Cooper: Week 47

COOPER LIKES:

Napping on the boat.
The gentle rock of the boat puts him down in a hurry!

Trucks and tractors.
Coop found Uncle Awesome's old collection and instantly started "vroooooming"
How do little boys know to make that sound?!

Laundry basket rides!
Daddy makes laundry day extra fun!

Holding his own sippy... FINALLY.
This is the only drawback that I have found concerning solely breastfeeding!
Cooper didn't ever learn to hold a bottle because he didn't have a bottle so when I hand him a sippy he has no clue what to do with it! But if you sit it down on the floor, he'll crawl over and try to nurse it! Hahahaha! 

Creede.
These little men are going to be the best of buddies!

His toys!!

COOPER DOES NOT LIKE:

Lake Patrol.
We NEVER let Cooper go without his life jacket but we had just changed his diaper and he was basking in his freedom until Pops started patrolling!

MOMMY'S FAVORITE 

PICTURE OF THE WEEK:

WEEK 47 HAPPENINGS:

Day 323: Cooper's first Fourth of July!! It was a such a fun day! We started by riding the mean green gator in the local golf cart parade! The plan was that the adults were just catching a ride up the hill and then Pops was going to drive the kids through the parade, but Pops never stopped so we ALL got to participate in the parade! Ha! Cooper's little firecracker outfit is extra special because his Gigi originally made it for Uncle Awesome and then 23 years later touched it up for Cooper first Fourth! Too cute! 

 

Evie (3 years), Cooper (10 months), Creede (5 months) and Blake (2.5 years)

Even though our house still isn't quite finished, we hosted our first family party on the porch to watch the lake fireworks! We grilled some yummy burgers, enjoyed the perfect weather and laughed a lot before the magic show in the sky got started! We are so excited to have a house on the lake and a great deck for entertaining our favorite people! 

Day 324: Lake Day!! We swam and played and floated and giggled and shot water guns and just had a really fun day over all.

Day 325: No pictures today - we headed to Tulsa to congratulate our dear friends Beau and Marlissa on becoming the proud parents of the very handsome Baby Braxton!

Day 326: Coop and I spent the day doing laundry... Cooper loves helping with the laundry. It's definitely one of his favorite days of the week.

Day 327: I was hurrying to shower and get ready for an appointment I had to make so I asked my mom to watch Cooper while I got ready. As I'm rushing around I look out my bedroom window to find my Mom watering flowers... and Cooper... Still in his jammies, baby boy was crawling from one muddy water puddle to the next having the time of his life!  Needless to say, it put us a bit behind, but he was happy and well, just like the saying goes, "You can't spank Grandma!" 

That afternoon we went by to introduce Cooper to his new friend, Ryan! It was all fun and games, oohing and awwing over the sweet baby until it was Momma's turn to hold her... Well, let's just put it this way, Cooper is not ready for a sibling any time soon. Melt. Down.

Day 328: Another big day of running errands trying to get the house finished up - topped off with a fun dinner on the lake! Cooper provided the entertainment. :/

Day 329: We enjoyed lunch at the Tea Room with Callie, Creede, Lyndsey and Henry! It was great fun to sit around a big ol' table with a kid between each of us - that may not sound like your idea of fun, but trust me, it was! After lunch, Coop and I headed up to the house with a load of boxes - one in particular that was just asking to be opened! TOYS! The first box to be unpacked in our new house was the one that held all of Cooper's toys. The sweet Little Prince was over the moon! My heart ached a little as he squatted down to put the ball into the Little Tikes basketball goal - when I packed that toy he would have to work so hard to get the ball to the goal. So much growing in so little time! We played for a while but had to cut out a little early for fear that ol' Cooper man was getting a little high from the kitchen cabinets being stained!