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Cooper is really getting expressive. He's been smiling a lot and does a really wide open grin that looks like he's laughing. We've been teasing him that he laughs like grammie...no sound comes our or if it does only dogs can hear it. He also seems to be a little ticklish. When you tickle his feet or tummy you almost always get a smile. He's also more vocal. When he is in his swing he makes all kinds of noises at the fishies. Chris jokes that he has named all four fish and is talking to them. I can't remember all the names but I think there is a Carl and a Terry. We also discovered this week that Cooper is big enough to sit on his Boppy pillow and he really likes it. He really seems to like sitting straight up so it will be nice when his neck muscles are strong enought to hold his head up so he will be able to sit easier. Here he is having some tummy time.


Cooper had another busy week. On Wednesday he got to meet Uncle Steve, Aunt Bonnie and his cousins, Stephanie and Greg. They drove up from Kentucky to watch Chris' other cousin, Gary, play in the state high school basketball tournament. Cooper and Aunt Bonnie really bonded. They've been keeping up with Cooper via the blog so it was like they were old friends before they even met.

Sunday, Uncle Eric, Aunt Susan and cousins, Kaylee and Logan came and stayed for a couple days. Kaylee and Logan were super excited to meet their new cousin. Although Logan was a little worried about what kind of tricks Uncle Chris may have already taught Cooper. Kaylee was quite the nanny. She held Cooper as often as she could and even fed him and helped with diaper changes. Grammie and Papa also stopped by for a little while on Sunday and Grammie came back on Monday because she was in town for a meeting. She had to get her bi-weekly Cooper fix. Chris and Logan had a good time teasing each other. Chris told him the story of the Corn Dog Man and how Eric could have been the corn dog king of Ohio and Kaylee the corn dog princess. It made sense at the time...I guess you had to be there.



Today we introduced Cooper to the neighborhood. The weather was super nice so we put Cooper in his stroller and Floyd on his leash and took a walk. It was only a couple of blocks but it was great to finally be outside again. Cooper was indifferent to the whole experience. We thought he would fall asleep but he stayed awake for the whole ride. Maybe we'll get Cooper some cool Baby Banz like Giacomo so he won't have to squint the whole time.