Fourth of July

The fourth of July is a big holiday for my family. We all head to the lake, watch fireworks and have a great time. This year was no different. Dad and Adrian drove to Missouri to get the fireworks a couple weeks before hand. Why Missouri? Better fireworks, better prices and less chance of being stopped for illegal contraband than going to Wisconsin.

On the fourth Angie, Natalie and I took the older kids (Jordan, Jake, Liv, Isaiah and Sammy) to a parade in Randall. There is nothing like a small town parade to get you in the festive mood. Ok Minus the stickers for the kids from the politicians and the anti-abortion truck with a picture of a fetus on it. Either way all the kids were really great! We headed back to the lake for the boat parade on Pine Island, which is also a lot of fun. We got to see some fireworks from the dock on Friday night. Cooper really seemed to enjoy them.

Saturday was the big day at Pine Island. We had a potluck dinner and a great fireworks display. We decided to take our boat out and enjoy the fireworks from the lake. It was so nice out there! We could see the fireworks without the loud noise and see the other fireworks on the lake. Cooper watched about a half hour of it and then fell asleep!

It was a great weekend but busy weekend. If I counted correctly we had 28 people and 8 dogs up there. My only regret is that I didn't take a lot of pictures.

First mommy hair cut

Over the fourth of July weekend I decided to attempt cutting Cooper's hair myself. It was getting really long again (even after 2 hair cuts) plus he loved wiping his food in his hair. So I borrowed my mom's clippers and clipped away. He sat amazingly well until the end when I took the guard off. Whoops! Thankfully his hair grows quickly. We had to do a couple touch ups the next day but I think it turned out really cute. What do you think??

Pictures

Here are some more of the fun things Cooper is doing now:

Going on 4 wheeler rides






Tenting it with uncle Tim and dressing like daddy:









Chewing on socks and getting dirty:

Videos

During mother's day weekend Donna was much better then I was at taking pictures and videos. She captured some really awesome moments of Cooper and grandma Charline. I had asked her to copy it to a disk so we could have a copy of it as well. When I got the disk she had sent me all of the videos she has taken of Cooper. It was AWESOME! It was like watching him grow up all over again.

Here is my favorite video of Cooper playing with Great Grandma Charline:

Biting

Now that Cooper's teeth have come through, one of his favorite things to do is to bite me. Not Rob mind you, just me. Today he bit me so hard it left a bruise. Check out these chompers!

9 month appointment

Today Cooper had his 9 month appointment. Here are his stats:

Height: 30 inches (95%)
Weight: 24 pounds 12 oz (95-97%)

It's hard to believe it's been 9 months already. How is it that a pregnancy is 9 months which seemed to take forever and now 9 months have passed and it seemed to fly by?

Baptized

Today both Cooper and Kaylin were baptized at the church Christy and I grew up going to. It was really meant a lot for the kids to be baptized there. It was the third generation of Boie kids to be baptized at that church, since my dad was also baptized there. My dad who hardly ever speaks in a crowd shared this with the congregation today, it was super sweet.

Cooper is really lucky to have two fantastic godmothers Angie and Janet. They are fantastic friends to both Rob and we know they will be great influences for Cooper.

Not just one

All last week we could tell Cooper was teething and we were expecting to see a tooth shortly. By Sunday his two top teeth had broke through so we thought the worst was over for a little bit. Wrong! When Rob picked him up at daycare there was a note on his sheet - * WOW look at all those teeth. What?? So I looked and he is getting at least one or two more on the bottom and what looks like a total of 4 on the top that I could see last night. Poor little guy.

Sea Turtle

Tonight was Cooper's last night at swimming lessons, he is officially a Sea Turtle. Like everything with him it amazes me how relaxed and easy going he is. At the first class he didn't seem to enjoy it much and at one point he was trying to get out of the pool. While other babies cried at least once during class, Cooper never did. Towards the end he even seemed to like it and would smile and giggle. This really impressed me since depending on the day the water could be really cold. We are going to take the summer off from swim lessons with the hope of getting him into water at the lakes or joining Kaylin in a pool.

Baby B

Liam Daniel Berndt was born on Saturday, May 17th. Weighing 7 pounds 2 oz and is 20 inches long.

We couldn't be happier for Phil and Jenn!