hanging out

mom and dad often argue who is better friends with cope. i think i'm his best pal and steve, of course, thinks that he is.



cope loves to bathe with his mom's help.


he likes to eat with both of us.




he loves to exercise.. both working out with dad and dancing for his mama.

but last weekend, cope stayed home with me and baked a cake while dad went turkey hunting and i thought that might have given me the advantage.

but ultimately sesame street beats both of us.

mother's day

we went to cope's pal joe's first birthday party a few weekends ago and discovered that mr. cope really is a water baby. it took him a while to warm up to things, but we found out he loves to play in the sprinklers.

so when cope and dad planted mommy a tree for mother's day, my best little fella remembered the sprinklers and wanted to get in on the watering. you may remember a strangely familiar mother's day tree from last year.. well, let's just say that he didn't do so well. so we are trying again, and so far, this tree is much much happier. it must be because my sweet little fella is personally taking care of it.

the only thing my pal wasn't sure about was the dirt, but he quickly got to liking that too!

mr. big britchens

splash

in a park about 20 minutes from our house they have a little splash pad that we took cope to. needless to say, he loved it.

notice that serious gut! he had just eaten a delicious picnic lunch of chicken and stars, apples and blackberries, a piece of string cheese, some cornbread, and milkers. yum.

outside

my little best pal LOVES to be outside.. he also loves to be with his dad and i'm pretty sure he is gonna love mowing the lawn!

mini-steve

my pal and his dad are a lot alike. they are both outdoorsman and love to be outside. after my pal tried to hurt himself by running laps and attempting to break the hummingbird feeder, he wanted to show mommy how environmentally conscious he is..

but he sort of got confused and was un-recycling instead of recycling.

he also has his own "special" way of drinking his milk from his sippy cup. he fills his mouth with milk, then lets it dribble down his face. he thinks it's pretty hilarious. i guess he got his sense of humor from his dad too!

i used to love balls, now i love eggs

when easter came, my pal's favorite plastic balls took a back seat to easter eggs!

we had an awesome easter!