Cooper pics

Cooper has a pretty hard life. Dad must have had a hard day; as the both of them were tuckered out together pretty early the other night.

Cooper has discovered his toes and how fun they are to chew on in the bathtub.

Oh the wonder of baby food--the joys it can bring. . .

and the sorrows. . .

6 months

Okay, the picture is 3 days prior to the offical 6 month timeline, but what's 3 days! We'll take the horse picture later. Cooper had his 6 month check up today. He weighed in at 16lbs 9 oz; so he has doubled his birth weight by a few ounces. He is 25.5 inches long. I don't know where that falls in the percentiles; we don't worry about those. He's sitting up fairly well and drooling like a mad man today. I expect teeth soon. He had his first few bites of baby food last Friday; and much to his dad's dislike, Cooper liked squash. Ryan is convinced its evil; Cooper was happy to have something with flavor. So he is happiliy going to go through the orange and yellow vegetables in the next few weeks. The last few weeks have involved lots of tummy time, and the occasional scooch backwards. Its common to put him in one spot on the floor and if you come back one minute later, for him to be in a completely different position and over a few feet. He also mastered the log roll last weekend and went from back, to tummy, to back again. I fear he will be a crawler sooner than later! He'll probably decide to start crawling next month when the puppy gets here and then we'll have double destruction!

Smiles and hands

This is what we see of Cooper. Big smiles, usually aimed at Paige. Or just hands and fingers shoved in his mouth. He has had super red cheeks the last few nights, and is sorta irritable. He could just be channelling Mom, but I think he has a tooth trying to poke through. Paige didn't cut a tooth this early, so I will be shocked if he does. However, he has been nothing at all like Paige when she was a baby, so I wouldn't be surprised if he has one way before she did. He turns 6 months old next week. He has almost mastered sitting up unattended--we still put some support around him as the tip still happens. He has started reaching for things, his goal is the TV remote, but I don't think its going to happen! Its amazing how you can see his coordination developing--his reaching and grabbing levels over the last two weeks have been jumping by leaps and bounds. He's a tempermental little man, and we are having a hard time convincing him that cereal is okay to eat. So far its been pretty hit and miss, so we'll just keep trying and I am sure it will work. I have a hunch that baby food will be his true love and once he gets something with a real flavor, there will be no going back. He has his 6 month appt on Tuesday, and I am anxious to see what he's weighing in at. All I know is he is getting too big for his infant seat and I would love to quit lugging that heavy thing around!

Paige annual Valalentine pics

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A Cowgirl's first

Paige had a big weekend. She got to pick our her puppy, and she got her very first real cowgirl had! She has a few random hats, but they are toys and originate from various strange places and are cardboard. Her daddy has started spoiling his cowgirl and today he got a new hat, and so did she. I am sure a pony isn't far behind! Here are my two cowpokes modeling their new purchases.

Meet Piper

Our family had a really busy weekend. We took Friday off and survived very icy roads near Bowman and made it to Fargo that afternoon. We spent the weekend with Keith and Sandy, who were great hosts and didn't allow me to cook or help. I am not going to lie, I appreciate that! Little I was this weekend, so we met up with some old friends for supper. I joined the boys for supper and then Ryan and the group descended on Chubs for the remainder of the evening. Saturday was spent meeting friends, and their beautiful little boys. Kaden and Brandt, thanks for letting us come and meet you--you are both adorable and I am glad I got to visit, even for a brief time.

Another bonus part of our weekend was to pick out our puppy. Our family will be getting a beautiful Australian Shepherd puppy courtesy of Keith and Sandy about the end of March/first of April. Conveniently right around Paige's birthday! She has puppy/dog fever and didn't even want to leave their house for a moment unless a dog was with. The mother is a wonderful dog; she's calm and has great manners. I will be thrilled if our puppy turns out even half as good as she is. The puppies are only 2 weeks old, but ours had open eyes. All the better for her to see the little girl that fell deep in love this weekend. Everyone, meet Piper.

Mr. Cooper

Cooper this morning in his exersaucer. Thinking he was a big boy!

Cooper's 5 month old picture with his pony. A few days late posting, but that's okay.

Cooper being all smiles. I don't have an exact weight for him to start his 5th month with--last time we were at the doctor he was 15 lbs 9 oz; and I don't think he's shrinking! He's outgrown most of his 6 month clothing; and the 6-9 size is perfect. He's wearing a size 2-3 diaper perfectly and has decided in the last few weeks that rolling over and being frustrated at his lack of motion is the new hobby. I swear he will be crawling way before Paige ever did. He likes his cereal and we are trying to get in a routine with it. He is refusing most of his bottles at daycare this last week; so we need to get him to drink more milk during the day. However, he hasn't been mad about it; so that's a small bonus. Overall, he's a happy little man and breaks into smiles at most people--particularly his sister.