13 Months Old!

Well, Cooper turned 13 months last week.  I didn't think I would continue to do the monthly updates, but I have looked back on them so many times remembering what Cooper was doing each month.  I also enjoy reading other mom's monthly updates so I will continue for now.  I won't be doing the monthly pictures but probably just put some random iphone pictures I have taken that month.  This month, I'm going to include his 1st birthday pictures since they were taken just a couple of weeks ago!

I decided at the last minute to get Cooper's pictures done since I wanted more pictures with his shirt and hat I bought on etsy and I thought I would regret not getting any 1 year pictures.  They turned out so cute and I'm glad we went!  Cooper did pretty well for the most part!

Eating: This month I started giving Cooper whole milk and it has been a good transition.  We are definitely saving a lot more money not having to get formula now too!  He still has some formula if he hasn't eaten well that day or if he is really fussy, it calms him down.  But for the most part he is enjoying his milk.  He had been a pretty good eater and tries most things.  Just like a typical toddler one day he will love a food and the next day he refuses to eat it.  His favorite food right now would be yogurt as he gets  so excited every time he even sees it.

Milestones:  He is still crawling around everywhere very fast and pulls up on everything.  He pushes his push toy around the whole house and he stands up without holding on to anything.  The other day he was standing up in the middle of the room and took one step, but then sat down and started crawling.  He is getting closer!  He also loves to play peekaboo, claps and plays patty cake, gives high fives and my new favorite, open mouth kisses!  Also, when we were praying last night at dinner and he folded his hands by himself to pray.  It was too cute!  He also had his first ear infection last week and I had to give him medicine twice a day for 10 days.  The first day I gave him his medicine, I clapped and cheered after he swallowed it.  From that day on, after every time I gave him the medicine, he would clap all on his own.  It's so funny what they pick up on.

Likes:  He is starting to enjoy more playing with his big boy toys.  He loves his car track and puts the cars on it and loves watching it go around the track.  He also loves his leggos and his intruments he got for his birthday.  He dances when music comes on which is so cute I can hardly stand it.  He also loves pulling everything out of any drawer he can find.  And his new favorite:  taking anything he can find and throwing it in our big bath tub.

Dislikes:  Right now he is going through some separation anxiety and doesn't like to be left in the church or gym nursery.  This is such a hard phase!   He fusses and cries if we leave him and I'm praying he will grow out of that soon.   He does fine if someone comes to our house and I leave, he just doesn't like to be dropped off somewhere.  Other than that, he is pretty easy right now.  

It's hard to believe that my baby is turning into a Toddler!  

The Cummings Catch Up

Here are some random things that have been going on in the Cummings household over the past few weeks:

• We got a zoo membership!  It's actually a great deal if you plan to go more than 2-3 times in a year and it includes zoo light tickets.  I went with my family last weekend while Justin was working.  Cooper was perfect the whole time and we had a lot of fun! We look forward to many more family outings and mommy play dates in the future!

Cousin fun at the zoo!

Elephants!

• Speaking of animals....Cooper was a Tiger for Halloween!  He was SO cute, I could hardly stand it!  Since Cooper is still too young to do any Halloween festivities we just stayed home and handed out candy to the trick or treaters.  Our neighbors got really into it and put out a huge speaker playing Halloween music and were dressed up, which caused us to have a ton of trick or treaters.  It is so cute to see all the little kids dressed up.  Here are a few pictures of Cooper as a Tiger...it was so hard to catch him smiling on camera but he really was happier than what he looks in his costume (and he actually wore it the whole night) 

• Justin and I are really enjoying our new Church home at Genesis Church.  It's an Acts 29 church and it's super close to our house with most people living close, which was important for us coming from churches where so many people commuted.  I just got back from a Women's Retreat over the weekend and had a great time!

• Speaking of Church, it's been a year since I stepped down as Children's Director to be a stay at home mom.  I had been praying for a while now about what ministry the Lord was calling me to serve in without neglecting my main ministry to my family.  All that to say...I am now serving as the children's director at our new church.  It's more of an administration role, which I enjoy and I'm excited to be getting into ministry again.  

• My little muchkin is 13 months old now!  He is still not walking yet but he is oh.so.close!  I think I will do a 13 month update since it helps me remember what he was like each month.  

• Cooper is going through this crazy stage where he is obsessed with Justin.  If we are both home, he wants to be held by Justin, he wants Justin to feed him, and he cries when he leaves the room.   When Justin isn't home, he is perfectly content and happy with Mommy, but once Justin is around, I'm not existent !  I know I used to tell Justin that I didn't want to raise a Mama's boy, but this might be going a little to far!  :)

• Cooper also go his first "real" sickness over the weekend. He had a cough/cold on Saturday and then Sunday morning when I picked him up he was burning hot and had 102 temp.  I still can't believe he went through his whole first year without having a fever or getting sick.   It's always hard on Mommy when they get their first sickness.  Ends up he has an ear infection so he is on antibiotics now and I sure hope he gets over this soon!

• Only 6 weeks until Christmas and I am itching to get our Christmas Tree up...except that I'm pretty sure Cooper won't be able to keep his hands off of it :)

That's about it over here!  I sure am thankful for all that the Lord is doing.