There's nothing like a good puzzle...

...to keep you from doing anything productive. Thank goodness it only took 3 days.

102 temperature...

...makes for a very cuddly baby. He didn't move from this position for a whole hour.

With how many times he's been sick this summer, I am not looking forward to winter!

He's growing up...

Name that Song

Round of Applause

One of Carter's favorite things is for us to clap for him. You also get a little peak at one of his classic faces, the wrinkle nose.

Step, Step, Hop, Shake

Coop started doing this on the couch one day and I couldn't figure out where he got it from until I saw this on Mickey Mouse.



I love how it takes him a second to get his little booty going!

Mini guy, mini golf

Coop's first time mini golfing and he was lovin' life! He did have a hard time leaving the ball where it was after hitting it though. He kept wanting to pick it up and take it back to the start to hit it again. :-)

Baby Tarter even got a few shots in.

Howdy Y'all

A couple days ago Coop was riding the airplane at the park that rocks back and forth. He yells, "Yee-haw, ride 'em cowboy!" and then gets this perplexed look on his face. He looks at me and says, "Mamma, where's my cowboy hat?"

"You don't have a cowboy hat, Coop."

(head tilt) "I need a cowboy hat."

Grandma AJ, who lives in the cowboy state (Wyoming), seemed like the perfect solution so we called her up and Coop politely asked for a cowboy hat. 3 days later we received this in the mail.

Yee-haw!

Cutest cowboy in the West, mid-West that is!

A big cowboy thank you to Grandma AJ for the awesome cowboy hat!

A Stern Talking To

So Coop's eating dinner last night and he starts rubbing his ketchup all over his sippy cup making a huge ole mess. I get a little perturbed and give him a stern talking to about not making messes and telling me when he's all done, blah, blah, blah. Right in the middle of my tirade on messes, he has the nerve to ask if he can watch a movie. That catapults me into another talk about how when we don't listen to Mommy then we don't get to do the fun things. Instead of going into a full on fit, he lightly takes my chin in the palm of his hand, looks me straight in the eyes and says, "Mommy, look at me. Look at me. (pause, head tilt) I'll make good choices. I'll be a good boy."

He got to watch a movie.

Cute Sadness

This kid has the cutest sad face I think I've ever seen.

When he gets mad he wrinkles up his nose and gives a little cry.

But don't you worry, he gets over it pretty quick!

Oh so tired!

First words?

I'd like to think so :-)