Rub A Dub Dub!

Cooper has always and still LOVES bath time! He gets so happy and bubbly in the bath. I love bath time too. Now that he's bigger he is so fun to watch in the bath. He sits there, reaches for, and plays with everything. Even squeaking his hand on the side of the tub is funny to him. He loves watching the water fill the tub and plays with the water coming out of the faucet. He loves splashing and getting water everywhere.

I think I am a little OCD when it comes to Cooper's bath routine. It has to be the same each time or it drives me nuts. Here is how it has to go:

• My bed must be made. (We dress him on the bed)
• Start filling the tub with water
• Get Cooper's clothes, diaper, lotion (1 for body, 1 for face), toothbrush, hair brush, q-tip, baby powder all together on the bed
• Put washcloth and towel in bathroom
• Get Cooper undressed and in the tub
• When in the tub he plays for awhile
• Then lay him down on his turtle bath sponge
• Start with his kneck, arms, hands
  
• Move to lower half
• Then do his hair, face, ears
• I am kind of anal and have to make sure every inch gets done every time
• Rinse, sit him back up and he continues to play

I love being the one to bathe Cooper. But when Brad's home I let him do it too. When Brad bathes Coop I can't watch. If I do I want to have Brad do it the same exact way as me. I know that this is crazy, not logical and Cooper can be bathed in a different order and fashion than I do it and will still get clean. But rather than driving myself and Brad nuts, it is just best if I don't watch. This doesn't go just for the bathing Cooper. It is for the dressing process as well.

• Lotion Cooper all up
• Baby powder bum and put on diaper
• Brush his teeth then let him hold brush for the rest of the process so he doesn't squirm and want to crawl off
• Put on clothes
• Clean ears
• Clean everything up
  

I have the entire process down and it has to go the same way every time. I even get the tub emptied, toys cleaned up, lotion and stuff put away, dirty clothes put in the laundry and everything cleaned up in the exact same order. This is the process that Brad leaves for me because he hasn't gotten down handling Cooper and cleaning up the stuff. Although this is the part that is funny to watch Brad do.

I know I am kinda crazy and like I said a but OCD about it but we have gotten into a routine and I like how it goes. Cooper gets his bath every other day and wiped down from head to toe with a washcloth when he doesn't get bathed. This is just a routine that works well for us. Cooper seems to like routine like me and that is fine with me!

A Typical Day at the Harline House

A typical day at the Harline house.....My day consists of getting up at 7:00 am with Cooper just as Brad is leaving for work. We hang out for about an hour until he lays down for his first nap of the day. I sometimes try to lay back down and nap, but I swear Cooper knows because every time my head hits the pillow for a nap he decides it's time for him to wake up. Once he wakes up and eats again we go walking with my neighbor Codie and her little boy Jack. Lately I have even been taking Indiana. I just hook his leash to the stroller and he loves it. I've been surprised at how good he is on our walks. After our walk we get ready for the day. We pretty much just hang out all day and continue our 3 hour schedule until Brad gets home from work at 4:30 ish. Once he gets home he likes to fit in a workout. Once he finishes about 6:00 we eat dinner and then settle in for nightly tv shows. Cooper is awesome at going to bed for the night which usually happens between 10-10:30. With most of his naps he fusses a little when going down. But when it is time for bed , he usually lays down, doesn't make a peep, and is out! It's nice because by that point I am so ready for bed!

I've decided that I need something other than tv to do during the day. When Cooper is napping that is my alone time. Yes I do laundry, clean, and do all the household chores....but I needed something for just me. So I decided that I am going to start reading more. I haven't been a big reader probably ever. I have always been in school so I was always reading textbooks and if I wasn't reading for school there is no way I wanted to spend more time reading. But now that I have graduated I actually enjoy reading. So if anyone has any good book recommendations I would love to hear them!

Some of Brad's family is coming to town this week to see Cooper and for his baby blessing. One of Brad's sisters and his mom still haven't seen Cooper. So I am very excited for them to get to meet him. They aren't going to want to leave :)

Cooper is so happy in the mornings

Cooper absolutely LOVES our daily walks

This is how Cooper usually ends up on our walks
Our walks wear Buddy out

Our family walk at the Jordan River Parkway

Cooper hanging out with a sleepy daddy

Just a funny picture of Coop that I couldn't resist taking

So exciting news....Chase has moved back from Arizona. We are so happy that he is back. I hated the idea of Cooper not growing up with his Uncle Chase around.

His first day back and he got to spend some time with Cooper. They were both exhausted apparently!