8 months old today....and for about the last 4 months, this is typical Cooper! He is such a happy baby who is always wearing a smile. Don't get me wrong, when he is tired, hungry or teething he'll definitely let you know, but for the most part he is usually in a good mood. I can't believe 8 months have already flown by. He hasn't quite started crawling yet, but he loves to be on his stomach lately and has done alot of sliding around...although just backwards - he can't quite seem to figure out how to go forward yet. He is also trying to start walking - he loves having you hold his hands and guide him around. He can keep his balance for a second or so, but hasn't tried a step on his own yet. Evan took his first 3 solo steps just shy of his 9 month birthday - I don't think Coop will be far behind him at this pace! As for teeth, his top 2 teeth popped through shortly after we returned home from the US, so he now has 4...with the other top 2 showing just behind his gums as well. He got a small cold after we got back, so that coupled with the teething made him a bit of a grump for a few days! Luckily, neither of these things seemed to interfere with his sleep. Since we've returned he has slept 9 to 10 hours straight, waking at 5 or 6 for a quick feed and then back to sleep until 7 or 7:30....which totally works for me since this has been the best sleep he has gotten since he was born! We are still working on getting that full 12 hours with no wake-ups...hopefully we'll get there soon! Cooper also started eating 3 meals a day and we introduced meats to him while we were back in the states (maybe this all has helped with the sleep as well). He loved everything we gave him (chicken and vegetables, turkey and rice, chicken noodle, chicken and gravy...etc) - we've yet to find something that he won't eat. You can tell peas aren't his favorite, but he still eats them even after he gives you this "this doesn't taste so good" look! I am so lucky I have 2 children that love to eat....everything!! It's pretty difficult to find a fruit or vegetable that Evan won't eat! The kid loves everything from green beans to raw green bell peppers! I hope they both always keep up their healthy appetite and love for food (since I don't think we'll ever have to worry about them becoming overweight...given that they seem to have such a hard time putting on weight!)
And of course, after trying to brainwash him into his first word being "mama".. since he was about 2 months old - his first word was "Dada", just like Evan!! What is up with these boys....don't they know they are suppose to be mama's boys!! The other cute thing he says is...when you ask him where E is, he has started yelling "eeeeee"....it's precious! In the last month he learned to give "high 5" and within the last week he has started waving "hi" and "bye-bye". I've been working with him on signing "more" for a while now, but he hasn't quite picked that up yet. He loves puff stars, so every time he eats beside Evan for breakfast or lunch, Evan feeds them to him and he tells him to say "more" (as he signs it for him as well) before he gives him another one..too sweet! I'm sure it won't be long before he picks that one up as well. I absolutely love this stage - they start to do so many fun things at this age! I've also started to get an idea of what it is going to be like having two boys trying to play together. Cooper already wants to get into everything Evan is doing and Evan is constantly saying "Cooper....no!" Cooper will get in his walker and trample all over a line of cars Evan has set up, so Evan pushes him all the way to the other end of the kitchen and says "Cooper (which has started sounding like "Coopa")...you go there!" Oh the fun we have in store ...I can hardly wait!!
This is always the choke hold E puts on Coop every time I ask him to take a picture with Cooper!
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