Saturday, October 6, 2007
Friday, October 5, 2007
Cooper is Growing
Cooper is getting so big. We bought this hat for him at Piccolina last weekend. It is too cute.
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Friday, September 28, 2007
Ashland Trip
We went to the Medford/Ashland area for 7 days with Cooper and the dogs. Sharon worked at her branch in Medford while I relaxed with Cooper at the campsite. We stayed in Ashland at an RV park, http://www.glenyanrvpark.com/ We had a great time and went to Crater Lake on Sunday. Neither one of us has ever been there and it was beautiful. Very very cold as you can tell by the pictures. It is the deepest lake in the United States at 1932 feet deep. It collects water from rain and snow only. If you haven't seen it, you need to check it out when you visit.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Milestone
Cooper had his 2 month appointment today. The milestone is he gained 1 pound in two weeks. He is now almost 13 pounds at 12 pounds 13 ounces and he measures 25 inches. I couldn't believe it, what a super eater. Another thing I learned is that at two months old he doesn't poop as often. He's been going once every few days lately and I was worried that wasn't often enough. Come to find out that it is very normal and I only need to be concerned if he goes a week without a movement. No more worries about that. He also received his vaccines which he did not appreciate. It was hard to listen to him scream, poor guy. (Sharon was crying along with Cooper).
We are going on our second camping trip this weekend. We are heading to Medford/Ashland area for five days. Sharon has to work in Medford a couple of days and I will be hanging out with the dogs and Cooper on the creek in the trailer. It's going to be great to spend some time in Ashland.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Greatest Smile and Funny Faces
Cooper has the best smile. Here's a picture of him in the play gym smiling and having fun.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
2 Months
Cooper is now two months old, no longer a newborn. He is changing everyday and growing like crazy. We measured him last night and according to our measurements is now 25 inches. The doctor weighed him last week and he's 11 pounds 12 ounces. He loves going places with mom like the store, walks, breakfast dates and visits with Elliott.
Here are some 8 week pictures of Cooper while he was getting a bath. He loves bath time, he chills in the warm water.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Cooper's favorite sleeping spot
Cooper loves the sling, he gets the best sleep in there and allows me some time with two hands to do fun things like laundry.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Cute Outfit
Cooper's in 3 month clothes now, he does fit into some of his newborn clothes but most are pretty tight. This one is super cute, Sharon and I bought it from the Carter outlet in Woodburn! We're going back there this week to get more cute cheap clothes.
Monday, August 27, 2007
First Camping Trip
We went camping this weekend, 8/23-8/26/07 with grandma and grandpa. We went to Ocean Shores/Pacific Beach in Washington. Sharon and I have never been there before, the grandparents have property up there. It was awesome. The weather was great, sunny most days. Beautiful beach, you can drive on the beach in Washington and that was fun. The dogs had a blast and Cooper was a great traveler. We did however have the WORST clam chowder in the world in Ocean Shores at a place called Mike's Seafood. They put so much corn starch in it that it was gloppy and disgusting!
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
One Month Old
Cooper is one month old, well 5 weeks now. I can't believe it. He is still the best baby, he endured an IKEA shopping experience yesterday and was a super star. We bought him some cute things for his bedroom and grandma and grandpa bought him a snake hamper. Here are some one month old pictures.
Riley has taken to being the watchful eye for Cooper. I was in the bathroom while Cooper was hanging out on the bed and Riley decided that it was her job to keep watch over Cooper.
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Cooper's First Real Bath
Cooper's first shopping experience
After a long day of shopping at the Woodburn Outlet Mall, Cooper was exhausted!
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
A day in the life of nurturing Cooper
Our visitors left today, Sharon's sister and niece were here since Thursday. We have a break now until August 20th when Sharon's mom and husband come up to visit for a week or so. It will be nice to have some alone time. just the three of us but the extra hands will be missed. Mostly I sit in a chair and feed Cooper all day. I'm still recovering from surgery so I'm not supposed to lift more than 10 pounds (I guess besides my baby who was 10 at birth). I can't wear in a sling right now because it hurts my stitches. However, we did go to the outlet mall in Woodburn this weekend and he did really well. We brought the stroller but he ended up nursing and then sleeping in the sling and we had Sharon wear it. It was perfect, he slept a long time in that. Yesterday we tried to have a small outing and he was having none of it so we all came home.
Cooper is a cluster feeder, he likes to eat for a few hours off and on before settling into a 2 hour nap. He also likes to nap while eating. At night, he sleeps for about 3-4 hours, wakes up at 3-3:30a.m. every morning to eat and will then sleep until 6:30 or 7am. Some mornings he'll sleep again after eating at 7am, other mornings he's up for a few hours.
I read a lot during the day and nap when he naps sometimes. He's really a good baby, not fussy or temperamental at all.