Cooper Rolls Over

Cooper bracelet

Looking precious in my swing!

Playing with my cousin Ethan

Tomorrow will be the first time I leave Cooper for 4 days :( I've already cried about it once so I can only imagine what I will be like tomorrow! But he is in good hands, He has Grandma and Pepa to play with and I'm sure they will all have a blast! He is also getting babysat by the Hernandez family Saturday while my parents go to a Christmas party! I will be in Springfield, MO for a wedding and graduation!

Next week is Christmas and we are all geared up! Cooper's Daddy will be here and we will have a pretty traditional day, morning present opening, and afternoon and dinner at my Grandparents. After Christmas we head out to St. Louis to visit Andy's family for the holidays. We are looking forward to the next couple weeks even tho they will be crazy busy!

We have been practicing rolling over and Cooper has rolled a couple times from his tummy to his back! He has also started YELLING! and instead of talking now he just yells (its pretty cute) even the girls at my dads physical therapy were missing him so we went and visited while Pepa exercised and at the office he greeted everyone who came in with a AHHHH!!!

Here are some videos of Cooper rolling and of him playing with his favorite monkey!

Coopers 1st Thanksgiving!

Cooper and Grammy

Cooper and Uncle Kevin

Cooper Sleeping with Auntie Diana

Cooper at Thanksgiving Dinner!

Cooper and Santa!

Cooper had a wonderful 1st Thanksgiving...his daddy came in Wednesday and spent Thanksgiving with us!Cooper had a little taste of cranberries, sweet potatos and whip cream! He has also started eating rice cereal and sleeping through the night!! (Mommy LOVES a full night of sleep!) And then Saturday Grammy, Auntie Diana, and Uncle Kevin came to visit! We had a lot of fun and everyone was able to enjoy Cooper and all of his new tricks!

Andy and I opened a savings account for Coop, and Grandma and Grandpa Shigeno got to babysit Friday night while Andy and I went out with Steven, Jaime and Steven friends! It was a great break for mommy and Grandpa and Grandma got to spend some time with their grandsons! Ethan came to visit for a while and he got to love on Cooper as well! Saturday we took Cooper and Ethan to see Santa and get Coopers first Santa picture taken! Today Grammy and Uncle Kevin got to babysit while I picked up Grandpa Jeff from work!

Over all it was a great weekend...next Mommy gets to visit Springfield and leave Cooper with Grandma and Grandpa for 4 days and then after that Andy will be out for Xmas, then Cooper, Andy and I travel to St. Louis and to Illinois for Christmas on the Farm with Andys grandparents and family, then we all travel back to Denver for New Years where we have a big Japanese feast at Grandma Greats!

Check out the picture website at the top of the blog for many more pictures from the weekend!

Cooper Giggles and LOOOVES kisses!!

The Holiday Season

Cooper in his adorable raccoon outfit and hat!

Tummy Time!

We are trying to get him use to a hat for the cold Colorado winter!

Cooper loves to hold, grab and play with toys

Especially his monkey!

Cooper has been battling with his poor little left eye. I have taken him to the doctor twice for it and they have given us two different eye drops that dont seem to be helping, his eye gets swollen, it fills up with green/yellow goop and I have to constantly clean it out! He has another appointment today with the doctors and hopefully they can figure out what it is and take care of it. (I will write an update after his appointment.)

Other than that Cooper is doing great, he is such a joy and so much fun to play with. Grandpa Jeff is home from knee replacement surgery and I am sure Cooper enjoys having someone other than Mom to play with during the day!

We are looking forward to the holiday season, although it will be very busy. For Thanksgiving Andy, Grammy, Auntie Diana, and Uncle Kevin are coming to visit and meet Cooper. Early December I am flying to Springfield, MO for a friends wedding and a friends Graduation for 4 days. I will be leaving Cooper with my parents and I am nervous to be away from him for so long, but I am looking forward to my trip. Andy will be here for Christmas to help us celebrate Cooper's first Christmas and then after that Cooper, Andy and I will be flying to St. Louis to visit Andy's family for the holidays! THEN...Cooper, Andy and I will be flying back to Denver for New Years which is a big holiday for my family! So it will be an exciting couple of weeks with Coop's first X-mas and first flight!

7 AM wake up call!

Its 7am...typical wake up time, and I am ready for my day to begin! Like always I love to start off talking, kicking and wiggling in Mama's bed! once I wear myself out I eat a bottle! Then I usually fall asleep for a short nap. After that its wake up and play time! I love to play on my play mat where I can once again talk, kick, and wiggle!!

HaPpY HaLlOwEeN!

My first Halloween as a Chunky Monkey! I was extra squishy an super adorable!!

Grandpa Jeff had a Halloween party at his office and on Halloween we went to Great Grandma's house for chili, and to Auntie Grandma Salina's, we also made our special trick-or-treating stop at Neighbor Joe and Judith's!

