The Beautiful Mess: 17 weeks

Cooper is 17 weeks old today! On Saturday he will officially be 4 months old! this past Saturday we went to have his 4 month photos taken. The week before he was born a photographer that I follow on facebook was having an 11-11-11 deal for any sessions booked that day. I jumped on it and booked his newborn, 4 month, 8 month, and 1 year cake smash sessions with her. I'm SO glad I did because I love having a professional photo session to look forward to every 4 months for the first year of his life! Here is one of the newborn photos she took of him

And here is a preview of what she got Saturday. He sure made her work for it! but she's awesome! If you're looking for a photographer for your little one, you should check out Brooke Moxley Photography!

He has changed SO much in 4 short months!

At 17 weeks Cooper:

LOVES his activity bouncer! He will sit in it and attack the toys on it for an hour at a time! It has a setting to where it makes noises everytime it bounces...he is good at making that thing sound off! :)
Is napping in his crib! We decided to spend this week getting him used to the crib with naps before putting him in there at night. Monday was NO good! he refused to nap at all that day! I spent an hour, 2 separate times, lying on the floor beside his crib, rubbing his back, shhhhing him, TRYING to get him to sleep....but he wouldn't have it! he just grinned at me every time I peeked over the rail and just wanted to play! Needless to say, he was asleep by 8:30 and took 3 naps on Tuesday! :)
drools like crazy! I was so happy that our dog wasn't a drooly pooch when we got him....Cooper is doing enough drooling for the both of them! :) Especially when he's bouncing!
has found his toes! he will stare at them sometimes and occasionally grabs them.
weighs around 15 pounds (again, not exact because it's our bathroom scale. supposedly the wii fit has a setting you can weigh a baby with...I need to look into that)
doesn't like to be left alone in a room. A lot of times I will put him in his bouncy seat or on his activity mat while I fix dinner, and before Carrington gets home, but he ends up fussing within a few minutes. If I move his bouncy seat to the kitchen where he can see me fixing dinner, he'll sit there as long as I'll let him! Can't say that I blame him for wanting to be in the same room as someone else though.
is curious about EVERYTHING around him! Lots of times when he's nursing he will stop to look at the TV, or Arnold, or Carrington, or the fan....anything! By the way, the fan.....super fascinating! I think all babies have this stage at some point but it's funny to watch; he gets so mesmerized by it!
kicks CONSTANTLY! many people have commented on how his feet are never still! if I'm sitting close to his feet...he's kicking me! If he's lying beside me in the bed nursing...he's kicking me! I think daddy might have a soccer payer on his hands! :)
is a GREAT shopping buddy! he will run errands with me all day if we have to! I couldn't ask for a better baby when it comes to being out and about!
loves to laugh at his mommy! I don't know why he thinks I'm so funny sometimes, but he will just laugh at me! and he will look at the tv and laugh at it for 10 minutes at a time! it's so funny! I think a lot of it is that he likes to hear the sounds he can make! :)
loves to be read to! he will sit in my lap in the glider and just stare at the pictures in a book when I read to him. I love that my little boy loves books as much as I do! :)
spits up VERY little now! YAY!! the reflux has gotten 100 times better! (watch, next week will be bad again, just because I said that! :) ) I'm so glad the prevacid seems to be working, and he's much happier when he's not spitting up and his belly isn't hurting! yay all around!