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Monday, August 6, 2012

Cooper: 8 months old

I have been delayed on my posts recently. Summer has been busy and I am trying to enjoy our good weather while we have it! Cooper has made huge strides this past month. He is now mobile! He can't quite crawl but he can roll, push off his feet and do a funny "army crawl" to get around. He can cover our family room in no time to get to what he wants. I think he will be crawling in no time. He has also pulled himself to his feet twice (once at daycare and once at my parents' house). He is not cruising yet fortunately. He loves cars - just like his big bro! I definitely see sibling ribalry in the near future. He continues to smile his adorable gummy smile. I hope he does not get teeth for a little longer. He laughs and loves to be tickles. He is more vocal about being left in one place. He wants attention and does not want to be put down with toys. This has made it tricky to get stuff done. I have found myself packing him around in a backpack which he enjoys. He still takes 2-3 naps per day usually 1-1.5 hours each. He goes to bed at 7:30 and gets up around 6:30 or 7. He is sleeping through the night which makes me thrilled! He is adored at daycare and charms most people we meet. I spent my first two nights away from him this weekend. I left the boys at my parents' house while I spent a girls' weekend at Crescent Bar (about 25 minutes from Wenatchee). There were four of us from highschool and it was a wonderful weekend in sunshine, relaxing by the pool and catching up with old friends. The boys did great with my parents and sister and I actually did fine away from them. I was ready to see them Sunday morning though.