Curious Cooper

Cooper LOVES his new toy, Mr. Potatohead. He is really good at putting pieces in the little holes.

 Cooper also helped me bake my birthday cake. He's such a good helper!

Easter Weekend

It was fun to get ready for Easter. We've decided to celebrate with a hunt and basket on Saturday and focus on the real meaning of Easter on Sunday. The Easter Bunny made a trail of Easter grass and eggs from Cooper's room to his basket. The eggs along the way had goldfish in them. He stopped to eat them along the way.

 Then he saw his Easter basket! He loved all the goodies especially the chalk!

We also went to the city Easter Egg Hunt that morning and one at Aunt Johnnie's later. It wasn't one of my proudest moments. We woke up late and after getting there realized my undershirt was on wrong-side-out and you could see my tag. Cooper's outfit was too small and when he sat down for a picture it popped open at the diaper area. I couldn't help, but laugh. So embarrassing!

Dad and Cooper ready for church on Easter Sunday

Easter Pictures

Coloring Easter Eggs

I remember growing up and always coloring Easter eggs with my grandma. We made sure to do it while we were in West Virginia. Cooper enjoyed it. He got it all over! My grandma was so cute wanting to help all of us color our eggs. We had a lot of fun and it's a memory I will never forget.

Sweet Home West Virginia!

Going to West Virginia was more of an emotional experience that I thought it would be. I couldn't mention how excited I was for my grandparents to meet Cooper without choking up. When they announced we were minutes away from landing and I could see the trees, I couldn't help but cry. It had been almost 5 years since I had been back and two since I had seen my grandparents. I felt like I was home and couldn't hold back the tears.

Cooper traveled well. He loved opening and closing the cover on the window. He would press his face up against the window and look out. He would point out the window with his finger. He wasn't comfortable on the flight and and fortunately I caught his throw up in his blanket and prevented a major mess! The flight home was much better. We enjoyed our visit.

It was great to see family. Cooper loved his great-grandparents and they adored him. He would smack kissed at Great-Grandma. He would also try trading his toys for her drink. He loved sitting on Great-Grandpa's lap because he would feed him lots of food. They loved him to pieces and I'm so glad they got to meet each other.

Great Uncle Donnie feeding Chelsea peanut butter bread. 

Chillin' with Great Grandpa.

Sharing his lunch with Great Grandma Call.

I love how he looked at her. Reading with GG Call.

Grandma wanted to feed him everything. Of course, Cooper loved it. {The dates on the pictures are wrong.}

Landed back home. So sleepy.

He also loved Cousin Chelsea and wrestling with Chelsea's little dog. It was crazy to see Chelsea help take care of my little guy because I took care of her when she was a baby.

Eating angel food cake batter.

 My grandma went into the hospital our last day there and we almost lost her. At 2:15 AM we received a surprise knock on my grandparents door and there was my Aunt Dora and Cousin Kasey in from Tennessee to see grandma! They were so excited to be able to see Cooper!

Great Aunt Dora and Cousin Kasey

I have never seen the Grand Canyon. It was so cool to see from the sky. Left me in awe! The large crack made me speechless.

Hearing Specialist

As a parent of a three month preemie, the people in the NICU will always be considered family. They kept our baby alive. They took care of him AND us. The people that have come to our home on a monthly basis to check on Cooper will forever be family as well. Today we got a picture of Cooper with Jennifer Kite (Jen). It was her last day with Cooper. She is Cooper's hearing specialist. He couldn't hear much of anything due to the fluid in his ears because of oxygen until 9 months when he had tubes put in. He was slightly behind when she started visiting him once a month and now he is beyond what he needs to be. He is already saying more words than most his actual age. We're so grateful for all she has taught us and Cooper and all she has helped us with. We're eternally grateful.

Chocolate... yum!

I made some chocolate pudding to go on a dessert and decided to give Cooper the spoon. He was in heaven. I love his cute little chocolate face.