Daddy's Little Helper

Cooper wants to do everything his daddy does. He is such a boy. Right now he is fascinated by lawn mowers or "mow lawns" as Cooper calls them. After dinner we will go on walks looking for "mow lawns" at Cooper's request. When he finds one he wants to watch it up close. This makes me feel a little strange staring at some person mowing their lawn. I don't want to be known as the "lawn mower stalkers" in our neighborhood. Thankfully we've never seen the same person twice so far. The other day Cooper was outside watching daddy mow the lawn and he wanted to help.


The smile on Cooper's face as, he helped push the "mow lawn", made the extra 10 minutes it took worth every minute!


Cooper really wanted to push the top part of the handle but he is still too short to reach it. Thank goodness or he'd probably try to mow the lawn all by himself. Or as Cooper would say, "No my do it!"


Such cut boys! Cooper was using all of his muscle strength to push the lawn mower.


Almost finished.




Since Cooper likes daddy's lawn mower so much we though we'd get him his own toy "mow lawn" to play with. It's nothing fancy but he loves to push it around. Mostly on the driveway because the wheels don't turn very well on the grass. Every time he pulls it out he says, "Daddy get your mow lawn."

Cooper is so much fun and I love the fascinations he has. He's going to be mowing the lawn before we know it. That's our little helper!

The Easter Bunny was Good to Cooper!

The Saturday before Easter we decorated eggs for the first time as a family. I found these really fun finger paints that were perfect for Cooper to use. Cooper doesn't like to get messy so it was perfect that the kit came with paint sponges to use. As suspected, Cooper would not touch the paint with his fingers. He used the sponges a few times and then ended up using a Q-tip instead.



Cooper had a blast painting all the eggs.




Easter morning when Cooper woke up he found a trail of bunny foot prints that began at his crib and led out into the living room. He was so excited about finding all the eggs he wanted to open each one right then. We finally convinced him to look for his basket and boy was he happy.

It was so big he had a hard time carrying it, but he wasn't going to let that stop him.

He immediately had to open one of the giant lollipops that was in his basket. Then he had to open the bunny marshmallows. Oh boy, all of this sugar before 7 am.


Cooper loved opening the basket Grammy Terry and Grampy Ed gave him. The bike horn was his favorite part. He would put it up to his ear and then squeak it. And that horn is loud too.
I often forget that boys love loud noises!


Still eating his sucker. I think it lasted over an hour.


His breakfast consisted of bunny marshmallows, gold fish crackers, and a rainbow lollipop.


Playing with his new Play-Doh was so fun! He loved making worms and using the scissors.


He also had a great time reading new books.

That night we went to Church and told Cooper we were going to say hi to God. His response was "God hold you." How cute. He was a well behaved boy and usually is every Sunday.

Even though it was just the three of us and a Skype call to parents it was a really fun Easter.

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Earth Day Celebration

Last month Paul's parents came to visit along with my sister-in-law April and her new baby Amariah. What a cutie!


I loved having a little girl to hold.


Cooper liked meeting his new cousin too although, he became extremely jealous whenever Paul or I held Amariah. He would always say, "that's my mommy" or "Daddy hold you." I loved the extra chance to hold Cooper whenever he would let me.

This same weekend on Saturday April 16th the Ogden Nature Center had it's annual earth day celebration. This year Paul's mom had a booth at the celebration to sell her pottery.





Cooper loved watching the wild turkeys at the nature center. I think he'd try to pet them if we would let him.


I think Amariah slept most of the whole morning.


Since it was earth day, Cooper helped daddy plant a flower in the garden. He did such a good job helping dig a hole and fill in the dirt.


Today was the day Cooper met Stan bird. This was their first meeting. For Cooper, it was love at first sight.


After Cooper met Stan bird, he followed him around for over an hour.




Cooper even wanted to hold Stan bird's hand.


He was so cute with Stan bird.
Cooper loves buses! And it just so happens there was a UTA bus on display for Cooper to play in.




He loved to walk up and down the stairs, but his favorite thing was pretending to drive the bus and open and close the door.

