So expressive...

Every week, I download about 150 pics off my phone because I'm just obsessed with him. I don't know if it's because I know that this is my ONLY chance at parenting so I tend to want to memorialize every moment but I love snapping pics of him.  My memory is also shotty these days due to being a mommy to a child with special needs that doesn't always sleep through the night anymore.  Anyways, whatever the reasons, I capture a wide array of emotions...

This one screams "you're boring me" and get that camera out of my face...

So much energy that he can't/won't sit down to play with chalk in the driveway...

 

Help me find the carrot for the millionth time...and, as you can see, I multitask the hidden picture puzzle while watching Judge Judy, lol 

Bubble boy...

 

Perfect angel...

 

"Who's radder than me?" in these glasses, yo...

 

Enjoying the birds chirping on our morning walk to school..

I simply can't say enough how much I love being this kid's mommy...every moment of the day!

It's the little things...

It's the little things that bring the most joy.  He loves, loves, loves to play in the water.  This was a day that I filled the water table up to the brim and just let him drench himself...the smiles and laughs tell what he thought of the activity :)

Happy St. Paddy's Day!

 We don't do that much around here to commemorate St. Patrick's Day but we do have fun!

Yeah, I selfishly use any occasion to put a shirt on him that says something about mom.  I wonder at what age that this will have to stop?

Super Cooper in a kilt?  His cool factor is off the charts! 

 

Some St. Paddy crafts !

A little St. Paddy's party that we attended...

I wonder if...

I wonder if he wanted to ride the train?  I mean, he only stopped at every train symbol to make sure that I knew that he wanted to ride the train...

Happy little man! 

 

I am Batman...

There are princesses for girls and superheroes for boys (not that I endorse such obvious gender biases) and we have a bunch of superhero stuff.   Coop hasn't reached the age where HE has a superhero preference really so you'll find a little bit of every one of them around the house...but, I have a preference and sometimes my preference is obvious, lol

This cute Batman jacket's hood has a little mask that pulls down. Tell me that's not awesome and I'll call you a liar ;)

These Batman pjs have a cape. Yep, a cape...

Impossible...

Cooper was a huge factor in my decision to get my act together and finally get healthy (I've lost 53 pounds since last July for those of you that read my blog and I'm not facebook friends with).  I've thought of him the many times that I wanted to binge on McDonalds but chose to go home and eat a salad instead.  He still fits in his jogging strollers so he's been my companion on many of my runs.  He's a great source of motivation for me as I watch him work so hard to do all the things that I USED to take for granted.  But, there are some times that working out with him isn't possible and ab work is normally where he starts getting all restless and crazy on me...

He looks like he's doing reverse crunches in this one...

He's just making things harder on me here...

 

I think my expression tells you that I have no idea what's he's doing, lol 

 

Sprinkler time...in March?

Cooper was begging to play with the sprinkler on Saturday and since it was sunny and nearly 70* degrees, I said yes (like any cool mom would, yo).  He was soaked.  I literally had to peel the clothes off of him but he was ecstatic and joyful which is where I like him to be...

I'm sure the neighbors loved this view, lol 

Come on, Spring! (Seriously!)

We had another weekend of Spring-like weather (I am so ready!) so I packed us a picnic and we headed to a park that lies along the Chattahoochee River.  We took a great hike, Coop watched the ducks and played his heart out.  It was Daylight Saving night but he slept like a rock!  I had to wake him up for church and this is the kid that wakes up with the sun!

 Duck watching...

 Picnic time! 

The hike took about 45 minutes and he walked nearly all of it!  

This is where he got tired of walking, lol. But, to his benefit, this was about 10 minutes before the end of a very scenic and uphill hike! 

Wild man!

The fact that Coop loves being outdoors and discovering new things isn't a surprise to me.  I've always been passionately curious (I saw that on a pin recently and love it!) so I'm truly enjoying watching him learn to navigate the world and being willing to get dirty in the process. I can always wash the clothes but I can never replace these moments...

We're taking a break on a fallen down tree...it wasn't too comfy but I wasn't moving from this position! 

He's learning to skip stones with daddy...

I love this pic so much. I remember crying and praying for him to walk and now it looks like he's walking on water :)

Doctor Who!

My niece had a Doctor Who birthday party last Saturday so we made a drive to help her celebrate!  I love Doctor Who so I had a grand ole time and Cooper loves anywhere and anytime that I'll let him have non-GF cake so it was a good Saturday! 

The Doctor and her companion ;)

I can count on one hand the times that my hubby has bought clothes for Cooper but he brings home silly shirts like this Abe Lincoln one when he does, lol 

He's an old soul...