Cooper turns 1!

Cooper turned one last week, and although his actual birthday wasn't all that exciting for him (getting two shots at the doctor and then getting ignored all day while we loaded the moving truck) we were able to celebrate his birthday with Matt's family a week prior to his birthday before leaving Chicago. As you can see from the pictures, he liked the birthday cake. At first he just was licking his fingers after dipping them in the icing, but once he got a taste of it, he went for it face first, and didn't really stop until he was done. It was really cute and he was being such a ham, laughing and giggling all through it. It was so much fun to watch him. I included a before and after picture of his cake - I did a Mini-Cooper since he is our little Mini Cooper.

It's hard to believe that he is already one - that year went WAY too fast. I felt like I missed so much of his life even though the longest I have been apart from him is a couple hours. They just grow up when your not watching. :-) Or maybe you are watching so much that you just don't realize how fast they are growing. He is doing well and growing so big. He weighs 26 lbs and I think they said he was 32 inches. I know he is 97th percentile for height and 90th for weight. He has 4 teeth and I think he has a couple more ready to come in (which might be why he didn't sleep much last night). He has taken a step or two on his own, but he's not really into walking yet since he can get there so much faster crawling. He loves balls and when he finds balls small enough to fit in his hands he crawls around with them all day. He is such a cute little guy and we are so glad he is part of our lives.
On another note, we finally made the move to Utah and are getting settled in my sister's basement now. Matt and his dad drove the moving van out Saturday/Sunday (through the night) and then the boys and I flew in Sunday evening so Matt was there to pick us up. The flight went okay but Cooper was fairly fussy from having no naps that day and TJ barfed all over about 20 minutes before landing, but overall it was better than driving for 24 hours, so we'll just focus on that. :-) We're just so glad that we get to be together as a family again and have daddy as part of our lives every day instead of every few weekends. We are so grateful to my sister and brother-in-law for opening up their home to us. We hope we can see all of you Utah friends soon.