January 2013

January has been a fun month so far! Cooper & I made an overnight trip to see my mom (MeMa). We attended the Cook Family Reunion while we were there. Cooper had a BLAST with Mama, Papa, Aunt Granny Jo, Sundi, Maci, Austin, & more! I was pleasantly surprised at all the fun he had. Gotta love family! Cooper really loves Mama. When he saw her he ran up to her & wanted her to pick him up. Next he had her read him a whole host of books. Then it was train time & they played with his trains. Mama is pint size (like less than 5 feet tall) so I know Cooper loves having someone special close to his size. :)

Cooper didn't sleep well the night we were at mom's so at some point he ended up in my twin size bed with me! It was a bit stressful making sure he didn't roll off but at the same time so sweet watching my little boy sleep. He was beyond cute!

I can't get enough of this pic!

After I got out of bed I brought in all the pillows.

We've been able to enjoy some milder weather so that means park time! Here's Cooper & Kyle having fun last weekend.

'Toot Toot!'

Throwing sticks in the lake.

Also this month Cooper turned 20 months (what the heck?!) & I gave him a little hair cut. He's gotten into the groove of 11am church (even if kyle & i haven't) & is still enjoying nursery. Cooper continues to amaze us with all he learns & how well he speaks (well at least we understand him). I love that Cooper is learning names of family & friends. We keep pictures on the fridge so I can quiz him. Here's more pictures from our month!

Watching for Daddy to get off the train after work.

My silly boy!
(disregard the bag for goodwill in the back!)

He loves to color!
(Tongue out due to concentrating, he is his father's son!)

One last story. We have a picture of Jesus in Cooper's room (pictured below). Every morning when I go to get him out of the crib, he points to the pictures & says 'Jesus.' I love that he recognizes Jesus. Recently he started looking at the picture & saying what sounds like 'Jesus? Daddy?' For a week I thought he was getting confused, not sure if the bearded man in the picture is Dad or Jesus. (Kyle has rocked a beard for 3 months now) Now it sounds more like Cooper is saying 'Jesus, bye bye!' So maybe he never was confused, just wanted to say goodbye to Jesus before he left the room? I mean I'm half asleep when I get him out so I can't be certain but either way it's pretty cute.