Cooper's First Birthday Party

I frequently make fun of my Nana for the boxes and boxes of pictures she has. well, no more! I am now so thankful for her compulsive picture taking(which I think I inherited) These party pictures are courtesy of Nana. Thank you Nana!

I made this cake from scratch! It was quite yummy if I do say so myself!

I think he agrees!

He just couldn't wait!

Daddy let him eat the icing off Pooh and Tigger... and got him more when he licked it all off

This was definately his favorite present. We had to hide it so he would open other presents!

Cooper's First Birthday Party

You want to know how the party went right? Well it went great! You want to see pictures right? Well... You can't. I LOST MY CAMERA!!!

Saturday evening after the party I went to get my camera from my purse and it wasn't there. I looked through all the party stuff and still couldn't find it. We went back to the church where the party was and looked twice that night and still no where to be found. It still has not turned up. I am sick about the whole thing. When I wrangle some pictures from other family members I promise I will post some.

Birthday Invitation

Happenings in Our Household This Week

I officially started college this week! I have 2 online classes, Composition 1 & Psychology; a video course, ethics; and Anatomy and Physiology lecture & lab on campus. I think I am going to like online classes. They allow me to stay with Cooper while still going to school. My worst fear starting college was miss his toddler years and the online classes help alleviate that some. I don't have my first actual class until Wednesday, but I have oreintation for my video course in the morning...

Speaking of in the morning... Cooper's first birthday party is tomorrow! (Later that afternoon of course!) I have been prepping the food all day! I made my very first cake FROM SCRATCH! This cake will be Cooper's and I ordered a Pooh cake from Walmart. I'm just not artistic so I didn't attempt that. Maybe next year ;) I will post pictures of the party when I get a chance.

Happy Birthday Little Man!

Today is Cooper's first birthday. He turned 1 at 12:05 pm. It is kinda a bitter-sweet day for me. Yes, we are starting a new exciting chapter in his life, but my baby is now a toddler. (Of course he will always be my baby).

I tried to think of ways to mark this huge milestone on my blog. I decided to make a list of things I'm glad I did with Cooper and will be repeating with baby #2 and a list of things I wish I had done differently and will change next time around.

Things I Am Glad I Did:
*breastfeeding. This one is a biggie for me. Its the most important.
*co-sleeping(I will be making some adjustments on naps though)
*consignment sales!
*lots and lots of snuggle time despite "spoiling" him
*baby-wearing. I love my "kangaroo pouch"

Things I Will Do Differently:
*I'm doing some research on cloth-diapering. We will see about that.
*introduce solids later (more on that later)
*let baby sleep on his or her own some during the day so they will nap by his or herself
*not let my husband teach the word boob! LOL

Well that's all I can think of for now. We may discuss this more later though :)

This year has been the best, yet the most difficult, in my life. Cooper, you are the best thing that ever happened to Mommy! In the many years together ahead of us, I promise to always try to parent you lovingly and fairly. I love you baby boy and I hope you have had a great birthday!

Christmas Presents & Birthday Invitations

The first picture is my favorite of Cooper's Christmas presents. It's a toddler-sized backpack with a picture of Noah's Ark and it's personalized with his name! He got this from his Mimi and Poppy(my parents). Even though it's toddler sized we are using it as our diaper bag. It's just too cute not to!

The second picture is the invitation to Cooper's first birthday party! I can't believe we will be celebrating one year with our little man in a couple weeks! It has really flown by! But more on this later... We will be having a Pooh's First Birthday themed party. If any of you have any party suggestions I would love to hear them! I'm especially drawing a blank on the menu! I'd like to do finger foods. I figure a cheese & cracker tray and fruit & veggie tray is a good start, but other than that I'm clueless. So let's hear some suggestions!