Birthday Celebrations!

 

Lat week we celebrated lots of birthdays.  First one was daddy's.  He turned the big 3-1 this year.  He did much better than he did last year when he turned the big 3-0 :) We celebrated at Nonee and Pepaw's house the night before.  Aunt Cindy made chicken spaghetti and Nonee made daddy's favorite, strawberry cake. 

 

Family photo attempt.  If only Coop had been looking the right way :)

He was getting excited to help daddy blow out his birthday candles

 Make a wish!

 

He was so proud of himself.  He was clapping and laughing!

 Birthday pic with daddy before work

 

Later that night, they had a dance party! Its a little long but too funny :)

http://youtu.be/1STmpeDxfkw

 

 

Thursday was such a pretty day, we decided to take Coop out to the driving range and hit golf balls (His favorite thing to do!)  He was in heaven!

 

Lining up!

 I'm trying to concentrate momma!

 

Look at that swing! :)

 

On Friday, we headed out to deer camp for Poppa's surprise birthday party.  Once again Coop had to help blow out the birthday candles :)

 He cheered when the candles went out!

 



He loves his Poppa!

 

And the last birthday of the week was on Saturday when Coop turned 21 months old! Only 3 more months till his birthday!  I better start planning his party! :)

Mister Coop having a blast on the lawn mower at wal-mart while we picked out flowers for the flower beds

Such a ham!

Playing catch up!

I feel like its been a while since I've posted anything, but the past 2 weeks have been busy!  Here are a few highlights.... Cooper continues to be a little ham.  He cracks me up daily! He loves watching American Idol.  The other night he got his microphone and sang along with them and danced :)

 

The next American Idol! (As long as he doesn't get his mommy and daddy's singing voice)

 

And I guess if the singing career doesn't work out, then he can be a pro golfer.  He is obsessed with golf!  We can't go outside without him saying "golf, golf"!

Cheesing it up!

 

Last Sunday, I ran in my second half marathon.  This one was the Lucky Marathon in Little Rock.  It was crazy how many people were there! The energy was amazing!  There were people and bands all along the way cheering you on.  They made running 13.1 miles fun! Plus I got to do it with 2 great friends!

All ready to go! It was in the twenties that morning so we bundled up!

And we finished! We all felt like champs with our big pretty metals! I was really happy with my time. I did it in 2 hours and 1 minute.  Before the race, I said this was my last half to do, but who knows I may do another one. The training is time consuming, but when you get done, the accomplishment you feel is indescribable.  But for now I'm going to give my body a break :)

 

Yesterday was so pretty, we spent the whole day outside.  We went to deer camp that morning and while Daddy and Poppa worked, we played!

Of course we had to take his golf clubs

He's focusing hard here! LOL!

He was so happy to see Poppa!

Then he decided to mow the deer camp lawn.  Won't be long and he will probably be mowing it for real ;)

Love that smile!

 

When we got home from deer camp, we spent the rest of the day outside cleaning up our flower beds and Coop loved it because he got to play outside all day.

At one point in the day, he decided he needed to ride the razorback. LOL! It was the perfect size for him :)

20 months and a visit from Papaw!

On Saturday, Cooper turned 20 months old.  Will he really be 2 years old in 4 months??? So crazy.  And to make the day even more special he got a visit from Papaw!  He was so excited to see him.  They played and played.  It was a little chilly Saturday but that didn't stop them from going outside and playing a little golf/baseball/basketball/football..they pretty much covered all the sports.  Cooper is really in to sports these days.  His favorite right now is basketball.  He loves to watch it on tv, its so funny.  He will point at the tv and say basketball, basketball!!!  I think his favorite is whatever season it is, so its probably about to be baseball because daddy took him to his first baseball game of the year yesterday.  And I know I may be partial but he is actually really good at throwing/hitting/shooting the ball, whatever sport he's playing at the time.  I see the pros in his future :)

 

He was so happy to see Papaw!

Playing a little golf and loving it

 



I'm afraid its official..he is going to be left handed at most things.  He swings left handed at golf and baseball.  Not that that's bad.  Daddy just needs to get him some left handed clubs now :)

Showing Papaw how its done

Hole in one!

 Action shot

 

 LOL! I guess the golf club works just as good as the bat :)

 

Papaw showing Coop how its done now :)

Concentrating

So dramatic :)

Silly boy!

 

Love this!

 

Cooper is also our little helper with everything these days.  After Papaw left, we did some yard work and starting cleaning out our flower beds and of course Mister Coop wanted to help too!

My little yard man

 

This was too cute not to share...when I got home Sunday after my run, I had a message from Coop waiting on me...

This brings a smile to my face :)

 

Happy 20 Months little man!

 

My Little Valentine

 

 Happy Valentines Day!

 

Is this not the cutest little Valentine you have ever seen?!?!

Coop's face when he saw what he got for Valentine's Day....

A monkey balloon and an Elmo back pack filled with goodies.  Every kids dream right? :)

One of Cooper's favorite things is balloons.  And his favorite book at the moment is the "No No book" as he calls it, but its a story of the 5 little monkeys jumping on the bed, one fell off and bumped his head... and his favorite part is "No more monkeys jumping on the bed." When he saw his balloon he started yelling "No, no, no, no!" and laughing so it was the perfect balloon for him

It was about as big as him :)

He was giving it hugs

He also got his very first back pack with Elmo on it of course.  And he got some Elmo PJ's and an Elmo and Mickey plate.

 



Back to playing with his monkey balloon

And he was off!  He carried it all around the house :)

 

Showing off his new back pack

 

What a face :)

 

Cheesin it up outside before school

 

I also need to introduce the newest member of our family.  A couple of weeks ago, daddy decided he was going to buy Cooper his very own fish.  So meet....Ishy (cooper named him)

 

 

 

 

Its cute every time he walks in his room he waves at him and says "Hi Ishy!"