Mama Grizzly Bear

So I hardly ever write things like this on my blog. Well actually I never do. But I'm pretty sure no one reads my blog so no worries!
Someone isn't being very nice to my Coop. On the one hand he is a baby and has no idea but on the other hand the mama grizzly inside me is roaring. While I'm sure this person has the problem with me not Cooper, their behavior is directed towards Cooper. Can't someone just dislike me? Why involve my baby? I can forgive any sort of behavior towards me but no matter how hard I try I can't seem to let go of my hurt feelings about Cooper.
Perhaps I'm just cranky today. The neighbors keep waking up Coop, Coop pooped all over everything twice... But I'm upset. Sometimes do you ever feel like you're held to a different set of rules than someone else? That you always have to be the bigger person while someone else behaves however they want without consequences? I've learned to accept apologies I've never received but I haven't yet learned that same thing when it comes to my son. And I know it's a life lesson I NEED to learn, and sooner rather than later. I know that not everyone is going to be nice to Cooper and I'm going to face more situations down the road, but I feel like it will be much easier to forgive some little kid who tells Coop he smells like boogers as opposed to an adult in his life who is supposed to love him and clearly doesn't.
I guess you never know real forgiveness until you have to forgive someone that was unkind to your child. I hope someday I can get there. And in the meantime I hope I can learn to retract my mama grizzly claws.

Two Months

Hello all!

My bald headed, blue eyed boy is two months old now! My how time flies! I took him to the doctor last and he has gained 4 pounds!

Here are some new developments for this month:

Coop started smiling!! He smiles more and more every day and I cannot get enough of it. He even started smiling at me when I go to get him in the morning or from a nap. Nothing makes getting up at 6 am better like a big toothless grin. He smiles at his toys, at people, and a LOT at the tv.

Coop LOVES tv. It is so embarrassing. Josh and I were firm believers that our kids would never watch tv blah blah blah. But Cooper can't get enough! We even heard his first laugh and guess what he was laughing at? The tv of course. He especially likes to watch shows with music.

After spending the first 7 weeks only napping in his mommy's arms, Cooper has learned how to take naps on his own! It makes me so happy I could sing! I keep texting Josh at work that I just had another couple hours to myself and I don't even know where to start on my list of things to do. My house finally got cleaned this week and let me tell you, it was disgusting. He was always a good sleeper at night, put himself to sleep, sleeps like 6-9 hours at a time from around 5 weeks onward but for some reason he was a real stink about taking naps. I am hoping we have turned a nap corner for good!

He is growing all over! He has outgrown his newborn clothes, started growing a little more hair, and his fingernails finally got long enough to trim. We tried to ambush him while he was sleeping but Josh accidentally pinched his skin and he squealed like I've never heard before!

Cooper has also been to church twice! It really helps that it's during nap time and he sleeps through most of it. It will be a lot harder when he gets older!

All in all he is our fast growing, pudgy, silly little guy and I pretty much think he's the greatest. Love you Coop Coop!

It is really hard to get pictures of babies. Just hold still and look at the camera, geez!

Mr. Cooper

Blogging is hard work when you have a newborn around! Cooper is almost six weeks old and we love him to pieces around here! Even though he is a naughty sleeper, we still like him! He has changed a lot already in his short little life so far.

This is our little guy at two days old. Getting him here was a challenge, I had an emergency c-section and Cooper had to spend some time in the NICU. I had to wait a while to be with him which was really hard. Josh would take my family in turns to go see him and I would just have to wait alone in my room! I was so excited to finally see and hold him.

This is Cooper at five weeks (basically a month right?) on the quilt his Grandma Beach made for him! I took about ten pictures and this is the only one he wasn't crying in. Coop much prefers to be snuggled in someone's arms rather than laying on the floor! 

Here are some things we've enjoyed about our first month with Coop:

He is LOUD! Who knew babies could be so loud? He is a loud sleeper (snoring, grunting...) A loud eater. And a loud pooper! Josh and I call them "thunder poops" and you can hear them from across the house.

He loves to smile at toys and wave his arms all around at them. I love watching him get so excited about looking at a rattle in the shape of a monkey.

I also secretly love it when he pees during a diaper change. The first time he did it I couldn't stop laughing long enough to find something to stem the flow. 

And most of all I love snuggling my little boy while he snores on my chest and wraps his pudgy hands around me. (Yes I know I am creating a spoiled sleep monster that will eventually be my downfall.)

Coop I love you!