Pool Party

Nana brought this over:

 

So we filled it up!

Cooper loved it! His favorite part was climbing in and out, in and out.

And trying to figure out where that water was coming from?

Maybe from here...

Oops! This yard is a little uneven.

Must have...

Have you see this on Etsy???

Its from The Laughing Girafee.

I'm just dying to buy it for Cooper. How cute would he look with his blonde hair and blue eyes?

The problem: the price!! 

Can you ask for something for your kid for your birthday??

Hodgepodge and I follow...

this blog everyday. She updates most days during the week and I'm always wondering what she is going to post next! I do not know her at all...which may seem weird...but I love love love to read other's blogs. I must have stumbled upon her blog at some point and just kept reading. You should check it out here. She is me in 30 years (retired, grandkids, travel, and fun fun fun!) Haha!

I also love to read several blogs that are written by my former students....great girls that have an awesome outlook on life. You should check out Taylor's and Jayna's!

Speaking of life...did you see this on O? If you didn't, you should check it out. Get your Kleenex out, yall!

Me and my bestie are gonna watch the final O together. With wine. Sooooo excited!!  

Graduation tonight...then all day with my sweet Coop tomorrow!! 

Pool opens next weekend!!!  

Pumped up for summertime in East Tennessee!

12.

It's hard to believe my baby is ONE. It would be fitting that I'm a month behind on this post. I should of written this a while ago...but things get in the way (i.e. changing diapers, throwing fits, educating the youth of the world, playing in the dirt, cleaning up the food he has thrown across the room, and dang-in... JUST PURE EXHAUSTION). I'm pretty much a month behind on everything!

Cooper is growing like a weed...he comes up with a new "something" everyday. For example, today he decided it was sooo funny to put his head between his legs to look at me!!  Hilarious!! Wish I had a picture but my camera batteries are dead.

Cooper likes to talk and point at everything. Yesterday, Andrew and I took him over to the zoo. He called every animal "Jack" and would point and beat on the glass. He LOVED it!

Coop's a wild man!  He is into EVERYTHING, not scared of ANYTHING. Aka - typical boy. He loves the outdoors, dirt, cords, water, jack's food, climbing into the shower with mommy and eating soap!!  Nonetheless, whomever is watching him is on the move!!  No relaxing with Cooper. He is GO GO GO!

Coop man is also my little dare-devil. He will try just about anything...including jumping off of the bench that Andrew built for him. (More to come on that later...). He thinks that is sooo funny too!! 

Jack is still his buddy. He loves to crawl all over Jack, pull his ears, and pretty much torture him. Jack doesn't seem to mind.

His light blond hair is coming in and he has a better tan than me!! So glad he doesn't have fair skin and will be burned.

Words at this point:  mama, dada, jack, ball, night-night, bye bye (and he waves!)

Coop was still pretty small at his 1 year check up with Dr. Greg. Andrew took him, so I didn't get the low-down, but he is still around the 20% for height and weight (only weighs just over 19 lbs.) and 90% for head!! That big brain is still growing!!

Here are some of my favorite pictures from this 12th month of his life...courtesy of Nana who picks up my slack and takes tons of pictures with her new camera!!

Coop's first year in pictures

Birthday

1 Month

2 Months

3 Months

4 Months



5 Months



6 Months



7 Months

8 Months

9 Months

10 Months



11 Months



12 Months

The decor

Nope, I'm not done talking about Coop's party. I'm a lot little behind on my blogging. There is plenty more to come. Here are a few pictures of the decorations. We went with a golf theme for obvious reasons. Plus it was Master's weekend.