Coop and Me

Monday, June 13, 2011

The Cooper Adventures

Daddy was in town this week and he took Cooper and I on some fun adventures!

First we visited the new house in Golden! Then Steven Busch joined us on our way up to Colorado Springs where we met the VanArkel's!!!! (they were in town for a coaches conference and to run the Garden of the Gods 10 mile!) When we arrived we took Matt VanArkel with us to Garden of the Gods where we walked around the park, watched the mountain climbers, did a little climbing ourselves and took some pictures! After that Steven had been dying to go to a place called "The Incline" which is an old train track that goes straight up the mountain for 1 mile, Matt and I only made it so far before turning around and heading back down...BUT Andy, and Steven carrying Cooper in the Baby Bijorn made it all the way to the top and back down the 2 mile trail!!! Crazy boys! (Cooper took a little nap on the way up!) After the hike we meet Coach and Jo for some dinner before heading back home!!

Other than that Cooper has been a mad man, he has been crawling now for about a week and I am already finding him all over the place, like the dog kennel, eating dirt, and sitting in the bathroom?! Crazy kid! He is also entertained by the most mundane of things such as paper, magazines, boxes, and spoons! He could play all day with silly things but his best friend is Winston who he follows around all day, and Cooper is so fascinated by all of Winston's toy of course!

Andy, Cooper and I at Garden of the Gods

Gettin a little rock climbing in

Best Smile!

Cooper asleep at the top of "The Incline"

Cooper and Mommy under the balancing rock!

Cooper and Daddy!

Cooper and Steven headed up "The Incline"!

Matt, Steven, Andy, and Cooper

Steven and Andy rock climbing!

Cooper and Mommy

Garden of the Gods

Where's Cooper? In the kennel with Winston!

Where's Cooper? In that box!

Peek-A-Boo!

Ridin his car!

Vroom vroom!

Friday, June 3, 2011

Memorial Day Weekend and the Pool!

Memorial Day weekend Cooper got some special visitors! Grammy and Grandpa came to town! They recently purchased a house in Golden where Andy will be attending school next year and they came out the check out the house. Cooper got to hangout with them for the weekend and they were able to see the house and take a gander around Golden. The weather was so nice that Cooper got to hangout in the yard all weekend and he loved playing in the grass and in his swing!

The weather kept up all week and Cooper and I have been able to make it to the pool a couple days as well! I did not know how he would like his first pool experiance but he ended up loving the water! He didnt cry and he even kicked his legs as though he was swimming! He spent a couple hours in the pool monday and I think he would have stayed in longer if I didnt get him out! We went again yesterday but it was a little bit cool due to the wind so we did not last as long! Cooper is definitely a little fishy and he loves to play with his friends Sasha and Peanut!

Playin cars with Grandpa

Cooper and Grammy

Checkin out the backyard

asleep in the swing

Playin in the grass

crawlin around

Grammy, Grandpa and Cooper

Hmm, whats this stuff?

Smiles

Cooper and his parrot

Vroom Vroom!

So much fun!

Cooper loves swimming!

Cooper and Sasha

Cooper and Mama

FUN!

Cooper and Peanut

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Cooper's 9 Month Check UP!

Stats
Weight 20lbs 0.5oz 43%
Height 27 3/4 inches 34%
Head 45.5cm 57%

Cooper is pretty average in all of his stats! He is developing great and doesn't have to go for another check up until his first birthday!! All is good!

Monday, May 16, 2011

Drury Graduation 2011

Cooper has his first road trip, and he was quite the superstar! He got a little fussy on the way out and had had enough of the car seat but he did really well. When we got into Springfield it was very late and Cooper wanted to play so Grandpa took him and played with him until he fell asleep. The next day we drove to Drury and met all the girls and the guys as well. Later that day there was a "meet Cooper party" at Andy's apartment and LOTS of people came to meet him, Cooper did so well and went to visit everyone!! He was quite the hit!

The next day was graduation, we ate with Andy and his family and then headed over to the new gym at Drury, it was a great ceremony and Cooper fell asleep at the very end. We took pictures and hung out and then all went out for dinner with all the friends and families. The next morning it was time to hit the road again, Cooper did really well on the way home, he slept a lot, and he played and ate. We got home and he went straight to sleep.

A lot of people were so happy to get the chance to meet him this weekend and we were very glad to have been able to make it out there! Our next adventure is to St. Louis for Aunt Diana's wedding, we are looking forward to that a lot! We will also be joining Andy's family at Lake of the Ozarks for the week!