Blue Bike Studios

I met Barb Aaberg at the bank.  She owns Blue Bike Studios out of Palmer, MN.  She did an absolutely wonderful job!  We couldn't have been happier with the photos.  Here are some of them. 

My little man is so handsome!

We're moving to IOWA!

Yes, you read that correctly.  We are moving to IOWA! 

I took a different job with AgStar Financial Services as a Home Mortgage Specialist.  I am very excited about the position and can not wait to get started!  My office will be located in Worthington, MN so we will be able to live in Sibley.  I'm ecstatic that Cooper will be able to go to school at Sibley-Ocheyedan. 

After going through a very lengthy application and interview process, I found out that I got a job at AgStar today.  We couldn't be more excited!  Since it's St. Patricks Day, I guess it's my lucky day! 

I will be starting on April 4th, so we've gotta kick it into high gear. Here is what we have to do:
*Get our basement done
*Put our house on the market
*Or rent it out
*Pack up our essentials
*Physically move to IA
*And BRAD FIND A JOB!

Wish us luck!

New Friends Everywhere!

There were seven girls on our volleyball team.  Four of the sevem girls (myself included) found out that we were pregnant during the winter of 2009.  Three of us had our babies, and they were 5 weeks apart.

Lauren Rose was born on August 13th.  Cooper John was born on September 7th (3 weeks later).  Carson was born on September 18th (11 days after Cooper). 

Crazy huh?  There must have been something in the water at Whitney Center.  We were never able to get all three babies together, BUT we were able to get Cooper together with Lauren and Carson, seperately. 

Here are a couple videos of those interactions.  I love seeing Cooper around other babies.  It's so cute!

6 Months Old Already!

I know everyone says this, but I can't believe how fast time is flying by.  I really wasn't a huge fan of ages 0-4mo, but 4mo+ has been GREAT!  He interacts so much more with us (and everyone else for that matter). He talks and jabbers all the time to let you know that he wants your attention.  He loves to pull hair, play with my necklace, bit my shoulders and tear his toys apart.  He is definitely all boy! 

I don't know if this is a good or bad thing, but he doesn't seem to be scared of anyone.  He isn't even scared of loud noises anymore.  This is probably from our dogs barking.  But he loves when people talk to him and even say "Boo!" and "Rawr!".  He will probably say "Hi" before mama or dada. 

Cooper has become such a flirt.  He always smiles at everyone.  He is such a happy baby.  We couldn't be happier! 

At his 6 month check up he weighed 17lbs (90%) and was 28 1/2 inches long (70%).  Dr Hart could not believe how well he was sitting and playing by himself. 

He can sit and then lay down, roll over from stomach to back and vice versa.  But we are not to the crawling stage yet.  It will come, but I like him being immobile now.  We don't have to worry that he's getting into too much trouble.

Here are some photos of him, again!



All smiles.



Happy Boy!

Getting into everything already

Poor little man was sick for a while.

He has TWO teeth!

Cooper now has TWO teeth!  Those things are sharp too!  He's now eating two stage 2 buckets of food at night too.  Along with 10+oz of formula.  He's a growing boy.

He loves to chew on everything in sight, but really doesn't drool a whole lot.  I am not going to complain. 

Here is a picture of his smile/laugh/two teeth.  Enjoy!

Sitting up like a big boy!

We've hit another milestone.  Our little man is sitting up all on his own now.  He will sit on the floor and play with toys for hours now.  We thought he would do really well in the tub then too.  Oh no!  He kept falling over and actually took a nose dive into the water.  He ended up swallowing a bunch of water but brushed it off and kept playing.  He's going to be one tough kid!

Big Boy Car Seat

He's been upgraded!  We were sick of carting him around in his car seat carrier.  He was getting really heavy too!  I think he is so much happier in his big boy car seat.  He seems to have more room to kick and move around.  He sits up now instead of laying back, which is a huge plus.