Cooper's first 4th of July

It seems like the holidays are all flying by and before we know it Cooper will have celebrated each and every one of them at least once. Its bittersweet but we are making sure that he is enjoying each one to the fullest. Even though he won't remember them:)

Before I get into our weekend. I want to thank all of you that took the time to send me a nice and encouraging message on my last post. It meant so much to me. Even if you didn't have advice or anything to tell about the procedure, you still wished me well. Thanks girls.
And thanks to anyone who did or does have any info that might help me out on this one.

Ok onto our weekend.
Friday we took Cooper for his 9 month checkup. He is in the 90th percentile for his height. Dang son! He's in the 15th percentile for his weight :( (no worries though, doc says he's perfect and healthy as can be just a little on the super tall side). His head was 25th percentile. Doc said he's perfectly healthy and wonderful. Yay Coops!
We are going to start weening him off his bottles. The problem is, he only takes formula with cereal in it due to reflux. How are we supposed to teach him to drink formula from a sippy cup if it has cereal in it?

Friday night we went to dinner with some friends of ours and then out for ice cream. We had a great time.
I took a few pics of Cooper before we left because he looked so cute. I just wanted to share.

He got all nice and ready.

He put on his snazy outfit :) His new shoes that I call his Hampton shoes. Yes, MWAH! (That was supposed to sound like a ritzy guy from who drinks his champagne with his pinky in the air).

He played for a while before we left to get himself all pumped and ready to go out and mingle.....


Saturday, My mom and dad came in town and mom, dad, Coop and I went shopping. We had a great time and it was a nice time for my mom and dad to spend with Coop and I. That afternoon we spent time at my grandma's with some of my family that is in town. My cousin Alex is home from the army this weekend. It was so nice to see him. We grew up together and now he's so far away. We keep in touch but I worry as I know all of you do about your loved ones away in the army. My prayers go out to them and their safety.
Here is a picture of some of my family and Alex.
My niece Natalie and I love our Cheetos :)

One of Cooper's new sets of big boy shoes...Loving them :)

Uncle Matt played for a long time with the kids...

After grandma's Saturday afternoon, we went over to my husbands best friends house for some fun and fireworks. We had a great time.

Sunday the 4th we went to church then to Grandma's for dinner and then to go watch firecrackers. Cooper was decked out in his U.S.A gear.
Cooper had a long weekend. He was so tired after our fireworks on Sunday night. But I had to take a quick pic of him in his new cutie shorts one piece pj's I got him at the Gap on sale this weekend :)

Monday my brother and his wife and daughter went to lunch with us. We spent some time with them and my parents and then started on a few more backyard projects. Some of you may remember me mentioning working on my back yard. I don't want to share it with you until its done but we are getting closer and closer to finishing it. Its so time consuming and expensive but soon our extreme home backyard project will be done. I can't wait!

I hope you all had a wonderful 4th.