My little Cooper. As I was looking through some pictures ( I need to bring one to Coopers Nursery) I came across this one and just love it! It's always so hard to get him to look at the camera and I actually caught him this time.
I have been meaning to write some of the things about Cooper for so long now, I figure I better get to it before I forget!
Cooper is such a little character. He loves to play hard to get. It's like pulling teeth to get a kiss out of this kid. When ever Geoff or I ask him for a kiss he shakes his head and says NO in the cutest little devilish voice, and really holds out!
He is 20 months now and is talking a bit. Kaiya was our early talker but Jager and Cooper seemed to take a bit longer.
Right now he is saying: mama, dadda, kaiya, Jiji (Jager), Fun, Ball, swing (fing), on, cheese, baby, shoe, phone, NO, night night, Grandma, Papa, weee, uh oh..., baba (bottle) etc. He seems to try and say anything we ask him to. He can point to most of he body parts, wave, clap and on occasion blow a kiss or two.
Cooper seems to come alive at night. He is his happiest right before it's time to go to bed. Its so hard to want put him to bed when he is so happy and silly. He loves to dance and when I say dance I mean run around in circles in the living room. Right now his 2 favorite songs are Just the way you are - Bruno Mars, and Dynamite - Taio Cruz, thanks to his dad.
Lately Cooper is wanting to do everything Kaiya and Jager does. He follows them around like a shadow. If Geoff is going somewhere with the other kids and he has to stay home, he gets so sad, he stands at the door saying shoe, shoe...
Cooper has always been a little peewee. I'm not even sure if he has reached the 20 lb mark yet. He sure is easy to pack around but, we wish he would start eating better so he could put on some weight. The doctors thought he might have failure to thrive at first, but now we think it might be a control thing for him. We try to get him to eat everything but he is so picky. Although he will never turn down a treat when offered. I am really hoping this wont last forever.
Cooper does a thing we like to call the "flop and drop" whenever he doesn't get his way or gets mad over something. This entails him dropping to ground all limp and then rolling back and forth. I usually let him do his thing as long as he doesn't hurt himself. I try not to draw to much attention to it as not to encourage it but it's pretty funny at times.
He loves to wrestle with the boys, but he has taken a special liking to beating up on Jager. He will sometime just go up to Jager and give him punch or scratch. This usually results in Jager getting very mad and saying that he doesn't like his brother and that he doesn't want him to live with us anymore. I try and show Jager some sympathy and of course get after Cooper for hitting, but it's kind of funny.
He really is becoming his own little person as of late and I am really enjoying the alone time I get to spend with him while the other 2 are at school. I think that's why I'm not in a huge rush for #4 yet, I just want to savor these moments a little while longer.
