4 months old

I'm just wondering where my little newborn went, Cooper is growing up so fast!! He is now 4 MONTHS OLD! He is getting so big and smart. Some things I want to remember this month...

- he is so smiley! He smiles all the time. People always comment on how happy he is.

- he started laughing. The first time he laughed at me is when I was eating lunch and he was sitting in his bumboo next to me. I stuck out my tongue and showed him me food in my mouth. He thought it was the funniest thing ever:) I did it over and over just so I could hear his little giggles.

- he looks just like Cody! This little boy at church says, " oh my heck! He looks just like your husband!" I think its the crazy hair.

- he is really good in the car. He just looks out the window. He will nap in the car but we found out on the drive to Utah the he wont sleep for more that 45 min at a time.

-he is super mellow. I really dont have to do anything for him. He is super happy just watching be clean the house, cook dinner and play on the computer. Im sure this will change one day but ill take it while I can get it.

-he is rolling over from his tummy to his back now! I was so excited to see this.

- he is so funny, when he was a newborn I was reading a bunch of books on helping your baby sleep. One author said that a vacuum will put your baby to sleep. Well one night I gave it a try and sure enough it worked perfect. He went right to sleep. We only used this if he cried more than a few minutes after putting him down. Anyways our vacuum started to wear down so I tried the radio static and sure enough this work as well. I LOVE IT! We really don't use it often only if he wakes up early from a nap to put him back to sleep in the middle of the night if he wakes up, the radio goes on and he goes right back to sleep. Its like magic!!

- no more swaddle!! Yeah, I was super nervous to stop swaddling him and one day I just decide not to do it and what happened? He slept better that ever! I'm so glad!

-he is BIG! He weighs 18.3 lbs and is 27 inches long. And he has lots and lots of rolls:)

-all though he is very happy when he is awake he definatley will let you know if he is tired. He turns into a very grumpy little baby. And I am very quick to put him down for a nap before it gets to late:)

-he is also very strong, he loves to stand on his legs

-our schedule is much much better than last month. Are day now looks like this. Goes to bed at 7:30 wakes up at 8:00 and has 3 naps during the day. Sometime a catnap in the evening if he is grumpy.

-he also started sleeping through the night and will sometime wake up at 5am to eat but usually makes it to 7.

It is so fun to be Coopers mom!! My only complaint lately is that I'm a little bored. I'm not use to staying home. My hole life I have either worked or gone to school. But I really am enjoying the freedom and free time to do whatever I want.

Life if good!!

~4th of July week~

I love Utah trips!! It is always so much fun. I got to stay for 10 days! Cody and I left Thursday night after he got off work. We figured Coop would just sleep the hole way. WRONG.... He was awake a lot of the ride. Oh well, next time we will know better than to leave at night.

The week was full of BBQ, family, friends, fireworks, movies, painting, zumba, walks and eating. Coop and I stayed at my parents house while Cody went home to work. My parents got to spend so much time with Cooper and I was able to get a little break and spend some time with friends and play for a bit. I had a great time, it was sad to say goodbye.

2 hours past his bed time and happy to be awake...

This is his face he makes when I tell him a story:)

My good friend Jessica!! So great to see her and catch up with everything that has happened in life (Its my turn to drive to Draper next time Jessica)

Tired little guy...

Jake killed a baby rattle snake up in the canyon.

Fishing

I love arm wrestling! I usually win but I lost 2 people in a row. I think its time to hit the weights again so I can redeem myself!

Cute little cracks

My favorite dinner!!! Dutch oven chicken, potatoes and scones!! YUM

I cut 7 inches off of Jamie's hair. I love her short hair!!

Little miss Essie!

Coop always sleeps with his hands straight out:) so funny

His new thing is to suck on fingers.

Uncle Jake!!

Fireworks in Fillmore were so good!

Ky and Ry got to see Mr. Coop!

Four Wheeler ride with Tami and Fiona!!!

BBQ and Niccael's house!

Grandma and Grandpa Groesbeck!!!

Mom and dad!!! I will miss you, thanks for the amazing weekend. LOVE YOU!!!

ROLLS

Look whos Mr. Chunky!! I love his little rolls!

Explosion

Here is what Cody said this morning that still has me laughing...

