Cooper's New Talents

In the past week Cooper has developed some new skills. He now loves to scream whether happy or sad. He also loves to scoot on his back. In this video notice how Cooper starts off on the blanket and ends up part way on the carpet.

Grammy Rachel's Visit

This past week I was on spring break from work so my mom came out to visit for part of the week. It was fun having her here. She had so much fun with Cooper and couldn't believe how much he'd changed since she last saw him in January. Here are some pictures from her visit.








Cooper smiling for the camera. It doesn't happen very often.








Here are Uncle Craig and Aunt Olga posing with Cooper and flowers they brought for mom's belated birthday celebration.


















Aunt Olga posing with Cooper.







Uncle Craig is trying to be as cute as Cooper sucking on his fingers. Sorry Uncle Craig, Cooper wins for cuteness.


Cooper's fingers almost went up Uncle Craig's noses. Eww! That would have been gross.









Here Cooper is tasting his new toy he got from Grammy for an early Easter celebration.



Mommy, Cooper and Grammy are going on a walk around the block. This was Cooper's first time on a walk in his infant carrier.

Grammy wanted a naked picture of Cooper so of course I had to have one too. He is so cute with all his little fat rolls.

Thanks for a fun visit Grammy! We hope you can come again soon and bring Poppy too.

Cooper Trying to Walk

Cooper has been wanting to stand lately. That's all he wants to do. When leaning up against his toy box he can stand for about 5 seconds on his own. Now that he can stand on his own for a few seconds he wants more. He wants to be on the move. Here is a video of daddy helping Cooper walk. At this rate he will be walking before he can sit up.

Cooper Playing Outside

Today was a pretty nice day, about 70 degrees with slight wind. We decided it would be fun to take Cooper outside to play. He really hasn't spent too much time outside yet.







Here is a video of Cooper playing on daddy.





Mommy walking around the yard with Cooper.

Cooper Watching Fish

Cooper loves to watch the lights and fish in our aquarium. Here is a video of him watching the fish and getting very excited.

Flopping Over

Here is a video of Cooper attempting to roll over. Somehow he got stuck on his side and just started kicking his leg.





Cooper actually flops over this time.

5 Months Old

On Thursday March 12th, Cooper turned 5 months old. We can't believe how much he has grown. Everyday he surprises us with something new. This particular day was a disappointing one for us. We found out that our daycare provider, Stephanie, is no longer going to be able to continue with her childcare business. Her husband is really sick and she feels it is best for her family if she is able to spend more time caring for him. We are really going to miss her. She was the absolute best! We now have 3 weeks to find someone new. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers that we will find a good daycare for Cooper.

On a lighter note here are some of Coopers likes and dislikes at 5 months old.

Likes:
watching the fish and lights in the aquarium
tummy farts
standing up and trying to walk
flying in the air over daddy
lying under his play gym
having his diaper changed (or at least lying on the changing table)
playing the kick game
chewing on his chew blanket
talking to grandparents on skype (this is the only time he will sit for at least 10 minutes)
sucking on his hands (or any hands that come near his mouth)
watching the fish in his light-up crib toy
watching anything that lights up
having his chin tickled
watching mommy and daddy vacuum
looking at faces

Dislikes:
being woken up in the morning
sitting
lying on his stomach
staying asleep during the day at home (although it's much better than it has been)
having to be burped during the middle of eating
getting out of the bathtub to dry off

New Abilities:
flopping over from stomach to back
almost sitting up by himself
holding onto toys long enough to get them into his mouth

We tried to post a few videos but for some reason we couldn't get them to work. We will try to get them up soon.