The Richardsons: 2013

Saturday, September 21, 2013

Cooper is Eight Months!!!!!!!!

Cooper at Eight Months

(September 14, 2013)

Well this past month has been crazy! But in a good way : ) Cooper has started getting very mobile. He is doing the little army crawl thing around the house. Every so often he'll pull up his knees under him, but he's yet to actually crawl. Regardless, he makes it around the house rather quickly doing his little belly crawl. He also has cut 2 more teeth putting him at a whopping 5 chompers. He is still the happiest little thing and has a smile for anything and everything. He really likes watching Mickey Mouse on TV and has mastered moving around in his walker. I did end up taking him to the doctor this month because he was tugging on his ears (just ended up being teething symptoms), but they weighed him and he weighed in at 20lbs! Our little chunker : )

Is this one of the reasons they say not to put bumpers in cribs?

getting adventurous

There are not a lot of pictures of Cooper from this month because the majority of them fall into photos when the hubby's family visited or when we went to California. Below are the pictures from our visit with the Richrdsons....California pictures will be posted later.

The following pictures are from when Gammy, Grandad, Uncle Dave, Aunt Cristin, Tyler and Kylie all made the trip down to NC to see us this past month! It was so nice to see everyone and be able to have a house full of family, which is very rare for us down here. We went to the pool, spent an afternoon at the Natural Science Museum and ate A LOT. But mostly, we just enjoyed eachothers company and let everyone spoil our little ones : )

During our visit we spent an afternoon at the Greensboro Natural Science Museum and Aquarium. Ryleigh had lots of fun looking at and playing with all the animals! Cooper fell asleep.

Ryleigh ran into a friend from school while at the museum

Kylie, Aunt Cristin, Mommy, Ryleigh and Gammy

a relaxing evening at home

Cooper's first French fry

Tyler, Uncle Dave, Grandad, Daddy and Cooper

Be sure to check back for all of our videos and pictures from our trip to California!

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Cooper is Seven Months!!!!!!!

Cooper at 7 Months

(August 14, 2013)

This past month has been fairly eventful. Cooper did master sitting up just like I predicted he would. Our little guy is able to sit by himself and play with toys, look at books, watch TV and pet Lucy now! The best part is Mommy can now walk away into the kitchen and be productive and Cooper can still see her over there, YAY! Cooper has also popped his first top tooth this month. He now has 3 teeth and I'm sure that fourth will be on it's way shortly. Mommy and Daddy left Cooper for the first time with a babysitter (who wasn't Yaya or Gammy) and we discovered that he is definitely a Momma's boy. He did eventually warm up to Miss Toni, but he was not too thrilled with the idea. He is starting to raise his arms up to be held and when Mommy picks him up from daycare he practically dives into my arms from his teachers...which of course makes Mommy smile : )

Because Cooper can now sit up on his own, bathtime is becoming much more exciting for him. He likes to splash around with his hands and kick with his feet. Just like his sister, he seems to have no fear of the water! We are very excited to get him into a swimming pool later this month : ) Cooper is consistently sleeping through the night now and is falling into a nap/bedtime routine. He continues to eat more and more fruits and veggies and I just bought my first container of puffs that I'm hoping we can try out soon.

We're hopeful that in the next month Cooper will start the beginning stages of scootching and crawling around! If not, that's ok. We'll have enough to report about because we get to see sooooo many people in the coming weeks. Gammy, Grandad, Uncle Dave, Aunt Cristin, Tyler, Kylie, Yaya, Poppi....we can't wait for Month Seven!! It's gonna be great! But here are some of the highlights from last month...

sometimes Daddy is the best nap partner

rollin around

a little Daddy/Cooper selfie

Cooper starting to sit by himself

just lounging

Mommy is so silly

but she makes me laugh

And I meant to do a completely seperate post a couple weeks ago, but totally forgot! So here are some pictures of Mommy and Ryleigh having fun with her "sprinkle water" on a hot day : )

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Cooper is Six Months!!!!!!

Cooper at Six Months

(July 14, 2013)

Six Months. Half of a year. How can time be going this quickly?! Our little Cooper started this past month off by rolling over for the first time. Since then, there has been no looking back for him. He rolls all over the place! We have actually moved our coffee table out of the middle of the room so that he has more space to roll. He rolls to his toys, he rolls to pet Lucy, he rolls to pull Ryleigh's hair. You name it, he rolls to it. He also popped his first two teeth this month...and I totally forgot how ADORABLE babies with only bottom teeth are!

Those are pretty much the big events from this last month. He is starting to push up more when he is on his tummy and since he can roll from to and from his tummy now, he enjoys tummy time a lot more. He is grabbing for toys and getting vocal about things he wants and does not want. He is getting better about sitting up on his own. He can only hold himself for a couple seconds, but I bet he'll master that in this next month. He's only a little wobbly still.

Cooper is enjoying fruits and vegetables of all kinds now. He isn't quite a fan of the veggies though. He is still a very laid back baby and enjoys just hanging out in his swing watching his sister and Lucy play. He isn't as independant as Ryleigh was at this age, but that OK. He's a people person and likes to interact with others and be a part of the action. He also isn't as much of a dare devil as his sister was. He does not like being tossed in the air or held up very high. We've also played the "your gonna fall" game and he does not enjoy those games either, haha. He continues to be the easiest baby to make laugh/smile and it makes me so happy that he is that way! Our little Cooper has quite the personality and I can't wait for these next months when things really start happening!

Until then, we'll continue snuggling with our little cuddle bug and enjoying the convenience of a semi-stationary baby...because a mobile baby is next on our checklist. Cooper goes to the doctor next week, so I'll be sure to post his I'm sure off the charts stats.

He was so proud of himself after rolling over for the first time!

then he got a little scared...haha

The following pictures are from our Fathers Day celebration for Daddy. We had brunch at his favorite restaurant and then just spent the day enjoying our time together. Ryleigh made Daddy a picture frame and decorated it with stamps and stickers and then put a picture of her and him in it. Cooper made Daddy a card with his footprints on it.

Ryleigh enjoying her pancakes

Ryleigh will do anything to make her brother laugh...lucky for her, it isn't that hard to do

a staredown

Ryleigh was having fun playing with the self-timer on Mommy's camera...Lucy was not as much a fan

Cooper starting to enjoy time in his walker (which is currently stationary)

Gammy came to visit us for a couple days this month too. We also like going to breakfast with her

showing off that brand new tooth

morning cartoons in Momma's bed

Don't know what we're going to do when he outgrows this swing...which doesn't seem too far away

The following pictures are from Ryleigh and Coopers 4th of July parade at school

Cooper and his crib buddies

His teacher said as soon as she laid him in the crib he thought it was nap time and he wanted his binkie and lovey...so they got to come along for the parade as well.

Just a typical morning when Mommy is off of work

Ryleigh sharing her leappad

The following is a little photo session Mommy had with Cooper. He was very smiley on this particular day and was having lots of fun playing with his new toy.