13 weeks

Today my little man is 13 weeks old!  :)  he's developing SUCH a fun, cute, personality!  This week was Cooper's first BIG dinner out.  We went to a Japanese Steak House for a dear friend's 30th birthday celebration (the one I made the "30 Sucks" bouquet for in an earlier post).  Cooper did sooooo good while we were there...which was almost 2 hours!  I was really impressed with him since it was a long time, it was loud, it was terribly crowded, and it was late.  He just sat and looked at everything going on and hardly made a peep!  the only thing he didn't like was when they set the grill on fire....I think the sudden, intense, heat in his face scared him...he pooched that bottom lip out and was ready to cry but mommy and daddy both swooped in from either side to reassure him that it was ok!  :)
This week was also Cooper's first Valentine's Day!  We went to school for the Valentine Celebration that afternoon.  I guess by that evening Coop had just had TOO much valentines because he was fit to be tied Tuesday evening!  Lets just say it was an early evening for me...he WORE me out with his bad mood (and he's VERY rarely in a bad mood like that).  Stay tuned for a later post about the 12 hours of valentines love that i did for the hubby.

Alright, here are some pictures!

Lookin for an eligible bachelorette for Valentines Day  :)

Happy Valentine's Day!

Kickin those legs!

At 13 weeks Cooper:

• is finally able to fit into most of his 0-3 and 3 month clothes!  The only thing we are still wearing newborn size in is some of his pants.  I have a stack of clothes that are too small and need to be packed away  :(  
• has found his hands big time!  He is always sucking on them!
• is still spitting up....some days are worse than others, but I guess it's just something we're going to have to deal with.
• grabs onto anything that is close to his hands and hold on tight!
• has discovered that his head can tilt back to see things.  Especially on the changing table, if i move around to his head or if daddy comes in the room, he tilts that head way back trying to see.
• Follows sounds and turns toward them consistently
• has discovered the window in the car and likes to look out it while riding
• tries to pull his head up when he's lying on his back...this kid loves to sit up and observe everything around him!
• holds his head up and looks around during tummy time...sometimes for a good 5 minutes!
• is still a little jumping bean!  if he's fussing you can pretty much count on bouncing and jumping to make him happy!  He's very coordinated with the jump/pushing off with both feet part! This week his grandma got him a bouncing activity center and a door jam bouncer!  He can't wait till he's a little bit bigger to use it!  :)

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