Happy Halloween

For Halloween this year I wanted Cooper to be something that he could carry an empty milk jug around. I know this may seem random. But for a couple months now he has been really into milk jugs, carry them around, pretending to pour them into things, giving people 'pretend drinks'. So I thought would be funny as part of a costume. I found the idea for a hand-made chocolate chip cookie costume online, so I figured I would take a stab at it. I didn't have a pattern or anything, I just 'winged' it. One of my friends helped me with the actual sewing part. I would have to say I think it came out pretty cute. And we even got him to keep it on longer than five minutes. No, but seriously it was a fun night. We decided to just stay home and let Cooper help pass out candy to the Trick or Treaters. Which he loved!!! He just started saying HI, so he said Hi to all of the kids that came to the door. One kid thought Cooper was a turtle, which we thought was pretty hilarious. Enjoy the pics.







Got Milk?





I made a little label for the milk jug. It said "Got milk, and cookies please."



He loved carrying around that pumpkin. We put a couple random pieces of candy in there. Though he didn't really understand candy is to eat (poor kid), he just liked looking at them and taking them in and out of the pumpkin.



Waiting for more kids to come.









Having some fruit snacks with Da Da.



Daddy's helper.







Talking on the phone. Saying "HI".



Once the night was winding down. After Cooper wore his outfit for over an hour. Which I thought was really good. Joe decided to be funny and wear Cooper's costume, but on his head. Ha.. always goofing off. Cooper found it entertaining.







We Skyped with Grandma and Grandpa friend. And Cooper acting like he was typing, which was really cute in person.



Here are some closeups of the cookie costume. Super easy. And pretty inexpensive. Basically two pillows with ties.





This was a couple days before Halloween, I thought we better practice wearing the costume to prevent a possible meltdown on Halloween.







These are just a few random photos. Cooper is opening a present from Grandma Boeckman.

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!

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!