Just Cooking

Cooper loves his retro red kithen. Just a few quick pics of him making a mess.

Terrible Two?

I think we are definetly in the 'Terrible Two" phase.. at least I guess that is what it is. Its funny though because its almost like Cooper has a split personality. Perfect angel, loving and cuddling.. cute and funny and is just the cutest dang thing you have ever seen. The next second I just want to 'ring his neck'.. ha ha just kidding. No but seriously, he 'tests' us pretty often. And occasionally if he doesn't get his way he might hit you. His personality has definetly 'arrived'. He is very stubborn and strong willed. But regardless we are still loving this phase. He is quite the ham.

I got some pictures of him running around in his cloth diaper a few weeks ago. Pretty funny.

Bedtime

Cooper has a good little bedtime routine. Well I'm not sure how good it is, but it works for us. He got his own little mini sofa for Christmas and he just loves that thing. So at bedtime, he gets to watch a movie and have some cookies and milk, while sitting in his little mini chair. Its pretty cute! His current favorite is Pajanimals. It by Jim Henson. Its pretty cute. They sing songs about Bedtime. Then I end up having the songs in my head the next day at work. Oh well. But he either watches that or bedtime with Elmo. He goes from running up and down the hall screaming and carrying on, to the next minute sitting like a perfect angel in his little sofa. Pretty classic. The other night he was so relaxed reclining that he fell asleep. I always have to snap pictures of this, because its such a cute time that I know we won't want to forget.

20 Months

FUN LITTLE THINGS TO REMEMBER:

*Starting eating a bowl of cereal with spoon. All by himself. A little messy at first, but he is getting pretty good at it.

*Feeding himself a lot more in general, with a fork or spoon. Most of the time he insists on feeding himself.

*Loves his new sofa that he got for Christmas, watches movies and morning cartoons while relaxing in it.

*Still behind on speaking. Hardly says any words. But his motor skills are very good. He understand everything and complex directions. Just a 'late bloomer'. Who knows what he will say once he does finally talk. I'm sure it will be 'a mouth full'.

*New favorite bedtime video - Pajanimals (from the maker of the Muppets - bedtime stories and songs)

*New favorite food - dipping things into Ketchup. And raisins are a new favorite.

*In general starting to take table foods much much better. Still working on the vegetables.

*Wears a 2T (some 3T) and a size 6 shoe.

*Still loves anything Elmo, other new favorites include Little Einsteins & Toy Story.

*Favorite book - Bedtime with Teddy (cloth book with attached mini teddy bear). Reads this everynight before bed.

*Favorite toys - retro kitchen, popper train, old school popper, new wooden car ramp, little people zoo, his basketball goal, cars, chuck the truck and ramp, puzzles, anything alphabet, mickey drum set and mini vtech laptop.

1st Snow

We had our first snow of the winter a few weeks ago. It didn't snow much, but enough to play outside in. Cooper wasn't sure what to think at first. He got pissed when I bundled him up and he could hardly move.. HA! He ended up having a good time. (FYI.. this was his first time playing in the snow, last winter he was too small to really 'get it'.)



"I can't move."



Playing on Grandma's back patio. Which is sadly covered with a bunch of stuff from our backyard.











"Not sure about this stuff."

Living with Grandma

Well we have finally settled in. Cooper has adjusted very well to his new house and bedroom. And things are becoming more normal. We are looking forward to house hunting, but we aren't in any kind of rush. As long as Diana doesn't get sick of us : )



New temporary room.











The weather has been freakishly warm on and off the past few weeks. So we have got to place outside in the middle of winter... and without a winter jacket. Pretty cool.





Playing in the leaves and dirt. Typical boy.





Currently he likes to push his car, instead of riding in it.



Saturday morning and Mommy made pancakes.



Cooper is checking out the attempted Mickey Mouse head pancake.