I got to meet Quinn's PT today! She was really nice and she said I had excellent muscle tone and great head control. Mommy figured she might as well get an evaluation for me since Quinn wasn't cooperating. He usually doesn't cry like that unless he hits his head!! Poor guy. I got the top of the stroller today and I liked that a lot better. I really like to be able to look around, Grandma Jan says it is cause I am nosey. She's right, I like to be in the middle of everything. I have so much to learn I don't want to miss out on anything!

Note to Mommy, don't go bragging about me not spitting up anymore....you should know better. Sorry about your shirt!!

I have a new favorite position for my hands. I like to fold them together and put them on my chest. Not only is that apparently really cute, Mommy says she knows from Quinn that it is a good thing for me to bring my hands midline (whatever that means). Mommy put my Skwish rattle in my hand today. I never really liked it but she keeps trying cause it was Quinn's favorite first toy. Well, today I held onto it for a little bit and even managed to get one of the wooden knob thingies in my mouth (it was a happy accident), it was yummy! Mommy tried to put me on the floor to play, but I just turned my head and watched the TV. I love TV!

I was a very smiley boy today! I smiled a bunch just for the heck of it, I even smiled at Quinn's teacher! I like smiling cause it seems to make Mommy really happy. Besides that nothing too exciting happened today. I had a good time watching Quinn play and I drank a bunch of formula, that is about it!

I had a pretty good day today. Mommy let me watch this really great video. It had neat sounds and neat toys on it. She tried to get me to play with some of my toys but I just wasn't interested today. I just wanted to hang out and look around today. I was very content and didn't cry too much, even though I was extremely gassy!

Mommy tried to put me in the Bumbo seat today. I loved it! As soon as she put me in there I gave her a big smile, but unfortunately my neck did not agree. I was being too much of a "bobble-head" so Mommy says we will try again next week. Mommy gave me one of my presents from my party today. It is a really soft cuddly duck and I liked it so much I smiled at it! I like touching it cause it is so soft! I spent most of the day cuddling with Daddy, I love weekends!

Cooper gets less stingy with his smiles everyday!

 

Cooper's "O" face.

 

Mommy attached one of those little rattle bracelets to my arm today. I thought it was pretty neat, but Quinn thought it was neater. He came right over and pulled it off my arm! Oh well, I guess that is what big brothers are for. I had a pretty good day today, I was a good boy and let Mommy sleep in a little. I watched Mommy watch a movie and every time she laughed I would smile at her! She thought that was so cute she ended up watching me instead of the movie, silly Mommy! Tommorow is Saturday, always the most exciting day of the week. We are going to Grandma Jan's house and I can't wait!

I am smiling regularly now, but I am still pretty stingy with them. Yesterday I only gave Mommy one smile and that was when we were cuddling in bed, I just looked up at her and gave her a big one! I did one tickle induced one today and a few Quinn induced ones. I love watching what Mommy calls "The Quinn Show". I could just stare at him all day long, he is such a great big brother. Today I watched him throw his Cheerios all over the dining room, it was hillarious! Once my head control gets just a little better Mommy is going to let me sit in the Bumbo seat, that way I can watch Quinn play all the time!

I had a rough day today! I had to go to the doctor and those shots really hurt!!! I got one in one leg, two in the other, and one in my arm! It hurt so bad and made me really angry. It also made me cranky and achey all day, but after Mommy gave me some Tylenol I felt better.

Now for the update! I am getting to be a very big boy. I suprised everyone by weighing in at a huge 12 lbs 10 oz , that is almost 3 pounds more than last month! I was also almost 24 inches long! I am now in the 75th percentile for both height and weight on the charts, pretty cool, huh? The doctor said I looked really healthy and was doing great. I have to go back in two months for more shots, yikes!!

