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Our Cooper is 3/4 years old!  Hopefully by the time he is 10 months, we will be living in Tennessee!

Clothes: a few 9 months that we are squeezing him into (mainly long sleeved shirts) and 12 months

Growing Up: Cooper has gotten much more efficient at crawling.  He gets up on all fours, and for a while seemed interested in crawling like that, but now just enjoys rocking.  He is also working on crawling over obstacles (AKA me).  He has learned to open and close the doors on the entertainment center.  Cooper has also developed the pincher grip and can easily eat small pieces of food (Cheerios, beans, peas). He hasn't shown too much interest in getting to a sitting position from laying, but he seems to want to pull up lately.  He can use the handle on the ottoman to pull himself up though.

 

Likes: standing up (while leaning against something or holding onto fingers), sucking his thumb (and toes!), books, feeling different textures, throwing thing or watching mommy and daddy toss a ball, someone coming to get him up from nap/bed time, anything with lights, his book he gets in the bath, crawling all around the apartment, peekaboo, story time, playing with Georgie, mommy's plant, watching mommy and daddy in mirrors, Jumparoo (back on the like list!), gnawing on wooden blocks, eggs, zucchini, bread, Cheerios, pasta

Dislikes: having his diaper or clothes changed, carrots, green beans, being cleaned up after eating, being in the car seat or stroller for too long, not being able to crawl over mommy fast enough

Schedule:  

This is our basic schedule, but it changed depending on how well he naps and when he wakes up

7:15 - wake up and nurse
8:00 - breakfast

9:15 - nap

11:00 - play
12:30 - lunch

2:00 - nap

4:00 - play

6:30 - supper

7:00 - bath

7:15 - nurse and bedtime

Moments:  Cooper stayed in a hotel for the first time!  It was not a success.... the second time was much better!!  He got to touch Maybelline, but we're not sure she liked it.  Cooper LOVED grabbing at her.  He ate in a restaurant for the first time (Zaxby's- he had apples and banana).  We took him to the park and put him in a baby swing.  He didn't HATE it, but he sure didn't like it!  Cooper also went house hunting!  He slept through the house we ended up making an offer on though. Typical baby. :)

Stats:

Weight: 17lbs 11 oz (19%)

Height: 29.25 in (84%)

Head: 17 in (9%)

Next Appointment:  TBD since we will have to find a new pediatrician!

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Going to be a beautiful week here!  We went to the park yesterday and are hoping to go to the river tomorrow!

Life Lately + Photo Dump

Thought I would combine a real update with pictures since that will make it bearable. :)

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J has continued to improve after his illness.  He has several doctors' appointments, but thankfully he made it through and managed to keep most of his blood! Ha!  Everything looked great except his liver numbers were/are still high.  The Infectious Disease doctor was not concerned, so we are not either.

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The day of one of his appointments he had a phone interview with Pictsweet.  He was originally supposed to talk to them in December, but obviously that didn't work out well with J being in the hospital with CMV.  It went well... so well in fact, they called him two hours later to schedule an in person interview!

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Cooper and I have continued going to story time and on playdates with Georgie.  It is so much fun to watch them now, as they actually interact (by hitting each other and taking the other's toys, but you know...).  They are also both crawling.  It is so cute to watch them race for a toy!  Georgie is pulling up, so she is a little ahead of Cooper, but she is a lot to keep up with!!!

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Cooper has loved eating real food.  He is not a fan of carrots or green beans though!  It has been fun watching him eat... or not eat, as the case may be.  Some days he is extremely messy, but other he is really clean.  And sometimes he eats everything on his own, but others he wants to eat it off one of our hands.  We have given him some puree from a pouch because we found it was easier that way when traveling.

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After all the sickness, J was so glad to spend a long weekend with us over MLKJ day.  We stayed in our pjs almost all weekend.  We also made pancakes, which is always a good thing!  After not being able to play with Coop, J fully enjoyed his weekend with him.

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Sound asleep 1/21

Cooper started army crawling.  He uses his left arm and right leg.  He started out slow, but now he is so fast it is hard to keep up!  It's been interesting keeping him away from things (mainly cords and my plant.  He loves to eat my plant.)

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1/28 He ends up doing the splits after a while.  He doesn't like it.

Not sure if you heard, but it snowed in Atlanta at the end of January.  Thankfully, J came home and missed all the chaos.  We didn't go anywhere for several days.  We had planned to leave Thursday night at bedtime to head to Jackson, but we ended up leaving in the afternoon since the roads were going to refreeze.

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1/28 LOVING the snow!

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1/28  It was bad.

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This is the Google Maps Traffic progression on the 27th

Headed for Jackson and happy! 1/30

1.5 hours later, not so much

Happy to be out of the car.  At Zaxby's.

Cooper did not have a good night at the hotel.  He hardly slept at all.  Thankfully, J did get more sleep than we did.  Nothing we did pacified Coop.  I ended up putting him in our bed, but he kept crawling over to J.  And the static.  It lit up the room!!! I have never seen static like that before.

1/31 FINALLY passed out... just as we had to walk out the door

J's interview went well.  Coop and I drove around Jackson and even made a quick trip to Aldi.  Mamaw and Papaw drove up to see us.  They played with Coop for a while, then we drove around and had lunch.  Then it was time to pick up J.  We were KY bound!  This was only the second time Cooper had been to KY and his first time to church with my parents.

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We had a fun time, even though it was so short.  J and I even went out by ourselves.  And of course, snow and ice ran us off earlier than planned. :(

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Cooper got faster at crawling and also more interested in exploring.  Which means he has been in some tight spaces lately...

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Daddy got the job!!!!

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Ready for church 2/9

Selfie! 2/9

Got a little zucchini on his face 2/9

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I hate bibs! 2/12

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I'm the boss around here! 2/13

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So we are moving to Jackson, TN!!  J starts 3/3.  He is staying in a hotel for a few weeks until we can get a house.  We are going house hunting next weekend.  It's all so crazy!  We have been looking online, researching schools (as this is our last move for a LONG time!), getting pre-approved, etc.  We are hoping the timing works out right since we already put in our notice at the apartment!  We are so excited to be able to buy a house and be closer to our families.  It's going to be crazy for the next few months, but would you expect anything different from us? :)  Crazy is the new normal!

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Looks like we are gearing up for another ice/snow storm.... oh, joy!  At least that means J might be home all week. :)

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A whirlwind weekend just ended... maybe one day I will post about it.  For now, here's Coop!