Cooper's 18 month pictures

I can not believe I have an 18-month old already. Wow has time sure flown! I know I've been awful about blogging, it's just I'm so tired after Cooper goes to bed, I just don't have the energy to blog.

I want to remember a few ALOT of things about Cooper.

• He is still in a size 4 pamper, however I think the size 5's are coming up!
• He is the best sleeper, he fights with me something when he has to go to bed, but lately he's been good. 
• He loves to read before bedtime and play my IPad - these kids these days are so smart when it comes to operating these things, it just amazes me, but I love it!
• He talks up a storm!! He has a great vocabulary and is getting really good at telling us "yes" or "no" if he wants something or doesn't. He will point to what he wants with a little UHHH, UHHH. The other day Tom said "tell me what you want, do you want cereal" Cooper responds with "yeah, cereal" not that clear but we knew he said cereal. 
• He really loves mommy and daddy, daddy is becoming his buddy. It's so sweet watching them..

Like this picture, it's so sweet!

• He loves his bath, I'll ask him if he wants a bath and he'll say, running, yeah and run to the bathroom. He knows the routine. 
• He's a big helper. He loves to do things we ask, we just hope he continues this. He loves to vacuum, sweep, throw things away, flush the toilet (a dozen times) and just do whatever mommy or daddy is doing.
• I think his all time favorite thing to do is "cook", he will sit on the floor with the carafe of spatula's, pots and pans and just go to town! I think I know what I'm getting him for Christmas.
• Being outside..this kid would live outside if he could. He'll come home from daycare say "side" and point to the patio. We'll let him out there by himself, we do watch him, and he'll start to make his way down to the driveway to play "ball" basketball. I think we'll have a mini Jordan on our hands. Can't wait!
• He also loves to push things, anything..shopping carts, his stroller (this will be good for when the new baby arrives) his toy car and trucks too.

• He loves puppies, the one above, obviously is fake, but we recently got a new "puppy" name
  Calvin. Cooper is kind of scared yet just because the dog is very hyper and Cooper's not quite sure about him yet. But he's a good dog so far. He's a German Shorthair Pointer, cute dog.

• Cooper is not the best eater like he used to be, he's not so much picky but he's very choosy in what he wants. And he will let us know it too. 
• He had a blast camping this year, his favorite thing is the jumping pillow and swimming. We can't wait for next year with another little one with us.

Cooper has just been a blessing to all of us, he's so much fun. There are days I just want to hug him so tight and just never let go. He's the sweetest boy and if I could have a dozen Cooper's I would.

I know there are so much more I could write about him but again, I'm short on time, so I'm going to leave you with the rest of our pictures.

And a few family ones!

These were taken at a local winery here near Dubuque, it was so beautiful out there and I think the pictures turned out pretty good. We had a blast! Next set of pictures will be with our new baby boy!