Thanksgiving

Our Thanksgiving started out quite challenging but ultimately ended successfully. Wednesday was supposed to be my day of cleaning and cooking to get the house ready for our 20 Thanksgiving guests. Cooper had a different plan. At approx 4:30am that morning he came into our room, crawled into bed with me, cried and then promptly threw up all over me. Good morning Mommy.....

We made it through the early part of the morning until we could get into the doctor's office and not shockingly, it was decided that Cooper's infamous ear infection was back. We are currently on antibiotic number 3 leading into week 4 and last night he was rubbing his ears furiously again! So Wednesday Cooper was home with me and instead of cleaning and cooking I held my sickly little boy until the medication kicked in and he was starting to feel like he didn't need me so much anymore. With the help of Steve, Aunt Jo, Nana and Pappy I was able to get Coop feeling better, the house cleaned and the food cooked and my first Thanksgiving and feeding 20 people went very smoothly and much less stressful than I imagined. Not surprisingly and what we pretty much knew all along, Cooper has a special place in his heart for his Aunt Jo. Her presence alone almost trumps Pappy and if Pappy didn't have a tractor then Jo might be in first place.

Here are some pictures and videos of our week......

We managed to get out of the house on Friday and go to Nana's....Cooper loves this snow globe:

Daddy and Aunt Jo went to the climbing gym and Coop wanted to go so badly but he's not big enough......he stood on his tippy toes to watch Aunt Jo leave:

Cooper can't get enough of hanging in a tree:Here is a link to watch Cooper in his best dancing video yet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcPkhAC1SNs

Cooper helped count to make sure all the plates were ready for Thanksgiving dinner http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t65s8Et_Nw8