Happy 2nd Birthday to first born!

A week ago friday Cooper turned 2! Right in the morning he got out of bed came into our room so he could cuddle (thats his new thing he loves to do) and then we taught him how to say "I'm 2" His request for breakfast was pancakes which he ate on our family -You are special Plate. Cooper had been sick all week and I was actually sick so we didnt really have much planned. We went to a near by park and threw the ball for holland then we all took a nap and had a family dinner at his Oma and Opa's house to celebrate. We had pizza, ice cream cake (Ryan and I have decided to make this our family tradition and he liked it last year but this year Cooper loved it) but poor little buddy still wasnt feeling to great (he had somewhat of an accident in his clothes but luckily Auntie Kayleigh and Uncle James bought him clothes for his bday). Here is somewhat of a review of Cooper of the past year through some pictures!

• He sure has changed. From walking, to running now jumping.


• His vocabulary is out of this world and he continually makes Ryan and I laugh.


• He loves to cuddle and lets us love on him as much as we want.


• He is so curious about what objects are and starting to ask us "What is this"


• He remembers peoples names and who they are better then his dad does


• He loves to dance but his dancing is pretty funny


• In the past month he has really started to learn to play with other kids and we love watching him interact with them.


• Loves to be the center of attention (praying that he is okay when baby brother comes)


• He loves to be with Ryan lately and do what he is doing


• He helps me with things around the house (laundry, putting things away, cleaning his toys)


• He went from sleeping in the nursery and crib to a brand new big boy room and loves it


• Very good eater (usually)


• Likes to repeat after us his prayers before bedtime


• Went from crying when we would drop him off at church to now crying when its time for him to go home


• I probably could go on and on about all the things Cooper does but these are just a few of the major ones.

ring bearer in his uncles wedding

First ride behind our tandem

Will always be our monkey boy

Loves to help around the house

Like father like son

Here he is on his Birthday eating his pancakes that he wanted for breakfast:)

To our sweet, loveable, laughing, crazy 2 year old baby boy. We love you and couldnt be more blessed by your presence in our life. You challenge us everyday to be the best parents we can be. Your smile and sound of your laughter brings so many people joy. We pray for you everyday and excited to see what this next year brings for you. We know your going to be an amazing big brother and excited to watch you grow and learn.

WE LOVE YOU COOPER JAMES- Daddy & Mommy

Happy 3rd Birthday

Today is Hollands Birthday. No we didnt have a party or get him a cake. Cooper did tell him over and over again happy day happy day.
We are very grateful for our dog and have enjoyed having him in our family. He is Coopers best friend and they can play together for hours, well maybe I should say Holland tolerates Cooper climbing on him, laying on him and reading to him. Holland def. thinks sometimes he is a person. He loves our couch, likes to cuddle and constantly likes to give people air licks. He loves his orange ball and water. About two weeks ago we took him to the park and he found a huge mud puddle and decided to roll in it, Cooper tried to follow him in but luckily was stopped.

WE LOVE YOU HOLLAND

Its been far to long..UPDATE

I cannot believe its almost been a year since I have done a post.

For an update of our lives.

Cooper

• He is turning two a week from tomorrow
• He keeps us on our toes as he is running and constantly going
• LOVES to read. He will get stuck on a book and that's all he wants to keep reading- currently its -Go Dog Go- his big truck books- and thank you God
• not only has a wide vocabulary already but he also repeats everything we say
• remembers peoples names
• sleeping in his big boy bed in his new big boy room (we moved him at the beginning of Feb)
• makes us laugh all day long
• even though he is all boy he still likes to have cuddle time- his new favorite thing in the morning is to cuddle in mommy and daddy's bed
• starting to really play with kids his age and to watch them play is so fun
• still a good eater but sometimes is picky( the other night he ate a plateful of broccoli and the night before Brussels sprouts)
• LOVES Holland and always wants to play catch with him
• likes to kiss mommy's belly and say hi to his baby brother (lets hope he is as excited now as when he actually comes)

Afton

• Currently almost 34 weeks pregnant with baby boy. This pregnancy has been a lot different then when I was with Cooper. I was pretty sick at the beginning and now I am dealing with gesational diabetes as well as measuring 4 weeks ahead. As of right now we have a scheduled c-section for the 21st of April but we are just hoping to get to April 6th right now. Other then being pregnant I def. have been nesting and getting the house somewhat ready for the baby.

Ryan

• At the end of January Ryan was let go from his Job. Even though its been difficult we are very blessed that he is with us right now to help me with Cooper and daily life but also just the time we all get to spend together. We have been very blessed and thankful for all the prayers during this time as Ryan is looking for another job.

So that is a quick little update about whats going on in the VP household. I am going to be better about this blog, I have to!

Here is a little peek at our little guy when he was 20 weeks. We cannot wait to meet him and to be a family of four.