The Pratt's

Friday, November 19, 2010

This free something is a good something.

Top 10 8 reasons shutterfly is the best place to get holiday cards?

1. Easy - even my parents could do it!

3. They have stationary paper - so it is not printed on that cheap photo paper stuff

4. The price is right!

5. They have other stuff besides cards...I plan on ordering some calendars from here and maybe some stuff for the grandparents for Christmas.

6. It's super easy to search for the right card for you.

7. It's super easy to upload your pictures on the site.

8. If you blog about it...they will give you 50 free cards!! How crazy is that?? Deal of the century! Better than Oprah's favorite things! (BTW - shutterfly should have been on Oprah's show!!)

I've already picked out my card. (I'm not tell you which one) Now I have to decide which picture to use. One of Cooper only? One of fam? One of Cooper and Jack? Cooper when he was born? Now? Decisions. Decisions.

Sharing.

Cooper is already learning how to share.

He shares his rubber duck with Jack.

Jack shares his bone, football, and Kong with Coop.

Coop loves to play with anything that is not a toy. (i.e. cords, vacuum cleaners, dog food, nasty dog water, anything that has been in Jack's mouth, dirty shoes, pumpkins, grass, etc.)

Cooper and Jack love to play together:

Showdown for the bone. Check out Jack's tongue.

Monday, November 15, 2010

Seven.

Seven. Wow. I cannot describe how I feel about Cooper turning 7 months old. For some reason...this mark makes it seem like it is going by TOO fast. Six didn't feel like this. Seven feels so....old! Time goes by...FAST! I don't think you truly experience this until you are a parent.

At 7 months, Cooper is thriving. Here is what he is up to:

Has 2 bottom teeth (broke thru about a week and a half ago)
Probably weighs about 16 or 17 lbs.
Crawling...everywhere! He is fast! His favorite thing he is not suppose to have is Jack's water and food bowl.
Happy Happy baby! Smiling and laughing a lot!
Very mischievous and curious. His little personality is coming out.
Everything he touches goes in his mouth.
Loves it when his daddy plays with him.
Starting to cry when mommy walks away...oh no!
Loves to grab at Jack's paws and ears. Jack doesn't seem to mind.
Eats all types of baby food...makes a HUGE mess.
He's a bit of a wild buck sometimes. He is very active..usually wants to be down on the ground exploring.
He's a fighter...hard to put to sleep...but once he gives up...he's out!
Still a cat-napper..usually a few 30 minute naps a day if we are lucky!
Hates his clothes being changed.
Goes to bed around 7...sometimes will wake up a few times...sometimes not. Sometimes will wake up A LOT! Likes to wake us up at 5:30...rearing and ready to go! (see below)
He will wear you out! (tip: when Coop goes to sleep, you go to sleep!)

Pictures to come...my camera is in his room and I don't want to wake him.

See the last tip?? Goodnight! :)

Sunday, November 7, 2010

I've been dreaming...

Now that I've lost all my baby weight (plus), I've dreaming of these:

These are a tad bit out of my price range, so dreaming is all I'll be doing :)

Thoughts...

Listening to my baby cry himself to sleep (I tried to get him to go to sleep, but he's a fighter), I decided to blog about all the random things in my head.

1. Daylight savings time is only good if you don't have kids and your husband is in town. Plus getting dark at 5 o'clock SUCKS!
2. Single mothers have the hardest job on the planet...including those moms who have hubbs that travel ALOT. You have it HARD!
3. A teething baby = no sleep.
4. Why doesn't mapquest start their directions on #5...I'm pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood!
5. I spend way too much time on etsy and facebook. I need to take a break from those and get some stuff done!
6. How can one 6 month old have so much laundry?
7. How the hell are you suppose to fold a fitted sheet?

Well, my son is still crying...it's been 15 minutes since I put him in there...should I go get him?

Have a great week everyone!!

Monday, November 1, 2010

The cutest pumpkin on the block!

Cooper had a big first Halloween weekend! It got kicked off Friday night with a kids party in the neighborhood. Cooper loved it so much he fell asleep at the party!

Saturday he was so tired from Friday, he slept from 7pm to 7am! Well...he did wake up a few times, but went right back to sleep.

We had a great time on Halloween day walking around with our neighbors and seeing all the kiddos get candy. There were tons of people in our neighborhood. We stayed up until almost 9 passing out candy. My last minute purchase of 300 dum dums at Kroger really saved the day. We were plum out at then end of the night...including what I had already bought!

Remember that LARGE head I was telling you about? Well...Coop's hat was tight! We didn't make him wear it long.

I was trying to get Jack to "stay" so I could get a good picture of him and Cooper. (see below) I was enticing him with a treat...check out that tongue! He could stand it! Cooper's can't quite sit up yet...so we resorted to below.