4 MONTHS OLD!

My Little Cooper is 4 months old today! I cant believe it. Time goes by so fast. He sure is getting to the fun little boy stage and of course the stubborn stage. :)

He will not WILL NOT be laid down. He would just love to lay down kick and play. But now he has to see EVERYTHING that is going on.

I love watching all the milestones that he makes. Watching him grow is just amazing and how quickly he does! He can now roll over from his belly to his back and also the other way. He hold his head up so well, He loves just focusing on his hands and grabbing things. 

We have had him in a bassinet next to us for the past 4 months. But we decided that TODAY was the day that we would have him sleep in his big boy crib! So we cleaned everything out and his now ready for him to sleep in. I know this sounds silly but I almost cried when I put him in for his nap in his crib. Just because he is growing so stinking fast! But we will see how it goes! Wish us luck.

Christmas time!

This year Christmas is going to be a little different for our family. First off this is Coopers first Christmas, and we will be spending Christmas down in Arizona! Cams family lives there and we thought it would be a nice change up from the FREEZING COLD.

It takes about 15 hours to get to Arizona from Logan and man it is a long drive! I was a little nervous about driving that long with Cooper but.. He did great! I couldnt believe how well he did. We left about 5:30 am and didnt get there until about 8 that night. He slept most of the way. He is just such a great baby! I cant believe how lucky Cam and I are to have such a wonderful, happy little boy.

This is our second day here in Arizona and Coop's just getting loves and more loves! We will be here for about 3 weeks. Im So excited for Coopers first Christmas! Cam and I were done with his Christmas shopping about 2 weeks ago.

As I have mentioned in previous blog posts Jo-anne every year for Christmas makes her kids a Christmas ornament. I just loved that idea! Every year I look forward to putting all of Cams up and see what different ones were made with each year. So I thought that I would keep that tradtion in our family. My idea for Coop's first Christmas ornament was getting a white or clear blub and put it hand print with the year at the bottom. I havent got around to making it yet! But when I do I will be sure to post pictures.

Life couldn't be any better with a little one around!

One month old tomorrow!

I cannot believe that our litte Cooper will be a month old tomorrow! I truley understand the saying "Time sure does fly when you are having fun!" Cam and I are very blessed to have such a great baby. Our litte boy  is so good! He only gets upset if he needs to be changed or needs to be fed. He sleeps during the night, only waking up 2 times. Other then that he loves to look around, hang out and snuggle!

Cooper is only a month old. But We cant imagine life without him. We sure have had our adventures with our little guy. The joys of getting peed on..thats only happned about a billion times :)  No, Just a couple, getting spit up on down your shirt. All the fun things that parenthood brings. But we wouldnt trade it for anything in the world.

About 2 weeks ago we were able to get Newborn pictures done. Which could have gone better but ya do what ya gotta do! Cooper didnt like it that is for sure. Did I mention that he never cries? Well, the most he has ever cried was during newborns! But we were able to get some good ones. Here are a few

We love our little guy and so glad that he is finally here.

Our Newest Arrival!

We have a new addition to our family! Cooper Matthew Carter is finally here. He is a bundle of joy that is for sure. He is such a great baby! We feel so blessed to have him in our home! Well...Cam and I went into the docs office just having a regular check-up at 38 weeks, didn't think anything of it... had my blood pressure checked, The doc walks in and asks "Are you ready to have a baby today?"(my blood pressure was really high) He didnt see the point in waiting any longer. Of course Cam and I had talked the night before about getting the hospital bag ready just in case but shoved it off to the side thinking that we didn't really need to do it. So my Doc sent us up to the hospital and there is where it started! 17 hours and 3 updirals later.... YES THREE! Cooper finally arrived!

I cant believe that our little guy is almost 3 weeks already. Where did the time go? Every morning I wake up and I cant believe how much he changes. I swear its every day. He was so sleepy the first week or so. But now hes starting to open his eyes alot more which is fun!

My Inlaws came up from Arizona a couple of days after Cooper was born. They decided to throw me a shower while they were here. At the shower Jo-anne had everyone write down advice for me as a new mother. There were two peieces of advice that really stuck with me. "The dishes and the laundry can wait, But Cooper cant" That is what my mother in law wrote. Which Im a clean freak and when something is out of place I HAVE to fix it. But I really took that to heart. The other day Cam and I had been gone visting Cams grandparents and the house really needed to be cleaned, But I just decided to not worry about it, Let the house be dirty and spend time with my husband and snuggle with my little guy. The other piece of advice that really stuck with me was "Enjoy the moment while you are in it. Dont say I cant wait for when Cooper does this or when cooper can do that. Because that moment will be gone before you know it." I really liked that. I keep that in mind and enjoy the little everyday moments.

Here are some pictures of Cooper. Hope you think he is as cute as we do! Enjoy!

 

 

Memory Box for Cooper.

Ever since I first found that I was expecting I have recieved in the mail Parent Magazine. A couple months ago while I was reading through the pages I stumbled across this section about a memory box. The writer had written that she had came up with the idea to save all the wrapping paper, bows, bags, etc and cover a shoe box with those bags and papers that she had recieved from her baby shower and fill the box with things such as utlrasound pics, first pregnancy test, etc. I fell in the love with the idea and finally got around to making one myself. Of course you will need other boxes as he grows up but this one with work for now.

Maternity Pictures!

Cam and I were finally able to get maternity pics done! We had wanted to wait until I was a little closer to my due date just for the belly aspect :). We had them taken this sunday by Shandi Duree. Which she did an amazing job! She made it really fun and we were both really comfortable with her. I was a little hestant on wanting to get them done professionally or not just because it can get really expensive. But from the ones that I have seen that she took I dont regret getting them taken at all. It was a good expense. Something that Cam and I can look back on as well as Cooper. Speaking of Cooper!!! Only four more weeks until he arrives at the longest! My Doc said that he might start me at 39 weeks. I cant believe how time flies. It seems like just yesterday we had found out that we were expecting! Cam and I finished his room! So glad to have that done! Now all we need it our little boy.

Here are a few that was taken for us! Cant wait to see what the rest look like!