Uneventful

Last weekend was very uneventful. We didn't do much but hang out around the house. We did go to eat at the new mexican restaurant on Friday and the little man was pretty good. He actually stayed in his car seat the whole time while we ate and we didn't have to get him out to hold him while we ate because of his crying. It was really nice for us both to eat a hot dinner and not have to play hand off. Of course, we went to Texas Roadhouse in Lake Charles on Saturday night and we were back to our old ways! Maybe he is getting better though.

I think we are going to go to the lake this weekend, and I am very nervous. It will be our first night away from home (except for the hospital!). I think I should have started packing last week!

Here are some pictures that we got taken at Sears a few weeks ago. Isn't he the cutest?????

Chick Magnet

Well, the little man is only 4 1/2 months old and I have already found him two girlfriends! This week I got to meet baby Zoee who is only about 6 weeks old (my friend Christa from work's baby) and this weekend Cooper got to meet Isabel who is 26 days older than him (Jeremy's friend Larry from work's baby). He is just going to be surrounded by them....and of course, he is bigger than all of them!!! He has definitely caught up on his size. Here is the little chick magnet!

We started feeding him cereal atleast twice a day now and I am going to increase to 3 times a day before too long. He is getting better at it all the time. He opens up his mouth to take a bite! Last night he slept from 10:30 to 5:00...6 1/2 hours! I just hope he can keep it up!!!!

4th of July

We had a pretty good 4th of July weekend. The 4th was pretty non-eventful. We just stayed around the house. On Saturday, we went to Aunt Nickie and Uncle Shane's to eat hot dogs and get in their pool. The little man was able to get in the pool a little bit, but we didn't want him to get sunburned.

We went today for his 4-month check up and shots. He was 15 lbs. 3 oz. and 24 3/4 inches long. It kills me to see them give him those shots. He had a delayed reaction...didn't realize it hurt until after it was almost over! The doctor says he is doing great developmentally. Usually babies double their birth weight by 4 months and triple by 1 year. Well, we are a little more than a pound away from being triple our birth weight already! He was in the 50th percentile on everything, and the doctor said he is catching up really well since he started out little behind.

Hello again!

Wow - it has been a long time since I have been able to get on to the blog. There has been a lot going on around here and it is hard to find time to get on the computer with a fussy baby around! Cooper is doing pretty good. He has gone through this terrible phase where he doesn't want to eat! He would eat about 1-2 ounces and then scream and cry. I took him to the doctor and we did an upper GI on him to check everything out. It killed me to put him through that, but good news is that everything looked ok. He is eating better, but every now and then he will have another 'episode'. I have been feeding him oatmeal cereal in the evenings before he goes to bed and he seems to really like it. It is doing a lot better in his little tummy too.
He is getting so big and growing out of all of his clothes so fast. For the most part he is in 6 months clothes. I love getting him in new outfits and getting him all dressed up. When he is bigger, he probably isn't going to let me do that much! Here are a few pictures of me and Cooper and one of his new outfits that his Aunt Nickie got him.