10 Months

Cooper's Thoughts: "I'm 10 months old. Finally, I'm double digits. It would also appear that my love of all things frogs has grown into an unhealthy obsession. Not only are they on my clothes, but they are also all over my room. I might need to see a therapist about this.

Good news, though, I have learned how to ruin these photograph sessions by closing my eyes. It's a timing thing. Took only 10 months for me to master. Look out world.

This is where I can really relax and focus on my music. This item is a combination keyboard, guitar, drums, sax and microphone. I think I'm ready to try out for that America's Next Top Iron Extreme Makeover Idol show...or whatever it's called. Coop out."

Baby's First Christmas

Christmas Eve dinner at the Kolmetz home

Lounging outside with the girls feeding the fish (it's still 70 degrees here! :)

Christmas morning opening presents

Grandma and Grandpa opening presents

Uncle Brandon playing with Emma, Sara and Cooper

Off to Gigi and Pop's house for more fun

His favorite present you ask? A Merry Christmas tag that was apparently very tasty.

Until next year....Giddy up horsey!

Merry Christmas!

What's going on

Yes, it's been a while since I've posted pictures...Let's see, what's been going on...Coop has a lot of hair now! No crawling yet, but rolling across the room and saying bye-bye are his new tricks.

We've had quite a few Christmas get-togethers and work parties, but sadly I haven't taken a lot of pictures. I did catch C&C Music Factory lounging on the couch with the ladies though...

Cooper is enjoying his new Rudolph from great-grandma and grandpa in Titusville as well. We can't wait for baby's first Christmas!

Gainesville Trip

Road trip! Road trip! We were in Gainesville this past weekend to visit all of our friends and attend Victoria and Nick's baby shower.

2 of our lovely hosts, the Chapovs, who put up with a baby invasion...

The beautiful parents to be...

Cooper helping Mommy take gift notes during the shower

Chillin on Dada toward the end of the shower

A relaxing Baby Einstein video to wind down from all the partying...

Happy Thanksgiving!

How was my first Thanksgiving you ask?

Cool man....cool....Sweet potatoes: good....Pumpkin: ok.....Turkey: not so much

Grandma and Grandpa came over to eat and visit

All's well that ends well with a bath...Happy Thanksgiving!

New Things

We went over to the Hedden's home for our "Monthly Dinner With School Friends" dinner thing that we do monthly. And.......

Coops found the Lord.

It was Baby Cameron's Daddy's Birthday and the old man was able to blow out all his candles in one breath without losing his dentures. Kudos, old guy, kudos.

Cameron is like 3 years younger than Coops and already is as big.

Coops sits on the couch and politely waits his turn to get his tacos.

Jailbreak Attempt #1

Coops attempts to escape his loving parents. Too bad he cannot figure out how to unstrap himself from his swing.

Better late than never!

Happy 8 months old!

Watch out world- it's Super Cooper!

Update

Cooper was sick for the first time last week with the croup. He had a horrible cough, but other than that was his usual self. As you can see by this picture, he feels better today!

Cooper and our friend Renee at the Buddy Walk out at the beach. Such a flirt!

Dinnertime

In our new big boy chair eating dinner (and making funny faces)

The Fair

The fair is in town this week so we decided to see the sights! It was Cooper's first time and our first time back since we were teenagers.

Cooper was very excited at the fair until around 7pm when he had enough fun and fell asleep...

We had a nice time and ate lots of junk food!

Seven Months Old

Cooper's Thoughts: "Watching my stories, leave me alone".

Project Dance: Atlanta

Cooper, Mom and I went to Atlanta this past weekend for Project Dance. The Friday night concert was held in the Westin hotel in downtown Atlanta.

Mom and Coop strolling along. Not as crowded as NYC, LOL!

Saturday's performances were held in the Olympic Centennial Park. And of course, Coop loved being outside!

Dancing went on from 12pm-6pm and we had a great turnout of people watching!

Natalie and her husband Jeff Lewis performed together. They also taught a jazz class on Sunday that I took. It was great! They have a dance company in Oklahoma.

Q&A with Mr. Frogs: #1

"Hello, I'm Mr. Frogs. The Lady One and the Guy One have told me I have been getting many fan letters from my appearances on Mr. Cooper's blog and they have decided to give me my own spot. Mr. Frogs doesn't really care for being in front of the camera, Mr. Frogs tends to have all of his work done in the background, but for Mr. Cooper's sake, I'll oblige. So, first question: Dear Mr. Frogs, what exactly do you do?

My title is Assistant Director of Cooper Affairs and VP of Cooper International Pictures. My main task is managing the day to day affairs for Mr. Cooper. Part of that is dealing with the riff-raff he calls "friends". I run his room with an iron fist. Notice Mr. Monkey down at the bottom? Yeah, he knows why he's down there. Next question: Mr. Frogs, how can I get abs like yours?

You can't.

Next question: Mr. F, How did you learn to be so gosh darn cool?

From Mr. Goat, of course.

Final question: Yo Froggy, what happened to your left eye? I mean, wow, that thing is crooked, yo.

My eye was injured in a freak moving accident. Mr. Cooper couldn't decide where he wanted his TV in his new room, so he had me moving it for at least 4 hours. Finally, the weight of it was too much. I was NOT too thrilled when Mr. Cooper skipped around the rest of the day singing "Ding Dong the Frog is dead". That's all the questions I have time for this week. Bye-bye."

If you have any questions for Mr. Frogs, post them here and he will get to them as soon as Cooper allows.

Playin Hard

Cooper loves to play all day and will only nap when absolutely exhausted. (Yet another trait from Brandon:) I don't know what I will do when he starts to walk!

On our daily strolls, we usually walk by a park at the end of our street. Today we stopped and got on the swings for a bit. Coop wasn't enthusiatic about it, but still liked just being outside.

I hope he actually will be teething soon because everything is going into his mouth. He grabs faces, noses, clothes, toys, tv remote, whatever is close. We get everything back, a little soggier than before, but put away nonetheless.

Recent stats: 15 lbs, 26 in long, blue eyes and blond hair, loves the ABC song and Baby Einstein