Cute Cooper

I haven't been taking a lot of pictures at playdates, but I have taken a few of Cooper just hanging around the house.



Hiding under the tarp...





getting ready for bed...

with the glasses from Mr. Potato Head. He actually had ME put them on too. Not too comfy!

Can't believe he's going to be a big brother soon!

Birthday Time

On Wed Laura and I turned 30, woo hoo! We kind of celebrated with our husbands last weekend because we actually got to have a date night! Then the day before our b-day we got to do a girls night and went to get ice cream and go to the movies with some friends. Nice to get out of the house. Then on our actual birthday we had a really fun play date at our friend Suzanne's house. I didn't get pictures of all the kids, but I got a few of some of the kids.



Here are Ben and Cooper playing.





Baby Elise, isn't she adorable?





Emily, Elizabeth, and Ben playing with Jake's fun toys!







After the playdate we went to the Cheesecake factory with my parents for lunch. It was a surprise that my dad was able to come, so that was fun!

Here are the kids waiting for a table. All looking at once! (at Laura though, not me :))







I had to put all of these because Cooper is being such a stinker in them! The first picture I tried to get of Cooper and me.





another one





finally, a smile! A fake smile, but still, it's a smile!





Here are the kids with Gpa at lunch.



Cooper enjoying the ice cream at lunch.

Ryan had a very nice dessert and dinner planned for me, along with some great gifts. It was a great b-day!

Cooper, Mommy and Jackson

Laura came over and did a "photo shoot" with me, Cooper, and my belly last week. I stole the idea from our friend Joanne, she had the cutest professional pictures taken with her daughter and pregnant belly, so I thought I could try to get some good ones at home. Cooper thought it was SO much fun and was being a ham, but after every picture he'd say "all done mom??" and run to the couch. I was glad he cooperated at least a little bit!

I think I look a little too "excited!" in this picture but it's the only decent one of Cooper and I.

Thanks for taking the pictures Laura! Can't wait until Jackson is here so you can take TONS more! he he he

Weekday Fun

oops, this pic is out of order. Should be down with the picture of him and Ben. We hung out with cousins this week so I got a picture of Cooper with each of his cousins.

This past week I started to get some of Cooper's old baby stuff out and get it ready for our new baby. Cooper LOVED playing with the toys, turning them on and off, figuring out the buttons, etc.. The funniest thing was he tried to get in the bouncy seat, and did sit in the swing. He wanted me to push him and everything. So of course I had to take a picture. Below it is a picture of Cooper when he actually fit in the swing, so cute! Hard to believe he was that little!

four months old.

We've had some fun times this week but didn't have my camera with me to capture many of them. I did get to take a picture of Cooper with his cousins though!

We put shelves up in Cooper's room, so now at least one more wall is done! Yea, only two more to go before the baby, we'll see if that happens this weekend...

Playdates

We had a few fun playdates this past week! I didn't take very many pictures during them but I got at least one of the kids together.

Here are Ben and Cooper. We had Ben over while poor Elizabeth was recovering from her virus. I feel like every time I post about the cousins they are only in diapers! I promise, they had clothes on almost the whole time, but we went outside and played with sidewalk chalk, and then in the water table, so they were so gross. They watched a show while I got lunch ready so I took off their clothes so they could be on the couch. But then after a minute they both grabbed a pillow and laid on the floor like this to watch the show. Isn't that cute?

Here is Cooper and his friend Hunter. Hunter and his mom Ashleigh had us over to their house to swim and we had such a good time! Hunter is only about 5 days younger than Cooper. It was fun to see them play together.

And here is our last playdate: Cooper and his friend Emily. Emily is a year old so it was good practice for him to play with her. I had to talk to him a lot about sharing, he was doing an ok job but still needs to work on that! :)

We had a fun and busy week!

