9 months old!

mr. cope was showing off for dr. brister yesterday. he told her how he had been sleeping thorough the night for months and months (usually in an uncomfortable position and that he had 2 teeth (look hard). he crawled all over the office, grabbed her stethoscope, sat like a big boy on the scale, and hollered when he got his flu shot. dad wanted to show mr. cope that big boys sometimes have to get shots so he got his flu shot too.. my pal is in the 45-55th percentile for all of his parameters.. he weighs 20.2 pounds, stands 28 1/2 inch tall, and has a 17 3/4 inch head (not as big as his dad's at that age, i'm sure!). when it was all done, dad gave his best bud some milkers and he was happy as could be! we got to hang out at home for a while before mom had to go to work and it was a blast. mr. cope is the best little patient.

west point

so a few weeks ago we went to west point for dad's 10 year college reunion. we stayed in connecticut at cope's pal nick's grandparents' house. cope had a ball!

we had lobster..

and watched lots of west point fanfare.. i can't believe steve wore that uniform every day.

army actually won the football game and we had a great time at the carlsons' house. new york was beautiful and west point was something to see.

sleepy

every night after my pal goes to sleep dad and i creep in to his room to peek in on him.. i never take pictures because i can't justify it after i get onto steve for patting and kissing on him.. but the other night i couldn't resist.. his bottom is just too sweet when it's poking up in the air. the little blanky next to him is what we call his "lovey" and he likes to chew on it. he has overlapping heavy duty overtime bumper pads because if he didn't he would have heavy duty head injuries. the other night we went in and found him asleep, sitting on his bottom with his forehead up against the bumper pad. he literally stands up until he falls asleep but i guess that time when he finally fell over to go to sleep he only fell half way!

sunshine and crabcakes

my pal didn't feel 100% this weekend. it's stinkin tooth #3 that is giving us trouble. tooth 1 and 2 came without any drama at all, but this one is giving us some grief. most of that is in the form of whining unless cope is preoccupied with something else, but some of it also comes in the "no i won't nap" flavor. we tried to keep cope busy outside playing and it worked until the tired face came out!

halloween!

so i broke down and bought a sewing machine. i've used one a few times (when i was a tiny kid with my nanny who made us the coolest toys with her sewing machine), in college when i was crafting my own halloween costumes (sorry jacque.. i probably destroyed your machine!), and now for cope's dinosaur. i think saying that i "made" it would be a stretch... it's just a sweatsuit with some felt triangles sewed on, but i think my little pal was the cutest dinosaur in town!