Rough week

We've had a heck of a week! We had to make a trip to the ER on Saturday night when Cooper woke up with a 103.7 temp, has a nasty little ear infection on top of the already painful teething process. Today, we went to see his doctor and the antibiotics are doing their job and those teeth he's been working on are starting to show- yay! So, today was a big improvement for him. The last few have been pretty rough on us all, especially since he wasn't sleeping good at night. I think we really have taken for granted the fact that he sleeps through the night. Thank goodness, Mamaw was able to come stay with him for a little while yesterday morning so I could run some quick errands and workout, it was a much needed dose of sanity. I felt so bad for the little guy, I can only give him so much medicine and wait for it to work (By the way, thank you Joy, for the teether suggestion, he likes them). Needless to say, we are ready for our vacation next week.

Oh, and good news on our building process- our building is ready for delivery and it sounds like we are getting some concrete this week!

Teething Times

I want to know, does teething ever end?? And, how many symptoms can you blame on it?? Cooper is in teeth cutting mode apparently. We have gone almost a week with "abnormal fussiness" as my Tuesday night babysitter, Sydni, would say. It seems that nothing I do makes him happy, I just thank God for Tylenol, Motrin, and Orajel!! But I just want to cry when he does, because I can't make it better for him. The only thing that seems to calm him down and keep him from hyperventilating is going outside and sitting on the porch swing for a few minutes, go figure. He has a little diarrhea and not much appetite, not to mention the drool. The bright side is, he's been sleeping like a log, probably from all the energy exerted from crying most of the day. Needless to say, I actually laid down for an afternoon cat nap when he did because I was drained from being clawed and cried on half the day, teething is exhausting for all involved! He only has 4 teeth showing so far and they came in two at a time, both times it was a little extra fuss for a week and then they cut through and he was fine, so hopefully this time will be only a week, too!
Now, don't get me wrong, he has a little bit of happy time during the day. Last night, for example, he was purposely feeding the dog his goldfish crackers and giggling like crazy (so was I, it was pretty funny).
Those of you who have been through this recently can appreciate I'm sure and those of you that haven't done it for a while, may be having horrible flash backs! Oh, the joys of parenthood!

Daddy's Boy

Cooper was fussing at me Sunday afternoon, so we went out on the porch to watch Dennis mow. He finished up and drove over to us and Cooper wasn't too sure about the mower, but since Daddy was there, it was okay. Dennis took him for a little ride around the yard and he seemed to enjoy it, he just leaned back on Daddy and let the wind blow his hair.

Cooper's Big Day

I think we were all three worn out after the party. Cooper was a little tired and I think that's why the cake didn't go over so well, he was ready for a nap. But, when we got home, we took all the toys out of the packages and we all three played in the floor with them until bedtime and Cooper was in a much better mood. We only have one that still requires Daddy to assemble. The party was so great and thanks to Aunt Deb and Nana for doing the food and making it all cute for us, all we had to do was get the cake and show up with Cooper and that was much appreciated! Thanks to everyone who celebrated with us and those who couldn't be there, but sent their wishes! What a big day for a little boy! I can't believe he's ONE!! What a year!

Happy, Happy Birthday, Baby

Cooper turns ONE today!!! Happy Birthday, Baby! He had his 12 month checkup and shots yesterday-ouch! He is healthy and doing good, he's 19.5 lbs now and growing, he's not very tall, but he is half mine, he just changes so much every time we visit, it's amazing! He got really mad about the shots, even more so than these pictures, but he got over it quickly and was all smiles within 10 minutes. Grandma Rains went with us and we did some shopping for his birthday, he loves all the stuff there is to see at Toys R Us. We are getting ready for the birthday party that is today at 11:30, it will be so funny to see his reaction to his little cake and watch him play with boxes and paper probably more than the toys. What can I say, he's easily amused, takes after both his parents. So, I will be posting some birthday pictures in a day or so. Happy Birthday, Cooper!!!


I thought it'd be fun to post his mad pictures, I thankfully don't have many of these, because he's usually pretty happy. As you can tell, he's changed, but his expressions haven't!

Kids Day Out

Cooper started the Kids Day Out program at our church yesterday, he goes on Mondays and Thursdays. I was way more anxious than he was about it, I think he felt right at home there and he had a great day! He took a two hour nap!!! That is almost unheard of around here recently! Of course, on his little news sheet for the day, his favorite things to do were the wagon ride and playing outside, he is definitely our kid! He loves his teachers there and when i stopped to talk to the director on the way out, he just had to go to her while we chatted about how great he is, then he was ready to go home with mommy. Needless to say, he was so exhausted from all the excitement, he was out like a light at 7:30 last night.
I was a little nervous all day, so I stayed busy, but I had errands to run and went shopping for a pair of jeans, which is not an easy task when Cooper's with me, especially since I had to go to three places to find some I like. (By the way, Dress Barn is awesome and they have the BEST hosiery). I will be less anxious on Thursday now, since we got that first one out of the way. It will be nice to enjoy Bible study with the girls Thursday morning without passing Cooper around or chasing him down to keep him off the stairs, especially knowing that he is happy being social at KDO and playing the day away!

This is a picture from Friday, it was time for Penney's photos, I found this OSU (GO POKES!) jersey for him, he took pictures with a little football, too. As soon as he sees the camera, he comes over to me and gives me this cheesy little grin, that's my little movie star!

Long Weekend

We had a nice long weekend! Dennis took off work on Friday, so we went camping through Monday. It sure is exhausting hauling all that stuff back in when we return from camping, but we're always ready to go again!
Nothing much has been going on lately, we are waiting for our building to come in on the 24th, even though we are not quite completely ready for it yet. It started raining last night and has not stopped all day today, so our land is probably really muddy now. We're counting down til Cooper's birthday now, only 10 more days to go!!
Enjoy the Cooper pictures!


Cooper has finally learned how to get in his toy box, it's so funny to watch him pull his toys out one by one!

Peek-a-boo!! This is Cooper's favorite game and he likes this OSU blanket because the fringes tickle his face.