Good Morning!

Here's the sweet little guy who was waiting for me this morning! He's started pulling himself up and standing in his crib and he always has this cute little grin when I walk into his room! Always a great start to my day! :)

Exhaustion

This is what happens when you play too hard! One moment, you are standing on the couch next to your Dad and the next moment you slump over and fall asleep.

Emily

My niece Emily has been such a huge help with Cooper to me this summer! She is so good with him and they have a lot of fun together! Cooper loves his Emily!

Bathtime!

Grandaddy's Surprise Party

In April of this year, my Dad underwent heart bypass surgery and is doing fantastic! We threw him a surprise birthday party on July 6th and it's pretty hard to sneak anything by my Dad, but he had no idea and was so surprised! We are so blessed that he came through his surgery and is doing so well! We love you, Grandaddy!

Cooper - 8 Months Old

Cooper - At 8 months old:

• You are in size 4 diapers.
• You are in 12 month size clothes (some 18 months - it depends on what it is).
• You have your two bottom and two top teeth now!
• You are suddenly into "finger foods." I've tried them a few times before but you never showed interest. Now, all you want to do is feed yourself puffs, yogurt bites, cheese puffs, etc.
• You still love veggies but really don't care much for fruits or fruit juice. You will eat them but veggies are definitely your favorite.
• You still love outside and you are so happy when we are strolling you around the block or just sitting in the swing. I think that you would live outside if you could!
• You still don't crawl. Instead, you want to pull up on the couch or a table and walk back and forth holding on. I don't think that you will ever crawl! I think that you will go from sitting to walking! Sometimes, you will roll across the room to get something that you want. It's too funny! ;)
• You have such a great personality and you are always happy and smiling!
• When you see something that you like or that you think is funny, you will look at it and then look at me with your head tilted and smile. It is SO cute and it just melts my heart when you do this!
• Besides saying "hi" and "bye bye", which you have been doing for a while, you recently started saying "da da", which makes your Daddy so happy! I'm still waiting for you to say "ma ma." Everyone tells me that "da da" is easier for little ones to say, so I'm chalking it up to that! :) You have also started linking these words together like "Da Bye Bye" and "Baby Bye Bye."
• You have recently started throwing your hand up to wave hello. We are still working on getting you to blow kisses!
• When I ask you for "sugar" you will lean in to give me a kiss. Right now, this is just something that you do for your Mama and it makes my heart melt!

Funny Pictures

Here are just a few pictures of Cooper from this weekend. He has recently became extremely interested in finger foods, especially Gerber "Puffs." We were in Wal-Mart this weekend with my Mom and niece and I gave him a "puff" and he pushed it to the front of his mouth. No, those aren't his two front teeth! :) We got really tickled when we saw this - it looks like he has some "Bubba Teeth" in his mouth! LOL!


When we got tickled and were laughing, he thought that it was funny and now he tries to do that everytime he eats a puff!


Here he is with his Nuna's shades on! LOL! He is such a little ham! Whenever we get tickled at him, he will really start putting on a show! He loves to make us laugh and is proving to be quite the little comic!

Sorry that these pictures are fuzzy! I didn't have my camera with me so these were taken with my iPhone.

Happy Anniversary!

Today, Chris and I celebrate our 3rd Anniversary! It's been a wonderful 3 years and I look forward to many more together!

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!