Birthday Boy

These are Cooper's party photos from July...

It's hard to believe that a year ago I was being induced & didn't know if he was a girl or a boy. Time sure flies by. I feel like we have really treasured our time with Cooper more than the others because we know how fast it goes by. We were not in a hurry this time to see him sit up, crawl or walk. (which he is NOT walking by the way, he is taking his time.)

The big Coop turned one today. He started his morning out by sleeping in late, he woke up with a big one year old smile.

Here are 12 things about Cooper for his 12 months of life:

1. Cooper rarely gets called Cooper around our house. Here are some names he is called. Griffin calls him Coop B. Carson calls him Cooper Benner. Parker calls him Poops (she can't say her C's) I call him Benny and Daddy calls him Cooper Ben or all of the above.

2. Cooper has 4 words. Mama, Dada, Dog, Ball

3. He knows a few signs. More, Milk, Dog, Bath, and can recognize many more.

4. Cooper's favorite activities are swimming & taking a bath at night. He is quite the swimmer too. He can float on his back with very little assistance, go underwater, hold onto the side and kick his legs.

5. Cooper weighs 21 lbs, is 31 inches long (95% in height we consider that a really odd but good thing, he is a Warpula after all and Warpula's are not known for their height)

6.Cooper can get to the top of the stairs quickly and quietly. We finally put up a gate. He wants to be up in the playroom with the big kids and sneaks off. Before you know it, he's gone.

7. Cooper loves to swing at the park and can sit in the swing for a very long time.

8. This boy is an eater. Another Warpula trait. He can eat as much as Parker if not more. Not only does he eat a lot, he will eat just about anything you put in front of him. We think he will take after Griffin in this way.

9. He is about the calmest of all 4, another good thing!

10. Cooper is a mama's boy & is having a little trouble weaning onto regular milk

11. Just like his siblings he loves to wrestle with Daddy, a game mommy likes to pass up!

12. Cooper is the sweetest, easiest baby we have had so far! (we hope he is still like this when he is 2!)

We have enjoyed our first year with Coop B and look forward to many more years to come. Although its a sad day for Mommy & Daddy, we are so thankful he is growing and developing so well.