December & January

The last time I blogged Cooper was 1 month old...he's now 17 wks old today. Where has the time gone?? A lot has happened in the last 2 months and I'll try my best to remember the highlights...no promises though, baby brain is worse than pregnancy brain! We'll start with Dec 3 and Cooper's 2 month old picture:

My friend Molly got me these cute owl stickers to put on his onsies each month so that we can track how much he changes, I just love them! And by coincidence, we got that blanket as a gift from one of my showers and the leaves just go with the owl theme so well! He grew so much from month 1 to month 2...wait until you see his 4 month picture! His rolls have rolls :)

December 10th my hubby came to IN to meet Cooper for the first time (Coop was 10 wks old)! In July my husband deployed to Iraq for what was supposed to be a 12 month deployment. Lucky for us, the President pulled all of the troops out of Iraq and my husband's deployment was shortened to 4 mos! We originally weren't sure when he would get to meet Cooper, so this was an amazing surprise! Here is our first picture as a family of 3:

Justin had never held a baby or changed a diaper before Cooper came along, so it was quite entertaining to teach him everything! The first poopy diaper change, Justin had his shirt over his nose b/c he swore it smelled so bad! It's been so amazing to see my hubby and son interact with each other, Justin can get some great smiles and laughs out of Coop!

We also had some family pictures taken while we were together in IN (we've never had any professional photos done before). Here are some of my favorites:

I think Justin just looks so happy here <3

Cooper, Mr. Serious

A REAL smile from Justin!

That face just has mischief written all over it!

Justin's smile cracks me up in this one!

I can't wait to get our full disc of pictures, they should be here any day! Our photographer is absolutely AMAZING and I'd be more than happy to pass on her information!!

This was also our first Christmas as a family of 3!

After the holidays we had to pack to get ready to go back to TX with Justin. I don't think any of us realized just how much stuff we had accumulated for Cooper. Wow! We ended up renting a 14 ft Uhaul truck and towing the car behind it. I was a little nervous for a 24 hour drive with a 3 month old, but it honestly wasn't that bad. The first day we left around 5 pm and drove until 3 am where we spent the night in Joplin, MO. We just so happened to stay at the exact same hotel that Justin and I stayed in when we moved to TX the first time! Cooper did great! Since we left in the evening he slept the majority of the time and even let us get about 6-7 hours of sleep in the hotel before we left again. The second day we drove from Joplin all the way to El Paso. I think we were ALL ready to be out of the truck by the time we got to our house. By the way, I'm totally loving having a house this time instead of an apartment. Once I get the house all organized and decorated I'll share pictures :)

Here's Cooper's 3 month picture:

He's definitely not starving! LOL

This last picture brings us to today. I'll have a new post with pictures on Feb 3 when Cooper is 4 mos! Speaking of, how do you count how old your baby is? In weeks or on the actual date he was born? He's 17 wks today (so 4 mos and 1 week), BUT Feb 3 will be 4 mos (to the day) since he was born...hmm?