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

Maui Trip ~ April 2009

We went on our first vacation since having Cooper in April. It was wonderful, and surprisingly relaxing even with a 10 month old in tow! We went to Maui, and one of my best friends Hilary came on the trip with us, so we had a built in babysitter : ) We stayed in a condo in Kihei, which was a great find. It had a nice pool, and was oceanfront with a beautiful sandy beach. It was so nice to get away and play! The flights were a little long with Cooper, but overall he was a trooper! Cooper seemed to love it there, he could be barefoot and practically naked all the time. What more could a baby want? : )



We got to introduce Cooper to the ocean, though I think he enjoyed the pool more. We also went whale watching and saw tons of whales, which was very cool. They also seemed to hang out right off the beach outside our condo, so we watched them splashing around everyday. We went hiking a bit, and explored the island, and also played a lot at the pool/beach. Hilary and I tried paddle surfing, very hard, but so fun! Cooper got to see where mommy and daddy got married, and we also took him to the Old Lahaina Luau where we had our wedding reception. We also spent Cooper's first Easter in Maui, so that was pretty special ( more on that later) It was great trip, and as always, hard to come home. I took A LOT of pictures, (like A TON, as in 300+), so it was hard for me to narrow down just a few, but here are some of our favorites.



View from our roomPlaying at the poolWhale taleAt the Maui Tropical PlantationMe paddle surfing, I actually got up!!Our little surfer boy : )Coop and mama at the Old Lahaina LuauPretty Lahaina sunsetwatching the showFirst Easter!Visiting our wedding siteCooper at the beach house where mom and dad got married

First Haircut

So I'm playing catch up for the last few months, and this actually happened at the end of March, so bear with me : )

We finally had to take Cooper to get his first haircut. Mommy was a little stressed about this. For some reason I feel very sentimental about his hair...go figure? Its just hair right? Anyway, I'd been putting it off repeatedly, until finally one day Cooper actually put a scratch on his own ear (because the hair was growing so long down over his ears) I decided it was time. So, Nick and I took him down to a little kids cut place down in Issaquah. Cooper wasn't too sure what was going on, he kept turning his head try to see the hairstylist, so I don't think it turned out very even, but oh well.

Here are a few pictures:


BEFORE ~long and shaggy

AFTER~so handsome

New Pictures and Nine Month Stats ~ A little late

so I wrote this post back in March when Cooper was 9mos, but never posted it, I'm not sure why? I decided I'd post it now even though Cooper is now 11mos. I'll try to catch up on what we've been up to soon. Just have to find the time : )

Cooper had his nine month checkup on Monday and these are his current stats:

22lbs 6.5oz ~ 80%

29 inches ~ 75%

Since his 6mos check he gained almost 3lbs, and grew 1 and 1/4 inches

Our doctor says he is healthy and right on track, just what all loving parents want to hear!

Here are some current pictures of our big 9 month old

Nine months today!

Its so hard to believe that Cooper is nine months old already? I feel like I'm constantly saying that time with him just flies, but seriously I feel like it was just yesterday that we brought this tiny little person home and into our lives. Now he is turning into this little BOY that has such a funny little personality. He seems less and less like a baby every day. It won't be long now, and I will be chasing around a TODDLER!

Anyway, what is new with us? Cooper has his two bottom teeth in now, and he's working on a few on the top right now. They seem to be bugging him more than the others have. Hopefully they'll cut through soon, because its so sad to see him so uncomfortable. He still doesn't seem to be too terribly interested in crawling, he loves to stand up and play, but crawling still eludes him. I'm still just fine with that, I keep telling him to take all the time he needs to go mobile : ) I really am trying to appreciate how easy life still is without him crawling all over the house and getting into EVERYTHING!

We have been introducing lots of finger foods in the last few weeks. So far he loves most fruits, cheerios, cheese, rice, chicken, potatoes, teething biscuits, and gerber puffs. He's not crazy about the veggies as finger foods yet, though he still loves them pureed. He learned to feed himself the other day, and has been so proud to put the food in his mouth by himself, handfuls of it in fact : ) We have his nine month doc appt. on monday morning, so it will be interesting to see how much he's grown the last few months. He's already wearing lots of size 12month stuff, so he's definitely a big and healthy boy!

Aside from all that, we are counting down the days to our trip to Maui in April, we are so looking forward to some sun and fun. Should be an interesting trip with our little monkey in tow, but he is such a good baby, we're actually not too concerned, just hope it isn't too crazy with the time difference. Okay, I think that is all for now, I'll try to post some current pictures later.