A Really Big Pumpkin!

Our friend Allison got a REALLY big pumpkin and let us come over and take pictures in their "studio" with it. I tried to get Cooper to sit inside it but he would NOT do it. I don't think he liked the feel of it on his feet. But we got a few cute pictures next to the pumpkin!

Pumpkin Patch

We took Cooper to the pumpkin patch last weekend and had so much fun! He was a little distracted by all of the pumpkins that he LOVED and all of the people, so most of the pictures he's not looking at the camera!

Here he is trying to pick up the big pumpkin.


Cooper and Daddy

driving the tractor

Look, a pumpkin!

saying "cheese"

Cooper and Mommy

Lots of pumpkins!

Fall Fun

We recently went to a Fall Festival in my sister's neighborhood-here we are after the festival out to eat together. Unfortunately Tom was out of town so he couldn't join us.

Here's Laura, Elizabeth, and Ben out to eat.

Me, Cooper, and Ryan out to eat

These pictures are out of order, sorry if it's confusing! Here are a few pictures of Cooper in his Halloween pjs. Cooper is hugging our Halloween kitty in this picture, he loves this kitty!

I asked him what's on his shirt and he's showing me.

Here's Ryan with Cooper and Elizabeth doing a cake walk.

Cooper after he had his face painted.

Cooper at the petting zoo.

Our Cousin's Wedding

Laura and I, along with our mom and dad, recently went to our Cousin Lisa's wedding up in Minnesota. We had a great time seeing family!

some of "the guys" Marc, Dan, Tom, and Dad


Wyatt, Casey, Me, Grandma, Laura, and Sue

Cousins-Me, Wyatt, Dan, Casey, Andy, and Laura

Casey, Sue, and A.J.

Me, Casey, Lisa, Laura, and Marc- more cousin pictures

Visit with Elizabeth

Our friend Elizabeth came to visit recently! We had a great visit, although Cooper slept through most of it. :)

Gym Class

The pictures are kind of dark but I wanted to post about Cooper's "Mommy and Me" gym class that we go to once a week.



Here's Cooper going through the tunnel.





Playing in the tunnel with Ben.

Auntie Laura is helping Cooper flip!

Here's Cooper showing me his stamp (they get one at the end of every class) while watching Grandma.

Sleepy Boy

I was running with Laura and all the kids one evening and Cooper fell asleep in the stroller! I just thought it was so cute, I had to take a picture.

Fun at Laura and Tom's

We recently went over to Laura and Tom's house for dinner and fun times with friends. Here's Cooper enjoying their slide.


Jane, one of our friends, brought over her cool bike, Cooper loved it. I'm sure he'll be wanting one for Christmas!! :)

Here are all the kiddos... Cooper, Elizabeth holding Emily, Ben, and Jane. What a cute bunch of kids!

"Apple Tree" song

Here's a video of Cooper doing the motions to the "Apple Tree" song. Please turn the volume down low so you don't have to listen to my singing!

Playdate with Ashlynn

Ashlynn and her mom Dana came over this weekend to play for awhile. The kids had a great time playing together, and they loved the piano.


Here they are banging as hard as they could! I should have gotten out the video camera so you could hear how beautiful it was! :)

A cute picture of Ashlynn.

Cooper's Ear Tubes

Cooper got tubes put in this Friday for the second time. Let's hope this time they work! Here we are waiting for the surgery at the hospital. He was so patient, we had to wait there a LONG time.


Here's a happy boy at home after surgery. He did such a great job! He woke up just great and the dr. said everything went well. He was a little more sad than usual yesterday I think due to the pain in his ears, but besides that he did so well. We were very relieved!!

Cooper's Photo Shoot

We had his year and a half pictures taken this past weekend, I thought I'd share a few of my favorites.

This is his Halloween costume this year.

This is one of my favorites! :)

They got some balls out and Cooper was being a wild man with them. He was throwing them against the backdrop and watching them roll down. We got some very funny pictures!