Christmas 2012 - Part 3 (Christmas Day)

Christmas day, Cooper woke up to some new toys that Santa brought. He thought they were the best things. He looked at them and was like "hmm, I've never seen these before" it was so cute!

Cooper got a V-Tech 3-n-1 Smart Wheels. The legs can flip around and it can be used as a rocker, or the wheels for a bike. Cooper loves when Brandon wheels him around the house. And the steering wheel, he won't let it go, it's so funny! I didn't think he'd be able to sit on it that good but he really does. He can't quite touch the ground yet but he's getting there.

 

His other toy was a Leap Frog table with lots of different activities to play with. He loved pushing it around the room. I thought it was going to be a little bigger but actually it's perfect.

 Once the others got up, we made some coffee (in our new Kerruig) then went to town on all our other presents. I didn't get many any pictures of that, but the kids all got exactly what they wanted. We had one special gift waiting for Cooper from Luke, Steph, Leah and Lane, Cooper couldn't wait to open it so we got the OK from them to open it. We were planning on waiting but Steph insisted we open it. It was a Pottery Barn Chair with is name on it. It's the cutest thing and Cooper loves it! It fits him perfectly!

This little Elf was pooped after opening all his presents. This outfit came from Grandma Pat, she picked it out and then that night, Grandma Linda said she seen the cutest outfit in JCPenney's catalog. I guessed what it was and it was the same thing. They were going to go out and buy it for Cooper. LOL

After we got cleaned up, we headed up to Mom and Dad's.

Cooper enjoying his first candy cane with Aunt Kristi.

Mom and Dad's Christmas tree. I think it's the most beautiful tree I've ever seen. Her and dad went to pick it out together. It's been a long time since they've had a real tree.

All the adults play the White Elephant game, it was so much fun last year that we thought we'd do it again. As always we had a blast. Tom ended up with bowls from Crate and Barrel and some knife spreaders and I ended up with Scarf, earrings and a bottle of wine. Tom knew I wanted the bowls so he stole them from me so they couldn't get stolen again. It was so worth it, thanks Honey!

Christmas 2012 - Part 2 (Christmas Eve)

I am so far behind! There has just been so much going on lately, but I finally said, "OK, Rachael, you need to get this done" so here I am Saturday night, watching football and blogging.

So Christmas Eve night, is always at our house with Tom's side of the family. We love hosting, it's always a great excuse to clean your house plus you don't have to pack up and go anywhere, we're already home!

Cooper got a special outfit from Grandma Pat, it was an elf outfit. She bought it right before Tom and Linda were going to buy it, it's the cutest outfit ever and I sure wish he could have worn it more than 2 days.

Big sister checking out his outfit. There is a hat to go with it but he just wouldn't keep it on.

Grandma and Cooper waiting for the party to start.

Just a few pictures of our house decorations.

And the party started! Everyone brought something snacky and of course, everything was good. We made the famous ham and swiss sandwiches that everyone loves and as always, they were a big hit.

We played the 'white elephant' game, it's always so much fun. I ended up with a gift certificate to Texas Roadhouse and Tom ended with the gift we bought, a new skillet. We want a new one for the camper it was a perfect opportunity, we almost lost it, but thankfully Tom had a high number he got to steal it. 

After all the presents were opened, Cooper got a few toys, some bath toys, a toy phone and a few other things, we played the dice game, left, right, center. I don't think we won, I can't really remember but I know we had lots of fun, it was loud and it was tough to get Cooper to sleep but he was fine. The only thing missing that night was mom and dad. Dad wasn't feeling good so they stayed home.

We cleaned up and got everything ready for Christmas morning!

Christmas 2012 - Part 1

Saturday, December 22nd, we celebrated Christmas at Tom and Linda's, we usually get this out of the way early so we don't have to bother with it on Christmas Day. LOL

Cooper, of course, was spoiled as were all of us by Tom and Linda. We dropped Cooper off early so Tom and I could finish up our shopping. When we got back, around 4:30, we ordered chicken from KFC. After we were all cleaned up, we started opening presents.

Cooper got his first baseball bat.

His first laptop! He loves to close the lid when we open it, it's so funny.

Some building blocks!

Not sure what they are discussing but I think Linda is opening Micayla's present. She got her Grandma a new 31 bag that she wanted. We got to use it to haul our stuff home.

 

Micayla opening her presens that she's been waiting for forever, a new IPad stand, but come to find out, it didn't fit her new IPad because she upgraded when she went to get her old on fixed, they gave her a new one and now the stand that Linda bought did not fit because of the new power cord or something. She was SO bummed.

Cooper playing with his new Bears football. He loves to eat it. See the luggage there?? That's what Tom and I got! We need it!

Cooper getting Grandpa

Cooper helping Brandon open his presents.

We had a great night, I also got a pair boots, a 31 bag and a few other things. One I will take a picture of, it's a shadow box of Cooper's baby items that I wanted to keep and Linda arranged it in a shadow box.

