Today was really fun. We went to Kennedy Krieger and I watched Quinn walk around in this weird walker thing. Mommy forgot to bring in the Baby Bjorn so she had to carry me! Apparently I am heavy, cause she kept complaining. She should just give me one of those walker things like Quinn had, I am so ready for that!

Grandma Donna came over tonight. It was fun seeing her. She is helping Mommy get my room ready. They got all of the office junk out of there tonight. She turned off my soothing sounds and Mommy forgot to turn them back on. I must not need them anymore, I am growing up so fast!

I ate bananas for dinner tonight. I did the best job yet of opening my mouth for the spoon. I have been watching Quinn closely when he eats and trying to be more like him, minus the spitting of course!

I was a really good boy today! I took a good nap and didn't fuss during Quinn's PT at all. I really like going to the playground cause Mommy wears me in the Baby Bjorn. I am silly because even though I am strong enough to face out, I want to still face Mommy! I just like to be able to keep an eye on her and I can still watch everything out the side instead of the front. It is like a really long hug when she wears me!

I got to play in Quinn's room tonight! Mommy laid me on a blanket and I squirmed so much I wasn't even near that blanket 10 minutes later. It doesn't count as crawling because I was on my back. Every time Quinn came near me Portia would come over and lay in front of me. If Quinn tried to touch me she growled at him! I guess she was protecting me, what a sweet puppy!

I am officially a belly sleeper and it is freaking Mommy out! She is so silly, always worrying about my breathing. She said she never worried about Quinn's breathing when he slept on his belly...but he was a better roller than I am. It is funny cause I hate being on my belly, but every night I roll over and fall asleep on my stomach.

Today was fun. I enjoyed watching Quinn with his therapists. Then I had a good time playing in my jumper for a while. I took a nice long nap too! It was a good day!

Today was really fun! Grandma Donna and Grandpop Bill came over and we all took a long car ride to visit my second cousin, Wylde. His parents were having a big party for him and since we had never met him we all went! He is a cool kid, only a month or so older than me and already sitting on his own and walking holding hands!!! I was pretty impressed!

It was fun to see everyone and especially fun to hang out with Grandma and Grandpop all day!

Here is a video of me in my jumper from the other day. Watch how I get all excited when Quinn comes over, and how he gets all excited when I start jumping. I love my jumper, and I really love my brother!!!

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I had a really fun day! I got to hang out with Grandma Berta a bunch. It was great!

The best part of my day was when Mommy went out and bought me my very own jumper! It is so cool. It hangs in the door to the living room and I can bounce and bounce and bounce! I love, love, love it! Mommy will post some video of me jumping soon...she promises!

I ate a good amount of applesauce for dinner tonight. Mommy sat me up straight in my highchair and I definately prefer that. I even moved my mouth towards the spoon a couple of times, but I am still not opening wide or keeping most of the food in my mouth. Oh well, I will get it someday!

I rolled over today! When Mommy came to get me up from my nap I was on my belly, and I know Daddy put me down on my back. I must have done it in my sleep....I would never do something like that on purpose!

We went to Grandma Donna's house for Thanksgiving and I ate real sweet potatoes. Mommy didn't think I would like it, but Grandma Jan tried anyway and they were great! Next year I am eating a drumstick!!! I just gotta grow some teeth first.

How cute is he???

 

Cooper ate real food for the first time tonight...real sweet potatoes! Grandpa Don makes a great highchair!

 

Cooper and Kermit playing together.

 

 

I was a really good boy last night! I slept almost the whole night and only got up once to eat. Good thing too, cause Mommy has decided to Ferberize me....or in other words, let me cry it out! That sucks, no more cuddling all night long with Mommy like I like to do. She put me to bed tonight and chickened out. But then she changed her mind and left me in my crib to cry. It wasn't fun, but I fell asleep after about 20 minutes. I guess she figured out that I only wake up and cry because I know she will come get me. If she doesn't come get me I guess there is no point in waking up! We will see how tonight goes!

I had a good day with Great Grandma Berta. She is such a fun lady! I love cuddling with her!

I think I am driving Mommy crazy! It is probably because I don't sleep anymore. I wake up crying at least every two hours all night long and don't even nap well anymore. Poor Mommy, sometimes when I am crying really hard I look up at her and she looks like she is going to cry too! All I want is for her to hold me in the rocking chair in my room and pat my butt. That is it. She can't put me down, she can't do it downstairs, and just rocking is not enough! I just want to sleep in her arms with my head next to her heart.

