I'm Cooper, man.

In case you were worried...

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:57:01 -0800

Cooper has learned how to say, “I want it” just in time for Christmas!

new rooms

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:30:48 -0800

Cooper has a new room in our new apartment. He likes it. We drive down the street and he sees cars turning onto our street and he says, “No, my home!” Good stuff. We are moving again pretty soon so its good that he adjusts pretty quick.

Cooper’s birthday was a few weeks ago and we celebrated...

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:00:06 -0800

Cooper and Georgia at Minnie's House

So happy!

Cherie & Chris celebrated with us!

Happy Birthday Ice Cream!

Cooper’s birthday was a few weeks ago and we celebrated like every good Southern Californian should…at Disneyland! I took Coop early with Melanie, Georgia and Harper and then Cherie and Chris and Daddy came too. Cherie and Chris got Coop the giant Buzz balloon. It escaped but Cherie went to Main Street and hunted down a new one. It was a late night but Cooper had a blast. He totally loved his crown that his teachers at school made for him. He still wears it and its 3 weeks later. Wow. Two whole years have gone by. We are so lucky to have filled the years with so many fun memories. We have an incredible little boy and are loving every minute!

After a morning of house hunting we zipped over to the pumpkin...

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:42:58 -0700

After a morning of house hunting we zipped over to the pumpkin patch. It’s the little one off of the 5 in San Juan. It’s a christmas tree lot too and we drive by it every morning. It’s cute. Cooper and Patrick played on the slide and stuff and then we went over to choose a few pumpkins. How could our kid be any cuter? I hate to be all about how cute he is…but some days Patrick just gets some good shots. So check the pumpkin patch off of the 2009 list. Cooper is going to be Buzz Lightyear for Halloween. I can’t wait! Well maybe I can…that’s our moving day and I think it’s gonna be nuts!

Sea World is a great place to spend half a day. Cooper loves the...

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:32:15 -0700

Sea World is a great place to spend half a day.

Cooper loves the dolphins! The old dolphin show (they are putting in a new one right now) has this funny part where the audience participant mother falls in the water and swims around. Cooper was saying, “and then the mama” for months. But this time he got up and close and was loving it. He said that he didn’t want to see Shamu…but when the show started he couldn’t look away. I get pretty emotional thinking about the crazy idea that people, regular people, are full on surfing on top of killer whales. On the way home Cooper was doing the hand movements and chant that are supposed to get Shamu to swim around the pool and splash the crazy kids in the first 16 rows. Very cute!

We played for a while in the baby bounce house in the Bay of Play, saw the sharks and penguins and headed out. It was the perfect way to spend 4 hours.

As promised, here is Cooper on his first day of preschool!...

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:45:50 -0700

As promised, here is Cooper on his first day of preschool! Despite staying home all of last week with Nana and Papa (with a cold that he couldn’t quite kick) we still had a great drop off this morning. Cooper didn’t even have to sit next to Miss Shelby today…he just went and played with toys. He’s pretty mellow when I pick him up. Painting is a little bit more acceptable and he seems to just be a sweet boy at school. I have heard that he yells no at the teachers when he doesn’t want to paint or probably get his diaper changed, but they say he’s sweet. His school has a bunch of festivities coming up and I think I worked out my parent teacher conferences so that I can swing by the costume parade. We went with Isabel to Downtown Disney to get him his Buzz Lightyear costume so we are set!

preschool!

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:29:23 -0700

So its actually day care. But last week Cooper started at La Cristianita in San Clemente. A lot of my favorite kindergarten kiddos went there and we have been waiting for 9 months for the first day to come. It’s 2 weeks later and we are all happy. Cooper cries a bit when we pull in the parking lot but he now has a routine with Miss Shelby and he has a great time. He refuses to paint or have his hands painted which is funny and probably a bit annoying for his teachers. He likes that they have a park. He loves his lunchbox (yo gabba gabba) and has decided since he sleeps on a cot at school that he needs a big boy bed. We weren’t ready for that one but after a few shopping trips we gave up and got a toddler bed on craigs list. It’s been a crazy 2 weeks…and I haven’t even started on my life….or Patrick’s new job! I guess we are all growing up and living life.

Check it! A very proud moment. Not only did Cooper make it...

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:51:29 -0700

Check it! A very proud moment. Not only did Cooper make it through the 2 hour ceremony (granted we were in a big play room watching it on a tv), but it was official this June…Patrick is a college graduate. Just thought I should share so that we can all be excited about that.

