Sometimes being a parent is really hard.

This past week was probably the hardest week we have gone through as parents. A week ago Cooper just wasn't himself- he had a runny noise, was crying a lot at night and wanted to be held a lot. So Tuesday after he didn't eat anything for breakfast or lunch I called the doctor. They are so great there that they had me come in right away and what do you know he had two ear infections (luckily at the beginning stages). We got medicine and home we went. Later that night he wasn't acting to sick but at around 5 o'clock that was a different story. He slept on Ryan for two hours while having 104 temp. We got him to wake up around 8 and barely get any liquids in his little body. I grabbed my bathing suit and got into the tub with him hoping to bring the temperature down a bit. Luckily Cooper loves baths and he did enjoy it a tiny bit, laying on me and letting me pour water all over him, but quickly started to fall asleep. Ryan finally got him to bed around 10. The hardest part was he never really cried just moaned, whimpered and would give us this look like "help me". It broke my little heart and I cried a few times, but Ryan reminded me these times are what being a parent really is about, dropping everything and loving your child as much as you can but also not losing control or overreacting. I feel so lucky to have Ryan by my side, he is the best Dad and I couldn't have asked for a better teammate. So a week later thankfully the medicine has worked and our little monkey is back to normal. Were heading to the doctors today hoping that the ear infection has gone away.

Now I can't have a post without a few pictures. These of course were before he was sick.

{we had a few great days of sunshine and played in the backyard with holland, they were sorta playing catch}

{Cooper has always loved baths from the day he was born, usually he only cries when its time to get out. Lately he has really been into playing with his duckies and splashing a ton}

{I love seeing Cooper and Ryan together. Everytime my phone rings he will say "Dada" and when Ryan gets home from work all he wants to do is be with him. I cant wait for their bond to grow has Cooper gets older. The pictures below are of Coop in his husky gear one day when the basketball game was on and the other is his Arsenal jersey}

(I cannot believe my little guy is 11 months. This month he will turn 1 years old and I cannot believe it has gone by this fast. This month I probably will be posting about special moments over the past year}