Pictures I promised...

Look at him standing all on his own. I am so proud of him, but so sad at the same time. He's growing up to fast!

Weekend Recap

We had a very busy weekend in the Holland household. We traveled down to SC for Reid's 9th birthday party. Cooper did great on the trip and really was a great baby the whole time. We really are very lucky to have such an easy going baby. I haven't quite figured out who he gets that from. I don't think anyone looks at Eddie or I and says oh there are two easy going people. Poppa Bruce took some pictures and I will have to post once I get them. Just a clue of what they are....think adorable baby!

On Sunday we had a cookout with some friends and Cooper had a ball. So much attention was directed all at him and he loved it. Cooper showed them his new "tricks" as Eddie likes to say. He a few new ones. One he has started clapping! It is so cute. I don't think he understands when you clap or why he is clapping, but he can still do it! Also, he is starting to be able to stand on his own for a few seconds. He is not too far away from taking some step. Gosh I can't believe how fast time has gone by. I will leave you with a video of our little man showing his "trick" of standing up. Hope you all have a great week!

Walking?

I know! Two posts in one day! Maybe that makes up for the past couple of week? This post you all will love. I bought Cooper a toy that serves as a walker as well as a little car he can ride on. We have been trying to get him to use it as a walker but he never would. Until now...
Take a look. Aren't you impressed?

Here is a video of Cooper just jabbering away. He is such a sweet boy!

Oh Cooper!

Lots of exciting things have been going on at our house. We have been working on getting Cooper to fall asleep on his own at night. Let's just say Cooper's mom and dad are exhausted! Hahah! Doing this involves letting Cooper cry it out a bit. It's awful. I mean it breaks my heart, but I know he can do it. Well, Cooper doesn't like this plan one bit. And he let's us know it. If you were ever curious who Cooper is like, we have an answer - Eddie. Stubborn as can be. Let me explain...

So I give Cooper 10 minute intervals. I lay him down tell him I love him and good night and walk away. He cries (aka screams) for 10 minutes, I go back in and do it all again without picking him up. Well, he is EXHAUSTED, but is so stubborn he won't lay down. He just stands up holding on to the side of the crib crying. We have only gone like 3 rounds of this normally a night. Well, we have been finding this...

Yes, it is what you think it is - Cooper asleep standing up against his crib. Hilarious! I am sorry for the poor quality, but I wouldn't let Eddie go in and risk waking him up, so it is a picture of our video monitor. I mean seriously how stubborn of a baby. Would not lay down for anything. So we continue our quest - we aren't there yet!

Now in the morning when Cooper wakes up, he immediately stands up and starts jabbering. Here is a picture of what we see when we go in and get him up in the morning.

So another thing that has happened is Cooper has gotten his first walking shoes. You know the ones - the white "high-tops" from Stride Rite. And he looks adorable in them. When we went to buy them you should have seen him. He would stand up so proud and look at the sales lady and smile and then look at his shoes. Oh it was too cute for words. Here is a picture of Cooper in his fancy shoes.

We also have started trying to get Cooper to eat some table food. We started with those Gerber puffs that basically dissolve in his mouth. Take a look at these pictures - how happy does he look! I wish he was like this with vegetables!

Now here are just some adorable pictures of him that I just had to post. Seriously, isn't he cute?!?!

He's 8 months old today!

Can you believe it? I can't. He will be 1 year old in 4 months - where did the time go? Our little man is 8 months old. He is crawling EVERYWHERE and fast, pulling up trying to stand on his own. He is doing so much! Funny story for you ....

I went to pick up Cooper from school today and his teacher was telling me that a new baby is starting on Monday, a little boy, Andrew, just a few days older than Cooper. Yippee! Cooper will have a friend his age in his class. Then she told me that he wasn't able to do any of the things Cooper could, all he could do was sit up. The mom was hoping Cooper could show him his "tricks". Haha! Isn't that cute? However, his teacher followed that up by saying "You really need to start him on table food." I know I really do - It's me that is holding him back. He gags on EVERYTHING that is new. We can thank Eddie and his picky eating for that. But the gagging makes me nervous. Is he choking, faking, what? I told his teacher ok we can start working on it. Then she says well you know the new little boy is eating table food and we don't want him to pass Cooper up on something! HAHA. It was so cute - she wanted to Cooper to keep his top dog status in the class.

Well, I apologize again for the lack of posts. I have been working a ton and I am exhausted - so off to bed I go. I will give you more recaps this weekend!

Oh - Pop Pop here's a picture of a future store employee...Make sure you tell Penny and Diane he loves all of his shirts!

And one last picture - I just think he looks adorable!

4th of July Pictures

Sorry for the lack of posting on my part. I am in the middle of some busy times at work, but I wanted to post some pictures of the little man from the 4th down in Florida. We had a great trip and are missing everyone terribly! I will recap it as soon as I get a few minutes.