Love the outdoors, even if it isn't 90 degrees!

Here are a couple pictures of our outdoor adventures.  Cooper absoultely loves being outside and feeling the breeze.  He went in a swing for the first time.  At first he wasn't so sure about it, but then he started to enjoy it. 

Cooper also got his first Camaro ride too!  It may have only been from the back garage to the front garage, but as you can tell from the picture, he was so happy to be in Grandpa's Camaro.  Daddy hopes the car is his someday. 

He had a bunch of firsts.  We went around the block in Uncle Michael's golf cart.  It it wasn't so cold, we would have gone further.  The joys of living in a small town!


ENJOY THE PHOTOS!!  Hopefully there will be more soon! 

$2 Walker

We are having a garage sale in a couple weeks.  Everyone was bringing their stuff in and Grandma Julie noticed a walker.  We had been looking for one in the stores, but every store wanted $50 or more for them.  This one was used and had a price of $2.  Grandma bought it on the spot.

It was the BEST PURCHASE EVER!  He abosultely loves it.  It only took him 1 day to figure out that he could now go where ever he wants.  He is so excited about it.  You almost have to hide it if you don't want him to be in it.  He also loves to have food on his tray.  We call it his "fuel". 

Check out the video & photos below.  You'll enjoy them!

He loves the central vac plug

Naked baby!

What a ham!

 

Easter 2011

It's that time of the year again, Easter time! 

Unfortunately, Mommy & Daddy had to go to St. Cloud to get their house in order for the renters so they had to leave Cooper with Grandma, Grandpa, Chelsea & Jenna.  They did a great job taking care of him, but they had to miss out on his first Easter. 

Chelsea & Jenna took him to the Easter bunny in Sibley.  They were disappointed that they were only high school girls in white sweats and painted faces.  They decided to drive him over to Ocheyedan where there was a "real" Easter bunny. 

Cooper got his "Cooper Bear" with matching book and another book from the Easter bunny. 

Here are some pictures of that day too. 

They got me to play with Barbies!

The Sibley Easter Bunnies

The Easter Bunny in Ocheyedan

What a cute little monkey/bunny.  :)

Baptism

Cooper was finally baptized this weekend.  We were finally able to get our lives together and a date that worked for everyone.  We had a bunch of guests at Grandma Julie's house. 

Cooper's godparents are:
Chelsea Luedeman
Jenna Luedeman
Cody Mathues

Great Grandma & Grandpa Ebbinga came back from Arizona and came to see Cooper right away.  He's changed a lot since the last time they saw him.  It's been over 5 months since they seen him.  A lot changes in that short period of time. 

I should point out that he did GREAT during the service.  He fell asleep shortly after church started for his AM nap.  He slept until they poured the water on his head.  He then slowly woke up but didn't fuss at all.  Even being in front of a stranger (Pastor) and a full congregation.  What a great kid!

Here are some pictures from this important day in his life. 

Sleeping

No tears

Mom, Dad, Cooper & Sponsors

Family Photo

Yum.. That looks like good cake!

Cooper and his sponsors (What a cheeseball!)

I just love his face in this picture.  It's the WTF face!

7 Months

Cooper is 7 months old today.  Here are some highlights of what he's up to!

*He can roll with the best of them.  Not crawling yet, but oh, so close!
*Always smiling!  I have never come across a baby as happy as he is. 
*I figured out that he always wants what he can't have.  This includes cords, remotes, and of course, my cell phone.
*He also loves all the cheap and simple toys over his big expensive ones.  He would rather have a piece of paper or a box over anything else
*Every once in a while he wakes up in the middle of the night.  We just put his nuk in and he's back asleep.