First Tooth, and First word...well sort of : )

Its true, Cooper cut his first tooth yesterday! Its about time, this kid seems like he's been teething forever. He's been a trooper too, a tiny bit more needy for attention over the last few days, but mostly his happy self. He's finally gotten over the tummy tantrums, and is rolling like a pro now, so we are thankful for that! He'll probably be crawling in no time. Though we're sorta hoping he holds off till after mid April, since we have a vacation planned, and it will be much easier if he isn't mobile : )

Cooper's current favorite thing to do is blow raspberries, he thinks its the greatest thing since sliced bread. He does it all day long : ) He seems to have traded that with his teradactyl screech. Oh, and last week Cooper said his first word, at least the closest thing to a word so far. I was strolling around target (he is now sitting in the front of the cart like such a big boy) and all of a sudden he starts saying mamamamama, I was totally surprised, because nothing has really sounded this close to a word before. He is now also saying babababa, though he hasn't quite figured out the dadadada sound. Very exciting, he is inching closer to real language!

Another big milestone is that Cooper is now holding his own bottle (Nick gives him a bottle during the few hours I work during the week) and drinking it all by himself. One day Nick was getting ready to feed Cooper, and he set a full bottle down next to him and got up to go grab something, only to come back to find Cooper had picked it up and was drinking it down all on his own! He really is growing up so fast!

Nick and I celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary on Feb 5'th. Nick took the day off work, and we had Grandma Anderson come and babysit, so we could have a few hours to celebrate. We went to out to eat and to a movie, and we had a fun time reminiscing. We couldn't believe that last year at this time we were having our "big" ultrasound to find out we were having a boy, and now we have a 7 month old. Its hard to believe that we've been together almost 9 years, and all the experiences we've shared together! Time certainly does seem to fly by, but we are looking forward to many more years together!

The blog bandwagon

Ok, so we're finally hopping on the blog bandwagon. Quite a few of our friends have blogs, and have suggested it as a good way to keep in touch with friends and family. Not too sure how great we'll be at keeping up with the posting, but if we can, it will be fun for Cooper to have to look back on, as a sort of scrapbook.

We're starting this as Cooper is just over 7 months old, so right now he is sitting on his own, laughing, babbling, and has quite the little personality. He currently hates being on his tummy for any length of time during the day, and pitches a fit when he rolls over onto it (he can roll over from his back to tummy, but refuses to do so : ) Though he loves turning over and sleeping on his tummy at night, so try to figure that one out?? He also loves to hear himself screech, he does it all day long...Nick likes to call him a little teradactyl. Cooper thinks he's pretty hysterical! He absolutely loves to sit on the floor and play with toys, which is new in the last month or two. We think he might just skip crawling and just start walking, because he loves to stand and will even take a few steps if you're holding on to him. I guess we'll have to wait and see. Cooper is also eating solid foods now, he loves almost everything we've given him, though sometimes he's not crazy about peas or prunes, but it depends on the day. His new favorite is pickles. Who'd have thought? We went out to lunch the other day and let him suck on a pickle, and he LOVED it! Overall, Cooper is a really happy and laid back baby and we are very blessed by him. He definitely keeps us on our toes and makes our life more fun and rewarding. In the next few months he should begin crawling (if he ever learns to accept being on his tummy), and get a few teeth, so those are our next big milestones. Thanks for reading!

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