Another tooth and 6 months

Cooper cut another tooth through on Sunday, so he's up to 2 teeth. He had a very rough weekend but we were up early and not much routine due to deer hunting. Cooper also hit his 6 month milestone on Sunday. He had his 6 month checkup and here are his stats:

Weight - 18lbs 13 oz - 73rd percentile

height - 26 inches - 16th percentile

Josie had another big oops last week. She fell off of her chair in a meltdown and bit her lip. She had a fat lip for several days. Luckily she didn't have to go to the doctor.

Luke shot a 10 pointer on Sunday morning. Other than that his dad was the only person to shoot anything, and that was an 11 pointer but 3 tines were broken off. Hopefully next weekend brings better luck to the hunters!!

A tooth!!!

Well, yesterday Cooper cut through his first tooth. I new it was coming as he has been a drool monster lately. I had to resort to putting a bib on him all day as otherwise he would be soaking wet within just a few hours from all the drool. He cut through his lower left tooth sometime in the afternoon yesterday. Cooper is still rolling all over the place and pushing himself backwards but no crawling yet.

The other day Cooper was rolling around on the floor when he started to cry. When I finally had a chance to go get him, I realized that he was no longer crying but laughing. Josie had brought her chair over by him and was reading him a book. It was one of those moments that I realized that Josie is really growing up. She knows how to entertain her little brother, what a big girl she is getting to be.

Josie is still working on the potty training but it is slow going as we haven't been home much. She did however spend the day at Grandma and Grandpa LeJeune's last Friday and she wore underwear almost all day until she had an accident during nap and then also pooped. When she does go in her diaper, she tells me right away.

What's new!!

Well, I can't believe it but Cooper is making tracks around the house. He rolls all over the place and pushes himself backwards. He spins in a lot of circles attempting to get places. He does eventually make it to where he wants to go but sometimes it may take quite awhile. I think that if we had carpet or a big area rug he would be up on his knees crawling already or if not, soon.

To my dismay, I am slowly discovering that Cooper does not like/need as much sleep as Josie. This will mean that we need to finish off the third bedroom sooner rather than later so that Cooper can start napping in his room. Currently he is only sleeping downstairs in the swing but I do need to try and get him to sleeping in his crib. At what age is a good time to start making him cry himself to sleep? Josie was such a different baby and loved her sleep where Cooper could care less about sleep.

Josie is always doing very well with the potty training. She even went all day yesterday without going in her diaper although we were on the go quite a bit of the day. She just told me whenever she needed to go!!! Her only problem right now is #2. She has gone a couple of times on the potty but now seems to be scared of going on the potty. Any suggestions?? She is also starting to interact even more with Cooper now that he likes being down on the floor.

Halloween 2011

Well this past weekend was a very busy few days. Friday night my parents came down and we carved pumpkins. Josie had a blast drawing on the pumpkins with marker but did not want to stick her hand in them. In all, we carved out 4 pumpkins. Saturday, I got to get away from the kids for a few hours which turned into overnight as the kids stayed at my parents house.

On Monday, we took Josie to Luke's parents house and did some trick or treating around their neighborhood and then we also went to my Aunt Sue's neighborhood. Josie absolutely loved trick or treating. She would knock on the door and say trick or treat, Happy Halloween and then say Thank you. She did so good, especially considering we did't even think she would go. Josie was a monkey, although everyone thought she was a mouse, and Cooper was a cow.