Can't get enough of him

My little Coop-man is just the best baby ever. He is so sweet! He smiles as soon as you make eye contact with him. He is so kissable and squeezable too! He is growing so fast. He recently started to say, "mama mama mama," as he cries. Julien and Jonah are still crazy about him too. Every time we get in the car they say, "I get to sit by Cooper!" Of course they both can't sit by him, so one of them ends up crying or getting mad. He is just such a joy and we all can't get enough. He is really fun to take pictures of because he gives the cutest looks. I decided to make some collages since I had so many that I wanted to share. Cooper still has a bit of a rash on his face and head so some of these pictures he looks a little greasy from ointment and the scratches on him are from his little nails (he scratches in his sleep). If this is not overload enough, I also finally took the time to teach myself how to make my pics larger...sorry if it's overkill.




Cooper has finally started to try to roll over. Is this baby huge, or what?! These next pictures really show off his chub!

Cooper is also working on another skill....sitting up all by himself.....(we practice on the bed to cushion the fall).



Yep, I could eat him!
Just chillin' before church....

Cooper is also an amazing example in our home....

Always reminding us to read our scriptures:).
I hope you enjoyed my most gigantic post ever!

Sea World

Rich got some free tickets to Sea World from work (pretty cool, right!)! So we definitely couldn't pass up the opportunity! Our kids have never been to an amusement park before so they were very impressed and beg me everyday to go back. They went on their first roller coaster. Of course it was just a kiddie one but they went on it at least 7 times. Cooper was a total angel and did not fuss once until we got in the car, and then he fell asleep shortly after. Within minutes of being in the car all the kids were sound asleep. They had a blast! Jonah tries his hardest everyday now to get me to take him back. He still looks at the Sea World map and dreams of going on the big rides. I now use this to my advantage. When he cries about not being big enough to ride the big rides I tell him he will have to eat lots of healthy food to grow bigger. Anyway, it was lots of fun and totally exhausting with three kids, but definitely worth it. Oh, and the last time Rich and I were at Sea World was on our 1 year anniversary in Sept. 2002. We brought baby Julien with us (he was a couple of months old) and we dressed him in the same outfit that Cooper has on in these pictures (Cooper barely fit in the shirt!). It was weird to go back with now-3 kids!

Here is a little video of Cooper while at Sea World. He is just smiling away until he hears another kid cry and looks away with a concerned face, then goes right back to smiling.
P.S. I have a picture overload coming of my little lover boy (Cooper) coming as soon as I find the extra time.

School Program

Julien had his first school program last week. It really hit me how old I am getting. I clearly remember being in school programs. But there I was with THREE kids, watching MY little kindergartner. He did a great job. They said to dress in church clothes, so he got spiffed up in his suit. Rich wasn't able to make it because of a mandatory meeting at work, but my dad and Carolyn came. Thank goodness they did for my sake too because Cooper got startled by the loud noise and was inconsolable for quite some time. I had to take him up top to calm him. Luckily I could still see Julien, but wasn't able to get any pictures or videos. But again, thanks to my dad, he was able to do that for me. Jonah was also a monkey the whole time and kept my dad very busy as I held Cooper. All in all, it was still such a great night and I am really excited for Julien to be finishing up his first year of school. I can't believe he is almost six and will be a first grader soon! It's been a great year for him and he has learned so many things and made a lot of friends. We are really proud of him. Julien in front of his artwork.

They got to go on the carousel before the program, it was held at a local church.

The kids with Carolyn.

Julien with his teacher. I hope he gets a good teacher like her next year!

Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.com
I have a few more post coming sometime this week.

Beautiful Spring

Love this baby!!!!!!!

Definitely Blog Worthy

This one cracked us up, especially Rich...especially because he doesn't blog:).
By Julien:

"My dad is typin' on his blog."

Finally, a new post!

After being sick for, well, forever now, Jonah and I finally made it to playgroup. It's our ward (church) playgroup. Rich had a day off that day, so I left Cooper with him. It was at a local gymnastics facility. I grew up in the gym (gymnastics) but my little Jonah had never seen anything like it before. His eyes lit up when we walked in! Then when he discovered the pit and the trampolines, he was having the time of his life! *Click picture to enlarge*
He definitely had a blast! I did too. I even got on the bars and the tramp. Nothing to brag about though...having kids sure robbed me of my gymnastic abilities. That's okay, I'd much rather have my kiddos.

Little Cooper is not so little anymore. The kid is growing like a weed! My husband was a fat baby too. Rich came out at 10lbs 4oz and was super husky for a couple of years. Cooper is taking after him for sure! Cooper was my smallest baby at birth but is now far bigger than the other boys were at this age. He is 4 months old and wears 6-9 month clothes! He is doing great! He has thee cutest laugh in the world! I have to get it on camera!! He is just so wonderful and we are blessed to have him!! He has definitely gone bald over the past couple of months. I still can't tell what color his wear will grow back in, but I'm guessing blond cause that's what both boys had as babies. Oh, and the back of his head is a crack up because he has this patch of hair still and looks like a little old man. And thank goodness he can sit up in his bumbo and jumper now cause his head is flat in the back from laying down all of the time. Hopefully as he sits up more it will round back out. Cooper is sleeping so much better now! I have him on a good eat-play-sleep schedule and is pretty by the clock now, it's wonderful. I'm still feeding him twice a night, but it is only about 15-25 minutes, (compared to an hour or more) and then I burp him and he is right back to sleep. He is great about going right to sleep on his own too. With Julien and I think Jonah (2nd kid is a blur to me) I would have to rock them to sleep and it would sometimes take forever. I didn't train them to fall asleep on their own as infants (Julien was a lot harder than Jonah though). But with Cooper being my 3rd and me being more experienced and a lot more pressed for time, I put him in bed before he was asleep and eventually he knew just what to do. A lot less stressful! My poor baby has the most horrible rash ever and I know it's because of stupid antibiotics that the Dr. prescribed him. I hate antibiotics! They destroy immune systems! Anyway, here he is, so bald, chunky, and ever so sweet.....This is when his rash started to develop. (Hard to see here). It gets worse, these pictures are in chronological order.
Of course the smiley pictures come out blurry...I shrunk it to help it not look so fuzzy.
Another cute but blurry one. Who do you think he looks more like, Julien or Jonah?














Julien is really good with Cooper and they adore each other.

















Look at my big boy....
Sad, huh. Poor baby.:(
And now let me show you a funny comparison......Cooper's legs at 3 weeks old and his legs at 4 months............



















I just love little baby legs! I pinch his all day!