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The next American Idol

Cooper has discovered the fine art of Singing!!!

18 months!!!

WOW I can't believe that Cooper is already 18 months old.

here are his stats:

height:2'9" (71%)
weight: 25lb 5oz (41%)
head 19.5" (90%)

18 month version of Cooper

• loves to do whatever he wants:)
• talks constantly, he will try to say just about anything you ask him to
• LOVES tractors and was so excited to play with them at Grandpa Jones
• he loves trains and airplanes and cars
• he LOVES "KACHOW" otherwise known as the movie "Cars"
  
• eats constantly and eats just about everything.
• isn't so sure about nursery yet but does pretty good
• loves his cousin Hannah and Keira he asks about them on a daily basis
• asks for Scott ( Chris' brother) multiple times a day after every phone call or when I am on the computer:)
• loves to look at pictures of family
• can recognize Papa and grandma's house when we pull up
• loves to sing songs
  
• knows about 20 animal sounds, like elephant, camel,wolf and frog.
  
• never stops moving
• has become a fan of lawn mowers and asks to see them daily.
  
• and thanks to Chris he has learned to toot on command. it makes changing his diapers that much more fun :)
  

we love this kid so much and it is so fun to watch him grow and learn new things everyday

one more video

What do you do with a cardboard box, 2 golf clubs and some duct tape?

Make a slide of course!!!

Easter weekend

Easter weekend fell at the end of Chris' Spring break so we got to spend some extra time in Springfield. We thought that since the weather was nice on Thursday we would go feed the ducks at Alton Baker park. so we swiped some bread from my parents and headed over only to find out.....

that you are not allowed to feed them anymore. they even have a gate up!! Cooper was still really excited to see the ducks.

They actually only have 3 sides blocked off so we were able to get pretty close Cooper was having a ball

the best part though was being able to just run wild in the grass

On Saturday we went to My Grandparents house to have lunch and an Easter egg hunt. Cooper caught on quite fast.

Here he is counting his eggs!!


He got distracted by the fountain.

So instead of telling him not to play in the water in the rain and cold Chris just rolls up his sleeve and lets him have fun!!!

Heather and I were looking at cake books and cooper was playing beside me with his basket I looked down and this is what i saw

That doesn't look comfortable but he stayed there for quite awhile. Silly kid


Here is the best picture of the kids. Every time I put Cooper closer to the girls he would scoot away.

This is Easter morning with my parents. Heather Jeff and the girlies went to Salem so it was just Hannah and Cooper. Cooper learned quickly that the eggs had candy inside

Notice the pile of M&Ms and the smirk on his face as he opens another one

We had a great time with family. Cooper loves going to Papa's house he recognizes it when we pull up and loves to go and do anything with Papa.

An Actual Video of Cooper

We finally got Cooper to perform for the camera here is a very poorly put together video of what happens right before bed time. Enjoy