Thanksgiving Blessings

This year I have many things to be thankful for. Overall, this year has been an exciting adventure. I am most thankful for my family, especially my little baby Cooper. He has been a great baby, except for the occasional fussing. Nothing that's been out of the norm. I am also very thankful for my husband Paul. What a blessing he has been helping out with Cooper. Most nights he is willing to get up and feed Cooper a bottle so I can get a few extra hours of sleep. On several occasions he has come home from work at lunch time so I can take a shower and eat lunch. As many of you know, that may be difficult to do on some days with a crying baby. As of Monday, I am thankful that Paul and I have found daycare for Cooper. Thanks to my friend Mandy for the recommendation. I am thankful that my parents have finally been able to put their house on the market. Although they have not had anyone looking yet, I pray that it will be sold soon. There are many other things I am thankful for, but it would take too long to list them all. Below are some recent pictures we have taken of Cooper.


It's amazing that Cooper was still sleeping even though his pacifier was backwards against his mouth. I guess when he's tired he'll sleep through anything, thank goodness.


I love the way Cooper tucks his legs under and sticks his cute butt up in the air. How can a butt that cute be so smelly?!


Cooper always seems to sleep well in his car seat. I wish he'd sleep that well in his crib at night.


Cooper looking at mommy. He is starting to look at people a little longer now.



Somehow in all his squirming, Cooper managed to find his thumb and enjoy sucking on it.

1 Month Old and still growing

This past Sunday ( November 9th) Cooper turned 1 month old. As of then he weighed 8.7 lbs. I can't believe how much he's grown in the past month. This weekend Cooper got to meet some more new people in his family. He met his Aunt April and his Great Grandma Beulah (GGB). It was so nice that GGB got to meet her first great grandchild. Here are some pictures from our weekend.




Cooper is learning to use all the different parts of his body. Someone was able to catch a picture of him sticking out his tongue. That's some quick picture taking.


GGB holding a sleepy Cooper. He always seemed to go right to sleep whenever she held him.


Aunt April holding Cooper.



Cooper was so tired he decided he would go to sleep sitting on mommy. Mommy loves the Cooper hugs.


This was about the only time Grandpa Ed had a chance to hold Cooper all weekend. The Grandma's held him most of the time.


Cooper yawning as he is being rocked to sleep.


It's amazing Cooper was able to sleep this weekend with so many people holding him. Surprisingly he stayed awake longer than usual. He seemed to enjoy being awake spending time with everyone.


This was a cute picture of Cooper sleeping on his stomach. He was about to roll off the pillow. Luckily when we moved him he didn't wake up.

Lately Cooper has been sucking on his hand to help him go to sleep. I can't bring myself to give him a pacifier yet, so this will have to work for now.


Great Grandma Beulah, Grandma Terry, Daddy, and Cooper.


Cooper was always well behaved when being held by GGB.


Here is Cooper sleeping on his stomach. He likes to sleep with his legs curled up and his butt up in the air. This seems to be his favorite position to sleep in because he sleeps for 3-4 hours at a time (Supervised of course). I wish he would sleep this long at night.


Cooper was overstimulated this weekend by the many kisses he received from family. Daddy was a little overwhelmed by all the kissing going on.


Here is Daddy giving Cooper his first bottle. Daddy did a great job feeding him, although Cooper seemed to be hungry an hour later. I don't think he drank enough. Now daddy will be able to help feed Cooper during the night so mommy can get a little more sleep. Thanks daddy!