Fall Break

Cooper's 2 Month Stats

Weight: 13 lbs 5.5oz 84%
Height: 23 1/2 inches 69%
Head: 40.2 cm 53%



Cooper had a most wonderful weekend! His Daddy got to spend his fall break in Denver with Cooper! Andy was able to go with us to Cooper's 2 month check up where Doctor Mike said all was well and Cooper looked great! Cooper also got his first set of shots, the shots themselves we not that bad but later that evening Cooper was upset and fussy from a sore leg :( But he got a great Dads weekend in where his daddy got to feed him, talk to him, and even give him a bath! And he got spoiled once again because his daddy held him all weekend long! It was a great weekend and I know both Cooper and Andy enjoyed it! Next visit is after Thanksgiving and Coopers Grammy, Uncle, and Auntie will be here as well!

Cooper is becoming more and more vocal, finding his voice and realizing all the fun noises he can make! He is constantly making me smile and laugh with all of his expressions! He has also discovered his hands and has them constantly in his mouth, he hasn't quite gotten the fingers in but he likes to suck on his pointer knuckle!

the many faces of Cooper!

Happy 8 weeks to meee!! Cooper turned 8 weeks old on Thursday and hes of course becoming more and more fun! We noticed his eyes may be getting a little green in them and his hair definitely has a little wave to it and it a dark auburn color! He is full of smiles and goos! Grandpa Jeff has been able to babysit while Mama escapes for a little while, but I don't like being away from him for long!

Cooper's cousin Ethan came to visit this weekend and boy does Ethan like Cooper, he gave him lots of hugs and loved to touch him! He even told me "i like his toes, the little one especially!"

Cooper's 2 month appointment is this Friday and his daddy, Andy, comes to town on Thursday so we are very excited to show him all the fun things we can do now!!

well turn up your volume and watch this little clip I got of Cooper chatting with Mommy this morning! and ENJOY!!!

Rock me to sleep!

We are so excited because we bought a great old school rocking chair from the Paris Market this weekend! Cooper and I love to rock in it and fall asleep, and it is sooo comfy!! Now that he is sleeping in his big boy bed he sleeps for longer amounts of time, he is only waking up twice at night and is sleeping for 3-6 hour stretches (mommy likes having longer amounts of time to sleep too!) Uncle Kendall has held him twice now...LAME! But we think hes becoming less scared and maybe he will hold him more often now?! He has also started to sit in his little Bumbo chair and he really likes it too! Every morning we get lots of smiles and he is talking lots! He makes all kinds of fun little sounds!! Everyday is a new adventure for us and we are havin a blast!!

Gaining my Personality!

Cooper is changing more and more each day...he has started to smile while hes awake and he is gaining his own little personality! Here are a few pictures of him being adorable and goofy!

He has also graduated from his cradle in Mommy's room to the crib in his own room!
Its amazing how fast hes changed, he goes to the doctor in another couple weeks and I am so excited to see how much he weights and how long he is! Also, Daddy will be here for his doctors visit so that will be exciting!!

On a Mommy note, I have officially started running again! I am on an every other day jogging routine and it feel amazing to be running again, cant wait to get that pre-pregnancy body back!

Happy One Month Birthday!!!

Cooper is one month old today! My how time flies! Hes growing like a weed, hes even getting a bit heavy for mommy to carry! :) He has definitely grown out of newborn and even some of his 0-3 months clothes...so we are moving to 3 month and 3-9 months! WOW!

He has become more and more active, but he still spends the majority of his time sleeping! When hes awake he is trying so hard to talk and make noises and he is so strong, he plays fly baby with Pepa Jeff and he holds his head so well! Mommy even thinks hes gonna skip crawling and go straight to walking! Hes still cuddly as ever and would rather sleep in arms than in a bed or swing! (or maybe we just have him that spoiled?!) oh well you cant spoil a little boy enough!

My Labor Day Weekend!

Cooper's First Bath!

Kendall holding Cooper for the first time!

Grandma, Grandpa and Dad came to visit!

Daddy and I fell asleep together!

Cooper is so blessed to have an amazing family, no matter the circumstances! This labor day weekend Cooper's Dad, Grandma, and Grandpa came out to visit from St. Louis! It was his first time meeting Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Richard and he is so excited to meet his Aunt and Uncle too!! He had a great weekend where he got spoiled and held almost 24 7! :)

Cooper also got to take his first real bath this weekend! His umbilical cord finally fell off and we were able to put him in his tubby! I was worried he was not going to like it but he loved it, not a single cry! He did however pee twice when we put him in the water! I also was able to coax Uncle Kendall into finally holding the little guy! (he was sitting on the couch with his arms crossed so I just plopped him in his arms, he had no choice!)

All in all life is good for the Coop man! He is extremely blessed, loved and spoiled...what more could a baby ask for??

9lbs and GROWING!!!!

