The Beautiful Mess: 12 weeks....holy cow!

How in the world is it that I have a 12 week old already!?!?! Time has really flown by! Week one as an official stay at home mommy has been great! :) Sunday we went to my aunt and uncle's for their super bowl party. Our friends Adam and Amber were there with their little fella who is only 8 days older than Cooper. It's funny how similar our pregnancies were! Adam and I grew up together (our mom's are best friends) and he and his wife were expecting a boy as well and due 5 days before us. They found out shortly before we did that their little guy was breech as well, so Amber ended up having to have a C-section too, 8 days before I did!! Funny how life happens! :) It was fun to see the babies together....even though they can't really interact with each other yet, it's still cute! This weekend we also went to a couple soccer games. my hubby coaches a team of 13 and 14 year old girls and they played in a tournament this weekend in Greensboro. It was a TERRIBLE weekend to sit out at the soccer field but Cooper and I braved the cold, wet, nasty weather for 2 of the 3 games. Cooper was a real trooper (haha, that rhymes!) for them both! he slept in the front carrier for one game and snug in his carseat all covered up for the other!

At 12 weeks Cooper:

weighs approximately 13 pounds (again, this was on our scale at home, not sure of it's accuracy)
LOVES to bounce and jump! if I pick him up and hold him upright with his toes touching something (the floor, my lap, the changing table) he automatically pushes off! He loves for me to "jump" him up and down while he pushes off with his feet!
Laughs in his sleep! we haven't had an all out giggle yet, but he makes little laughing noise (similar to Sheldon's very airy laugh on Bing Bang Theory). he has always smiled as he's falling asleep, and now he softly laughs from time to time, it's so cute!
looks ALL around ALL the time! That little head of his is always on the swivel!
Sleeps like a CHAMP! most nights he gets to bed between 9 and 10:00 and most nights he sleeps until 6ish before he gets up to eat again! He will fuss a bit before then, but if I give him his paci he's good to go! I am loving this great sleeper! Hope it continues
Is getting some rolls finally! he has some little baby chunk on his thighs now! we're still wearing newborn sized pants most of the time, but we're getting there! :)
Has lost a little bit of his hair. The kid LOVES to rub his head when nursing or falling asleep....his hand automatically goes to the back of his head...so now he's getting a little line where he's rubbed some of it out. Oh well...such is life. Good thing he was born with a ton of hair!
has been to his first soccer games! Daddy had a tournament over the weekend and we went to 2 of the 3 games. He did great....slept through them both! :)
Is getting better about the carrier. For one of the soccer games I wore him on my front in the carrier and he knocked out snug as a bug! he still tends to fight it at first, but quickly gives into the warmth and comfort and closeness of it!
has REALLY found his voice! he coos and "talks" ALL.THE.TIME now! and he's discovered different pitches too, he will imitate me when I coo back at him in different tones.
loves to play with his hands! he is always holding them or sucking on them or something!