These are pictures I for got to upload from Fall 2010. Christmas was so much fun with Cooper he got a lot of great toys I will post pics of his favorite toy, ride on train, on next post. He is getting so big he has mastered 4-5 steps without falling and he now has 8 teeth. He loves water and everything he looks at he says HOT.... not sue where he picked that up at. We are sleep training this week .... so It is not fun but I keep telling myself this is for his own good....

10 MONTHS OLD

Cooper:

wow how time flies!! My baby is growing up to be such a sweet boy. Giving me kisses all the time.

Coop rings in at 19 pounds and is really starting to look like a little boy now (and not a baby anymore). He has taken a few steps and I am thinking may be walking for my 11 month post... He has 8 teeth and has a new work that he uses pretty much all day...it is....HOT... it's pretty funny. He also makes this really funny noise when he sees a glass/cup and wants to drink out of it no matter whats in it. it's like an ahhh sound. It pretty cute. He loves sipping on whatever anyone has. He is eating pretty much anything but a few things the doctor told us not too. Christmas is going to be so amazing this year with him. He is such a sweetie. I love waking up everyday and seeing him smile really big. He is a mommas boy right now . Timmy calls him a stage 4 clinger. I love it.

9 months

What a big boy he is!!! He now claps, plays paddy cake. .. Searches for me playing peek a boo....and is moments away from taking his first independent step. He is cruising walking holding on to things... It wont be long... For Halloween he was a dinosaur... he was absolutely adorable....I will upload pics later.... He pretty much wants to eat everything I do....He has 6 teeth and they are so stinking cute....

He has been talking so much too it sounds like he is going to have a husky little voice... When he wakes bye bye now he moves his fingers.... SO cute...

I love you big boy...

Timmy and I just celebrated our 4 year anniversary. I cant believe how time flies... I love you too babe. I love both my boys dearly....

8 months old

This month brought forth many changes.... One being the dreaded surgery to correct Cooper's eye muscles....which without Timmy I would have never done it. Now that it is behind us I am so glad we did the surgery for Cooper.

I did a lot of crying before the surgery now I have tears of joy that Coop is healed and made whole. He now has every opportunity everyone else does being that he has regained depth perception. Thank God they can do corrective surgeries like this.....

right now from the surgery his eyes are bloody and have stitches in them but they are soooo straight!!!! I guess I never realized what a difference the surgery would make. They say that they will not know if the surgery worked for 3 months but already I know that it did work...... he is grabbing at things he never grabbed at before. He looks at you like he is seeing you for the first time and pulls your face close to his .....It melts my heart...

Now we just have to get him all healed up which they say takes about 3 weeks. He has been such a trooper through all of this...... he had to wear an eye patch everyday since July for a few hours a day- which he hated..... Now he has eye ointment and antibiotics a few times a day.....

I just keep telling myself he will not remember any of this. I'm just so thankful that this is all behind us and that he is such a strong boy....

God has a placed him here for a purpose with all the struggles I had getting pregnant, during pregnancy and now his surgery he has come out of it all.... I just can't wait to see what that purpose is....

Tonight after we put him down I just started crying ......I thought to myself just when I think I can't love him any more....I have fallen so much more in love with him.. HE is my little miracle boy and I will never take one moment for granted. I have just felt overwhelming blessed all day every time I look at him.

We brought him to church you have never seen anyone dance during worship like him..... it was like his feet were running and he was actually singing. The people in front of us turned around and said he had a good voice. (not sure where he got that from)... It was darling... Then he just collapsed after 30 minutes of non stop worship.. I think he was thanking God for his new eyes..

Oh yeah in the midst of this all 2 new teeth that makes 4!!! So cute .. I love you Coopie LOU!!!!!

7 Months

7 months is soo much fun.. He babbles ma ma ...baba...bobbob..... and poppop....What a sweetie... He cracks up at me if we bark or quack so if you see me driving down the road barking or quacking....you'll know why....Hey anything that keeps him from crying...

He is now crawling but he crawls like a crab with one of his knees tucked under it is pretty hilarious.... HE is pulling himself up to everything which is too cute but at the same time dangerous.

He gives high fives which is so super cute...and of course he plays peek a boo by putting his hands over his head and thinking he is hiding.. Sometimes when he is playing alone I see him trying to play peek a boo with his toys.. Anything for a response he is such a HAM!!!

No more teeth yet although you can see little white caps on the top.

He has had a little cold so sleeping through the nite has not been happening. He wants to wake up at 4:00 am and have a bottle. So that has been the routine......

and of course since he has been sick he ended up right back in our bed...Bad habits die hard....

He finally reaches for me when other people are holding him which I absolutely live for.....

He looks so big next to Sarah's baby, Levi!!!

6 months

I can't even believe it.....Cooper is 6 months old!!! He is meeting his milestones very early in every area. He already has 2 teeth, pretty close to crawling, drags himself, sits independently, says MAMA, which melts my heart......the list goes on and on....

Everyday I can't wait to wake up and see what he is doing next!