where did the last year go?

It's so hard to believe that in two days Cooper will be one. I have been thinking alot of what life was like 367 days ago... all that we wonder about and all that was yet to be. now here we are a year later with the most amazing little boy ever!!!

Great news to share: Cooper had his follow up ultrasound with the urologist last week and everything was perfect!!! meaning his left kidney was back to normal size and we don't ever have to go back there again. let me tell you coop hated that Ultrasound. From my line of work i also realize that if this is the worst medical problem we encounter that will be just fine with us.

We have been outside enjoying the beautiful early spring weather. Coop has enjoyed being back in the great outdoor. this has always calmed him. we have went on walks and sledding. Even took a trip to the park the other day and went swing on the swings in the snow ofcourse!!!

Cooper got his first haircut in middle January. It was long overdue. we just did it here and home and maybe it didn't turn out the best but opps!!! the back kinda looks like the bowl cuts of the '80s!!! :)

Cooper is beginning to explore his world more and more everyday. it is amazing what he figure out to do. you can see here in this picture that he knocked a box over pushed it to the gate with hopes to climb over it. He also takes his winnie the pooh car and pushes it into the gate until he knocks it over. He has also figure out how to take his pants off and throw them at us. He loves to play catch and is really good at it. He still isn't up for walking but i think that is totally because he is an expert crawler. He will cruise behind his walker though. I know one day he will just run and totally skip out on the walking all together!!!

We have birthday plans here in minneapolis with family and friends and also up in brainerd. We'll be sure to post lots of pictures! Coop will experience his first cake soon!!! Coop loves his food too!!! Really he will eat anything put in front of him - chinese, indian, greek - fruits, veggies, meat and anything else. it is amazing. he can also suck in his spaghetti noodles!!! quite the talent we tell you! :)