Visit to Liberty

Sad news...Dutch's Grandpa Scaggs passed away a little over 2 weeks ago. Such a loss for the family! He will be so dearly missed. Such a special guy to so many! I will always remember the 3 key things that the pastor highlighted at the funeral that Harry lived by...

1. Work hard
   
2. Treat others fairly
   
3. Be prepared (i.e. always carry a hanky!)

What breaks my heart is that Cooper never got to meet Grandpa Scaggs! :( We had actually planned to go to Liberty this coming weekend to introduce Cooper to the full extended family. The funeral brought us to Indiana a few weeks early. It was still nice to catch up with the family...and meet the newest addition! Next time though...we hope it's under better circumstances!!

Cooper meets Granny Scaggs...

Cooper meets Granny Hughes...


Meet our new nephew Hagen...(he's only 4 days old here!)

Hagen with his proud daddy Rusty!


Cooper looks HUGE next to his little cousin Hagen. Hagen is such a little peanut! They are only about 11 weeks apart...

Our cutie pie niece Hallie (& proud BIG sister) being silly...

Hallie had just gotten a trampoline so we had to test it out. It had been a lot of years since I jumped on a trampoline! Made me feel old! Haha!

Dutch's dad is the biggest kid of them all. Too funny! He wrestled with the kids on the trampoline!

Colten (Hallie's cousin) & Hallie share the wrestling belt...

Cooper also got to meet Colten (Dutch's cousin Jess' baby). They are only about 6 weeks apart! Future linebackers possibly!?

Proud mamas! My SIL Chelsie w/ Hagen, Jess w/ Colten & me w/ Cooper...

Cooper also got to spend quality time with papa & nana...

Uncle Evan & Cooper

Uncle Rhett & Cooper

Dutch & Cooper with Ralph & Randy

2-Months (+some)

We are a little behind on blogging so bear with us...

Cooper had his 2-month check up last Friday. He's a healthy little boy to say the least! He weighed 13.5 lbs., which puts him in the 90th percentile for his weight. He is now 23" long, which is in the 75th percentile. He's one chunky monkey! We might just have another fullback in the family! He's definitely taking after his Uncle Craig, which is fitting seeing so many people think he looks a lot like Craig...with Dutch's eyes!

Cooper is pretty much holding his head up on his own so we tested out the Bumbo chair last week. He loves it! And loves to sit up so he can look around & check everything out. He's also smiling a lot lately! :)

To add some perspective on Cooper's size, check him out next to Ainsley...

My friend Kelly from work had her baby girl almost a month early. Ainsley is a little peanut & only weighs 6 lbs! They are only 6 weeks apart. Cooper looks huge next to her!

A proud new mama!

Cooper's First 4th of July!

We hope everyone had a great holiday weekend. It sure was a HOT one here! We spent most of the weekend in Huron at my parent's house seeing my little brother Craig was in town again. Unfortunately, Dutch had Indian's games most of the weekend so we were sad he missed out on Cooper's 1st beach experience!

Milo & Uncle Craig testing out Cooper's beach tent. It sure was easy to set up, but quite difficult to fold back up. We had to practice several times!

What a good uncle! Craig put on the baby carrier to walk Cooper down to the beach. So cute! I think he thought it might help him pick up some chicks. Haha!

Cooper slept most of the time at the beach

Marcy & her daughter Lyla got to meet Cooper. Lyla was so gentle with him. She would rub his belly & say "baby". So cute!

Cooper sure has a belly on him! He almost didn't fit into his swim shirt, which is size 3-6 months!

Gma fed him Cooper a bottle in the shade to keep him hydrated. So HOT!

I still managed to get some sun at the beach...even though I spent a lot of time in the shade with Cooper! What a fun day!!