Score!

Erin and I headed over to the Picky Chick Consignment Sale yesterday and ended up leaving with some good deals!  She faired better than me (her eye for a deal is better than mine!) and even wound up getting Avery 2 Lily Pulitzer tops for $10. 

That's $5 each folks!

Those tops retail for $48.

I would know. I looked it up!

Then she promised me if I ever have a girl to pass them down. Score!

I picked up Cooper the cutest Fourth of July outfit...and since our neighborhood goes ALL OUT  with a parade and shrimp boil it was worth the $20.

Brand spanking new with the tags still on!

It will look perfect with Jack's flag bandana and red collar!

I also got him another jon-jon for $4 bucks and the cutest new fishing shorts for $10.

The shorts were my splurge.

If only I could get my little man better we could have a fashion show.

Changes

Cooper is changing so fast these days!  In the last week, he has said, "dada" "mama" "jack", and has learned how to wave. Well, his wave is sticking his arm straight out. He has been giving kisses and high fives for a while. We are still working on the clapping! 

He took one step the other day, but fell down. One step at 10 months old might lead to an early walker??

He also loves to take blocks off his tower and then put them back on! He used to be scared of the blocks and would cry when they fell. Now he thinks it hilarioius! 

He is cutting some teeth up top (finally) but I feel so bad for him. He's drooling like crazy and has been chewing on his thumb. I've been doing to standard motrin, but that's about it.

He loves to eat anything himself, so we've been trying to come up with foods he can pick up and eat on his own...enter suggestions here please!

Cooper loves to look out the window so I'll leave you with this:

Ten.

I can't believe my little man is 10 months old! Cooper is the sweetest little boy ever...always happy and smiling. He's very curious and mischievous and loves to get into everything. Here's what he is doing now:

Babbles all the time...especially when he wakes up

Sleeps through the night most of the time

Still only has 2 bottom teeth that he has had for 3 months

Gets scared easily...hates the car wash

Can stand on his own for about 10 seconds before he falls down

Loves to climb into and onto everything

Has discovered the outdoors...loves the birds and airplanes that fly over

Will eat anything...especially loves mandarin oranges and peas

Is allergic to eggs!! Yikes!

Will climb over Jack to get to something...Jack doesn't mind

I swear he said "Jack" the other day. Will say Da and Ma sometimes

He is getting more and more hair...looks like light brown/blonde

Stat's at his nine month checkup:

17 lbs 14 oz - 15%

27.3 long - 15%

Large Head - 85%

He is still short, small, with a big head!

Help a friend out!

A sweet family that we adore is adopting a baby boy from Ethiopia. Go here to buy a shirt to help in their fund-raising efforts. Every penny counts!

This is the design...how cute is that? Wouldn't you love to wear this around town!!  I would!

Check out this, too and read about their journey!

Lately.

We've been doing a lot of :

 Smiling

 Reading

 Exploring

Climbing

Last week was a super busy week for me! DECA Regionals was on Thursday (my students did awesome! I'm so proud of them!) and my marketing class is opening a school store (so proud of htem too!)....thankfully my AWESOME mom pitched in to keep Cooper a few extra hours and also managed to do all my laundry and organize my pantry!!  Crazy!  Thanks Nana!

A couple of weekends ago, Grammy and Poppy came in to town to keep Cooper while we joined our neighbors (6 couples total) at an awesome cabin in the mountains. We even had our own movie theatre...I watched 3 movies in 1 day. For those who don't know me, I have a problem with sitting still, so 3 for me is a record! I probably haven't watched 3 movies in the last year 9 months!

Cooper will be 10 months old next week!! So hard to swallow. Our little baby now seems like a big boy. He is such a happy little dude..we love him so much! 

Jail

My mom sent me this picture with the caption and I thought it was funny!

Mommy,

If you let me out I promise not to take it out around the block again. 

Love, Cooper

 

Embrace the Camera Thursday

Wish I could take the credit, but the beautiful, talented Lindsay Jane took this picture. Every family should get their pictures done by her...she is AMAZING!

My little man is getting so BIG! (trying not to cry here people!)

Thanks to the sweet Jane for inspiring me to embrace the day!