I finally decided to smile at Mommy. She worked so hard at it all day and I gave her nothing, then tonight she just looked at me and smiled and I gave her a huge smile right back! It made her very happy!!! I also smiled at Quinn today, that kid is just so funny! So I had a good happy smiley day, until Mommy gave me a bath. I screamed louder than I have screamed since I started formula!! I just wasn't in the mood for a bath tonight. I had to have one though cause I am going to the doctor tommorow. I am going to get four whole shots!!! Ouch!!!

Daddy is just funnier than Mommy is! That must be why I will only smile at him!! Daddy woke Mommy up this morning to tell her that I smiled (see pictures below), but when she got up I wouldn't do it for her. I smiled at Daddy a bunch today, at least 4 times...but never when Mommy was around. If it weren't for those pictures Mommy probably wouldn't even have believed it! Mommy kept trying.... she tickled me, made funny faces, and goofy sounds...nothing. I just don't feel like smiling at her yet. Sorry, Mom! You are just too much fun to mess with, maybe tommorow!

Finally! What do you think??

 

Does this count as a real smile?

 

I was a pretty happy baby today. As long as I got plenty of attention I was all good! This afternoon Mommy gave me a bath, dressed me up all cute, and even put little shoes on me. They were Quinn's first shoes but they fit me perfectly! After we all got ready we went to Grandma Jan's house and it was lots of fun there. I got held, cuddled, and we even went outside for a little bit. I can't wait until I am old enough to go on walks with Quinn and Grandpa Don!!

I love to watch my big brother Quinn. He is so entertaining! Today while Mommy was giving him a bath she left me downstairs in my bouncy seat. I cried and cried until she brought him downstairs, then I was happy. She left him in his highchair while she changed his sheets and I had the best time watching him eat Cheerios! When she came back I was staring at him a cooing happily! While I was playing on the floor today he came over and grabbed my hand, it was really nice! I am so lucky to have such a great big brother!

Mommy finally found a carrier that I like! It is called a Moby Wrap and it came in the mail today. Mommy wrapped it around her, strapped me in, and I slept for 3 hours straight! I like it cause it is so soft and it holds me really close to Mommy. I just laid my head against her heart and listened, it was like being in the womb again! Oh how I miss that comfy womb! I was so comfortable that I didn't even wake up when I pooped! Mommy finally decided to wake me up because she was worried I would sleep all day and stay up all night.

I love television! Whenever the TV is on I like to turn my head and watch it. Mommy doesn't think that is good, but sometimes it is the only thing that makes me happy! Today me and Quinn were watching the Wiggles while Mommy made dinner. When it was over it switched to MTV. Mommy came in the room and I was cooing at the girls in bikinis! I think she is going to make me stop watching so much TV, apparently the Academy of American Pediatrics recommends no TV at all until the age of two! Who knew??? Just when I discover MTV Mommy is going to take it away??? She must be more like Grandpop Bill than she thinks! As long as she doesn't take away my Signing Time!!!

I love getting attention from my cousins! I made lots of happy cooing sounds while Aaron and Emilia were playing with me today and I almost smiled. I had a pretty good day and wasn't too fussy. I ate a whole bunch and then me and Mommy took a really long nap. I don't usually let her take such a long nap, but I got her up extra early this morning and she deserved it.

I was trying to hold my head up and look in my little mirror during tummy time tonight and Quinn grabbed it away from me! That is okay though cause I would rather look at him than in the mirror. I love watching my big brother! I especially like to watch him spit his food at Mommy while she is trying to feed him. I will have to try that when she starts giving me solids!!

Daddy took care of me most of the day today and that didn't go over so well. I love the big guy, but he just isn't Mommy. Plus he gets all stressed out when I cry and that just makes me cry more! I bet if we could get this whole "gas" thing under control I would be a lot happier. I might even start really smiling!

When Mommy came downstairs from her shower I was sitting in my bouncy seat intently watching "Mythbusters". She told Daddy if he was going to put me in front of the TV like that he should at least put a kids show on!!! So I got to watch Signing Time! Much better than Daddy's silly dork show!

