Cooper's First Tooth

So, Cooper is about 5 and a half months old now, and last night we noticed a big development. He is getting a tooth! It is on the bottom front, and you can barely feel it poking through, but it is there. He has gotten very protective of it because when you try to feel it, he sticks his tongue out to move your finger out of the way. But it is nice to know all that drooling has been for a reason!

We are still working on the sitting up trick. He can sit on his own for several seconds, so it won't be long! I think crawling has been put on hold for now. Every time we put him on his tummy he likes to show off his rollover trick. But we will take that!

Cooper is just growing so much now. He grew out of his six month clothes overnight it seems like. And he is already fitting into his nine month clothes pretty good. We weighed him on our scales the other day, and he is somewhere in the 16 pound range. He is such a big boy!

We celebrated Greg's first Father's Day this Sunday at his Aunt Gee Gee's house. Cooper almost got the chance to take his first dip in the pool along with all his other cousins, but the weather was so bad, and he was so sleepy at the time, we decided to postpone it until he was in a better mood for it. So, he just hung out with Daddy instead. He loves just being outside anyways so he was just as happy. Here are some pictures from that day.

Getting Started...

OK. I've never done a blog before, so bear with me until I get the hang of this. Hopefully, I can dredge up enough suppressed creativity to make this site the slightest bit interesting. I have a lot of friends that do this on a fairly regular basis, and they make it seem so easy. For me, however, in all my left-brainedness, it is going to take nothing short of a miracle to keep this site up and running. But, I am going to start on a positive note and say that blogging will become routine for me...if I can remember what having a routine is like. Ever since Cooper was born, the idea of the same-o, same-o everyday is a long forgotten memory, which isn't a bad thing. It does keep life interesting. OK...I am starting to ramble...is it OK to ramble on and on when you blog? Dunno....


In Cooper's world, life is ever-changing. Two weeks ago, he just started sleeping in his crib all through the night. I was so proud of him! I was beginning to think he was going to be sleeping in that pack-n-play until kindergarden. Then, he made the leap to eating cereal, which was a fun, but messy experience for all involved. Greg and I got a kick out of watching him eat for the first time. And finally, last week, he started the tummy to back roll. And, he is attempting some rudimentary form of a crawling that involves a lot of face planting and nose smushing. Actually, it looks probably a lot more painful than it really is. It is a work in progress...