Growing up

School starts very early around here. Houston's first day of school was August 6. Houston was so excited and ready. Mom wasn't expecting to cry but in the end had to choke back some strong emotion when seeing her oldest walk off with his class. He goes to half day, morning Kindergarten and his teacher's name is Mrs Delahanty. There are 25 kiddos in his class including his best bud, Carson.

Cooper is 18 Months old!!
Height: 2 ft 9 in, 54th percentile
Weight: 21.8 lbs, 15th percentile
Head circumference: 19 in, 75th percentile

Well he loves to climb, climb, eat, drink and climb. He still loves the outdoors especially because there is so much to climb on. He still loves shoes and dancing. He has developed a great arm and is close to running and jumping. He has all his teeth expect 1 (until his 2 year molars). He threw away his bottles as we all cheered him on. He has always loved sippy cups so we hasn't missed them yet.
His shreeeeeking has gotten a little out of hand. The problem is he is a little behind in his speech development so unfortunately the best way to get people's attention is by shreeking at them. He will sometimes say shoes and juice but that's about it. We find this surprising because he has always been so social and talkative (in his own way) and loves being read to. Mom has a new resolve to be vigilant about sign language and encouraging him to imitate words. So far the sign language has been helping the most.


Cooper loves to play baseball. Anytime he can find something to throw and something to hit with he will insist on playing. Here is an example (mom isn't just throwing rocks at her Coop)



AND Damon started preschool! We have a similar set up to Houston's preschool. There are 5 moms who take turns teaching each week and we follow the Joy School curriculum. He is seriously such a stud.


This also happened!!



In addition to Landry, mom has taken on a few more kids to babysit 1-2 days a week.



Palisade Peach Festival with friends Brandi, Ben and Brody


Poor teething baby.


Fun at the museum


Bathing on his own terms

Damon loves to help

Cooper continues to love going to random people, particularly men. The other boys were like this but not as friendly as Cooper. He even fell asleep in this Bishopric Member's arms.

A fun little game