Feeling [22]

Cooper is 22 months old!  Today also marks being in our house for one year!

Clothes: 12 months & 18 months for shorts, 24 months & 2T for shirts

Growing Up: Coop has a new phrase..."no, no"  While it's not our favorite phrase, at least it't more than one syllable.  One day we will get there!  He is also babbling names, but won't say them correctly in normal conversation yet.  It's super cute though, and I know he will eventually get there!  The boy loves to climb and can almost get on his horse by himself.  Thankfully, he doesn't seem interested in climbing out of his crib.  He does try to climb in though.

Likes: Daniel Tiger, watching the cars and trucks go by, wearing hats and sunglasses, putting things in the trash, sweeping, books, being outside, unscrewing lids, playing peek a boo, picking out his socks, being naked, coloring, bananas, pretending to take naps, listening for planes, driving (a car, the tractor, his car, whatever), measuring tapes, taking a shower, 'helping' us paint, being naked (he will tell us he needs to potty so he can shake off his pants and underwear and run around)

Dislikes: diaper changes, riding in the car, long hairs on him, coming inside, having wet pants, sitting for too long (if we have to go to several stores), hearing the words 'no' or 'stop', his hands being dirty, pooping on the potty, sitting still in a shopping cart or high chair at a restaurant, his shoes being dirty, getting a splinter

Schedule:

between 7-8 - up for the day!
8:15 - breakfast
8:45 - play
12:15 - lunch
2:00 - nap
4:30 - play
6:15 - supper
8:00 - bath 

8:25- bedtime

Funny story:

Coop has been saying "wear" when he wants under the covers.  Probably because he knows the words under and wear go together...

Dining Room Redo

While the dining room wasn't really on our to-do list, we had a volunteer help us.  So it moved up on the list!  Maybe one day we will actually put furniture in it.  Right now, it has a jumparoo under the light (so we don't run into it) and my sewing machine (which hasn't been used since before Christmas....)

Before (taken on move in day)

Coat #1 on the bottom

Molding up!  Thanks Uncle Davy!

Another coat down

One more on the bottom and Spirited Green on top!

Depending on the light, the green reads different colors.  We LOVE it!

One day, we will scrape the ceiling.  Probably not soon.

I had a model. :)  He touches the molding and says "Davy".  Cooper loved watching him work!

Yay all done! 

It took four coats of paint on the bottom, plus some touch ups.  Apparently sometime during the life of the house, drywall was added over what we think was paneling.  This made some of the trim really thin and some of the outlet boxes weren't centered.  It took a little doctoring, but if you don't take off the outlet covers, you won't know. :) 

I am thinking about changing out the globes on the chandelier for something a little more modern.  We weren't really fans of it before painting, but it is growing on us now.  Maybe since it's not so dark in there it looks better.  The white on bottom really brightened up the space.  And the light color on top helps it seem bigger.  Because we need a bigger house... ha!

Life Between

Here's what we've been up to between the wedding, the snow, and a closet redo.

Coop watching The Gruffalo while sitting on the potty

Coop loved running around naked while potty training

He loves drinking my momma's smoothie from HER cup, not his.

Marion's Bachelorette Party in Memphis!

From the top of the Peabody

Painting with a Twist

Bedtime silles

Wearing Daddy's coat

One of the warmer days we had this winter

Helping momma push the wheelbarrow

Such a big boy!

Blueberries are his fav!

Pushing George around

Wondering what Daddy's doing in the attic (moving cable cord during closet reno)

Reading with Daddy

Wrestling with George

George wins!

Entertaining himself at Lowe's

cheese!

Monkeys potty, too

Coop and George supervising in the kitchen

We've tried to have homemade pizza night once a week.  The sauce and the crust is homemade. :)

First sucker

Shopping

Someone has been watching momma put on her make up

Cookies!

Blanket fort!

Boo!

Pizza night!

Red Robin balloons make everything better

Getting ready to play in the snow (round 1)

I'm getting hot!

Snow... but really just ice

Mittens and sunglasses

homemade 'Goldfish' crackers.  They are pretty good!  Coop keeps asking for some, but we are out.  I guess we need to make more!

Playing with Daddy on a snow day

'Fixing' the chair

Nana and Uncle Davy came to play!

When momma is washing the mittens, make your own

Yee Haw!

LOVES his flip flops 

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Spraying his wipe

Where's Cooper?!

Batman watch!

Driving G's car

Hopefully we will have a dining room update for you soon!  It's been painted and painted and painted... just gotta clean up and get everything organized....