I think Cooper's got the basketball gene

Today Cooper attended Bridget's Monday night basketball game. The team certainly loved seeing him but Cooper could have care less. He spent the entire time focusing on the previous game where school kids were playing pee wee basketball. If the ball went left...Cooper's head shifted left. If it went right...his head shifted right with laser precision. At one point Bridget got in the way while she was stretching and Cooper arched his body around her so that he could continue watching the kids play. Cooper's got the basketball bug.

After the game was over, Cooper ran over and grabbed a basketball from the bench and started carrying it around the court. See for yourself...I never laughed so hard!

Busy weekend!

Yesterday was Cooper's birthday. He had a fun day of eating cupcakes and visiting with his grandparents. At the end of the day I told him that the U.S. celebrates his birthday by giving all the little kids candy at night if they dress up. He decided to see if I was telling the truth. :-)

Zoo stroll

Cooper strolling through the zoo on a nice Sunday afternoon. He's definitely walking on his own now but Bridget decided to keep Cooper in check since he was previously rolling on the ground.

My new bench

Cooper with Mimi on his brand new bench

My son the Stair Master

Peek A Boo!!!

Self explanatory...

Milestones!!

Around 9 months...

Tooth number 3 - top left front tooth.

Sign language! Cooper is signing for milk. We don't actually know when he started... apparently he's been doing it at day care for a while. I didn't even realize he was doing it until we were talking about signing with our friends, then I saw him signing for milk.

Ladies Man

Chillin in his mini chair

Block Island

Few pics from Block Island at the end of June.

MILESTONES!

At the end of the first week in June, Cooper's two front bottom teeth broke through!

Cooper started crawling mid-June which was around 7 1/2 months.
He seems to like to play fetch with himself, so it's nice that he keeps himself busy:)

Early June 2010

Sorry for the hiatus!!!!
Here are some pics of Cooper the first weekend of June.

I'm how big?

I finally put together Cooper's stats:

spring smiles

Just a cute photo

San Diego trip

Mummm banana

Great grandma

Bye bye San Diego :(

First Kiss

Cooper's new girlfriend

In general, dropping off Cooper at daycare in the morning is fairly routine. Today, the owner of daycare opted to hold him with another baby--Nola. As soon as Cooper was safely in her arms, he reached over and grabbed Nola's hand. I had to laugh and of course I took a pic. Camera phones are great for capturing funny moments!

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Cooper is 25% Irish so I figured it was appropriate for him to celebrate the holiday! He's sporting his new Celtics headband. I couldn't find an infant one but luckily I was able to procure a "one size fits all" headband. They weren't kidding. Well, except that it won't fit my head.

Ohh, the extra holiday weight

Pinch an inch!!! (Look closely)

Some photos from the holidays

The beginning phase of Cooper rolling over for the first time.

Tummy time

So sweet













Not so sweet any more! I know it's hard to see the photo, but it's funny so look closely.

Safe in dad's big strong arms.

NYE was a little more tame this year

That stats are in!

I know everyone's been waiting with bated breath for Cooper's stats. Well, maybe not but we've gotten at least a few requests about his numbers. Cooper's been hard at work trying to catch up to his friend Thayer (who's 3 months older) and I think he's done a good job.

It'll be nobody's surprise that he's in the 99th percentile for height (25.75") and 97th percentile for weight (15 lbs). His head circumference is a moderate 41cm which is only in the 70th percentile. Must have gotten Bridget's head genes.

Until next time....

Exhausted from the holidays

Cooper successfully returned from his first trip to see his relatives in New Jersey. Boy did they spoil him rotten!

Stay tuned for his latest stats following his next pediatrician appointment on Monday.