5 Months

Happy five month birthday, Buckaroo!! You are getting SOO big! You eat your oatmeal like a champ. We cannot wait to start you on purees so you can taste all of the good stuff that you try and steal off of our plates every night at dinner. 

How old: 5 months

Looks like: Starting to look like more of a mix now

Weight: 17 lbs 2 oz

Height: 26 inches

Likes: Rolling over, playing with toys, eating his oatmeal, bath time

Dislikes: Sleeping.

Milestones: On September 7^th Cooper rolled over from back to belly! Yay! He is doing great with his oatmeal & we're hoping that we get the go-ahead to start him on purees at his six month check up!

Best Buddies For Life 

Rawr 

Hanging out with Daddy 

Cooper LOVES his oatmeal!! 

Messy messy baby 

Mama's new haircut 

Chillin' in Uncle Andrew's new car! 

Damn you four month sleep regression..

So ever since we got back from Wisconsin, where Cooper had his first episode of sleep issues since he was about eight weeks old, he has been an absolute terror when it comes to sleeping through the night. His sleep is so inconsistent now. Some nights he'll be up every hour, some every two hours, some he's awake from 11 pm-7 am... I just can't figure it out. We've tried moving his bedtime up, switching bath soap, moving him out of the bassinet into his pac n play for more room, and even resorted to swaddling the baby who wouldn't stand to be swaddled from the day he was born.

I even broke dow and did the one thing I vowed I would never do, I ended up with him in the car at 5:30am, driving around all of God's creation until 8am, just so he could get some sleep.

I'm at a loss. I am so unbelievably tired. All of the adrenaline that came with the sleepless nights with having a newborn has disappeared since he starting sleeping through the night at eight weeks. I don't want to let him cry-it-out, and even if I wanted to I really couldn't since he's still in our room until we move, and I don't want to wake AJ up since he has to be up for work at 6am. I'm really hoping the sleeping fairy comes back down and gives me back my nights filled with slumber...

Luke Bryan Concert!

Every now & then I get to have an awesome night out.. this was certainly one of those nights! We were able to get tickets to the Luke Bryan concert, at which Cole Swindell, Lee Brice, and Dierks Bentley also preformed.. AWESOME NIGHT!! Nothing like putting your cowboy boots on & jammin' to some country music.. until Solder's Field runs out of beer.. wait did that really happen??

4 Months

Happy four month birthday, Cooper James, my little Rolly Polly. I look into those beautiful blue eyes everyday, and I still cannot get over how gorgeous they are. You are such a precious boy, even though you can see the devil in those eyes sometimes. We are so excited that you learned how to roll & cannot wait to see all of the new things you will learn in the coming months! 

How old: 4 months

Looks like: Still a lot like Daddy, but starting to get more of Mama’s eyes

Weight: 16 lbs 8 oz

Height: 26 inches

Likes: Rolling over, playing with toys and the cat, smiling, laughing, playing with Daddy when he comes home from work & going to Wisconsin

Dislikes: Getting his first cold

Milestones: On August 6^th Cooper rolled over from belly to back! Yay! We were give the go-ahead to start him on oatmeal, so we are super excited to get down and dirty with starting foods other than milk! 

Cooper's first cold, first trip to Wisconsin & first time showing his werewolf alter-ego.

So we had been planning on taking a trip up to Wisconsin to AJ's family farm since Cooper was born, and finally had a weekend that the whole family could go. Of course, the night before we were going to leave, Cooper starting with this horrible coughing, which turned into coughing and sneezing, which by the middle of the night turned into coughing, sneezing, and a 103 degree fever. UGH! I was up watching him all night, taking his temp every 30 min, giving him Tylenol, rocking him back to sleep when his coughing spells would wake him up, and putting all natural vapor rub on his feet. Finally around 4 am his fever broke. We talked about if we should take the 6 hour drive up North or not with him having a cold, but decided that since his fever ad broken that we should be good, and would come back if it started up again. Well he certainly got a lot of rest on the way up there.. slept the whole time minus the 45 minutes we got out to eat! By the time we got up to the farm, he was doing pretty well, just had a stuffy nose & a little cough. I think the fresh air did him some mighty good because the next day he was back to feeling like a champ. However, we did have some MAJOR sleeping issues while we were there, and are hoping that they don't continue now that we're home.I'm going to blame it on the full moon that he wouldn't go to sleep until almost 1 am & was up every 30 minutes after that the rest of the night. Cooper James.. the werewolf.  

Poor sick babe on the way up.. 

With Cooper's tree that Great Grandpa planted for him on the farm! Can't wait to watch it grow! 

We had to stop at the Mars Cheese Castle on the way home! Yum!