Grammy takes each of the kids to get a build-a-bear for their 2nd birthday. So the week of Cooper's birthday he got to pick out his new puppy Floppy who he absolutely adores.
Giving Floppy a bath.
Sadie and Wyatt got to bring their bears so that they could pick out new outfits for them as well.
Obviously he's barely humoring me with a picture.
Happy Birthday Cooper!!!
I took the kids to the dollar store earlier in the week and let them each pick out and wrap their own present for Cooper. I tried to deter Wyatt from the pointer thinking that there were other better choices, but what do I know. He loved it and carried it around for days. You'll notice it in his hand in almost all of the remaining birthday pictures which span from first thing in the morning to dinner that night.
He also got a new pair of boots just like Squirts which he loves!!!
How quickly they figure out mischievous ways to use toys.
This year we did a monster party as Cooper is very into pretending to be a monster these days. One of the kids favorite games is monsters, which basically consists of Cooper chasing the older two around the house making scary noises while they try to hide from him. I'm not sure how I feel about the game as poor Cooper is always the one they are hiding from, but he seems to genuinely enjoy finding them and hearing them scream so I've given up fighting it for now. If they're all happy, then I'm happy!
Uncle Robert found these fun monster balloons.
He also found got Cooper this train track which he thought was a lot of fun and which we all love because it has a bulldozer which is our favorite word to hear Cooper say these days.
Birthdays are always a fun time of celebrating little lives and thinking back on how much they have changed and grown. For Cooper this year I think most pronounced has been the explosion of his vocabulary and personality. He talks a ton!!! So much more than I remember either Sadie or Wyatt talking at his age. We love hearing him say "Squirt and Sadie", "Bulldozer", "Frosty the Snowman", "I Love You", "My Uncles", "No Daddy" when being tickled, and "Mercy" also when being tickled. Hearing him giggle uncontrollably is definitely one of our favorite things. He is so ticklish that cutting his hair is a major feat, and getting him giggling is so easy that we can't help but get him going nearly every day. He loves trucks and tractors and tools and he is not a baby or a big boy, he is a "farmer" and a "cowboy." He's got an option about EVERYTHING, and he is most definitely one of the big kids. To my complete amazement he have up his mimi (pacifier) without a fuss and started sleeping in his big boy bed in Sadie and Wyatt's room about a month ago. He was very excited to join them and has done great! We are just loving this very sweet and very expressive stage in his life and hoping that it doesn't pass by too quickly.
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