There are monsters ON my bed

So Cooper got this idea that there were monsters on his bed, we have no idea where it came from but here are some pictures of all the random places that we found him sleeping.

 Most kids are afraid of their closets, ours goes in his to be safe and even closes the doors behind him so that nothing can get in.

 I just don't really understand why behind the bed was a good idea but what do I know.

 He moved his rug so he could lay in the middle of his room covered with a blanket.  I didn't know he was even under it until I saw his feet. 

I am pretty sure this is the first place I caught him, I had no idea where he was, it took me a while to find him.  It took us a few months to get him to stay in his bed all night.  He just makes me laugh.

3 years and 9 months

I think that these are my favorite pictures so far, Coop was such a ham and Griff did such a good job of flirting with the photographer. 

 3 years have gone by so fast, I can not believe that he is that old already.

9 months old and so cute, he is just so happy all the time.  

Christmas and other randomness of fall/winter 2012

In no specific order here

 Trying to get some shots for the Christmas card

 Helping Dad rake the front lawn (I think he just made more of a mess but he thought he was helping)

 More Christmas Card shots

Baths are so much more fun in the kitchen sink

I have no idea what Cooper was doing but this was a pretty good picture considering Griffin had just figured out how to crawl and was everywhere, especially under the tree.

6 months and counting

Six months went by so fast, he is so happy and mellow.  He thinks that Cooper is just about the greatest person that walked the planet.  I love to watch them together and can only imagine how much fun they will have growing up.

 

Griff 3 months Coop 2 1/2

I am playing catch up, these were taken when Griffin was 3 months and Cooper was 2.5.  It was last summer, I know am way behind.  This was photo shoot number 2, I always try to get the very first one of the morning because I know that at 11 am both of my boys turn into monsters and the first try was living proof.  My poor dad went with me and had to witness the craziness that is pictures with two small kids.  At least the second try went better, we did the together pictures first to see how long Cooper would last.  Posing for pictures with his brother that I am actually paying for isn't one of his favorite things to do.

Coop's first movie

So last July we took Coop to his first movie, Madagascar 3 or as he would call it the Afro Circus movie.  He loved it, and even got up during the afro circus part and did his little dance.  He ate more popcorn than Bobby and I combined and spilled his sprite all down the front of his pants and chair but we had a good time and will do it again for sure.  It was nice to let Grandma have some quality Griffin time while we did something special with Coop.

 

Playing Catch Up

Griffin arrived 3 weeks early on April 3rd, my delivery was amazing and we have all been doing really well.  I was supposed to work through the end of that week at my new job and only got one day but everything worked out great.  He has been a terrific baby and Cooper is an amazing big brother, I am so proud of him.  We took our family to get pictures done about 2 weeks after Griff was born and here are some of my favorites.

 Cooper was helping the photographer with the lighting and this what turned out

 He hadn't opened his eyes a whole lot so it was nice to get at least one picture of them.

 I know that babies don't really smile but I would swear this was a smile!

 This is his squishy grump face, Cooper had one that was very similar.

 We couldn't even help ourselves.

 Coop loves to wear these goggles that came with a tool kit he got for his birthday.  He wore them with a pair of rain boots the other day to the store with Bobby.

 Coop demanded that he hold his brother this day and once he had him he demanded that I take pictures, all I could do was laugh and grab the camera.

 Enjoying the nice weather we had

 Coop loves his brudder.