My Surprise "Sprinkle"

Back in June Laura and Dana had a surprise "sprinkle" for me! (It was called a "sprinkle" because supposedly it was smaller than a regular shower since it was my second baby, but it sure seemed just like a shower! They are so amazing!!) I thought I was going over to Laura's for a playdate with some of our friends, so of course I was almost a half hour late and I'm not dressed too cute. Oops! I felt bad once I found out! I'm just posting now because Laura took most the pictures at the shower. I wasn't thinking and I didn't take a picture with the two hostesses except for the one below with Dana, and I barely have any pictures of the guests! I was not thinking straight that day I guess!



Here I am with Dana, and the little girls are explaining to me that it's my surprise shower.

Side view. I think I was 7 1/2 or 8 months at this time

Me and my friend Kristi, who is also pregnant and due a month after me.

The adorable cupcakes Laura made.

The diaper cake Laura made! The theme was diapers so I got diapers from everyone, which is SO SO nice and will come in handy!

My friend Joanne and her mom made this beautiful quilt, I love it!!

In addition to the diapers I got a few outfits, aren't they so cute? I love the little socks too.

Dana and Laura each got me some adorable burp cloths as well. Laura made the ones on the right herself if you can believe that! She is definitely talented.

I had a wonderful time, and Jackson is going to be one stylin' boy! Thanks everyone!!

Visit with Chris and Jesy

Cooper's Uncle Chris and his girlfriend Jesy came down to stay with us this past weekend. We had so much fun with them! They got to see a few of the local sites around here and spent lots of time playing with Cooper. He LOVED having them here. The second he woke up he started asking for them VERY loudly. I had to try to keep him quiet but I don't think that worked too well. :) He wanted them to play with him all the time, and in fact once I went into Cooper's room to play with him and Chris and he very politely told me I could go back to the computer! The nerve!! ha ha. Luckily I didn't mind too much since he was having so much fun with them.

Here is Cooper with Uncle Chris and Jesy

Drawing together. Cooper had to have Chris sit right next to him, if there was any space at all he'd pat the space next to him and say "sit here Chris!"

I just thought this was funny. We kiss "boo boos" alot around here and he bumped his knee and we told him to kiss it.

On the way out to eat, Cooper talked to Uncle Chris on the phone the whole way. He thought it was so fun!

Chris and Jesy at dinner

Our family at dinner. What a great picture of Cooper, huh?? He was laughing at Jesy with a blueberry in his mouth.

Being a silly boy eating chips. I wanted to take a picture of him eating chips because he doesn't get to do that often, and chips are my favorite! But this was the best I got. He was showing off a lot!

We had a great time with Chris and Jesy!

Ashlynn and Cooper

This week Cooper and I went over to my parent's house to swim, and Dana and Ashlynn joined us.


I attempted to get a picture of the two of them together. This was the best I could get.



We tried getting a picture of the two of them on the "boat" but Ashlynn was not a fan of the boat, I think it scared her how water could get in it.

Here's another attempt. I'm calling to both of them "Look at the camera, where's Mommy, etc" and you can see how well they listened!! :)

Cutie pie Ashlynn, all ready for swimming!

Fourth of July Fun

Ryan's parents came down for the Fourth of July and we had a lot of fun with them! On Fri we met my friend Dana and daughter Ashlynn, along with their cousin, at Chuck E Cheese. Cooper doesn't go there often so he thought it was SO fun. Here are Ashlynn and Cooper doing a "ride". The seat moved around and they watched a little show, which Cooper of course LOVED. Anything with TV!



driving a car


Then on the fourth we had a BBQ at home and just relaxed. I decided I'd better do SOMETHING patriotic, so we made star pictures. Here is Cooper painting the stars.

Then he glittered them.


and here he is trying to blow the glitter off. Messy Messy!


Cooper LOVES watermelon and I put these little decorations in them for dinner. He thought it was so fun blowing them.



Trying to get him to pose for a fourth of July pic!



"Cheesy" smile!


And this was just a few days ago but I thought it was so funny. He was entertaining me by playing a song on his piano and singing the alphabet or a different song. He was really into it as you can tell!

We had a great visit with Gma and Gpa S, glad you could come visit us! Of course no pictures with them, yet again. I actually was going to try really hard this time and I forgot! Next time I'll have to get some for sure.