Missing Daddy… Patrick is on a crazy fun tour with Hello...

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:48:00 -0700

Missing Daddy…

Patrick is on a crazy fun tour with Hello Goodbye and Fun right now. Nate got Pat a #1 Dad keychain and I think its the coolest. If it had been from me it probably wouldn’t be cool, but its nice that our friends get how great of a dad Patrick is. So the tour…It’s basically two weeks around town but poor Cooper loves his dad. He cries for him, which doesn’t totally hurt my feelings…maybe just a little.

Tomorrow is Dominic, Cooper’s cousin’s, birthday. I...

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:13:42 -0700

Tomorrow is Dominic, Cooper’s cousin’s, birthday. I can’t really hold it together and have nothing but awe for my sister and her family. I feel really sad that Cooper won’t get to have memories with Dom. It’ll probably be a really long time before he understands how high the standard has been set for him. I miss Dominic and wish that we could really celebrate with him.

www.dominiczahlis.com

Just a few more from Hawaii…including Buzz and Woody!

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:23:04 -0700

It's kind of like a surf board...

Duke.

Just a few more from Hawaii…including Buzz and Woody!

Hawaii! We got back from Oahu a few days ago and wanted to share...

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:16:52 -0700

We just saw turtles in the ocean!

With Daddy at the Ko Olina Lagoon #1

At a LOST filming location!

Hawaii!

We got back from Oahu a few days ago and wanted to share our pictures. Cooper was a great traveler and had a super fun time. He loved eating pb&j off of the ice bucket tray, swimming in the lagoons, eating pineapple and running into friends and family. Rather than post about every picture I am just going to add them all and see if you can figure out the caption. We were so lucky to have a cute little guy ready to push the elevator button and help get ice from the machine.

Cooper’s girlfriend Riley! Cooper calls all babies Riley....

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:00:55 -0700

Cooper’s girlfriend Riley! Cooper calls all babies Riley. Baby dolls, his new cousin, kids he sees around town…they’re all Riley. And no wonder. She is a total cutie and she spent a lot of time over here when her mommy was at work and Gram Cracker babysat her.

Mother’s Beach in Dana Point with the Faris and Stuber...

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:58:33 -0700

Mother’s Beach in Dana Point with the Faris and Stuber kids…Matt was at baseball camp.

Papa loves a Porshe! Cooper’s Papa has a really nice car...

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:56:45 -0700

Papa loves a Porshe! Cooper’s Papa has a really nice car and got to enter it in the 356 show in Dana Point. We visited and walked around to see all of the cars. His Nana even bought him a Lightning McQueen chair. Lightning’s girlfriend is a Porshe so it’s a perfect match!

Legoland! PTA members get the best benefits! Matt and Isabel...

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:49:28 -0700

Legoland! PTA members get the best benefits! Matt and Isabel were out for summer and we were ready for fun so we took them on a surprise trip to Legoland. They were really good sports and made sure that Cooper was having the most fun, deferring to what they thought he would like to do. Legoland is perfect for the 3-7 age group, or kids that are 36 inches tall. Who knew being a ridiculously huge one and half year old could be soooo awesome!

Cooper loves Shamu! And all of the other killer whales not...

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:43:21 -0700

Cooper loves Shamu! And all of the other killer whales not named Shamu!

Sea World with some of our San Clemente friends. We bought the...

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:41:45 -0700

Sea World with some of our San Clemente friends. We bought the Sea World fun card a while back and Cooper really likes the animals. We met up with some of my favorite students (other favorites weren’t there that do…I have lots of favorites). The older girls are so nice to him and he loves to copy what they do. He didn’t love the Cirque De La Mer show though. Those scary fish people freaked him out!

It’s hard to not want everything. I just really felt like...

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:30:46 -0700

It’s hard to not want everything. I just really felt like Cooper needed a dump truck. We took it to the beach in Dana Point and he pushed it right into the water. This trip was fun because we took Georgia and Taylor too. They borrowed someone’s boogie board. And so when we left I was feeling like he needed a boogie board too. Someone stop me!

This is the day before Cooper got his new short haircut. He looked cool. I just don’t like when people won’t cut their little boy’s hair because “It’s so pretty.” I miss his longer hair but I know that he is happy he can’t get as sweaty at nap time now.

Sharing is nice!

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:19:25 -0700

Sharing is nice!