I have not done a monthly update in a very long time, so here is a quick recap of my little man since 18 months.
At 18 months Cooper added lawn mowers to his list of REALLY cool things (other things on the list were/are brooms and vacuums); he started taking a big interest in "helping" Philip and me cook, wanting his own bowl and spoon each time we were making something in the kitchen; and Jackson was officially his best bud.
Coop at two weeks and Coop at 18 months.
At 19 months Cooper started really expressing his love for animals, with Drake and gorillas as his most favorite of all!
At 20 months Cooper was covered in bumps and bruises. I'm not sure if this was due to him trying to walk faster and get a handle on running or if it was because he has a little bit of clumsiness to him. Sometimes I even think his little mind is a couple of steps ahead of his feet and he is just trying to move forward and catch up...does that make sense? Either way, a week didn't go by that he didn't have a new scratch or scrape. I will say, though, that Cooper is one tough guy. It's very rare that he cries or even fusses when he falls. I think that's good and bad. I want him to be tough, but not
too fearless.
Cooper also made sure to show his silly side quite a bit!
At 21 months Cooper really started creating his own play and showed more and more imagination while playing. I also began noticing Cooper playing with something and showing such focus on whatever he was doing, sometimes sitting still and concentrating for several minutes at a time (or longer). This really stood out to me because up until this point, Coop would sit still for about 2.4 seconds! In these pictures, Cooper was trying to figure out a way to pull his airplane around, so he found a computer cord, attached it to one of the screws in the plane and pulled it around his playroom. He was completely in his own little world and singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star the entire time!
This was also the month that Coop really became obsessed with his set of car keys. He would find his keys and pretend to start his car with them and say, "Bye Mama," leave the room and then return with a very excited "Hi!!" Cooper would find lots of uses for his keys at this stage, actually. He would walk around the house and look for a screw like on the side of a chair or table or something, and he would pretend to take the screw out and put it back in with the keys. He would focus so intently on this, too. This is also about the time that Cooper started grabbing my hand and dragging me over to whatever toy he was playing with, pat the floor and say, "Mama sit. Sit."
At 22 months, I am more in awe of Cooper than I've ever been. Every couple of days he adds a few more words to his growing vocabulary. And, in one way or another, he shows me that things that we've talked about or done over and over for the last several months are now clicking and making sense in his little brain. It just amazes me.
His little personality is showing through more and more each week. The silly, sweet, strong willed, energetic little one I had at eight months is just an abundance of all those things and so much more now! And, I still go back to those words that Sarah used one day--full of life. That is my little man. He is full of life in every way at 22 months. I feel so blessed and am so grateful for this gift!
Stay tuned for lots of birthday-themed posts!
Stay tuned for lots of birthday-themed posts!
