Well our little man is now one. where did the last year go? He had a wonderful birthday - well actually three of them!!! We started out his birthday having pancakes as a family and then joined dad for lunch at his work. We celebrated on his birthday here at our house with family and friends. He enjoyed his birthday soup of italian cheese tortelli but ofcourse he didn't even know what was yet to come. He absolutely loved being sung too. When everyone was singing to him he just sat there with a big smile on his face clapping for them! What a ham he is! We gave him the candle - which he didn't care at all about nor did he blow out - and then let him have at it with the cupcake. He was timid at first but as you can see he didn't hold back for too long! :) He had a great birthday outfit - complete with a 'fun to be one tshirt' a 'birthday boy bib' and 2 hats (i am tempted to make the prince hat his yearly birthday picture hat!) He got wonderful presents all of which he loved - some great clothes, books, jack in the box, shoes, puzzle and his first doll from his Gg (greatgrandma) He (we) are sooo blessed by all the love!
Friday night we traveled up to brainerd to have a birthday party celebratation with our family and friends up there. Ofcouse as you can see from the picture below he was a total ham this night and didn't hold back at all from all of the attention! Nor did he withhold himself from making a mess. He dove right in this time and went for the hair and all!!! Everytime he made a mess people would laugh and clap for him and he'd do it even more. Really this boy doesn't like attention or the camera at all...
We also had a fun neighborhood celebratation with our great neighbor friends. He ofcourse got mad this time because we took away the cake from him after we sang and he had to wait for a piece to be cut. (the 2 other parties he got a cupcake that he could dive right into) such patience he has! :)
When we look over the last year we can't be happier or more blessed. Being parents has taught us a lot about ourselves, each other and our relationship. We have had to learn to depend on each other even more making us an even stronger family. Cooper is so amazing - we love everything he does and as you can tell try to capture every thing we can on camera. The boy isn't camera shy either (sad thing to admit our computer has over 5000 pics of cooper - i know i know but w. digital why not right?)
Coop is learning mroe by the day. He isn't walking on his own but is w/everything he can push or walk along. He really is an expert and fast crawler i don't think he sees the point of walking cause it's slower! He loves to read and will 'read' to himself. He is so curious - opens everything (including lotion and spice containers!), pushes things to stand on what he can to reach what he wants, can take off his pants (and throw them at you) he has lots of words - ball, mama, dada, baba, sit to name a few. He ofcourse is stubborn when it comes to drinking... he had a heck of a time figuring out breastfeeding (and we made it work and happen for a year!) didn't like the sippy cup forever and now only drinks from one kind. Won't take straight water so we had to transition from mix juice/water to water and now won't take whole milk! Even w/ mommy's milk mixed in (this boy i tell you!) tonight we tried banana milk and he drank 3oz! YEA! so this last sippy i mixed w/ 4oz banana milk and 1 oz whole milk... we'll wean from here... but he eats EVERYTHING in site!
Well Happy Birthday to Cooper - we love you sooo much!!!
