My Week

I don't know what Cooper gets more excited about. Seeing daddy when we gets home from work or playing with daddy's name tag.This is what is on my agenda for this week. Today between 12-4 someone is coming to check out our air conditioning unit. It stopped working last night. I am also waiting on a call back so we can get an estimate on our roof. There is no major damage, only a few shingles that have popped up. Someone was supposed to come out the day after the storm and despite a few phone calls we cannot get a hold of this person so we had to call someone new. Sometime this week we need to call Insight to take a look at our modem connection because we keep losing the signal. Is there anything that is working in my house?

Big Boy

I think I've mentioned it before that fall is my favorite season. To make things even better I get to start dressing Cooper in some big boy clothes. Here is a picture from Friday night. I love the jeans and tennis shoes!Here is another big boy picture. He has pulling up for a few weeks now but couldn't do it on the couch until recently. I think it was a little high for him. I guess he thinks he can use a cell phone too.

523

That is the number that did not appear on the screen at church this week. Another victory for Cooper. Seems as if he has made a friend in the nursery. He has warmed up to one of the volunteers. I knew this would happen, volunteers rotate monthly so now that he has made it the whole service without crying, new volunteers will be there next month. I'm just excited that he is making it again. By the end of the year he should in the other room and walking around so I think things will get a lot better. Until then it's just a lot of prayer.

What a Morning...

I think I need to stop while I'm ahead. I've already smashed Cooper's finger in the dishwasher and he has eaten paper. I'm counting down the minutes till nap time :)

Remember When

For some reason I'm starting to feel very sentimental about Cooper. I don't know if it is because we are nearing his first birthday and I'm having memories of my last couple months of pregnancy or what it is. I find myself during the rare moments where he will sit still and want to cuddle that I'm taking the time to cherish the moment a little more. Before I got pregnant it seemed like everyday was the same old thing. Watching him grow these past 10 months has really made me realize how precious life is and to never take thing for granted. Before pregnancy you could pretty much guarantee that 6 months to year from then things might not change too much. With a child things can change weekly even daily.

Since I didn't start this blog until after he was born I missed out on blogging about my pregnancy. I can forget something you told me an hour ago but I have a weird ability to recall details about certain events. So, during the next few months I'm going to randomly blog about things that were going on during my pregnancy a year ago.

This time last year I was about 7 months pregnant and having baby showers. Steve and I were blessed with so many caring friends, relatives, and co-workers that supported us during that time. We are so thankful for the love they showed us. Here are some pictures of that time.

Me and the cake from the shower Steve's mom threw for me.

The cake from the shower some friends threw for me.


The tissue holder Steve's aunt made, which matches Cooper's room.

The diaper game.

I have many more but I will leave it at this. It was fun to take a look back.

Mystery Solved

The other night after dinner Cooper was playing in the kitchen and Steve found him with what appeared to be some left over spit up on his mouth and shirt. We looked all over the floors and carpet to find where all this originated but couldn't find anything. Later on that night I was cleaning up the living room and picked Cooper's shoes off the floor. He always likes to chew on them but this one was a more wet than usual. I looked inside and found some leftover dinner. Oh the joy of children :)

594 and 506

Those were the two numbers assigned to Cooper in church the past two weeks for the nursery. Those numbers did not pop up on the screen during service. Yea Cooper!!! The last two Sunday's in July I got called back, I worked in the nursery in August, then the first Sunday in Sept I got called back. It's good to know we are making progress. Although when I did pick him up today he was pretty upset, crying, red blotchy face. They said that had only been going on for about 5 minutes. Poor thing! But we are strong and we will make it!