cooper: teeth

Cooper still only has 4 teeth. two top. two bottom. he does ok eating though.

cooper: walking

Cooper has started to take a step or two at a time.

Halloween

DSC08439, originally uploaded by carolyn_martin.

Cash said he wanted to be a pirate for Halloween. Cool, i can do a pirate. we got him a pair of black pants - jaggedly cut at the cuffs - white shirt, red sash, patch and hat. except he hates the two pirate hats that i got for him. he says, they are not right. whatever that means.
So now starts a long tradition of brother-combo halloween costumes.
Cooper is going to be Cash's parrot. Red, hooded sweatshirt and some craftiness with a hot glue gun and colored felt & feathers and you have yourself a cute little parrot.
I can't believe i made halloween costumes since that was NEVER something i was into growing up and i am not exactly "crafty".

Catching up

i can't possibly go back and remember all the things that have happened over the past 3 weeks so i am going to give you a quick update and move on.
we went to Oregon to see Grandma and Poppy. The boys had a great time! we played with all daddy's old toys and played in the tent. Cash watched the squirrels and fed them corn and peanuts. we went to a fun little house with lots of toys and interesting things to play with. Cash's favorite part was the trains (of course). Cooper enjoyed the little kids' room where he could crawl around and play. After, we walked on a huge bridge and threw leaves and sticks off the side. Grandma and mommy freaked themselves out talking about what we would do if Cooper fell over so we turned around and went back to the car! (From what i remember) everyone traveled and slept very well. We got home on a Sunday night.
--brief intermission...mommy has become a bit of a nervous flyer in the past few years so the few days between trips were filled with belly aches, head aches and nervous thoughts. Roll that together with laundry and packing for 3 people and the nights we were at home went by very quickly. Not to mention that mommy was trying to get a team of people at work ready to go on a big business trip and preparing many reports and one huge presentation. Mommy left for North Carolina a bit exhausted!
On Thursday mommy, Cash and Cooper got on an airplane to go to North Carolina. Cash is an amazing traveler. he sat in his seat, buckled his seat belt, watched out the window and then watched a movie the whole way there. Cooper on the other hand is like wrestling with a 23 lb sack of potatoes. He is so wiggly and just wanted to get out of my arms and crawl around. he slept for about 15 minutes on the plane but as soon as the peanut bags came out he popped up and started waving to everyone that walked by him. we finally got to NC though. it was a fun trip for the boys but mommy had to work a lot so she didn't get to play very much. Bobby didn't love that people were playing with his toys but Wiley and Archer came and had a sleep over so all the boys got to see each other. While mommy went to work Grammy and Auntie Sarah (and Uncle Rick) entertained the boys all day. They played outside and went to "touch a truck" where Cash honked the loud horn on the truck.
Going home from NC was hard. we were all tired to start out with but the flights were packed so full and the last leg home was delayed. i am still trying to catch up on sleep. each morning i wake up and think to myself - i am still tired!

i wish i had more to say about Cooper but its hard to find anything to say about this perfect little boy. he eats everything. only time he ever complains is when he sees food and doesn't get any. he'll throw an outright fit if you make yourself lunch and don't plan on sharing. he only has the 4 little teeth but eats everything we do. tonight he had a full pasta dinner with asparagus and pears. he sleeps like an angel and loves his naps (2, 2 hours a day). he lights up every time he sees his brother or daddy. he laughs at everything Cash does.
Cash on the other hand is so sensitive these days. i don't think he is getting enough sleep and that really effects him. he is also testing boundaries a lot. he is saying "no" a lot and screams, "nothing!" when you ask him what happened or what he did. some days are better some days are worse. hopefully we hit our stride again because i hate giving him everything he wants (cookies for breakfast) just because i don't want to deal with him crying/whining/screaming.

lately Cash has thinks everything is scary but not in a terrifying way, more in mischievious way. Like monsters and things eating/chasing/squishing you! Today he called a stuffed teddy bear a polar bear monster that will get you and stomp you.

Cash has become quite the wiz-kid at operating the personal DVD player. we have a Disney DVD with a bunch of different movies on it. lately he LOVEs Cinderella. The dvds come with English subtitles, translated by someone in Vietnamese. that's the funniest part because its a lot of vietglish.
Anyway, the other day Cash stumbled upon Fantasia. Now, i wasn't around him when this happened or i would have snatched the dvd player around him. i have a very rational fear of Fantasia. it is scary. scary, scary, scary. and stupid. in fact i have been concerned that that movie was even on this disk because i didn't want it to start playing after the previous movie finished. so Fantasia starts and Cash tells Chandler, "its beautiful daddy." a few minutes later he is screaming and throws the dvd player across the room. "that's too scary."
my thoughts exactly.