Saturday, December 27, 2014

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Sorry for the bad picture; this was as good as it got tonight!


Clothes: 18 months & 24 months

Growing Up:  He has many new words- too many for me to keep track of!  He has learned to sign sorry, and we have one new tooth (lower canine).  We are almost done teething.. woo hoo!  He has also learned how to go downstairs without any help.  And he can now tiptoe!  Cooper has also started using two word sentences and saying two syllable words (Kate Kate and Daaaa-eeee being the favorite words).  His sentences are so cute and surprise us each time!  Examples: Go inside, Hey cat!, hey Kate Kate!, kick tv (said with only t).  He can also identify the color blue most of the time.
Likes: being outside 'side', washing his hands, books, coloring, sweeping, chips, repeating our words, finding something to sit on, climbing, wearing his hats, coat, shoes, and/or mittens around constantly, play dough, bubbles, stacking blocks, sitting on the potty, books, banana, Mr. Potato head ('Toe!'), The Gruffalo ('LO!')- book and short movie on Netflix
 
Dislikes: diaper changes, riding in the car, getting teeth, long hairs on him, being naked, bath time

Schedule: We are in between one and two naps..

Two naps:
7:00 - up for the day!
8:15 - breakfast
9:15 - nap
9:45 - play
12:15 - lunch
1:00 - nap
4:00 - snack
4:30 - play
6:15 - supper
7:00 - bath
7:30 - bedtime


One nap:
between 7-8 - up for the day!
8:15 - breakfast
8:45 - play
12:15 - lunch
1:00 - nap
4:00 - snack
4:30 - play
6:15 - supper
7:00 - bath
7:30 - bedtime
We have been fighting a 5 am wake up time, and I think it is getting better!  There have been days where he slept til 7:45!  Of course, then he is confused where daddy is all day since he doesn't get to see daddy before work.  We still have some early mornings, but slowly it is getting there.

Moments:  First Christmas Day with all 3 of us, sat on Santa's lap again, pee peed on the potty for the first time, Santa came for the first time (he wasn't feeling well last year) and he LOVED opening gifts

A couple of funny stories:
Cooper asked for a banana 'nana' for breakfast.  I peeled him one and threw the peel away.  Cooper thought I threw away the banana and LOST it. Poor fella.

Coop kept saying 'coat' while we were eating.  When he was finished, we cleaned him up and put him down.  He went to the hooks and grabbed his coat and daddy's coat.  He brought them to J.  J put his coat on and put Coop's coat on him.  Coop looked and me, said 'bye', and turned around and walked to the door.  He wanted to go outside!!

Sunday, December 21, 2014

Memphis Zoo Lights 2014

We had been looking forward to Zoo Light since I read about it in October.  It did not disappoint!!  It was packed, but we bought our tickets online, so we got to skip the long lines.  We got there just a few minutes after it opened, and it was great!  We barely had to wait for Santa.  We plan to go back next year.

Chillin' in the stroller

Carousel ride with Daddy

Um... who is this?




Checking him out

It's snowing!





Singing Trees

Reindeer!



Tunnel of Lights



Um... Dad.. why are you holding me here?

Is it over yet?





Sunday, December 14, 2014

Friday, December 5, 2014

Life Lately


Pushing the stools around

My first attempt at homemade buns (with spinach burger)

One of his favorite spots

Somehow we managed to turn on Gilmore Girls



Doing bridge with Dub Dub

Chick-fil-a cone aftermath

Playing in the leaves

This is our family picture from J's work

Sitting by the fire

Playing in the tub

A dusting of snow.. in November!

Cutting a rug

Cauliflower crust pizza

Bulldog boy!



Found Momma's headband

No morning nap... means passing out on the couch

He loves leaves.. especially big one!

So. many. leaves.

Playing with Uncle Steven

Mulching with Momma

Tractor fun!

Homemade pumpkin cinnamon rolls for Thanksgiving breakfast

Christmas mantel

Cooper found a ball in Old Navy

On our street

Momma's helper (he loves wearing hats... sometimes he insists on wearing two)

Trying to fix Lucy (we didn't have enough batteries)

So sleepy

Smells like Christmas