Easter 2009

Hi & happy belated Easter to all! Here are some pictures of Cooper's second easter. We had a very busy day. We had three easters to attend this year. We went to Nana & Papaws, Great~Grandpa & Grandma Morris's and Great~Grandpa & Grandma Reynolds. Cooper got to participate in his first easter egg hunt, but mommy had to do all of the searching! LOL..

Bunny ears......
Cooper really liked the easter eggs that mommy found for him!

HUMMMMM.........

Cooper's 1st Birthday

Hello All,

Just wanted to share Cooper's 1st Birthday Party with everyone. He had a great time and got A LOT of great gifts. He has enough clothes to last him the entire summer. He was definatly a very tired boy at the end of his big day. Thank you to everyone that was able to come and spend the big day with him! I hope you all enjoy the pictures and Video.

Cooper's Family Cake made by a good friend of the family, Heather Myers

Cooper's Birthday cake especially for him. Made by Heather Myers

Our handsome stud in his new hat from Daddy

Happy Birthday Cooper!

Mmmmmm.........

Mmmmm.......Good!

I am done mommy

Cooper's first John Deere ATV

Swingy, Swingy, Swingy

Hello All,
Just thought I would share Cooper in his new swing that Mommy and Daddy got him for his Birthday. I know that it is a few days early, but this past weekend was sooooo nice that we could pass up the opportunity to get it for him. He absolutly LOVES to swing. He is all giggles!

Time flys by...

Hi! It's me. Just some new pictures to share and storys to go with them. Hope you all enjoy. I will be back soon to tell you all about Cooper's 1st birthday!

Ummmm good!

Cooper first big boy meal. Hotdog, Peas and real whole milk. He loved it.



This is one of the professional pictures that we had taken of cooper in January. He was 10 months old. I am sooo bad. This is the first set of professional pictures that we have had taken. We need to keep up from now on. He did well with the pictures until I had to change his outfit to something different. He lost focus then. The rings in the picture are the stackable rings. They are is FAVORITE toy. He always has one in his hand and is banging it on something. He is my little Bam Bam!

Cooper LOVES bath time, as you can see. He is sooo smart, he already can spell him name. hahaha. Guess mommy like to play with the bath toys too.

This is how Cooper spent his time watching the Superbowl. We watched it over at out friends Megan and John's house. Everytime the steelers did something good or bad friends would get really loud and scream. Cooper didnt like that one bit, it kept scarring him and he would cry. He eventually ended up on mommy lap and fell asleep.

Cooper sporting his mohawk...he is soooo cool!

Long time no see...

Hello All,

The newest new to report is that our mr. cooper had to get glasses. He has a severe astigmatism in both eyes and he is farsighted. His dr believes that he will probably have to wear glasses for the rest of his life or until he turns 18 and can have the lasik surgery done. He is sooo handsome in his new spects. Believe it or not we NEVER have a problem of him taking them off. We are very lucky, but luckly we have a great warranty if he diecided to start messing with them.

Go Colts!!

He backed up onto Saturday big bone he got for Christmas.

Hey there are you!

Just wanted to share a video of my cooper. He is getting soooo big. I cant believe that he will be 1 in a month and a half. It is so unreal. It has definatley been a while since i have posted anything as you can see. About 9 months or so. I am really bad, I apologize. Anyway look at my cooper pooper doing what he does best these days.

2 Weeks and Counting.......

So peaceful!
Our coming home outfit. He looks so thrilled! Everything is still a little big. My little piggy need to start gaining some weight so he can fit into all the clothes he has. And boy does he have a lot of clothes to fill.
Coopers first bath at home! He really didn't like it. I am guessing it was a little cold!
Like father, like son. Man he is already following in daddy's footsteps
Look, Cooper fits inside his Easter Basket. This is his basket from great-grandma and grandpa Reynolds. He doesn't know what to think!

Our New Addition

Well as everyone knows, we welcomed our new little addition into the world 2 1/2 weeks ago. Cooper Douglas Hodges was born Friday March 14, 2008 at 5:59 pm. He weighed 6lbs. 12 oz. at birth and was 20 in. long. Labor with him didn't go to bad, thank god for epidurals! Cooper finally got to come home on Monday March 17, 2008. I was very happy that he only lost 6 oz. in the hospital. He had to stay in the hospital an extra day because he was eating very well. I tried to breastfeed, but Cooper wasn't having any of it. I ended up having to pump so that he would have some food. I pumped for about 2 weeks and had to stop (it really wears on you). He is now on formula, which he seems to be doing very well with. He is our little piggy, that is what I call him when he is eating. He sucks those bottles down like there is no tomorrow.
We have been to the doctor twice since we came home. One for his newborn check-up and two for his 2 weeks check-up. At his newborn check-up he had gained a half ounce, which i was thrilled about. Some baby continue to loose weight once you bring them home. But not our little piggy! He had lost a half inch though. When he was born, his little head was really bruised and swollen. That explains him being 20 inches at birth. His poor head! At Coopers 2 week check-up he was back up to his birth weight (which is want they want him to be at or more) and he had grown to 20 in a quarter inches. He is getting big already! We go back to the doctor for his one month check-up on April 14th.
Since we have come home, we have had lots on visitors. Cooper doesn't always get to see them though. He is always sleeping right through it. Our animals, Saturday, Cato and Camryn seem to be adjusting well to our new addition. Saturday has had a little jealously issue, but nothing to be to alarmed with. Cato could care less that Cooper is here now, and well Camryn, what can i say. She is our curious one. She is always stiffing, trying to see what is going on.
As for getting through the night , these past 2 1/2 weeks has been good believe it or not. Daddy getting the most sleep of course because he has to get up and go to work. Cooper will sleep anywhere from 2 1/2 to 4 1/2 hours at night. Oh I guess I am forgetting to mention that he doesn't like to sleep in his crib or cradle. He will only sleep in my arms or on my chest right now. I know that you are all thinking. I am trying to get him to adjust, so far it is not working, but i am trying. Anyone with any advice, it is sure welcomed!
Well I guess this is all that i can report right now on our new little addition. I will try and keep this updated every couple of weeks. I will add new entires on Coopers progress and new pictures so everyone can see him growing and changing.