Our little cruiser

(please note this is post #2 today - scroll down and check out post #1!!)


So Cooper is quite the cruiser and has been for quite some time. He's been pulling himself up since he was around 7 months and has wanted to walk ever since. Well, then mommy was mean and made him crawl. He discovered how quick he could get around that way, so walking went to the back burner for a while. He started at 10 months taking 2 steps here, 5 steps there, on a roll for 4 days, on a strike for a week. Really hit or miss. Even today he was on a no-walking strike. Then daddy came home and it was walk-walk-walk-walk-walk everywhere and show off and get lots of lovin' and attention. (not that he's lacking...) Anyways, here is a super cute clip we captured of our little guy getting ready for takeoff!!! Enjoy!

The peach thief

I took the plunge today and took on a half bushel of peaches to freeze and make jam! (Thanks Mom & Kim for the motivation) Of course, Cooper was under my feet most of the time. (when he wasn't napping...)

"Aww Mom why can't I have one?" How can I resist those eyes?! They melt me.


Ok, maybe she won't stop me if I take just one...


Victory is mine!!! (He was licking it - haha!)


And after he was done holding it, he decided it was to be used as a bouncy ball. Simple entertainment my friends. Love it!

And we keep going and going...

Seriously - sometimes I feel like the energizer bunny family... we just keep going and going and going...

I finally got a night tonight where I put everything off (95% of that because of an on-coming migraine, but still.) and it was so nice! Here is a recap of what our lives have been like at home when we've not been running everywhere all the time!

Cooper. Man, this guy wants to walk SO BADLY! He's been taking 3 - 4 steps at a time depending on his mood. After he face-planted a good one a few days ago, he was anti-walking until today when he decided to walk 4 steps for mommy!


He has discovered the joy of my kitchen cabinets!


This was sweet. Today all of the sudden the house was silent - that normally worries me. The dogs were outside and when I looked out the front door, this is what I saw! Daddy & Cooper were waving to all the cars driving by and playing in the grass!


Cooper LOVES his baths and he LOVES to get his teeth (he's got 2!) brushed. He got a bath tonight and daddy had him in the sink so he could laugh at himself in his oh-so-cool towel and brush his teeth! It was really super cute. A little later the little booger escaped after he shed the towel and before the diaper was on! It was naked baby on the loose with mommy chasing him with a camera! That, my friends, is another post. :)


On another note - OUR DECK IS FINISHED!!! My hubby rocks. He is now a staining machine and it working hard to make this project look perfect. Here it is... pre-stained.

This is what we started with...

Good job honey! I'm so proud of you and your handiness around the house!

Ok, Ok. I won't let it be TOO revealing, but since you asked (you did, right?) here is the runaway naked baby!!!

Weekend adventures

This weekend, we got to go on lots of adventures!

Saturday morning, zooming around in his Batman pajamas with the mandatory cape of course! The cape lasted 2 minutes before he ripped it off! hah!


At the Farmer's Market with grandma... Cooper met Froggy! The radio station was out there for some events and he was dancing through the halls and Cooper was a little intrigued! All he wanted to do was point at him and try to poke the frog's face!

Like every other day, this little guy just wants to WALK! Gma Sarah got this fun new toy and the first thing he did was push it (100mph) around the house. Too funny! I'll have to post the video later (or maybe on Facebook, check there too!)

Matt wanted to try his hand at fly-fishing. Here is dad showing him how it's done!... and Matt showing me how big the fish are that dad's been catching!

Matt fly-fishing! I thought this was a pretty cool shot.

And to top it all off... Cooper got to help drive the gator with Gma! He made motorboat sounds the whole time! Too funny.

Ok... here are a few shots from Sunday too.

Faux hawk!!!

"OK Mom, really. STOP taking pictures!!!"


Hope everyone had a great weekend too!