Sunday, January 6, 2008
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Griswold Christmas 2007
Here's the family photo of the Griswold Christmas of 2007.
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Pacifier
Cooper is now able to take the pacifier out of his mouth with his own hands. This is big stuff. However, he sometimes has a difficult time getting the pacifier back into his mouth. The other day he woke up from a nap and had the pacifier in his mouth the wrong way and it was a little stuck. It scared him and he was not happy about it. In this picture you can see the new way he likes to have his pacifier and the correct way.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
New toy
We went to Babies R' Us this weekend to look at exersaucers because Cooper wants to be more active and not just lie on his back and play. We have a bouncy chair but Sharon wanted something that he could put his feet on. We put him in this one at the store (the most expensive one there) and he loved it. He was giggling and smiling and having a blast looking at all the toys. Of course we bought it for him and he still loves it. It will grow with him too eventually turning into an activity table when he can stand on his own. There are a lot of toys at his fingers now and he can spin in the chair with his feet.
Food, and lots of it
It's official, Cooper loves food. I could have told you this months ago with the amount of breast milk he consumes. He is well on his way to trying all sorts of new foods. He likes bananas, pears and apples. He tried sweet potatoes today and by golly liked those as well. I made my first batch of pears yesterday. We bought a Magic Bullet which makes steaming and pureeing foods much easier. I'm going to make sweet potatoes and carrots today. Go Cooper!!!
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Christmas Tree
We bought our Christmas tree this weekend. We went to our favorite tree stand on SE 48th and Belmont. We bought a little tree since there will be so many people in the house this season. I'm excited to have a real tree and to be staying in Portland this year.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Fresno Trip
Here are some pictures of our trip to Fresno to visit Sharon's family. It was a fast trip, oh and Cooper was AMAZING on the plane. Not a peep.
Solids
Cooper had his first taste of rice cereal this week in Fresno. His real aunt Sonya held him while Sharon finger fed him. He loved it - this child is going to have no problem with eating. Here are some pictures of the moment.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
4 Months and First Flight
Cooper is four months old! He had his doctor's appointment yesterday and he weighs 14 pound 5 ounces. My guess of 18 pounds was way off. The doctor said his weight is ideal. His height is 2'1". The doctor said we can start Cooper on solid foods if he seems interested. That means we can start him on rice cereal with breast milk and then try bananas, sweet potatoes or other first foods. How exciting. I bought the Super Baby Food book by Ruth Yaron to teach me how to make baby foods at home for Cooper instead of buying the jars of baby food.
I'm excited to start this next phase in Cooper's life. I can't believe he is ready for solids. I'm glad that breast milk will still be his primary source of food though, I don't want to give up that bonding time - definitely not ready for that yet.
Today we are leaving for Fresno to visit the Shwetzer family. Cooper's first flight. We will be gone until Monday and Cooper will get to meet his Grandpa Shwetzer and Grandma Barbara, his Uncle Kris, Cousin Chloe and Noah, Uncle Arman and Aunt Rosey is going to drive up from L.A. to see him.
I've been packing for two days now. It is hard to pack for a baby.
Here's one more picture of sleepy four month old Coopster.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Nap Time
Cooper is starting to nap during the day. I know his sleepy signs: rubbing his eyes and very red eyelids. I started putting him in his crib awake or not and shutting the door, within a couple of minutes he is off to dreamland! It's awesome.
Also, we started putting Cooper in his pack-n-play at night for his first chunk of sleep before he wakes to eat. Then we bring him back in the bed with us for the rest of the night. We've done it for two nights now, he's not phased, we're the ones having a hard time with it. It is nice to have our bed back.
Here's a picture of a very tired boy after an outing to Trader Joe's.