I did have a few happy moments today. I got a really great Thanksgiving card in the mail from Grandma Jan. The pilgrim bear made me smile and then I put it in my mouth and chewed on it for a while. It felt good on my non-existent teeth.

Grandpop Bill came over tonight! He is a really fun guy! He blew raspberries on my belly and made me laugh over and over again. Then I spit up on him and he stopped....oh well. After he left I went back to being really cranky. I have been having a really rough time at night lately. Mommy finally gave me some medicine and I calmed down enough to fall asleep. Being a baby is hard work!

Grandma Jan's house has a jumper....need I say more! I had such a great time over there on Saturday. Everytime I got fussy Daddy would just put me in the jumper and I would bounce all over the place. I really liked that it was in the kitchen doorway too cause I got to watch Mommy cook dinner. My cousin Zoe was there too and I had a good time hanging out with her and playing with her toys. We went for a walk around the neighborhood. That was fun, but I wanted to ride in a Bugaboo like Zoe's. I got stuck in the cheapo umbrella stroller and the shocks on that thing suck. I still enjoyed it though because we were outside and it was fun. Anyway, I'm a boy, I don't need no fancy schmancy stroller! :)

I had a rough night last night and couldn't sleep unless Mommy was holding me. Not sure what was going on but every time she put me down I woke up. Finally around 2 AM she gave me some tylenol and I fell asleep for good. Maybe I am teething.

Cooper and his cousin Zoe!

 

Cooper and Zoe playing together.

I had a really fun day! We went to Quinn's movement class this morning and I had a great time watching all the kids and listening to them singing. When we got home I took a little nap and woke up at exactly the time Mommy had to get Quinn ready for speech. Let me tell you...Mommy is talented! She figured out how to give me my bottle and feed Quinn lunch at the same time! When we got to Loyola everyone made a big deal out of how cute I am. I love it when people make a big deal out of me!

I had a fun day today! I rolled around on the floor a bunch, not all the way over...just onto my side. Mommy finally found Quinn's old tiny table and she put it in front of me while I was in the Bumbo seat. I loved it cause she put all kinds of neat toys on the table for me! I also spent some time in my swing today. I don't really like it much anymore though because there is a toy attached to the tray that I can never seem to get in my mouth! I find that very frustrating!!!

I was a pretty cranky baby today. I think it was cause I was gassy. At least I took a long nap so Mommy got a little break. Of course it did take me more than an hour to finally fall asleep tonight. Hopefully tommorow will be a better day!

Today was a good day. I woke Mommy up early and we cuddled and played. When Quinn got up I sat in my bouncy seat and watched him for a while. He came over and pulled on my feet and it made me smile. I love my big brother! I took a nice long nap and then we all went to the playground for Quinn's PT. Mommy put me in the Baby Bjorn and I had a great time. I was so excited to see all the kids playing that I kept cooing and yelling. I can't wait until I am big enough to slide down the slide too!

I had such a fun morning! We went over to a friends house and they had the best toy there! Mommy put me in the jumper and it was great. I was in something like that at Grandma Jan's once and I don't remember it being that fun, this one was cool cause it had a tray on it for toys! I bounced all around and twirled all around. Plus, I got a really good view of all the other kids playing. Bobby was about Quinn's size and he really liked me. He kept coming over to play with me and it was great. All the kids were pushing me while I was in the jumper but the adults made them stop...I didn't mind, I thought it was fun! There was also a baby my age there, Emine...she is gonna be my girlfriend someday, she is really cute!

Today was fun. We went over to Grandma Donna's house and I had a great time! I got to play with Grandpop Bill, he is so silly. I did lots of cuddling with Grandma Donna and Aunt Becky. I even cuddled a bit with both my cousins AJ and Jeffrey! Me and Quinn watched Sesame Street on a TV so big that Elmo was bigger than I am!

It was a great night and I was a really good boy!

Cooper hanging out with Grandpop and chewing on a spoon. He was having a great time!

