Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Life Lately + Photo Dump

I have waited too long to dump photos from my phone.  So here's the last month or so!

Tummy time (notice how little hair he has on top!) 9/7
I had two root canals last week.  Fun. Not.  Apparently, Cooper head butting me killed the nerves in my bottom two front teeth.  I was too embarrassed to ask if that could be why, but the dentist suggested it when I told her I had a 5 month old.  So, don't let babies head butt you!  After a week of pain, I think it is mostly behind me.

9/13 at Piedmont Park
J has been crazy busy at work.  He comes home, plays with Coop til bedtime, then works.  Thankfully, it should be over now!  All the reports were due today.

9/16
Dub Dub came to visit at the end of September.  We had a good time. And she didn't mind eating dairy free too much. :)  Although the shrimp scampi we had was pretty much the bomb!

9/16
I took Coop to Alabama and Tennessee for a wedding the first weekend in October.  It was hot!  I walked a 5K with Momma while pushing Cooper.  Since most of it was through grass and some on a hill, it was rather difficult.  Thankfully, Coop slept through most of it!

Holding my bottle like a big boy! 9/16
The wedding was beautiful, and Coop got to meet LOTS of my Tennessee friends.  He was a big hit!  Everyone loved him.  He is such a good baby and didn't cry at all with all the passing around.  He took a couple of naps and wasn't fussy at all... until we got in the car.  I realized he hadn't been in the car at night, which I think freaked him out.  I turned the flashlight on my phone and that seemed to help.


Skeleton in the crib! (Taken on video monitor) 9/19
Nana came to visit, too!  We went to the pumpkin patch and shopping.  Coop was so cute at the pumpkin patch.  We were the only ones there, so we got some cute pictures (keep going... they are further down).  

Talking to my lanterns 9/19
I have enjoyed walking with my friend, El, about once a week.  We go to the park or down by the river.  We also went over to their house for lunch last Saturday.  It was nice to get out and have people to talk to besides each other!  Coop and Georgie weren't awake much at the same time, but it was cute when they were.  Coop tried his best to flirt with her, but she was not interested!

I was going to roll over, but I'll eat my hand instead 9/20
Cooper had been rolling over to his belly every time we put him down.  I guess it was his new trick.  However, it must be old news because he doesn't do it as much.  He usually rolls over to go to sleep, but we actually have to do tummy time again.

Always be Batman 9/21
We have been enjoying going to story time when Cooper is awake for it.  We went to a different one on Monday that is closer to the apt and meets later.  It was much easier to get to!


Daddy and Coop at California Pizza Kitchen 9/22
We went to Cloudland Canyon on a nice weekend in September.  It is a couple of hours from here, but we have been wanting to go.  We were tired, but figured we would be mad at ourselves if we didn't do something since it was so nice out.  And it was our lucky day because entry to the park was free the day we went!  I didn't even plan it (though I would have if I'd have known).  We hiked down to a waterfall and around to viewing points (pics below).
Fall! Apple Pies + Pumpkin Trees
Caitlin was able to come down for a couple of days and was able to watch Coop for an hour or so while I got my haircut.  We went to World Market and Hobby Lobby to look around.  I was proud of Caitlin who managed to buy only one item!

Oh you know, just eating my ball 9/23
Coop is wanting to crawl like crazy.  He hasn't gotten it figured out yet (whew!), but he is wanting to be on the move!  If given enough time, he can scoot a little just by kicking.  I am not ready for him to be mobile!

Hanging out in my jumparoo 9/24
Some days, I take Coop out to meet J when he gets home from work.  One day last week, I took him out there and Coop smiled and gave us his first chuckle.  SO. CUTE.  He has done it a couple of time since then, so hopefully he will be laughing soon!


9/26
Cooper has also managed to roll from belly to back a few times, though I am pretty sure he didn't mean to.  Once he is on his belly, he is usually pretty content.  I have never seen him even try to roll back.  He just loves being on his belly!


9/27
That's all that I can think of... plenty more pictures below!