Cooper visited Dr. Mike yesterday! Hes doing great, hes sooo strong and very healthy, he already weighs 9lbs 2oz!!! He has been on a pretty good schedule eating every 3-4 hours! Today we went for a long walk and he really loves the stroller, he cooed the whole way and every time I checked on him he had a huge smile on his face!!!

I wish I could put more pictures on the blog but my mom and I have taken so many that there is not enough room! So instead I have another website for you all to visit where you can all see ALL the pictures of Cooper!

http://s721.photobucket.com/albums/ww212/kim_shigeno88/Cooper/

hopefully I will be able to fit all of his pictures on this website for you all to see!

One Week!

My first photoshoot with Grandma!

My favorite spot, cuddlin with Mama!

Cuddlin some more!

In my swing from the Chickas! I love it!

Hello everyone, Cooper here! I thought I would update you on all the fun stuff I've done in my first week of life! I of course get to sleep, eat, and get changed with Mommy...but we also like to cuddle, read and practice our running legs! I get to play and take baths with Grammy Josie and shes loved on me allll week! I've even already posed for my first photoshoot! When Pepa Jeff gets home we get to play and I love to kick and smile with him! :) I have also had lots of fun visitors this week! Grandma Auntie Salina and Tia Sasha have come to say hi and "squish me" and neighbor Rileigh and Christy have come to say hi too! Just one week old and I've got it pretty good! I sure am one loved little man!!

Life is GOOD!

Perfection!

A new little man has entered the world! And I may be a bit bias but hes perfect! he entered this world on August 19th, 2010 at 12:23pm...he weighted a whopping 8lbs and was 20 inches long with a 13 inch round head!

That night I never really fell asleep, around 2:00AM I started feeling contractions but they were light, long and not very frequent. My mom woke up and checked on me and told me if I was it was ok, it would be a while and I should try and fall back asleep...and so I did...around 5:45 I woke up mom and dad and told them "they are getting really strong" so mom got in the shower and dad sat with me while we timed my contractions...when mom got out of the shower dad said "umm they are like a minute apart" and so mom rushed to get ready and we headed to Littleton Hospital! we arrived at 6:30. When we got to the room the nurse hooked me up to the monitors and said we are gonna monitor you and maybe have you walk around a little...when she left mom and dad watched my contractions on the monitor and said wow they are strong and close!? another nurse came in and asked if I had been checked, she checked me and said "wow your dialated to 7 cm, we need to get you that epidural!" we got the epidural and then I stayed dialated at 8cm for a while so they added petosin to my iv to push me over! I pushed for about 30 mins and Dr. Abman came in and delivered Cooper!

The past few days have been fun and amazing! We have had many visitors and we are getting use to this new and exciting world! We are now working on getting on a schedule (we might have day and night a little backwords because we are eating every 2 hours at night and sleeping for 3 or more hour stretches during the day!)

Guessing Game

Alright everyone has a guess in mind when Cooper will arrive...I think it will be fun to see who gets the closest....post a comment on this blog post with your name, date and time guess and we will see who gets the closest! remember my due date is this friday, August 20th!

Waiting is hard to do!

Anxious is an understatement when it comes to this little guy! Its only 8 days away and I (and I think everyone else) am so ready to meet Cooper! Last time I asked the doctor she said he probably weighed 6 1/2 lbs! *hopefully he doesn't get much bigger! yikes! Mondays doctors appointment went well, she said that I could go into labor anytime now...how crazy! I am getting less nervous and more excited, which is probably a good thing...the only thing I keep worrying about is not know what contractions feel like, but mom has assured me that I will know when its happening!

We cant wait to hold, squeeze and shower this little bundle of joy with love! All of the bags are packed and everything is ready to go, hopefully when it happens I will be able to blog about it soon after...and get some pictures up asap! I know everyone will be so excited to see him! (but not as excited as me :)

Anyday now!
I'll keep you updated!

Cooper says thanks everyone!

Thank you Grandma and Peepa for the awesome running stroller!!
Thank you everyone for the crib gear, sheets, toys and blankets!
Thank you everyone for the lotions, diapers, wipes, and other toiletries!!
And lastly thank you for all of the wonderful clothes, I will be clothed until I'm wearing 6-9 months! I also will have diapers for quite sometime as well!!!

THANK YOU my room is full and ready, now all we need is ME!!!

King of the Jungle Baby Shower!

I think Cooper and I got everything we needed so far! Here are some of the great pictures we got at the shower!

I want to thank everyone who came to the shower! It was really great and we got everything we needed and more! We had so much fun and i'm glad my whole family could be here! We played alot of fun games including draw the baby on your head, whos water breaks first, measure the belly and had a great diaper raffle! (Thank you everyone for all of the diapers, we should be set for a while now!!)

I would definitely like the thank my mom, Salina, Sasha, and Mary! They put together a great party and were awesome hostesses! All in all it was a successful baby shower!

We cant wait to meet the little monkey! Its coming so soon! I'll keep you all posted! :)

THANK YOU AGAIN! <3>