Later on that weekend Cooper was becoming a little jealous of another baby using his old things. Here is Cooper trying to sit in his car seat.


He finally gave up trying to sit in it and then decided it would be more fun to stand in it.




Cooper loved having Grammy visit. This means someone else gets to rock him and he loves it.


Cooper and Grampy Ed went next door to our neighbor Papi's house and played on the tractor.


Cooper had fun playing hula hoop with Grammy. Now he tries to do it by himself all the time.

It was a fun weekend with family. We loved getting to meet Amariah. We hope we get to see them again soon.

A Visit from Grammy Rachel

During the week of my spring break in April, my mom came to visit. We had such a fun time.


Grammy brought tons of presents for Cooper. One of his favorites was the "bubble gum" (bubble gun). Cooper now has two bubble guns and we love to have bubble wars.


We went to visit the ducks at Beus pond. Cooper loves going hiking and climbing on all the rocks.


Beus pond has a playground nearby that Cooper loves to play on. He has recently discovered swinging on the bar above the slide. He laughs and giggles every time he swings. This is great therapy for his right arm so I let him swing for a few minutes before he gets down.


Yay! More presents. Grammy (and Poppy) bought Cooper a wagon to rid in. He seemed to like pushing it more than sitting in it.


During this week we were able to get some of our vegetables planted in our gardens. The day after it snowed for 4 days and we ended up with 8 inches of snow on top. Doh! Well, thankfully the seeds survived and we now have peas, lettuce, and carrots coming up.


Cooper was lucky enough to be able to play outside one day before the snow storm hit.


One of Coopers favorite toys is a microwave box. He loves to climb on it.


It was really fun when Uncle Craig was under the box shaking and bouncing it. Cooper loved the rocky ride.


Cooper also liked to hide in the box. When he was hungry he would stick his hand out of the hole and ask for cereal.

Cooper's other favorite toy was Grammy's suitcase. He liked to open and close it and play with all the zippers. But his favorite thing was to sit in it and get a ride.




Uncle Craig came down for the weekend to visit. When it was nap time Cooper said "Uncle Craig rock you" How cute. I wish we were able to see Uncle Craig more often. Cooper really loves him. He is the funnest uncle.


During the week long snow storm we had Cooper was dying to go play outside. So the 3 of us bundled up and went out. We rode in the sled, had snowball fights, and tried to build a snowman. What fun!


The next weekend Auntie Olga came with Uncle Craig to visit again. This time it was her turn to rock Cooper.


Babushka (Olga's mom) also came for a visit. It was so nice to see her. Her English is getting better every time we see her.


Here is Cooper testing out the potty. We haven't started potty training quite yet, but every now and then he wants to sit on it like mom and dad do. While sitting on the potty he always says "take my picture". My boys are so cute!


It is a tradition in our family to make sushi every time Uncle Craig comes to visit. It's about the only time Paul gets to eat it. I'm not a huge fan. Cooper loves to help make it and then eat it. I think he had almost a whole role himself.


We celebrated Uncle Craig's birthday since most of our family was together. Cooper would insist that it was his "happy day" but Uncle Craig would tease him and say "no my happy day". Cooper loved to help blow out the candles. He had to blow two times because it was so much fun.


Eating the cake was just as much fun as blowing out the candles. Strawberry ice cream cake. Yum!


Grammy bought dollar store party blowers and boy were they worth the dollar. What a laugh!


Towards the end of the week the snow began to melt. Cooper wanted to play outside again. He had to wear mommy's mittens so he could throw snowballs.


Grammy was so scared of Cooper's snowballs!


Cooper and Uncle Craig love to goof around and wear to toy safety goggles. Who do you think is cuter?

Cooper had his first dentist visit during this week. The dentist said that Cooper need to get rid of his pacifier because it was pushing out his front teeth. So instead of sleeping with a "happy" as he called it, he slept with his tape measure and a helicopter.



Before Uncle Craig and Aunt Olga left we all went out to Olive Garden for dinner. Cooper was becoming impatient and tried to escape under the table. Luckily Uncle Craig was able to trap him.



What a fun visit with family. I can't wait to get together again soon.