An Update on Cooper: 15 Months

I have lots to do for A&P and I have been procrastinating by doing things for other classes. Now I'm out of things to do for other classes for the moment! Heather suggested that I blog! Its a great way to procrastinate! *wink*

So here is my past due update on Cooper:

He turned 15 months old on the 12th of this month! I can't believe how fast the time has gone! Last week was his 15 month well-check. He weighed 23 lbs. and was 31 inches long. He has been communicating wonderfully! He is still saying boob when he wants to nurse, which I'm not thrilled about. Also, now it sounds like boob instead of boo so everyone definately knows what he is saying when he screams boob at me in the middle of church. I'll have to thank his daddy for that... Speaking of screaming, he has got a temper on him! He tells me no when he doesn't want to give me something he shouldn't have. (We are working on that) Besides his defiant moments, he is usually a very happy little boy. He loves to give kisses and definately is a snuggler! Mommy loves that! He is still nursing atleast 2 or 3 times a day and shows no signs of stopping anytime soon. Other eating is touch and go. Sometimes he will eat all day and some days he won't eat at all. He loves spaghetti though. And smoothies are definately a favorite. I make smoothies for us with frozen fruit, juice, and plain yogurt. Even when he won't eat anything, he will drink a smoothie. When I go to Smoothie King now, I have to order a big one because a certain small person drinks half of it! He loves them!

Yesterday, I noticed he felt warm so I took his temperature. Sure enough, it was 102 degrees. I gave him Motrin and waited. It just didn't want to come down. So off to the doctor we went this morning. He has an ear infection :( Wasn't this why we did the tubes?? I'm disappointed right now. I thought this was behind us. We will just have to wait and see I guess...

The Love Dare

Lately, my marriage has been going through a rough patch. We argue way more than we should and have just been plain hateful to each other at times. I am deeply in love with my husband; if I wasn't, I wouldn't put forth the effort to mend our marriage. This is not what I want for my marriage. This is not what I want for my son. And, to be honest, this is not what I want for me. Jerry and I both deserve better than this. So we decided to do something about it before nothing can be done. He refuses to see a counselor; he says he isn't going to pay someone to judge him, and there was no changing his mind about it. I tried. A lot. But, he did agree to a daily devotion together. I having been searching for a couple months now for the perfect devotion for us to do. And last week I found it.

The Love Dare is based on the movie Fireproof. It is a 40 day journey that, so far, has been life changing. Each day focuses on an aspect of love and then is followed by a "dare." The dares consist of things to do for your spouse(buying them something that says "I was thinking of you today") or things that focus on yourself and your behavior (not saying anything negative). My husband likes it, too! Today, I went in our room to do the devotion, which I usually read to him outloud. After I had read it, he handed me a piece of paper. It was a note. I won't put exactly what it said because my husband might not like that. He is a private person (hence him not wanting to see a counselor). But I will tell you the jist of it. He said that me and Cooper were everything to him and he couldn't imagine life without us. He also said he was skeptical at first when I suggested this, but he has already seen a difference and believes this was just what we needed.

We are only on Day 4 I believe. So we still have a long journey ahead of us. And I am sure the journey will continue after the 40 days. But I believe we are on our way to healing and that excites me.

Itty Bitty Changes

I've made a couple tiny changes to my blog. See the bar under the heading? Well now there are links there! Click them! One is a little bit about me(that you already know if you ready semi-frequently) and the other is ways to contact me! I will add more to the about me link later, but that's what I had time to do right now :)

Thank you, Supermom for your help figuring out how to do that!

I Got A Twitter!

You can follow me on Twitter here.

Sporadic Posting

I know lately I have been slacking with my posting. School has been keeping me quite busy! Finals are the first week of May, and even though I will be taking some courses this summer, I hope to be back to our regularly scheduled programming. At least partially anyway. Since I updated you last on my school, I have added another class to my summer. I had hoped to go completely online this summer, but I want to get this class out of the way and it is not offered online. Therefore, from 6 to 9:45 PM on Tuesdays I will be enjoying a lecture on Abnormal Psychology. Sounds exciting, right? I knew you would all be jealous. Hang in there! I've got some posts planned, including an update on Cooper and a post about marriage.

Ugh.. Mondays...

So yesterday was Monday. I'm not a fan of Mondays because it is one of the days I have to go to class. Not that I don't like class, it's just that I'm not a morning person and said class is at 8 AM. No fun at all. Yesterday, while getting ready, I had only one pair of jeans clean. (I admit it: I'm a slacker when it comes to laundry.) So I put the clean jeans on. They are my favorite jeans so it was no big deal. I'd just force myself to do laundry after class. Cooper woke up and shouted for "boob," so I nursed him some before I had to leave. About a minute after he crawled into my lap, I felt something warm and wet on my legs. I picked him up and sure enough, I had a big wet spot on my ONLY PAIR OF CLEAN JEANS! His diaper had leaked. Ugh. So I put on my sweat pants, change his diaper, and go on my marry way. The life of a mother....

Spring is in the Air!

Last weekend we planted some flowers to go on our front porch.

I bought Cooper his own gradening tools!


He liked helping Mommy

This is one of our pots. It has tulips and a daffodil.

This is our pansies.

The daffodil. Isn't it gorgeous?? I love my camera :)

These will (hopefully) soon be strawberries.

I have never grown anything in my life, so we will see how this little adventure turns out. As of today, all are still alive and well. Its only been a week though. I'm really hoping my strawberries turn out well. I'd also like to thank the nice lady at Walmart that showed me which flowers grow well in pots and other stuff like that. I will let you know how our plants turn out!

An Update on School

As you all know, I started college in January. In March, I applied to the nursing program at the college I am attending. Last week I went to talk to my advisor about the classes I should register for in the Summer and then in the Fall because registration starts today! This summer, I will be taking an online course through RODP for Anatomy and Physiology II. Then in the fall I will start my nursing courses! Technically I will not know if I was accepted to the program until sometime in the next couple weeks when they mail the letters; but, my advisor informed she is on the admission board and implied big time that I was in :)

My grades so far are good. Even Anatomy isn't as bad as everyone makes it out to be. Don't get me wrong; it is hard, but not too bad. It just requires more effort. The first of next month, I will know my final grades for this semester and I promise to let you know what they are. Even if I'd rather not. But hopefully that won't be an issue.

Look Who…

…is feeding himself! With untensils!!!

Finger-painting!

We finger-painted with K and B2 last weekend!

Cooper really liked it after he got over the shock of Mommy letting him make a mess!

B2 wasn’t thrilled with paint on his fingers.

We even toe-painted!

The finished masterpieces!