The Handley Family: Weekly Update

Week Of December 14, 2012

Addie's weekly photo

Cooper's Weekly Photo

Over the weekend, 14th-16th, we made a trip to Illinois for mama's family Christmas. The kids were in their element being around all of the cousins that were their age. And PRESENTS... oh my goodness PRESENTS!!!! I don't think Addie' knew what to do with herself with so many gifts to open. Lets just say they are both very lucky have so many Aunts/Uncles, Cousins and Great Cousins that care so much about them!!

All about Addie

Interacting with Coop: She will wake up in the morning and immediately ask me where's Cooper? She will bring him toys and sometimes take his toys.... Overall, I would say Addie loves being in Cooper's company. Sometimes though, Addie can be a bit rough with him. I think it's just taking time for her to realize that he's smaller and a bit more fragile than her older cousins.

New phrases:
"Don't say that anymore" or "Don't say that all the time": She interchanges these from time to time and will do it when we say frequent phrases like when mama says she's a "silly-headed-silly-head".

Lil Jumper: In gymnastics, we learned how to jump off objects that are low to the ground. Well Addie' never really mastered this trick until this week. We have a few pillow seats that sit really low to the ground and Addie has recently discovered jumping off of these and onto the carpet. She's so very proud of herself when she does it too!!!

All about Cooper

Second Tooth: On 12-12-12, we saw Cooper's second tooth pop through. On his right hand side, his lower middle baby tooth finally broke through his gums. He's been a drooling mess for the last week and just a bit more irritable than usual so we kind of figured that the tooth was going to make it's debut.

Scrunchy face: He's been doing this for several weeks now and it just doesn't get old!! Wether he's just goofing around or eating something "different", he will scrunch his nose and squint his eyes giving us his trademark scrunchy face. I love it more and more every time I see it!!!

Growing boy: Cooper is already in size 12mo clothes! Granted, baby clothes are not all created equal and sizes are never consistent, but there aren't many outfits in size 9mo that he can fit anymore. We've also had to change the setting on his jumper-roo-roo more than once to accommodate his growing legs so that his knees aren't resting on the floor.

Mocking Us: If we make a noise with our mouth, Cooper tries to imitate us. He LOVES to smack his lips when we do too.

Feeding Self: Because he's such a good eater, I didn't think it would be too difficult for him to pick up on feeding himself but even I'm shocked at how quickly he picked up on it. So far he's only had the baby "mum-mum's" and baby "puff's". He still drops about half of the ones that start off on his tray and several will get stuck between his fingers requiring assistance from mama or daddy. I'm excited to start trying new foods out on him!

More photos from the week:

Having an early Christmas with Nana