Like every child, Cooper is unique in so many ways. As a parent, I appreciate the individuality and dynamics of babies to a much greater extent than I ever have. This brings me to one of Cooper's unique traits. We discovered early that Cooper is an active boy. In fact, we didn't even know he was a boy yet. It was the first ultrasound when he was approximately 1 inch long that we noticed how much he moved around. Kelly felt this quite often towards the end of the pregnancy. As Cooper is getting older, his motor skills are improving and his movements become more refined. Nevertheless, he is quite an active little boy. This video, which is a time lapse exposure at 1 second intervals shows the rate of activity displayed by Cooper. It is pretty entertaining to watch him move from one object to another, although he did spend a lot of time on the water bottle! Thank goodness he is not really that fast!
Cooper attempting to remove balls from his new favorite toy. This is a difficult proposition for an 8 month old, but Cooper is persistent. It could be an expression of the infamous "Slinky (AKA Eckes) Gene." Although unsuccessful so far, he still has a good time reaching his hand in the box.
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