Mommy should pay me for being her personal trainer! We went for a long walk today and everytime she tried to stop I would cry. I am tough, I wouldn't even give her water breaks! Too bad if she is tired after pushing me and Quinn up a big hill, I like the way it feels when the stroller is moving, not standing still! As long as she didn't stop it was a pretty fun walk, I like being outside and I can't wait until I am old enough to sit up and look around!

I watched Baby Signing Time with Quinn today and I loved it!!! I sat in my bouncy seat and didn't take my eyes off the TV the whole time. I really liked watching all of the little kids on the video and I think signing is something I might like to do! There were all kinds of useful signs and I could use them to get stuff. Plus I could tell Mommy when I am gassy by signing "hurt" and pointing to my belly. Of course Mommy can usually tell I am gassy from all the farting I am doing! Oh well, I have good days and bad...today was a very gassy day!!

I still hate tummy time, but I have decided to compromise and I will say on Mommy's stomach while she lays down. I used to even cry when she did that, but now I kinda like laying tummy to tummy. I am getting really good at lifting my head and pushing up when we are in that position too! Sometimes Mommy worries I am going to roll right off of her, but she keeps her hands firmly on me at all times, don't worry!

I got some big wet kisses from my big sister Portia today! Right on the face! I am not sure if I like that or not yet, it sure does tickle though!

I finally did it! I smiled at Mommy! She was holding me in her lap and kissing my hands and telling me that it was time to start smiling. All of the sudden this big smile broke out across my face and I made a really happy cooing noise. See, cause I made a happy noise she knows it wasn't just a gassy smile! Of course I wouldn't do it again and Mommy always says it doesn't count until she sees it twice, but she has agreed to call it an "emerging skill" since it was such a cute smile.

I am a cooing maniac! I just can't stop cooing and today I made a bunch of new cooing noises. Mommy says I am gonna be a talker, uh oh! I had a pretty good day, not too much gas. I didn't want to be put down and I also didn't want Mommy to sit down. That resulted in Mommy feeding Quinn standing up while she wore me in the Baby Bjorn and bounced up and down! Quinn thought that was very funny, he spit sweet potatoes all over me!! Yuck, I hope Mommy doesn't think I am going to eat that stuff when I get older!

Cooper laying outside in Grandma Jan's backyard.

 

 

There was a party in my honor yesterday! Lots of people drove from all over just to see me! It was pretty cool. I made sure that I was appropriately cute and that everyone got to see me with my eyes open. Mostly I slept in Grandma Jan's arms, that is one of the comfiest places in the world!! It was a fun party and I got lots of really nice gifts. It was great to meet my family, there are only a few people left for me to meet!

Today we went to Grandma Jan's and Mommy left me there again, I am sensing a pattern! That's okay, I had a great time there snuggling with Grandma under a cuddly blanket. We even went outside while Quinn was swimming and I layed on a blanket in the shade. I really liked being outside like that, it was great!!

I was very gassy all day today! That made me a very cranky baby. It wasn't fun :( I wonder why I am so gassy, I hope Mommy asks the doctor about it next time we see him. He'll probably say its cause I am a boy!

I hope I am in a better mood tommorow cause Mommy is throwing a big party for me and I am so excited! I get to meet almost all of my family and it is gonna be great!!!

Not much going on here. I haven't hit any major milestones or anything. I am just slowly changing (very slowly) bit by bit. For instance I have started making more different noises. Officially that could be considered cooing. I am tracking things pretty well, especially my brother and my dog. Also sometimes I get bored with staring at the ceiling or being held and I cry until Mommy puts me on the floor with my toys. Mommy says I get more demanding everyday...just wait until I can talk!!!

Quinn poked me with his toy wand today and it was the highlight of my life so far! I find it very exciting when my brother pays attention to me!!! I cooed right at him!