Cooper's blessing & a silly picture

Last Sunday (June 1st) we blessed Cooper in church. Matthew gave him a beautiful blessing and it was wonderful to have my parents here from Utah, along with some other family and friends who live in the area. Here are a few pictures that we took afterward at Matthew's parent's house. We didn't really plan to match by all wearing blue, it just kind of happened that way (except Cooper who was wearing white). My mom made the blessing outfit for TJ a few years ago when he was blessed and we were able to use the same one for Cooper.

Cooper is so much fun these days. He is grinning all the time and is making sounds that could almost pass as laughter. He is pretty laid back and puts up with TJ always wanting to hold his hands and smother him with love. TJ is still a great big brother and always wants to be a helper by giving Cooper his binky, showing him how to play with his toys (although he is still way too little) and just giving him lots of love. I count my blessings that he has never seemed jealous at all.

TJ is doing well and sometimes I wonder if he is 2 or 10 by the things he says and does. The other night I was getting his dinner ready and I was just giving him leftovers. I had it on the plate but hadn't warmed it up yet, and he started picking at it. I asked him if he wanted to eat it cold and he said no, and then he proceeded to take his plate over to the microwave, open it up, put his plate in and start it with the right amount of time (30 sec). I just started laughing - he seemed so grown up at that very moment. It is still so fun for me to see how he is growing and learning every day.

The last picture on this post is of TJ with a Pull-up on his head. He apparently thinks that they make better hats then potty-training tools. Matthew and I just started laughing when he did that, so he just kept putting more on his head. What a goof ball. We sure love being parents and count our blessings to have 2 adorable little boys in our lives.