A White Christmas

I was beginning to wonder if we were going to have a white Christmas. I was sure hoping to have one, but last year, I don't think we did. This year, we were hit! It snowed from Wednesday night and all day Thursday. It finally stopped around 8:00 Thursday night. It was so pretty. Cooper and I got to stay home and work, it was so nice.

I did get a few pictures:

This is looking out our back patio door. I think we got a total of 14" of snow!

Cooper wants to play!

This one cracks me up. Look at Tom and Cooper just looking out the window. I really wanted to get him bundled up and out to play in the snow, but momma didn't want to get bundled up because it was cold!

My sweetie in his Christmas PJ's, don't you love the little Santa butt? Cooper loves looking at the lights outside on the house, we have icicle lights and you can see them from the window.

We put a Santa hat on him, this boy does not want anything on his head lately, but I got a few god snaps of the camera before he tore it off. He was so excited for Christmas!

Christmas Card 2012

I've been looking forward to sending out Christmas cards for quite some time. I've always loved getting Christmas cards with pictures and seeing how everyone grows year after year and now this year I have my own baby to put on a Christmas card and I'm so happy to share it with you all.

I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

9 Month Well Visit

Today was Cooper's 9 month well visit with Dr. Adkins! I heard there were no shots so I was excited to get to hang with my little boy for the afternoon.

Cooper's stats are as follows:

Weight: 18 lbs 1oz (15%)

Height: 27 1/4 (10%)

He also had his hemoglobin checked and it came back A-OK!

Dr. Adkins didn't seem to concerned with the low percentile so I'm not too concerned either. I was expecting him to be heavier but I'm fine with him staying little, for now. She couldn't believe he doesn't have teeth but thought they would be here any day because he has the rash and has had loose stools so I'm sure one of these days we'll see a tooth.

The next appointment is his one year check-up, holy cow. After the visit, Cooper and I hit a couple stores then came home for the night to settle in the for big snow storm. That's right, we 're expecting 12+ inches of snow. I can't wait to see what Cooper does when he sits in it. I know what he'll do, eat it! So stay tuned for pictures of that!!

Nine Months Old!

 

How has 9 months gone by already?? I swear this has been the best 9 months of my life. Cooper has lights up my life every day!

A few things I want to remember about Cooper's 9 months of life are:

• You are still wearing size 3 Pampers. We moved you to the cruisers and you seem to like them.
• You are still wearing size 9 to 12 month clothes. We are no longer buying you 9 month! You're slowly growing into your 12 month, holy cow!
• You love to eat! We haven't found anything that you haven't liked. We love that! We are feeding you 3 times a day plus you are still breastfeeding.
• That's right, still no formula. I am starting to struggle with this but I'm still hanging in there. 
• Still no teeth! I know they are coming, we keep checking every day. You have some rosy cheeks lately so I know they'll be here soon.
• You are a crawling machine. The big question around the house is "where's Cooper?" He is exploring the entire house. 
• You pull yourself up onto everything! Even though we have the house child proof, you still seem to find things you shouldn't get in to, such as cords. You love pulling on cords!

• You love your baths. I can't wait for Christmas, I think Santa is bringing you something to play with in the bath tub. You don't mind water on your face at all. You like to watch the water fall off your face, it's so funny.
• You've moved up into the transitional room at Daycare. Everyone just loves you and you don't seem to mind one bit. With you moving up, you seem to be catching on to things a lot quicker. 
• You are talking so much now. You are finally saying mama, we are working on dada and KK. You say baba all the time, we are thinking that's Brandon. LOL at least that's what he says. He just loves to mumble and talk all to himself.
• You hate getting your diaper changed. This is such a challenge every day, even changing your cloths, this has to be done on the floor once I get your diaper on. You just roll over and buck at me. You have to have something to occupy yourself, then it's a little bit easier.
• You still have crazy hair! It's always flying away. The back drives me nuts but you don't seem to mind. You love when I comb your hair, it instantly calms you and you just sit still until I'm done.

 

• You are always so happy! When I take pictures or talk about you being crabby, they can't believe it because you hardly ever fuss.
• You still like to be rocked to sleep. I need to start breaking this habit, but I just love watching you sleep.
• You've been sleeping all through the night, sometimes I wake up just looking to see the time because I usually know you're going to wake up, but lately you just sleep all night long. You will fuss a couple of times but I've let you fuss it out, you don't get up or anything so it's all good. You just lay your head down and go back to sleep. Momma loves this!
• You still go crazy when you see your brother and sister. They walk in and your face lights up instantly. I just adore this because I know you are so spoiled by them.
• You are getting excited for Christmas, I can just tell! You love playing with bows and I know you're going to love ripping off the wrapping player to see what you got for Christmas.

Cooper there is never a dull moment in this household, you definitely keep us on our toes and we love everything about you. You are so funny and make some crazy faces and sounds. Everyday it seems to be something different. You just light up our life!

I had to take a few pictures in your new shirt and hat. Thanks to Aunt Steph and Uncle Hendu! They sure spoil you!

My little reindeer!

Pictures are harder and harder to get. You just don't want to sit still for momma. So we get what we can so don't mind the blurry ones! LOL

Tomorrow is your 9 month check up so I'll post his stats then.