What have we been up to?

Cooper wanted to tell you all about what's he's been up to the last two months...

I decided its time I act like a big boy now and I taught myself how to stand up in my crib. Now I'm moving around on all the furniture and think I'll probably be walking on my own very soon! Here I am swinging at the park. I do lots and lots of swinging, it is one of my very favorite things to do.I played some bballand I learned how to ride my truck around all by myselfI get to face forward in the car now, hello big wide world! Where have you been all my life?I celebrated Dad's day at my very first Triple X rootbeer car showDaddy even taught me how to drive, look no hands!!I made a new friend named Evie, I have been so busy playing, but I even made time to grow some new chompers. I have six teeth now! I went to a parade and celebrated Independance day! Mommy and Daddy said I was only two weeks old at my last 4th of July parade, and now I'm a big boy!I have decided I definitely DO NOT LIKE PEAS!
Mommy made me play dress up...I think she might be confused though, she know's I'm a boy right?

This is me and dad on my very first ferry boat ride ever! We went to Bremerton to visit Maggie and Jason!This is me playing in the water at Forest park in Everett. I also got to pet lots of animals at the petting zoo there.Whew, I've been busy this summer, and there's still a whole month left of summertime! I'll try to make sure mom doesn't wait so long next time to update on my adventures!

Cooper

Cooper's Birthday party

So we're playing a bit of catch up here, its been a busy few months in the Anderson household. Here are a few pictures of Cooper's birthday party. We had a pool party with friends and family. Cooper loved being able to dig in and smash his cake, and he loved all the new toys!

A few on on his "real" bday at home with mommy and daddy...not too sure about this fiery cupcake : )

Happy Birthday Sweet Boy!

We can't believe it has already been a whole year since Cooper came into our world! We love you monkey boy! We are so proud of you, and we can't wait to see what adventures are in store for year 2!

Swinging

Cooper LOVES to swing, and we took a video of him swinging a few weeks ago. I've never posted video on the blog, so I thought this would be a good excuse to try it out : ) I apologize for the part with the sideways view ; )

Pound puppy

So our dog Tucker has been really lonely and has been acting out since little Sophie (our pomeranian) passed away. He seems to really miss having a companion during the day. He's been very withdrawn and sad, and he's also been acting out and peeing in places he's not supposed to : ) Call it stupidity, or a moment of weakness, or just plain crazy...Nick went to the pound one day (about a month ago) and found Tucker a new friend. Not the smartest choice, since we still live in a two bedroom condo, and we need another animal like a hole in the head. However, Tucker loves him, and his behavior and personality have actually returned to normal. His name is Charlie, and he is some sort of Austrailian Shepard mix. The vet thought he was about a year and a half. He's wonderful with Cooper, very gentle and sweet. He's a well trained, mellow dog, we got very lucky! So, anyway, here's our Charlie boy : )

11 months old

Cooper turned 11 months old on May 14. Time is just zooming by, and our little baby boy is really not much of a baby anymore. He is very much a little boy, and we continue to enjoy watching his little personality develop. We can't believe we'll be celebrating his first birthday in less than a month. These are some things Cooper is doing right now:

Cooper learned to give kisses the other day. This is about the sweetest thing I could have imagined, he's so pleased with himself every time he does it too, it really melts your heart. He's still just doing the army crawl, he seems to be just fine with that, since he gets around pretty well. He has started doing a lot of mimicking, he loves to watch facial expressions, or hear sounds and try to repeat them. We think his first "official" word is dada, though its still kind of hit or miss whether he actually uses it to mean daddy, but it seems to be his favorite word/sound right now. He is cruising around on furniture, and races around the house in his walker. He loves books with flaps or something on the page that he can manipulate, and he has to turn all the pages himself. He also loves books with real pictures of babies or other children. He's starting to enjoy playing a little more independantly, figuring out how toys work on his own and whatnot, though he still likes to know that mom or dad are closeby. He's decided he doesn't much like many solid vegetables. He'll eat pureed green beans all day, but put whole ones on his tray and he'll feed them to the dog, I think its a texture thing. Oh and yes, he's totally figured out he can just hang his little hand out over his tray and give his food to the dog, another trick he's quite proud of himself over. Okay, well I could probably go on for days on all the little things he's learning and doing right now, but I'll stop myself there. I think these are a few fun ones to remember. Overall, Cooper is a really happy, curious, and funny little 11 month old. A few pictures of our big boy:

First Mother's Day!

It was a very special day for me, getting to celebrate being a mama! Nick and Cooper gave me a card and Nick had one of our family pictures framed for me, and also made a little shadow box frame with Cooper's footprints, very sweet! Then we packed up and went out to Caffe Ladro (my favorite little coffee place is Issaquah) for breakfast and a mocha, and then we headed out to the zoo. It was a beautiful day, and lots of fun checking out all the animals with Cooper. Here are a few pictures of our day.


Checking out the CheetahLooking at the penguins in the new penguin exhibitCooper and Daddy with the GorillasHaving some lunch in the zoo garden

First Easter

We spent Cooper's very first Easter in Maui. It was a beautiful day, and we had a great time! We got up early and gave Coop his Easter basket, and then our condo had a little Easter egg hunt out on the lawn. Then we went the Fairmont Kea Lani hotel (where we stayed on our honeymoon) and had Easter brunch. After that we took Cooper back to our room for a much needed nap. After Coop woke up we played at the beach for awhile. Then that evening we went out to the other side of the island, to Lahaina for dinner. It was a great first Easter with our little man.

A few pics:

Checking out his Easter basket

Easter brunch, such a goofballCooper and Daddy at the fairmont Dinner in LahainaView from our table at dinner