11.18.09

My child is so over baby food or anything that you feed him with a spoon. Now that he's fully mastered finger foods that's all he wants. If you come at him with a spoon he does one of two things: spits up the food that you had to scrape against his top teeth to even get into his mouth or waves his arms as you come in with the spoon thereby knocking the food (and sometimes the spoon) onto the floor.

Last night's dinner consisted of: peaches, cheerios, Gerber cheddar puffs, potato and a few bites of shredded chicken.

11.17.09

For the third year in a row, Dana has come over and been willing to shoot our Christmas card picture. We thought it was hard with two crazy bulldogs, we didn't anticipate how MUCH harder it would be to throw a baby into the mix. Here are some cute shots that didn't make the card this year, but are still fun to look at.

Fish playing hide and go seek.

My boys.

Cooper looks mad, the dogs, overheated.

Chips wanting some more Cheerios.

Bulldog bookends.

My little man with his space ship.

Here's to next year. Thanks again D!

11.16.09

Too cute to resist...

11.15.09

Blueberry Muffin Before

Blueberry Muffin After

11 Months Old

Cooper meet Mr. Elephant, Mr. Elephant, Cooper.

Cooper is rounding the bend and will be one year old before we know it! This month has brought about changes like every other and has been super fun. Cooper is holding steady at 25 lb 6 oz which is what he has weighed for about a month now. He has gone up to size 5 diapers and is primarily wearing size 24 mo. clothes. He still spends the morning in Nursery #2 at school, but sometimes ventures to Nursery #3 for the afternoon because he is so active and oftentimes skips the afternoon nap. Cooper sleeps from 7:30 pm to 5:30 am. He eats more and more "adult food" and is getting pretty tired of jarred baby food. Now that he has "mastered" feeding himself he wants to do it all the time. Cooper is also on his last can of formula. Before you know it he will be a milk drinking fool and we can't wait! I can get 15 gallons of milk for what 1 can of formula costs.

The next 30 days: Thanksgiving and 1st Birthday!

The Official Halloween Potrait

Is that the cutest lion you've ever seen or what?

I know I've been bad about posting lately, but this weekend I PROMISE to post Cooper's 11 months old pic/post and some funny before and after pictures of Cooper and his blueberry muffin.

11.05.09

Cooper loves riding in the car. However, he also loves seeing how fast he can get out of his car seat. When we arrive at our destination I unbuckle the bottom buckle and then reach up to unhook the strap that goes across his chest. He gets ready and then once unhooked pulls his arms out and holds them way up in the air as if he's saying "Let's go Mom, pick me up, pick me up." It's very cute.

In other news the house across the street from us finally sold last week after being on the market for almost 2 years and after being reduced over $30,000. There go the comps for my neighborhood.

11.04.09

Things are crazy here. I feel like I say that a lot. On Sunday the garage door broke, Chips tore her ACL and Cooper had more ear infection drama. The garage is now fixed, Chips will be having surgery and it looks like Cooper will be too. Check back in about 8 weeks and all should be well :)

Cooper did have a great Halloween and was the cutest lion around! I will post pictures asap.

This week I've realized that Cooper loves to sit in his highchair in the kitchen and eat cereal while I make dinner for Christopher and myself. Don't know why I didn't do that before now????