Cooper update

Is it possible Cooper has hit the terrible twos already? He is so dang stubborn! Whenever he gets frustrated he will do a pouty face, cross his arms and make a funny hrumph noise. It's super funny and really not at the same time. I haven't been able to catch it on camera yet but I will.


He also has started to like blankets, pillows and stuffed animals in the last few weeks. Just when I thought I was in the clear. He never took a pacifier, hated blankets and could care less about any stuffed animal. Now any time he gets out of bed he needs to have his blanket(s), panda (from aunt Jody), frog (from Angie) and pillow. When he gets tired he will grab one of them and cuddle with it. Last Monday we are at home because Cooper had pink eye and somehow we ended up with 4 blankets, his pillow and the stuffed animals. It's super funny because he tries to carry them by himself. He loaded them onto the chair and then had to be lifted on it.


Because the weather was so nice out last Monday we decided to go for a walk and even though it was 66 degrees out he had to wear his winter boots, carry his snow shovel and bring his blanket. This actually worked out well because we ran into some neighbor kids and he wouldn't put either of them down so I didn't have to worry about him spreading pink eye.

Another thing he has started doing is climbing. He loves to climb on the chairs and get up on the island. He always seems to find the one thing we don't want him to have. Yesterday he used the broiler drawer and the oven handle to try climb on the stove and another time he was standing on top of the seat of his Tonka truck and dancing. Today he used the Tonka truck to try and play in the sink.

This weekend he has also started shaking his head no instead of always yes. Thankfully he still uses yes as well.