I'm Coming

Every time I get on the ground this is what happens.
He zooms right over and gets so excited! I love it!

Persistance and an Obsession

I mentioned before how Cooper has an obsession with cords. It doesn't matter what he has to go through to get to a cord he will do it. Here is my proof. And of course he's naked because that seems how he always is half the time.

Crawling Video

Here is a video of Cooper crawling. I just happened to also catch him playing with the door stopper. Cutest little body crawling that I have ever seen!

Cooper's Crawling!

Well my baby is officially mobile and 8 months old today! For about the past 3 weeks Cooper has been scooting all over the place. He would take a few crawls on his hands but then would just lay down and scoot to where ever it was he wanted to go. But almost a week ago he started crawling on his hands and knees. It really is amazing how quickly they learn how to do something and then how they have already mastered it. Cooper has found 2 new favorite things now that he can explore. The first is cords. He can spot them out of the corner of his eye and then is there as quick as he can go. Whether it's the laptop cord downstairs, my flat iron cord, phone cord, or whatever one he finds. The laptop is plugged in at the kitchen table so he always knows he can get to that one when he's downstairs. We are going to have to figure out what to do with the laptop now. Then when he's upstairs in our room he knows exactly where to go to get my cords. It's amazing he remembers exactly where to go every time. The computer/treadmill room upstairs is totally off limits with all the cords that are in there! His other favorite is those door stoppers. The ones you touch and they vibrate and make that annoying noise. Indiana used to be obsessed with those when he was a puppy. He just sits there and hits them over and over.

Some other new stuff with Cooper is that he can now feed himself finger foods. I can put food on his high chair tray and he can grab it and put it in his mouth. This has made it so much easier. He can eat in church, or in his stroller, or in the cart at the store. I think he is loving the freedom of being able to do it himself. He has also started throwing fits. If you take something away from him or don't give him what he wants he grunts and whines and flails those little arms. It hilarious to watch. He has also learned how to roar. He will just sit there and do it. I need to catch it on video still. Another thing I need to catch on video is Cooper dancing. Every time he hears music he starts to dance. I can even say "Dance" and he will start. Cutest little dancer ever! He is getting to be so big but he is definitely still a mama's boy and I LOVE it!!!!

I can't believe 8 months has already passed. It's hard because I get so excited when he learns something new but then so sad at the same time because he isn't my tiny little baby anymore. Yes he has gotten to be so fun but it's still sad. I can't believe that in four short months he will be one. That probably sounds like a while to most of you but when I look back at how quickly the past 8 months have gone, four months seems like nothing :(

This picture is the epitome of Cooper. He always somehow
ends up half naked and missing a sock.

Crawling around in the kitchen

Watching mom and dad clean out/organize the garage.
We call this his Russian hat, it's too big but I just grabbed it while we did the garage.

He crawled in and then just laid in Indiana's bed

He loves giving himself kisses in the mirror

I was putting together my new jogger and I found him like this

About to sneeze

Feeding himself makes him so happy

Such a happy boy. Look at those teeth!

7 Months!

Time is really flying by so quickly. Cooper is growing so much. Here are some new things Cooper is doing:

• Eating crackers, teething biscuits, rice rusks
• Still on level 2 foods
• Gets fresh fruit in his mesh teething feeder. It makes a mess but he loves it!
  
• Getting really close to crawling, gets up on all fours and rocks then face dives until he get where he is wanting to go
• Has his 2 bottom teeth
• Is still nursing....good thing because he HATES bottles. But I'm okay with that because I love nursing and I am not ready to give it up!
  
• Has never really been sick other than little colds. I didn't think anything of it but my doctor was shocked he has been so healthy and hasn't had to come in for anything. Huge Blessing!!!
• Still doesn't sleep through the night. Wakes up usually once but sometimes more.
  
• Hair is coming in really light. He looks like we have given him a mow hawk because he has a dark strip on the top of his head.
• Happiest baby I have ever met.
• Just moved up to size 3 diapers.
  
• Still spitting up. It has calmed down some but it is still definitely there!
• Loves to go shopping. How could he not though because so do both his parents.
  

Chomping away on his banana

All messy after eating a banana

He just let me put him in this bowl and then just hung out

Coop with Aunt Kaitlin

Coop just hanging out at my cousins baby shower. I put him under this table so he was out of the walk way. He just sat there and played and everyone couldn't believe he could just entertain himself. Do most babies not do this???

He's already a ladies man. These little girls couldn't get enough of him

He backwards pushed himself here then couldn't figure out how to get out

LOVES anything that crinkles

He still gets this little crinkle in his nose and I love it!

When he plays with his toys he throws/pushes them out into a perfect circle just out of his reach. I promise this was real I didn't touch anything!

Eating his first cracker. He has to hold it and feed himself.

Here is a video of us attempting to read him a book before bed but he was already so beyond tired that he had gotten delirious. I ran downstairs got the camera and he was still going when I got back.


Cooper up on all fours. He normally is only at his knees but here he took it a step farther.

It has been an amazing 7 months!