OK before I start this post I have to send birthday wishes to Sarah(we won’t say your age) and Gavin, happy first birthday!!!!!!!! 

Tonight Cooper did something he has always done, take care of himself!  Cooper is MR. independent.  His style is different from Noah’s.  Noah was always Mr. independent in the sense that he would amuse himself.  He would always play quietly by himself when he was little.  He always found something fun to do.  Cooper is more independent in that he takes care of himself and doesn’t like to ask for help.  It in a sense makes me feel guilty like he doesn’t think I would help him.  But that is not it. 

Tonight he got out of bed and came downstairs for a late night snack.  I had all the lights out and was watching TV.  He took his apple and proceeded to get a blanket for himself.  He ate his apple then began to make a cozy spot on the couch.  He had to fight to unfold the big blanket.  I watched as he tried to spread it out first on the couch then try to unfold it more to fully cover the couch.  At this point Noah would have been screaming that he couldn’t unfold it right.  Cooper just kept at it until he had it right.  Once he had unfolded the blanket just right on the couch he climbed up and got the pillows just right and snuggled down.  It’s funny to see him have the patience to do such a thing…espcially this late at night.

He likes to get his own food too.  That is a bit of a problem as once he tried to peel his own apple with a knife.  Yep had to move those out of the way.  I wish he would just ask for my help.  I’ve always told him Iwould get him all the fruit he wants.  We have had to have a moratorium on the peaches.  That kid is a Peach FREAK.  We sing that silly song by the Presidents of the United States song all the time(Peaches).

Time to put that silly boy to bed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!