Vacation-Part 2

On our way to San Antonio we HAD to stop in Gruene, Texas so that Cooper could have his first of many pictures infront of Gruene Hall and the famous water tower. After Gruene we headed to San Marcos to shop at the outlet stores, which Cooper was VERY excited about. We introduced Cooper to some of our favorite restaurants while in San Antonio...Chris Madrids and Rudys BBQ!

In front of Gruene Hall

Cooper watching a movie from our hotel balcony after eating Rudys and smores!

waiting for our shuttle to take us to Sea World!!

The ever famous picture outside Sea World

playing with daddy on the jungle gym

Looking at all the cool fish

feeding the dolphins

Cooper watching Shamu

he was like this through the entire show

We had a wonderful time on our vacation, it was nice to get away for awhile before things start getting crazy again!

VACATION!

We went on a wonderful vacation the first week of August! We spent the first half of the week in Austin at Lost Pines Resort and then the last part of the week we took Cooper to Sea World in San Antonio. This part of Texas is our favorite and there is so much to do. We tried some new places and had to visit some old. We had so much fun that it was really hard to come home. There is ALOT of pictures so I will have to post them separate so...... Here are the pictures from Lost Pines in Austin!

The kids at Salt Lick BBQ

Smores

playing in the sand

the waterslide...Cooper LOVED it,
we lost count of how many times he went down

bubbles

on the lazy river with Mommy...
another one of his favorites

the family at Chuys
(minus stef and jacob... i think they were buying tshirts)

the kids on the waterfall


claire and cooper pouring water on paw-paw to keep him cool

cooper all tuckered out

5 weeks later.....

Things have been so crazy lately that I completely forgot this thing even existed.... sorry. We both have been working, Jacob is taking summer school, we both have been working out and trying to keep up with Mr. Cooper.
Since we saw you last Cooper tried swim lessons but didn't really care for it, we have been to the pool and park alot, the zoo, survived a flood and some other interesting things in between.....I'll just let the pictures tell the story.

swimming in his pool

swim lessons

learning to kick

lunch at the zoo

I love this picture!!

best buddies

sittin on the turtle...his favorite

FINALLY........Cooper smiles and waves on the carousel!!

All the...

way....

around.

On his tricycle from Nana

taking a bath outside with Murphy

About to venture out after the flood

about to cross the Red River/our street after the flood

He LOVES blueberries

Jacob loves to comb his hair out...reminds me of Spencer Pratt from The Hills.

Cooper eatting a peach at daddys stand

15 months

Cooper is 15 months old today and I am still in shock. It still feels like he should be a newborn who lets me hold him for hours....but nope he is 15 months old and does not like to sit still for one minute. He is a very active boy who loves to go go go!!!
-he weighs 28.8 pounds
-bedtime is 8 and he sleeps 11 1/2 hours
-takes one nap a day, sometimes two
-loves all fruits and some vegetables
-says mama, dada, dog, ball, juice, byebye, bible, please , more ,thankyou , cookie, whats that, ehh ohh, boo, pop pop (for paw paw), nana
-gives big hugs and open mouth kisses
-can count 1,2,3
-has 9 teeth and trying to get his molars(3 times now)
-loves books, balls, shooting baskets, opening and shutting drawers, watching Veggie Tales, being outside, Playing with Murphy, taking baths, singing/screaming, playing with his friends and cousins, swinging, going to the zoo, laughing
-new for Cooper: sucking out of straws, eatting snowcones, wearing flip flops, having sleepovers at cousins house, playing chase, learning sign language, can point people out in a picture.

Coopers summer has started out busy so far with his first sleep over with his cousin Ka-Ka were he didn't miss mama or dada, a Gymboree class that he loved, and lots of visits from Nana and PawPaw from Houston. We still have lots to come with swim lessons, VBS, many trips to the zoo and the pool, trip to Lost Pines and Sea World, swim in Uncle Joes new pool, and to see many relatives in between.

Here are some pictures from Gymboree class:


Here are some pictures of Cooper at Caylee and Codys lacrosse games at Chesapeake:

This last picture may make some of you sick to your stomach....but Cooper loves it!!!

The Zoo

Cooper got his 2nd hair cut.

If you aren't into nudity, then I suggest that you don't scroll down further....

A naked boy in his rain boots.

A naked booty at play.

The following pictures are of Cooper at the zoo. They just built the Children's Zoo, and it's so much FUN!

This is the little river that kids can play in....Cooper loved it.

Playing in the sprinklers.

He did not want to leave:(

He got to feed the Lorakeets, he kept closing his eyes.

Yep, here we are back on the carousel and still NO reaction.

Still nothing.