Our Little Pumpkin

Or should I say BIG pumpkin!? ;)

A few weeks ago my mom & I took Cooper to the pumpkin patch. Cooper picked out the perfect pumpkin! Mom & I tried hard to get Cooper to smile in these photos, but he wasn't having it. I have to laugh though because he is ALL boy! He was more interested in picking up dirt/straw from the ground and trying to eat the stem of the pumpkin than anything else. Therefore, he was a bit distracted and didn't want to show off that cute smile. I sure hope he does better in his upcoming 6-month baby pictures!

5-Months Old!

On October 5th, Cooper was 5 months old! I look at him now & wonder where my baby is!? Cooper now has 2 teeth and is sitting up by himself. I feel like before we know it...he will be crawling...and then walking! Yikes!!

We thought we'd do this month's picture in his Halloween costume. Cooper makes for one chunky monkey! And the costume appears to add an extra 10 lbs. with it's round belly!

Cooper is still trying to get the food thing down. He's tried all the veggies & now we've moved on to fruits. I think his fav food so far has been sweet potatoes!


Daddy has already turned Cooper into a Bengals fan. This doesn't go over well in Browns country!


Cooper loves the Baby Bjorn so we use it a lot to tote him around. I love this expression on his face! Could his eyes be any bigger!?

Best Friends!

While it took Milo some time getting used to having Cooper around & not being the center of attention, I think he has finally adjusted. It's good timing too since Cooper has really just discovered Milo in the past few weeks & loves to interact with him. They are now best of buddies & seem to have so much fun together! Cooper loves to laugh & smile when he sees Milo. He constantly tries to reach out to pet Milo too. It's so cute!

I know Milo loves Cooper too because when he isn't around...I find Milo doing things like sitting on Cooper's pillow or lounging on his blanket waiting for Cooper to return! ;)

Little Buckeyes

Last weekend during the Ohio State game Cooper got to meet all the new little ladies that have joined our neighborhood. There are 3 of them! And they all arrived within 3 days of each other!!

First we have the twins who live 2 houses over from us. Ava & Kara are such little peanuts! Cooper looks enormous next to them. You can't tell from the pictures below, but one had O-H on her onesie and the other had I-O. Too cute! They were sleeping so we didn't want to disturb them. Congrats again to Geoff & Emily on their adorable baby girls!

I'm holding Kara here. It was so weird for me to hold a baby this small seeing Cooper weighed a few more lbs. at birth. That few lbs. makes a huge difference! The girls legs are soooo long & skinny, but so perfect for little ladies!

Cooper also got to meet Natalie, who lives across the street. She was born 3 days after the twins to proud parents Ryan (aka The Governor) and his 1st Lady, Kim. Congrats again to them! We need to get some closer shots of sweet baby Natalie, but from the one below you can see Kim & Natalie are in the middle and Emily & the twins are on the left.

Go Bucks!

4 Months Old!

As of September 5, Cooper was 4 months old! Where does the time go!? We visited the pediatrician again this past Monday and she said we definitely have a BIG boy on our hands. The good news is that he is a healthy boy!

Cooper now weighs 16 lbs. 9 oz, which keeps him in the 90th percentile for weight. As for height, he is now 25 3/4", which keeps him in the 75th percentile. Those are some nice stats for our future linebacker!

Because Cooper is so BIG, our pediatrician told us that he is definitely ready for food...like yesterday! Therefore, we introduced him to rice cereal & oatmeal this past week. He's still not quite sure what to think about eating from a spoon, but is starting to figure it out...

This was the 1st time we fed him a very liquid version of rice cereal...

Cooper has had lots of other "firsts" over the past week or so too. Dutch put together Cooper's jumperoo from Uncle Rusty & Aunt Chelsie so he tested it out for the 1st time and has been playing in it quite a bit. He is still a bit overwhelmed by all the toys & hasn't quite figured out how to turn around in it (since his feet don't touch the floor yet), but he'll eventually get there. We had to laugh that the first few times Cooper used it he was more fascinated with the springs that are covered in red fabric than any of the fun toys that light up & make noise. Go figure!

Cooper also discovered his toes this past week. Now he likes to constantly grab them and stare at them! It's a game to see how long it takes him to pull off his socks. I'm sure it won't take him long to figure out how to put his toes in his mouth! He's actually tried, but his big belly gets in the way. They won't reach to his mouth quite yet! It is definitely entertaining to watch him do it. He's starting to take after his daddy too! Just watch & you'll all see why...

Mommy's Princess

I sure jinxed us last week! Dutch & I were discussing how well things have been going with Cooper's sitter Amy. He seems to always be smiling when we drop him off & when we pick him up. He seems to love the other kids that Amy sits too. Such a relief! I made the mistake though of also commenting on how Cooper has come home in the same clothes every day. This surprised me seeing I know how frequently Cooper has a "blowout", which typically requires a change of clothes. I thought maybe Amy had some secret to putting Cooper's diaper on to prevent the leakage!?

That proved not to be the case seeing the very next day Cooper came home in a spare set of clothes! The bad thing is that night I forgot to replace that set of spare clothes in Cooper's diaper bag. I typically keep 2 in there. And the very next day...he had 2 blowouts! Amy only had one set of spare clothes so she got desperate after the 2nd incident. All of her own kids are older so it's not like she has a lot of extra baby clothes around her house. However, she managed to find a t-shirt that got left from a kid she used to babysit. The entertaining part is that it was a little girl's t-shirt. And what did it say on it....

MOMMY'S PRINCESS!

To say the least, Dutch & I got a good laugh out of it when Cooper came home. He was just wearing his diaper & the t-shirt. He was all smiles too. So oblivious to what his shirt said! At least it wasn't pink! And as you would all imagine, Dutch was sure to quickly change him once we got him out of his car seat. And Cooper now has 3 spare sets of clothes in his diaper bag. Just in case! ;)

Crazy "Maine"iacs!

My Uncle Lou & Aunt Kathy from Maine came for a visit a few weeks ago. They were super excited to meet Cooper...and Cooper was just as excited to meet them! We hope Cooper gets to meet my cousins Missy & Amy soon too. We were sad that they weren't able to make this trip to Ohio! :(

Cooper also got to meet my cousin Gary's little boy Luke. He is 7 months old & just started crawling! Watch out...

Dutch w/ Cooper & Gary w/ Luke. Proud daddies!