Two years and one month

So I now officially have a two year old. He is acting like he is two lately, too. The other day Cooper was in his room supposedly napping, when I hear a noise. I go up there and find him standing on top of his changing table saying "I put the lotion on mommy." He had climbed up there and found the lotion, which he was putting all over his face and legs (pants.) He is really into everything!

We have had a lot of family fun lately, with a trip to the NC State Fair last week and the Wake Forest Spooktacular last night. Cooper loved seeing all the animals, Smokey the Bear, The PBS booth, and eating a funnel cake. Kyle and I loved all the food we ate. We tried roasted corn and it was SO good! We also enjoyed funnel cake and boiled peanuts! I also love all the exhibits and the Village of Yesteryear. We found Cooper a little wooden toy there and he has loved rolling the wheels on it. (Cooper is really into cars and anything with wheels now! He says "spin the wheels!")

The town of Wake Forest has a Halloween thing for younger children called the Spooktacular, we went last night and saw our friends Marlowe and Emma there! Cooper enjoyed seeing all the kids dressed up and playing some of the games. They even had a bounce house, which he did not want to get out of when the time was up! When we got home, we got a call that Emma and Sarah could not stay in their apartment because of electrical problems , so they came over and had a sleepover. Cooper was already asleep, so he was SO excited to see Emma when he woke up this morning. He cried when they left!

We are doing well and getting excited for the Holidays! We are traveling to GA for Thanksgiving, so we are prepping ourselves for the 9 hours to Valdosta. We will split it up stopping by my family in Augusta, which is about 5 hours (and our max travel in one day with a 2 year old!)

We have a 2 year old!

I think it is finally time to write a blog update again. Cooper turned two on the 24th of September and we celebrated with and Elmo themed party. We were blessed to have some our family come up from Georgia for the party. We enjoyed celebrating with family and friends.  I was not expecting Cooper to actually blow out his candle, but he did! The kids enjoyed playing pin the nose on Elmo and playing on the playground. The day of his actual birthday, we took a family trip to Hillridge Farms and picked out pumpkins. This was a lot of fun and Cooper loved the bounce house and slide they had a the farm!

I made a photo book of Cooper's 2nd year. This contains many memories and you can really see how much he has grown in this past year. How fast one year can go by! Here it is below. Link to photobook.

A picture from Cooper's Birthday party. He loved his balloons.

Cooper is becoming such a big boy now. He wants to do everything on his own. Cooper loves playing with cars and trains. He got some matchbox and hotwheel cars for his birthday and will spend hours pushing them around and watching their wheels go around. I think this is a boy thing. He likes pretending to talk on the phone, but he will not talk that much when his grandparents are on the phone and we want him to talk. The other day, he "called" someone and asked for 6 ice creams!( His favorite thing to ask for is cake and ice cream.) He was really excited to get to eat some on his birthday! Cooper has been trying some different foods lately, and has added fish to the food he likes. He also has decided everything tastes better with ketchup! He is a quick learner and is talking a alot. Cooper has learned all the letters of the alphabet now, so we are moving on to numbers and colors.
Mom and Dad are staying busy keeping up with him and are so thankful for what a blessing Cooper is in our lives.