Shots

I know that my posts usually revolve around Cooper, and I am sorry to those of you who find it boring... but he really is the center of our world. We have nothing else in our lives that we find even remotely as important as he is. Even his drooling would be considered more important than all of Jesse and my accomplishments combined. So, the subject of this entry is something that was quite upsetting to our little offspring. He got his 4 month shots this last week (I know, 4 months already!!!!), and he took it quite bravely at the time, but he whimpered for the next few days. He also contracted a small fever the night after, but I'm told that's normal. If you can see in the picture he has two cartoon band aids on his thighs, his own little "badges of courage". On the bright side, we measured and weighed him at this doctor visit: He is now a bouncing 14 lbs. 13 oz. and measures a whopping 26 3/4 inches. He's grown 5 inches and doubled his weight since birth! Imagine if we grew 5 inches in 4 months!! Also, I don't mean to gloat, but the doctor did comment on his very perfect head shape (what an odd thing to be proud of... but that's motherhood for you!).
Updates on the new things he's mastered lately: He's finally found his toes, and they are now his favorite things to play with. He gets frustrated when I put shoes on him, or those pajamas with the little footsies in them- because then he can't see his toes. He has also started branching out in the noises he makes with his mouth. At first he only yelled a "Ahhhhh" sound, now he has a full range of soft little "ah ah ah" sounds, to loud "bppppp" raspberry sounds (like the one he's demonstrating in the picture). He also loves squealing like a little piglet (not sure how he picked that one up). Anyway, we are enjoying our little man, and we lavish many nick-names and kisses on him every day.