The Christmas Series

The grumpy elf with the slightly tight outfit.


Finally smiling (?) about something, probably the promise of too many toys.


Sitting down for the first annual reading of 'The Night Before Christmas'.


It was a toss up (somewhat literally) as to who exactly would eat the cookies and/or drink the milk. And, it should be repeated, we had to use soy milk because the cats would descend upon the scene even quicker than they did otherwise. In retrospect, we maybe should have used some of Tobi's milk - the cats would ignore that and Cooper might just pay attention! (Sorry to those that are grossed out by breast-milk talk.)



"You want me to do what with the cookies and soy milk?"

Getting caught up. Again.

Well, there's been a lot going on since the holidays, including travel to VA by Cooper and Mom; as well as the recent passing of Cooper's Grandfather Marshall. So, without further ado, I'm back on the horse of updates! (Looks like a palomino?) I'll start with some videos and pictures from back in December...

Here's a video clip of Cooper back when he was still practicing his standing/lifting:



Cooper loves football so much he even likes the taste! (thanks for the football Pops!)


Here's Cooper after he's been winterized by his beautiful mother:

Birthday and stuff...

Hello! Here are some pictures of our sweet little guy...he turned ONE on Dec 4th! We can't believe it! The first shot here is actually from our wedding anniversary on 10/25...Cooper went with us to dinner! :-) The second is from his first birthday...all three of us...interesting how I'm wearing the SAME shirt...I guess I like lavender. Anyway.........

Good grief, in the third pic right before Christmas here I am AGAIN in that same shirt...hehehe! We're headed out Christmas shopping and it was very cold and Cooper loved his hat! The fourth pic is from Cooper's birthday...he did not like his cake...way too messy and way too sweet!!! But he had a GREAT time at the party as did we all! We'll post some more from that day soon! Also coming soon...Christmas pics...reading The Night Before Christmas as well as pics with cookies and milk! (Soy milk so that the cats would not drink it...we needed to leave some for Santa...and mommy would drink what Santa didn't want). Happy New Year, everyone! Cooper is walking around like crazy now...carrying stuff around and trying to run and falling and having a blast! It's so fun to see him move around and explore!

time to play catch up!!

so here are some photos from the past month or so. it's been busy with the holidays and birthdays, but here we go...

this one is a picture of Tobi and Cooper from when the Cowboys were playing the Redskins. Tobi is a Cowboys fan, and Grammy is a Redskins fan, so Cooper decided to be a wonderful grandson and humor Grammy by wearing a Redskin hoodie. (It's okay, he was wearing a Steelers shirt underneath that, so he wasn't tainted!)


Cooper has also been working hard on standing, and one of his favorite things to use to pull himself up is a laundry basket that we normally use to put all of his junk (toys) in. Here's a video...



Thanksgiving was fun, we went to Grammy's house and ate until we popped. Then we fed Cooper! (He did have turkey, only it was pureed, and from a jar.)


Here's a random picture of Cooper attacking the wall, and being really excited about something else:



Up next, birthday pics and more video of what Cooper is doing now with his mobility!!

Cooper will be one...

Wow! Can you believe it? Our sweet boy will be one this week! It seems like just yesterday that he was born into this world, and delivered safely into his parents' loving and expectant arms! We are so happy to have you here with us, my little boy...you make our lives complete! We love you so much! :-) Here's his 11 month picture. We go this week to get his one year portrait, and perhaps a visit to Santa! I'll post some Thanksgiving and other pics soon!