 

Today was a pretty fun day! I hung out with Daddy again this morning. Then we all went to Quinn's speech class. After that we went to the mall and that was really fun! I just love riding in the bottom seat of the stroller. I played the straps and took a nap (I couldn't help it I was so comfy!). When we went to the food court for dinner I got to play with Quinn's happy meal toy. I was having so much fun I started to scream with happiness! Unfortunatey on the ride home I decided to scream with unhappiness. It was a long ride!

I had fun hanging out with Daddy today! We played and watched my Baby Einstein DVD. I ate a whole lot of formula today too. I always seem to drink more when Daddy is watching me. Mommy keep trying to give me rice cereal, but it just doesn't thrill me. I usually just stare at her with my mouth full and give her my "where is my bottle?" look.

I got really hyped up tonight and started screaming because I was so excited...it was a happy scream though. Mommy said I must have seen a crocodile, because my new favortie song is Row, Row, Row Your Boat. The second verse says "Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream. If you see a crocodile, don't forget to scream!" I love that part! It is my favorite song cause Mommy holds me in her lap and we make rowing motions together. Talk about fun!!!

Yesterday we went and I got my picture taken. It wasn't so bad, the lady was pretty nice and Grandma Jan helped get me to smile. I rode in the bottom seat of the stroller for the first time at the mall and I loved it! It was much more comfy than the carseat and there were straps for me to play with. It was so comfortable that I even took a nice long nap in there....right in the middle of the food court!

Grandma Donna stayed over last night and when I couldn't sleep she cuddled me for a really long time. I really enjoyed sleeping in her arms, I almost never get to do that cause she is always running around!

Today was pretty fun. We went to the MOMs Club meeting and I flirted with all the girls in the nursery. I was happy cause Mommy was wearing me in the Baby Bjorn, I like being attached to Mommy! Daddy has tommorow off so we will probably hang out a bunch, sounds fun!

My first professional pictures.

 

Mommy knows how to make me smile for the camera....get me naked!

 

I still haven't rolled over, but sometimes I roll over onto my side. Not sure why I do it cause it just makes me mad. Mommy says I am such a silly little boy! We worked some more on sitting up today. I sat in front of that cool car gym thingee and watched the lights go. I kept leaning forward and resting my head on the steering wheel and balancing myself that way. I thought it was a good idea, but Mommy seemed to want me to sit up straight. Honestly I don't have a lot of interest in sitting. I think I might just skip sitting completely and go right to standing. All I want to do is stand, I do most of my smiling while I am standing up you know.

Tommorow we are going to get pictures taken for our holiday cards. I have never gone to a professional place before so I hope it isn't too scary. Maybe I will smile for the camera and maybe I won't....we will see!

I had a pretty good day today. I got to hang out with Daddy and watch lots of football. The Ravens won, yay! I really enjoy watching football, that is good TV! I also got to cuddle with Mommy and play a bunch. We went out to dinner, but it didn't go well. For the first time it was Quinn who was crying in a restraunt. It was a lousy buffet anyway, they didn't even have rice cereal there! Good thing Mommy brought some formula with us!

I gave Mommy a pretty hard time when it was time to go to sleep. That is my new thing. Mommy doesn't seem to like it very much!!!

I gave Daddy a pretty hard time today! I wouldn't take a nap and only slept for 20 minutes at a time. I must be teething, because this just isn't like me! Grandma Jan came over and took me and Quinn to the mall. It was really fun. I sat like a good boy in her double umbrella stroller and only cried if she stopped it! I had a good time watching Quinn play at the play area. I can't wait until I am big enough to slide down the slide with him! Some lady saw me standing up at the mall (with a little help from Grandma), she said I must be brilliant to be standing like that at only 4 months. Of course I am, I'm Super Cooper!

I have been giving Mommy a really hard time at night the last few nights. She hasn't even had the chance to really update my blog! I go to bed at the regular time, but then instead of sleeping through the night I wake up crying every half hour! I usually do that until about midnight, sometimes I throw in a 3 am wake up call for old times sake. I just haven't been feeling like myself lately. I don't know if it is because I have a bit of a cold or because I might be teething...but it really sucks!

Good news is that I got down a few tablespoons of rice cereal the other day, so it isn't because I am hungry!

I can't sleep! It is almost 11:30 and I can fall back asleep. I think it is because of this wierd sound that keeps coming out of my mouth. Mommy says it is a cough and it really sucks! My poor little nose has stuff coming out of it too! I am not a happy camper :(