School Days

So while Mommy and Daddy might cringe a little at Coop being in daycare, he apparently is adjusting quite well. On Monday evening he was the most pleasant baby we've ever seen. We had fun playing and walked Mommy to get her haircut and then had a nice walk back afterward. He has had good reports each day as well. Here's a picture of him playing at daycare this morning.

Growth spurt

This bumbo seat was too big for Cooper just a few weeks ago. Last night I could hardly sit him in it because his legs are so meaty :). He sits up so nicely in it now though, it's amazing how quickly he is growing.

Coop's Summer Activities

Aunt Jo came for a visit a couple of weeks ago and we failed to document the momentous occasion on the blog :). Sorry Aunt Jo! While she was visiting we decided to all pile into the xterra and load up the Jeep stroller, bikes and rollerblades and head to South Park. Steve and I rode our bikes while Aunt Jo learned how to rollerblade so she could push Coop in his stroller. Cooper Jay thoroughly enjoyed his stroll with his Aunt and she got quite the workout as well :).

Coop's first Rail-Trail ride

I hadn't seen Coop in a few days, so I decided we were going to go biking for the first time together this past weekend. I loaded up my bike and his trailer and headed over to the Panhandle Trail. This being the first time using the trailer, it took some time to hook it up. During this time Cooper was not a happy baby...it was hot and he was tired.



Finally we hit the trail.....


Coop was immediately out as you can see.....



The trailer worked pretty good...except for the trail surface (crushed limestone) kept flying up and landing on Coop. He had a few pebbles of sand on him before I realized. No problem....I zipped up the rain gear (clear plastic cover)....and vented the sides. Problem fixed.

We made it about 4 miles before I stopped to take another picture (see below). Coop was still out. Here is were I made my mistake. I decide to mess with some velco on the trailer. I startled Coop out of his deep sleep. He wakes up screaming! and screaming...

and screaming.... after walking with him for about 20 minutes he calms down some....but never really settles. I decide to put him in his trailer and make a run for home. It took about a mile...but he FINALLY stopped screaming and he went back to sleep.

Round two is this weekend. We all are heading to Ohiopyle/Confluence for the weekend. Hopefully things will be better on the Yough Trail.

Smiley Coop, the little traveler

the much anticipated smiley Coopy.........

Well Cooper survived his first semi-family vacation (Daddy couldn't make it). He managed to travel by nearly every form of transportation last week, plane, bus, ferry, bike, cab and he did pretty well on all of them. He's become quite the conversationalist as well. He now prefers to lie on his back and stare up at you and talk. He talks and talks and laughs and coos and it's really quite fun to watch these days and honestly I'm happy that he's happy doing something that lets me sit or lie down :)! While we were in Nantucket I was able to meet up with an old friend of mine and Coop was quite fascinated by her 18 month old little girl, Catherine. He also enjoyed the endless amount of walking that we did and took to his Baby Bjorn carrier much better than he has in the past and ended up falling asleep during most of our walking tours of the island. Things got a little tense by the time we left though since he decided not to poop for 4 days and was obviously getting more and more uncomfortable. But he managed to work that one out just in time for our flight home and fortunately only got a smidge of poo on the front of Mommy's only clean shirt :). This weekend we are going to try out camping...wish us luck :)....

out cold..........
Nana and Pappy.....Coop seems to have this effect on people :)....

Coop's on Vacation....check back next week.

Mom, Nanna, Pap, and Cooper left for Nantucket today for a short vacation. I'm stuck at work!