Monday, October 31, 2011

1st Visit to Grant's Farm

The weather was perfect.. so we headed to Grant's Farm. Little did we know, it was the second to last day that would be opened before they close for the winter. Cooper loves animals, so he of course loved it!! And its fun that you can get so close to some animals. And feed the goats of course.







Waiting to ride the tram.



Getting on the tram.








Checking out the zebra that was 'super' close. We could have reached out and touched him, he was that close.

















Cooper loved feeding the goats milk. He just kept laughing. We thought he might be scared, but he wasn't at all.





Feeding a Llama.





Feeding a camel too.





Cooper was less than thrilled about the family picture.. ha.





He was getting tired. Usually he would love the carosel.



Looking at the chickens and roosters... Cooper is on his last leg.





Cooper is ready to go home. So is Elmo too!

Friday, October 28, 2011

17 Months -Things to Remeber




1. Cutting his last four teeth. The pointy ones. And all four at once.. yikes!! He will have a full mouth of teeth before the age of 2.

2. He got his first basketball goal and was immediately 'in love'. I didn't even have it fully assembled, but he knew exactly what to do. He played with it non-stop for the entire first day he got it. He didn't even look at his other toys.

3. He started pointing to things in books. Animals, etc.

4. He loves, loves Elmo and when an Elmo movie is on he is FULLY engrossed.

5. He also loves his dog Scout, that says his name and plays songs.

6. He still loves bath time, even though for about a week, he was randomly scared of taking a bath? He likes playing with his mini basketball goal in the tub.

7. Still eating baby food. But a good amout of real food too. Having a hard time transitioning to real meats and real vegetables. He takes them at times. He loves fruit. And eats about any kind you give him. Regardless he is good eater.. just a little picky. He comes by that honestly.

8. On perfect Fall days, he likes playing outside with his vintage bubble blowing lawn mover or his Cozy Coupe car.

9. We took a trip to the ER because he dropped a glass jar of salsa and cut his foot. Thank God he wasn't hurt really bad. Someone was really watching over him, that is all I can say.

10. We said 'Bye Bye' to the binky. About two days before he was 18 Months. And that was the goal to have it GONE by 18 Months. He did remarkably well. We got rid of it 'cold turkey'. Poor little guy. But bedtime was way way easier than I thought. Naps were rough for a few days. But he did it! Way to go ... Big boy!

11. Last but not least, we had our first sign of speaking. Other than random "Ma Ma and Da Da". He started saying Hi. Its pretty close to sounding like "Hi". And he says it at the right time. Like when he is answering his phone.. HA!. I'm sure there will be more words coming soon!

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Basketball & Just Having Fun

Well it was 'love at first sight'... No Cooper doesn't have a girlfriend. Well at least not yet. But he did get an early Christmas gift. We had been wanting to get him a basketball goal. Well Joe was dying to get him one.. HA! So what the heck, we just went and got one. It was funny though I hardly had it out of the box and partially assembled and Cooper had picked up the ball and was ready to shoot. He already knew what do to. Then he played with it all day. Literally, he didn't even look at any of his other toys.

















Finally we took at break from basketball and decided to play outside. The weather was soo nice, we just had too. Here Cooper is chasing some bubbles.





Chasing more bubbles.





And here are a few random bathtime photos. Figured I would just throw these in here : )

Thursday, October 20, 2011

17 Months

Cooper is 17 & half months. Here are some random pics.



Having a snack before bed.





This cracks us up. I always read to him before bed. And he usually props his feet up on me. HA.. its soo cute!



Playing outside on a nice fall day.





Love this one. We call this his 'funny face' What a ham!





Another snack before bed. Hanging out with his dog scout.





I had to buy this shirt. Too funny.