Our Getaway to Vero

Let me start by saying we have the most wonderful baby in the world. You are probably thinking I am just saying that because I am biased. However, I have had multiple people tell me what a good baby he is. (granted most are related to Cooper, but still) I will give you examples and you can be the judge...

We left for Vero on Thursday afternoon around 3pm. Cooper napped on and off pretty much the whole trip. No major breakdowns or anything! Impressive I know! However, I started to notice him whine during his sleep. Started to make me wonder if we were getting another ear infection. We got to Vero around 12:45am. Thinking Cooper was down for the night, I had Eddie carry him in the house in his car seat. I come in and Eddie tells me he somehow just woke up. Looking back - Bad judgment on my part to let Eddie take him in. He is always saying "Come on, let's just go wake him up and play" Ummm that's apparently exactly what he did because Cooper was ready for some play time at 1am. Not just a little, I mean full out laughing, kicking, rolling over, the whole bit. Now MomMom and PopPop thought it was the cutest thing ever. I was thinking its 1:30am and I have been up since 6am, Cooper please go to sleep. However, all Cooper wanted was to get in bed with us and out he went. Once he got to sleep he went right into his crib to get ready for his big trip to Florida.

Friday was supposed to be a relaxing day and one where Eddie and I were going to leave Cooper with MomMom, PopPop, Meems and Aunt MS to go over to stay on the beach for a night. Well, Cooper decided he wanted us to stay with him a little longer. Poor little man got an ear infection. We took him to the doctor and that is where we spent most of the day Friday. But he got some medicine and we were off to our night out at the beach. They said Cooper did great. Mary Kate gave me the inside scoop that Cooper had a little trouble going to sleep. But he made it just fine! Cooper's first night away from us was a success! Good job little man. Another example of what a great little baby we have. Well, I say little, but I should call him what Eddie and I have been calling him, Big Time. We did find out on our doctor's visit that Cooper is in fact 20lbs. If you read my prior post, they call that a "big baby"!

Saturday was a big day for Big Time. He had his first adventure swimming in the pool and took his first trip to the beach. It was so funny to see how serious his face was. He was really studying the water and trying to figure out what was going on. It's not that he didn't like the water, I think he really just wanted to figure it out. Maybe we have a little engineer on our hands. I will attach some pics below so you can see his reaction. Finally, I have a picture of the three of us on the beach. A very nice woman stopped and saw us AKA me taking pictures of Cooper and Eddie and asked if we wanted a picture of all three of us. She said that it always looked like with her kids that her husband was the only one that took them on vacation because she was always taking the pictures not in them. Isn't that so true!

My first Mother's Day was wonderful. Cooper woke up a happy little man and gave me a card with his own signature. We had a great breakfast and Cooper just had a blast playing. Now, here's a good picture for you...mind you this is on Mother's Day, look what I caught Eddie and Cooper doing. (I should be honest and tell you my mom and I were going shopping, but still how funny is this)

Sunday afternoon we also celebrated J's 4th birthday. He had a blast with his pirate cake and everyone liked the cake except for well Jackson. He really just wanted a pirate ship I think. We came back to the house and MomMom, Aunt MS and me went for a walk while Cooper played. When we got back Cooper went in the pool again, and got his first taste of ice. Yes, I said ice. He loved it! His bottom two teeth are coming in and he just kept rubbing that cold ice on his little gums. He couldn't get enough...take a look.

Here's a picture of the three cousins. Are they not the sweetest?!?! They look thrilled that I made them stop playing to take a picture don't they?

Well, that brings us to the end of our weekend in Florida. We headed back to Charlotte early Monday morning and got back home around 430pm. All in all we had a great trip and we loved seeing everyone. Cooper did great and showed everyone truly what a great baby he is. To say I was proud is an understatement. He really is the best baby in the whole world! Don't you think that too now?

Almost forgot...you know how I have said we think Cooper is a genius baby, well here's proof! Future Seminole! Garnet and gold look so good on him don't they?