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?!?!