Cooper had a MAJOR explosion in his diaper this morning! I mean HUGE, he was sitting in his bumboo and when I picked him up it was everywhere. I was laughing so hard. I called Cody to come and take a look. His words were "HOLY COW! Where did all the poop come from. When people said there kids had explosions I was thinking maybe a little poop up there back not all up their back, down there legs, everywhere! That is disgusting.

Gardening!

Im not quite sure if I can say I have a green thumb, I just plant things and hope they grow:) This year I have tomatoes, strawberry's, raspberry's, spinach, pees, cucumbers, cilantro, carrots and cantaloupe. My goal for this summer is to learn how to can and preserve some of it. I love gardening and seeing my little veggies grow!

poop...

I never ever thought I would ever eat poop!! Well it happened, I ate poop. I know GROSS! Here's how it happened...

Cody, Cooper and myself went out to ice cream with some friends. I was happily eating my ice cream and noticed I had peanut butter on my fingers. There wasn't a napkin around so I just thought I would lick it off. Well lets just say that it tasted NOTHING like peanut butter. I was confused at first thinking what else could it be?... I lifted Coop off my lap and check to see if he had pooped. Sure enough he had a massive explosion and poop was spilling down his leg. Then it hit me! I had just eaten POOP!! Cody and our friends where dying,, they could not stop laughing. I thought it was pretty funny to, but on the way home it really started to gross me out. My stomach was starting to hurt just thinking about how gross that was.

Cody was laughing and said," well ate least when you say that tastes like poop, you will really know what you are talking about:)"

Lesson learned, never lick my fingers again!!

3 months old

Wow, I cant believe 3 months has gone by. I feel like we just brought Cooper home from the hospital 2 weeks ago. Time is flying by, he is growing up so fast!!

I never understood why parents always say kids grow up so fast but I really understand now. It needs to slow down!! I'm afraid I'm going to wake up one morning and realize he is 2 years old and wonder where my baby went:) But then there are the days where I catch myself wishing he would be older so I can sleep all night with out having to feed a baby, or where he doesn't have to take so many naps so I can leave the house for longer than an hour. I catch myself and try to remind myself in a few years I will probably be wishing he would nap and wishing I could hold and cuddle with him at night.

I cant believe how much he has learned and grown in 3 short months. Here are some things I want to remember about Mr. Coop....

*He loves to talk! Recently I will put him in his crib for a nap and he will babble and babble right up to the second he falls asleep.

*He is still sleeping a lot. Are day usually goes like this

7:30 Wake up, eat

8:30 nap

10:00 Wake up, eat

11:00 nap

12:00 Wake up and eat

1:00 nap

2:00 Wakes up and eats

3:00 nap

4:00 Wake up and eat

5:00 nap

5:45 wake up eat get ready for bed

7:30 BEDtime...

And the next day it starts all over again!!

* I was complaining on day that I wish he would just take 2 really big naps rather than all these small ones through out the day and the next day he would not nap! He was up from 12-6 with no sleeping, he was a beast!! Not happy at all and I could not get him so fall asleep. So I will never complain about short naps, I will take them. He is so alert and happy when he is awake and as soon as he has been awake for and hour or so he is ready to sleep, and he lets me know it. One minutes he is happy little boy next minute he is screaming little baby!

*He is getting to big!! he is weighting 16lbs!! and wearing his 6 month old clothes.

*He is super strong! He is holding his head up like a pro, he is wanting to stand all the time too.

* He hasn't rolled over yet, well not in fort of me. My mother in law was watching him the other night and said he rolled over twice. It was kind of bitter sweat, I was super happy to hear that he rolled over, but sad I missed it. Then Ed said he may have been on a slight hill and his hand was under him. So I'm not counting it:) And he hasn't done it sense, I think it was gravity!

*He is always smiling! He has the cutest faces he pulls, he will wrinkle his nose and kick his feet when he gets really exited.

*Night sleep...well he use to be doing really good. He would wake up once around 4 or 5am to eat. I was feeling really good and thinking he was going to make it all night long one of these days. Then out of nowhere he is waking up every 2-3 hours all week!! I'm exhausted and praying so hard that this is just his 3 month growth spurt and it will all go back to normal. I really hope so, I get really crazy w/o my sleep.

*I love to watch him sleep. My favorite part of the day is when I go to bed, I will go nurse Cooper one more time. He is asleep when I do this. I just pick him up and he nurses while he sleeps pretty much. I love it. He is so peaceful

I could go on and on. I just love him so much. Its fun to be his mom. I cant wait to see what the next 3 months bring us...