2014 happenings

We cannot believe our big boy is already 9 months old; where has the time gone?  Cooper is getting so big and changing every day.  He is crawling everywhere, pulling himself up on anything in sight (the couch, playhouse, chairs, high chair, ottoman, you name it).  In other big news, this big boy popped his first tooth last Friday and said "dada" for the first time; daddy is pretty pleased with himself!  We are continuing our Little Gym classes every week and just started a music class about a month ago, so both sides of Cooper's brain gets a good workout.

The past month has been pretty fun with visits from Pops, Grammy and daddy's good friend Nik.

Silly pops!

Watch out, he is on the move crawling everywhere these days.

Sometimes this boy even escapes before he even has clothes on.

 

Pulling himself up on everything and anything.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Waiting for Grammy to come visit.

 

 

 

Mom's favorite laundry helper.

 

Avocado is my favorite!

 

After avocado comes bath.

 

 

Cooper's at Little Gym during his favorite part..bubble time!

 

 

Daddy's friend Nik came for a visit and Cooper sure did like to play with him.  They played with Coop's cars, trucks and flew around the house.  We can't wait for him to come back.

 

 

All that blogging was exhausting..good thing I had my Starbucks today. 

 

Bye and Happy Valentine's day from this heartbreaker.

The holiday's have come and gone.

I know, I know, I have really been slacking on this blog thing lately.  No excuses, I tell you!  Anyway, we have been having so much fun this holiday season and sure do love watching our sweet little boy experiencing the joy of Thanksgiving and Christmas for the first time.  We were so lucky to be able to spend both of the holiday's with family; Thanksgiving with Dave and Amanda and Christmas with the Cooper's in Oregon.  We even made a quick side trip to Corvallis to meet some of Coop's new friends and Seattle to the Toppenberg house.

Cooper's first Thanksgiving, he was pretty impressed.

 

 

Thanks Amanda and Dave for my Super Awesome turkey bib.

Uncle Dave with his Turkey, he was pretty proud! 

 

Because the Kent family was heading to Oregon early this year, we decided to get our Christmas tree the day after Christmas this year.

 

 

Grammy did it again, she sent Cooper this awesome Christmas tree hat; he wore it every day out and about.

 

 

Cooper had so much fun in Oregon visiting his grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

 

Cooper with his Mamaw and Gramps, such a happy guy.

 

Cooper with Auntie B and Tyson, he loved all of the lights at the Gardens.

 

Playing guitar with Mamaw.

 

Mamaw bought Cooper and his cousin Drew these great Santa suits for our Christmas Eve gathering; they were pretty cute.

 

Cooper's first rocking horse from his great Aunt Jeannie and Uncle Mark, it even makes noise.

Yum yum, Christmas dinner.

Cooper and his Great aunt Jeannie, he sure loves her.

He must have been a good boy this year, Santa brought Cooper this amazing castle for Christmas, he just loves to explore his new toy.

 

 

Cooper and Gramps cuddling on Christmas Eve.

 

We even got to visit with Great Grandpa Kent in Bandon during our trip.

 

Homeward Bound

 

Mommy's two best friends, Sarah and Ashley happen to both have babies really close in age to Cooper, Kai is 15 days older and Scarlett is 3 months younger.  It is pretty amazing how three girls who have grown up together since the first grade has their first babies to close together.

 

Here is a picture of Shannon, Sarah and Ashley at each of their weddings and then with their sweet babies.

 

 

Cooper and Kai meeting for the first time, safe to say they will be lifelong friends. 

 

The ladies and their babies. 

Whose baby is whose?

 

On our way home, we headed north to Seattle to see the Toppenberg family for a few days before heading back to Salt Lake City, but there was a little cold bug that was going through the house when we arrived, so we cut our trip short.  But there was some good snuggle time between cousin Reilly and Cooper.

 

 

 

Happy New Year Everyone!!!