my cousin is beautiful!

Miss Pierce County Forestry Winner, Carlin Collins.. looks just like cope doesn't she??

sand francisco

or at least that's what cope and dad call it.. when the conference was in sand antonio last year that's what they called that city. anyhoo, i had to go to a dermatology conference and dad and cope came with me because i would have missed them both too much. cope had his first piece of pizza.. and he was enjoying the crust!

daddy ran and cope and i walked a 5k with the golden gate bridge in the background.. cope even got his own number.


and mr. cope drove us around sand francisco to see the sights.. i tried to drive but the steep hills scared me so the little guy took over.



we went to muir national forest to see the redwoods that are 600 or so years old.. but cope was way more interested in the fake bears.

cope wasted no time in making himself at home at the hotel room.

but all the excitement just wore my little pal out and he was so so tired! he was so glad to be home.

kite festival

we went to zilker park in austin this weekend to go to the kite festival.

my pal didn't give 2 hoots about the kites, but he sure enjoyed the dirt! apparently zilker park dirt is much much better than the suburban georgetown dirt because my pal was loving it.

he did love this sweet little pooch too! maybe we'll get him a puppy (for his 30th birthday).

1 year check up

weight 21.6 lbs, 40%
height 30 3/4 inches, 75%
head circumference 18 inches, 35%

a week after my pal was sick, we had his 1 year appointment. from the numbers, it looks like cope is going to have my pinhead, and be tall and skinny?? i'm sure it will continue to change as he continues to grow. one thing is for sure.. he has his dad's sexy legs!!

from sick and tired....

to feeling 100% and on the move! my buddy is completely better from his recent illness and he is full force on the move.

he had a blast outside with us the other day and when we moved it inside, he found some more new territory to cover...

feeling a little bit better and walking

turns out my little pal has parainfluenza type 3 which causes bronchiolitis, or infection and inflammation of the small airways in the lungs. he felt a little bit better today but still has a pitiful cough and a runny nose that could fill the grand canyon. we got my sweet buddy a humidifier today so he'll have some nice moist passages and hopefully that will ease his cough. I stayed home with him this AM and dad did this afternoon. he is snoozing away right now. now matter how sick he is though, he still has a little bit of trouble maker left in him, as evidenced here when he was trying to get in the trash.

and just for kicks.. he thought he would finally let me catch him walking on camera!

poor pitiful birthday boy

my sweet sweet little man has had a runny nose since the day of his big birthday bash. the next day he started with a little cough and some congestion. yesterday his boss lady ms. diana said she took his temp and it was 101 axillary but that he was playing and otherwise feeling fine. last night my pal coughed through the night, woke up really snotty and congested and was coughing stuff up. his temp was 102.2 and he was not feeling good at all. we went to see dr. brister on the poor little guy's birthday and she made him get saline squirted up his nose then sucked out with a garden hose; she looked in his ears and poked a stick in the back of his throat. here he is coughing at her office.

in general he was feeling pretty crummy on his birthday.. we have a working diagnosis of influenza B, lab tests pending. dad skipped out on work to stay home and take care of our best pal. he did an awesome job... they played with balls and read all the books in the house four or five times. daddy gave cope some pedialyte and they watched elmo in grouchland which is the only tv watching that mom has ever sanctioned.

my buddy is still not feeling 100% and in general had a pretty yucky birthday. despite feeling terrible, he still tries his hardest to be the best little boy in the universe, and is very successful at it.. we'll keep you posted, but my pal should be feeling better in a few days.