2 & 4 Year Pictures

This was the first time I've ever taken both of them to get their pictures taken by myself. I was really nervous about it but they did great. I was happy with the way they turned out. These are some of my favorites. It's so hard to pick just one. These are all unedited. They are from the CD I got because I ordered so many pictures. :)

Some things I want to remember...

Cooper had a good check up. He's 27.4lbs (46%) and he's 35 inches (66%). This is the shortest he's ever been. He's never been under 96%. He's still a head taller than most kids his age so I'm not 100% sure that is accurate.

At two:
-Cooper is talking a ton. The doctor asked how many words he had and I couldn't even begin to tell her. He is talking up a storm. He says 4 and 5 word sentences.
-He repeats everything right now. Almost to the point that it drives you crazy :)
-If you ask him a question he always says umm... before he answers. I'm not sure where this came from but he's just recently started doing it
-He's also telling me "no ma'am" when I do something he doesn't like.
-He loves yogurt right now. He always eats his vegetables first. He's our healthy eater. Although he does love party burritos and french fries.
-He still carries his two bears around
-He's recently started asking to pray. As soon as he walks in his room he says "Jesus". It's sweet to finally hear him ask to pray. He loves singing Madison's prayer from school before meals. He's our little prayer warrior right now.
-He knows ABC's, Jesus Loves Me, Jesus Loves the Little Children, The Wheels on the Bus, Baby Oh and I'm sure many more. Those are the ones I can think of right now. He likes Our God is an Awesome God but doesn't know all the words.
-He can HIT a ball FAR off a baseball tee.
-He calls coke 'bubble juice' and tries to sneak drinks when he can
-Still drinks tons of milk. We switched him to 2% instead of skim because he doesn't eat much.
-He likes to watch: Toy Story, Blues Clues, Backyardigans, Ni-Hao Kai-Lan, Bubble Guppies & Fresh Beats (They watched a lot of TV this summer while I was sick with baby #3)
-He's not interested in all about potty training. I think I've gotten him to sit on the potty twice. Any other time I ask he starts crying "no, no, no". I haven't pushed it too much but I do hope to get him started in that direction soon. I really don't want to be changing two diapers come January. I have a feeling I will be for awhile since it's already almost October.

I can't believe our baby boy is 2 years old already. Time is flying by. He is such a fun kid. He has the best personality and is already so funny. I think we have a class clown in our future. I have a feeling we might be getting some calls from his teachers when he starts school. :) We'll see. He loves to make people laugh and I love that about him. He's definitely all boy. He likes to be rough and hits his sister a lot. He's not doing it to be mean, he just wants to play. He love, love, loves to be outside. He likes any kind of ball or car or truck. He does wear princess dresses from time to time. He did get some boy dress up clothes for his birthday though. His daddy was tired of seeing him dressed like Tinkerbell. He loves music and loves to dance. He loves to jump off of things. He wants to do everything his sister does. He truly is a gift to our family and can't wait to see the young man he grows up to be. We are so proud of the little boy that he is becoming.

September 5, 2011

Cooper's actual birthday fell on Labor Day this year. It was great that we had the day off to be with him. Typically, with Madison, we let her pick what she wants to eat for lunch and something fun to do for the day BUT Cooper isn't into food like his sister. When he woke up we let him open our present to him. We got him his own bat and ball and we ordered him a glove. He's left handed and it's hard to find a nice glove for his age. He loved it! He loves eggs and yogurt so that was what he had for breakfast.

Gary and Sue Ann were having everyone over for Labor Day. We had originally said we weren't going but then decided Cooper would have more fun playing with his cousins than he would going somewhere 'special' to eat lunch. We headed to Celina around 11:00. We ate lunch and the kids played and we headed back home later that afternoon.

eating some ice cream! one of his favorites.

Cooper's 2nd Birthday Party

We celebrated Cooper's 2nd birthday party at Joan & Shon's house! They have a pool so we decided to have a swim party. We invited grandparents, aunts & uncles and cousins! Everyone but Bart and Randy were able to come. It was nice because the high was 92. Isn't it sad when 92 seems cool. :)
We had a dump truck theme because Cooper got a ton of dump trucks for his 1st birthday. He loves cars right now. We grilled hamburgers and hotdogs and had chips and fruit to go with it. After we ate, the kids swam and then we came back in to open presents and eat cupcakes!

I LOVED watching Cooper open his presents! He was SO excited about everything he opened. I can't wait to go back and watch the video to hear all the funny things he said. I've never seen a kid so excited about EVERYTHING.

He got his own radio so he can play his own Justin Bieber songs on it. :)

love his face in this one too! Look how excited he looks.

He was not interested in having cupcakes after opening all of his presents. His Nana and Pop Pop got him a car to ride on. He did not want to get off of it to sit by his cupcake. We held it close to him and sang to him anyways.

After a few minutes he finally decided he'd have some cupcake!

Then he went back to his car...

We had a great day celebrating our sweet boy! Thank you everyone for making it special with us. He is definitely one loved little boy!