A visit from a couple extended Shows....

Uncle Matt came into town for a few days as well as Jon's cousin Emily. We had a great time and Cooper spent plenty of time showing off his skills....crawling, climbing all over and putting everything & anything into his mouth.

This is Coop showing Matt how he eats grass

Cooper is on to the next thing...he has a very short attention span. I'm pretty sure I asked Matt to keep Cooper from crawling all over the grass with ants...hmm...

Poor Emily, Cooper is going through his "mama boy" stage.

Ahh...much better now that Grandma is distracting him with food!

Park City- Part One- Bumming Around

I have been the ultimate slacker! We've been going, going, & going the past three weeks. Really, we've been vacationing and it's been AWESOME. Cooper & I spent the past week in Park City with my family swimming, hiking, playing tennis, goofing off and trying to keep up with dad's workout schedule. He truly is the most fit 6o yr. old I've ever known; in fact he's the most in shape person I know period (well besides Future man...aka hopeful Olympian Chris).



This pic cracks me up....Bill is hilarious....on so many levels.

Coop loved the people mover at the Canyons, we rode it twice!!!

Jill, Dad & I were like crack heads at the farmers markers...when it came to honey butter, cheese & more cheese. We bought so many random things. Dad made friends with every vendor!

Mom in training...the natural...Sophia. Cooper LOVED his auntie Sophia, she is going to be the best mom. She's due Oct. 1st & we're all so excited!!!!!!

Park City- Part Two- Jill's Bridal Shower

Below are the second set of pics I couldn't fit on the first post. My mom, Andrea, Sophia & I all hosted a bridal shower for Jill (well mom basically did everything but we pitched in here & there). I'm so excited for Jill!!! A bunch of her friends from high school came & it was fun to see them act silly together again. Jonathan was a good sport too....he is so easy going!



Andrea made us pose for a ton of pics...this one actually turned out nicely!

Mike was the entertainment "behind the scenes".

Sophia is so freakin cute & preggers!! She is one of the most beautiful pregnant women I've ever seen. She did all the decor for the shower, she is so creative...it's amazing.

Annual Lake Weekend- Lake Keeowee

For the past four years the Panther's have invited us down to their lake house for a little R & R. This was Coop's first experience and we had a blast. Lake Keeowee is the most beautiful lake I've ever been too & the water is perfect. The Panther's host 10-15 of us each year, they are brave souls...especially with our crazy group of friends!



This is on their dock...such beautiful scenery!

Jon giving Cooper his daily ride around on his shoulders.

Beach Bums

We went down to Kiawah Island wit our friends Graham, Jarrell & Wesley this past week for Coop's first beach vacation. We had such a GREAT time and enjoyed plenty of beach time.



Cooper loved to eat the sand....there was no stopping him.

We had a babysitter one night so the four "adults" went out to dinner.

More fun in the sun...Cooper found everything hilarious.

If you've ever been to the south in the summertime...you know how the thunderstorms roll in every afternoon for about an hour. Jon decided to give Cooper his "bath" one day.

This is after a long day at the beach...Jon, Cooper & Graham played soccer.



Jarrell, Wesley, Cooper & I. I love being able to place
Cooper in front of my post baby belly, it's perfect!!!

Cooper is almost 8 months!!!

Coop is getting up there...next week he'll hit the 8 month mark. We had a fun week and an even better weekend. The weather was amazing all weekend!!!



All smiles....I can't get enough of his smile :)

Jon on the boat...after wake boarding on our new board...which we LOVE!!!!!!!!!

Grandma Melinda on the boat spot checking while Jon is wake boarding.
Hmm...I'm driving the boat & taking pics...probably not super safe!

Melinda just loves her Cooper time. She really is the BEST grandma!!

Another week in the life of Cooper

It was a pretty mellow week...a short one which was great!

Jon & I got a new wake board, which we're anxious to get out on the lake.
Cooper is warming it up for us.

Cooper is all over the place these days crawling & pulling himself up on everything. His favorite thing to do is crawl away and then prop himself up & look at us for approval, it's really cute!

Cooper's favorite playmate is his dad....they're such cute buddies.