Cloudland Canyon 9/28

Passed out from all the hiking 9/28

My first waterfall 9/28

9/30

10/1

Playing with momma 10/1

10/2

Pumpkin head! 10/5

First 5K! 10/5

We did it! 10/5

Snoozing at Uncle Clark and Aunt Amy's 10/6

Flying in my sleep? 10/7

Pumpkin patch! 10/8

With Nana 10/8

Check out my new kicks 10/9

10/9

Batman squatting on the couch! 10/10

10/10

Church 10/13

Jason's Deli with Aunt Caitlin 10/15

Yeah, I am wide awake under here 10/16

Told you! 10/16

10/17

10/18

Cutest pouty face ever.  When he starts doing this, we can't help but try to get him to hold it long enough for a picture! 10/19

Filling up my swing! 10/21

Playing! 10/22

Reading with daddy 10/22

Going to the mailbox 10/23

Just chillin on daddy 10/23

Playing with my ball 10/ 24

Keeping warm in my sleep sack! 10/25

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Monday, October 28, 2013

Feeling [22]

It's hard to believe another week has gone by... here's Coop at 22 weeks old!  He is spidermanning it in this week's pic.  And since it is rainy, there was little natural light to speak of, so we tried using this flash.  That's why this picture is a little different lighting wise than the others. :)


Sunday, October 27, 2013

[5]

To celebrate being 5 months old, Coop slept for 7.5 hours straight last night! Of course, we were too wrapped up in football to go to bed at a decent hour...





Clothes: 3-6 months, 6 months... but many of them are already getting tight!
Growing Up: Coop loves to talk!  He is making new sounds and tries to roll his tongue.  He also loves his links.  He has been known to fall asleep in his car seat holding links.  And I think he is officially teething.  It feels like his bottom left tooth is working its way up! Oh, no!
Likes: kicking his legs, trying to crawl (but not getting anywhere fast!), try to sit up, play with his ball, eating in the dark, sleeping on his belly, eating daddy's face
Dislikes: Not being able to move when he is trying to crawl, not being picked up immediately when he wakes up, having his picture taken

Schedule:  Bedtime still starts at 7.  He sleeps until anywhere from 7:30-10:00 depending on how tired he is.  His is typically still up twice at night, but last night was only once! Woo hoo!

Moments:  Cooper attended his first wedding and participated in a 5k!  He slept through most of both.  He met lots of Mommy's Tennessee friends!  He also met several of my students from last year.  Coop also had his first car ride at night- he was not a fan.  We also went to a pumpkin patch for the first time!  And he made it through his first government shut down.

Monday, October 21, 2013

[21]

We had an eventful day for the beginning of Cooper's 21st week.  Cooper head butted me in the chin last week, and the pain was too much last night, so I ended up at the dentist this morning.  It looks like two root canals could be in my future. :(  He's not the slightest bit upset about it though ;)


Monday, October 14, 2013

[20]

20 weeks.. wow! just wow!


Friday, October 11, 2013

dairy free

I haven't been too good at taking pictures of the new foods we have been cooking, but we have been trying several new recipes since I am dairy free.  Our moms have been lucky enough to try many of them out with us.  None of them have been horrible, and we have found many that we REALLY like.

Thanks to Pinterest, we aren't starving.  Here are some of the things we have been cooking...

White Wine Chicken
Baked Chicken and Veggies (we used dry onion dressing)
Stroganoff (we did beef)
Honey Garlic Pork Chops
Shrimp Scampi (by far our favorite!)
Chicken Penne Pesto (probably our least favorite, but not horrible)
Black Bean Fajitas (SOO good!)
Cilantro Lime Chicken
White Chicken Chili

As you can see, chicken seems to be a reoccurring theme... I gotta find some more beef recipes!  The tomato thing has been limiting too... no spaghetti or chili for me! :(


Monday, October 7, 2013

[19]

Another week has flown by... 

And Cooper even participated in his first 5K this weekend!


Too bad I couldn't get him smiling this big AND looking at the camera!


 

Wednesday, October 2, 2013