!!!!  You are now 1 year old and we all survived!
*Coop is wearing size 18 month clothes and can also wear 2T. 
*He is wearing a size 4 diaper during the day and a 5 at night wiht a booster added.

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*He is wearing a size 4 shoe now.
*Coop still just has 6 teeth but I think more have got to be coming in soon!

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*I have been working with him for months with some gentle sleep training.  The first goal was to get him to go to sleep in his crib on his own without me being in the room and we have FINALLY accomplished that for bedtime and naps!

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*His sleep has improved some because of this and I am getting 5-6 hour stretches now which is totally OK with me.

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*He still doesn't nap well at school but I think that will change when he moves up to the next room and everyone takes a nap with lights out etc at the same time.  There is just too much going on in the infant room for him to sleep!

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*At home he naps for 2 1/2 hours typically and has gone to one nap a day with the occasional late afternoon 30 minute cat nap when we have had a really busy day or he took his first nap early.
*Cooper is walking everywhere and fast!

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*Coop has had several playdates this month with both his cousin and his friends.
*Cooper LOVES to get into anything you have told him NO too.  He is determined and a handful!
*Cooper loves the water.  He loves playing in the tub, the water table, the pool and most recently his splash mat!

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*Cooper got in the pool for the first time this past month!  He really liked it!

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*Cooper eats all table foods and is a really good eater.  He got to try peanut butter this past weekend and loved it!


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*Cooper is so sympathetic to people's feelings.  If Devin is crying he will start crying too.  If Devin is laughing so will he!
*He isn't very sympathetic when he hurts you though.  He still has a major hair fetish and pulls chunks out of Devin's head.  He pulls my hair too and usually laughs like a maniac!  He also likes to bite me and laughs about that too!  But that of course goes back to us telling him NO and him trying even harder to do it while laughing.


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*Cooper thinks he is hysterical!  He also thinks his sister is hysterical!
*Coop loves all balls!!!


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*He is also a master mess maker!
*Cooper can say dada, momma, dog and cat! He is obsessed with all of those things as well!

Happy Birthday brother!  We love you and sister and sissy so very much!!!

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Walking!!!!

Cooper is SO close to walking now!  I got a few videos of him the other night working on his skills.  It won't be long now!




And just because this is my mom's favorite video of Cooper, he is always making boy noises. We like this video because it's like he is flying a little airplane and making the noises to go with it!




and some more of his noises....





11 Months Old!

*Coop had his first ER visit this month which resulted in 4 stitches!  He took it like a champ!


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*He is wearing a size 4 diaper during the day and a size 5 at night with a booster added.


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*He is wearing size 18 month clothes.  The very few 12 month ones we have are starting to get a little tight!


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*He is wearing a size 3 shoe.


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*He has 6 teeth now and with all of the biting he is doing, I suspect more are on the way!


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*Coop can walk really well with his walker toys now.


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*He is also starting to really cruise furniture.


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*He can also stand up by himself without any support in the middle of the room.  He is so close to taking a step, but just can't quite get the balance when he lifts his foot.  He has taken one step several times, but always falls soon after.


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*Coop is REALLY into everything!  If it is something he knows he isn't supposed to be doing, he is relentless to try to do it!


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*Coop still has a major hair fetish and can't resist the temptation to pull your hair any chance he gets!  Devin gives him lots of chances!


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*He has also started doing this really funny cave man crawl with his but in the air!


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*Coop made the switch from purees to all table food this month and has done great feeding himself!  So far I am pretty much feeding him the same thing we are eating for dinner each night since he eats a little later than Devin.  She usually eats our food as leftovers the next night.


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*Devin and Cooper have really become the best of friends.  They both adore each other like crazy!


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*Cooper cracks himself up!  He has such a funny little personality and he LOVES to really belly laugh!


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*If Cooper is unhappy while I am trying to make dinner, all I have to do it open the fridge door and we loves to stand in front of it and see what he can get his hands on!


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*This past month we decided that Cooper looks JUST like his Uncle Edward!


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*Cooper is a master mess maker much like his sister!


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*Cooper has become more and more of a go with the flow little guy.  We go to birthday parties and all kinds of things that are more geared towards Devin's enjoyment, but he can always have a good time too!


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*This past month Cooper did his first back carry in the Mei Tai!  He seemed to enjoy himself while it lasted and I got some chores done.


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We love you so much Cooper Dooper!!!!