Happy 2 months

It's hard to believe but Cooper is two months today. He's grown so much these in these past 8 weeks. He will not have his next official weigh in until next week, but I would guess he will clock in at over 11.5lbs. These past 60 days or so have been such a whirlwind for us. We like to think that we've found our groove and are really getting this parenting thing. We've taken him out to dinner many times successfully and even up to VT twice. However, our trip home from VT last weekend really made us doubt our judgement. We were in the car no longer than 15 minutes when Cooper lost it and we could tell from the funk emanating from the back seat just what Cooper's problem was. We pulled over on the snowy road and changed him in the little space we had in the car. Of course it was the perfect storm. Snow coming down, stuck in the car and Cooper drops a poop to end them all. I swear he was smiling as I was wiping poop off of the back seat. I passed him into the front seat to eat and then the entire situation was repeated. This time in the front seat. Needless to say, this quick stop took and hour and a 3.5hr trip took us nearly 6 this day. We aren't blaming our parenting and saying just before we got in the car around the time we should have fed him "ah don't worry he will just sleep the whole way home". Instead, we're thinking he just loves Vermont and wanted to stay a bit longer. I mean he did have us pull over in a very scenic spot (see the top photo).

In just the past couple weeks he has developed many babyisms. He makes lots of baby noises, loves when we sing to him, enjoys my guitar playing (obviously he has good taste in music), smiles all the time, and he's even begun to enjoy his little toys. Aimee and I swore we would never have any battery powered toys. We received some as gifts and as last resort turned to them try and get Cooper off the ledge. As much as it kills me to hear the sounds they make, he loves them.

New this week... cloth diapers. Have you tried folding those things? Stay tuned to see how this adventure goes. My unbiased opinion... He looks very cute in them.

Month 2 album