Through Cooper's Eyes

Funny Faces

2009-05-05T09:52:00.001-07:00

I am turning into a little HAM! That is what my mom and dad say to me. I am really starting to realize how to smile for the camera. Tell me what you think of them.........

I think this one is pretty good!

I know getting better.........

Oh yeah, my daddy taught me this one!

Didn't really know what else to do...........

I am so funny when the camera comes out. I can't ever just smile. I either have to make a face and do some kind of kung fu pose.

My Baga even got in on the action. I think she even told me to stick my tongue out like her but I wanted to make her look like the goofy one!

Aren't we cute?

I hope you liked all my funny faces! I always make these until mom and dad say I better smile or no more gum or treat for the rest of the day. Then I usually smile pretty fast.

Only Way To Climb Is In Your Underwear...........

2009-04-08T12:58:00.001-07:00

Yes, I love to climb and who doesn't always want to be in their underwear?

I think that when I get home that I have to strip down to my underwear. It is definitely cooler!

I have found new ways to climb on top of the washer and dryer. I have to first grab an EMPTY water container and balance myself on it to climb up on the sink. My mom gets pretty scared because there is no weight in it and I like to stand on it. I think I have mad skills though!

So, do you like Elmo?

What about this view of Elmo?

I know I am a wild child and definitely all boy. Except the occasional playing with dolls and wanting to wear my sister's tutu!

My mom got me a new Spider Man ball since she left me and I was so upset.

Spider Man is one of my new favorite things!

Aren't I growing so much? Sorry it has been so long since this has been updated. I always have to wait on my parents to do it for me. So you know grown-ups and how they procrastinate. I know, big word huh? Well I will post again real soon!

I Call This Art... Don't you?

2009-02-13T13:32:00.000-08:00

Well I am back with some of my own pictures!

This picture is me almost catching daddy peeing in the potty like a big boy. He pulled his pants up really fast though. Mommy thought it was hilarious but daddy wasn't laughing very hard.

This is mommy and Avery. Well some of mom. She must have moved because I think I always take perfect pictures.

This is our floor. This explains why some of Avery's clothes have a tint of red on them where she crawls around in them. The black thing is the strap to the camera. Like I said, this is Art.

This is my crackers. One of my favorite snacks. Well, after mom and dad say I can't have anymore sweets.

This picture is one of Avery's toys and my headphones. I love to wear my headphones while I watch Kung Fun Panda in bed. That is my favorite way to fall asleep.

This is my stroller.... um I mean Avery's. I love running as fast as I can while pushing this. That is why there is tape on it. But Sophia (the baby doll) is holding my Kung Fu tiger so it makes it a little more manly!

Well hope you enjoyed some more pictures through Cooper's eyes. It is so funny how different they see stuff. Where we always want to take pictures of him and Avery, he always wants to take them of random stuff. How the Lord has wired each of us so differently!

I have been very busy!

2009-01-28T19:46:00.000-08:00

HELLO! It is me again! I have been so busy since I have started back at school.

I got all dressed up and my parents took me to Outback Steakhouse! It was such a nice treat and there were about 24 people that went. We probably won't be able to go back for another six months because it was more expensive here than in the states. It was nice to have real red meat though!

I keep taking pictures put my dad just won't put them on the computer.

So, I have been trying to work on it myself. As soon as I figure it out you will get to see the pics through my eyes again. They might be getting somewhat better because I am beginning to think that I should only use mommy and daddy's camera. I am getting pretty big ya know?

Well adios for now. Hope to have more pics on here real soon!

Black Eyed Coopie......

2009-01-17T06:11:00.000-08:00

Well I am sure that you read in my parents blog that I got a black eye. I was so excited to be skyping with Nana and Papaw that I thought I had something very important to tell Papaw. So I ran and tried to go from one chair to the other when I slipped and hit my eye on the arm of the other chair. Which was a wooden arm. I screamed very loud and had to get off with Nana and Papaw. I was sad later because I wanted to talk to them again but it was too late. But here is a picture of my eye the next morning so you could imagine what it looked like the night that it happened!

Back to WHERE????????

2009-01-05T20:44:00.003-08:00

BACK TO SCHOOL? WHY? WHAT FOR? I LIKE HANGING OUT WITH YOU ALL?

These are questions that I am asking my mom and dad because I am not really sure about going back. So please pray for me today and throughout the week as I go back to school. I really enjoyed school before the break but now that I am completely potty trained I will be moving up to a new class, with new kids and new teachers. So I will probably be a little out of my comfort zone and a little timid.

As you can tell I am pretty silly and outgoing so hope to make some new friends.

But thank you for your prayers for an easy adjustment for me this week!

We hope to have some more pictures on here that I have taken as soon as my Dad unloads all the pictures onto the computer for me.

I know I am smart but come on, I'm not a genius!

Rain Boots and Underwear?

2008-12-30T08:53:00.000-08:00

One of my favorite things is running and squirting Dad with the water bottle. I laugh so hard at Dad running from me. He tries to use a frisbee to block the water but I am too fast for him that I always squirt him.

Sometimes Dad gets the bottle from me and gets me a few times. I guess that is why I think I need to wear the rain boots. I did dress my self this morning though. I thought I did a really good job but Mom and Dad wouldn't let me go out in the front yard dressed like this!

You can tell how serious the game gets. I even hid behing the pole so I can sneak on Dad.

(Note from mom-notice the pole is a lot smaller than Cooper)

Since I beat Dad I could take a victory picture!

I think I'm cute and my sister is pretty cute too!!!

2008-12-23T15:14:00.001-08:00

Sorry I haven't added any of "my" pictures lately but we have to get some new batteries in my camera. I will have some new ones soon. I just thought I would show you a few good pictures of me that my mommy took or me and my sister.

This is my sister that I constantly is patting in the head a little too hard or throwing stuff at. But I still love her and she loves me some of time. Usually when she sees me coming though she crawls as fast as she can to mom or dad. I am not sure why yet?

Can't you tell how much my sister loves me? I just love her so much I always want to squeeze her.

This is a pretty cute picture of me. I am sure I probably got in trouble right before this one for squeezing my sister too hard! I still look cute though even when I am in time out!

Playing in the Park!

2008-12-18T06:09:00.000-08:00

I was so excited to go to the park but was very patient about going. So all my mom could think of doing is putting me upside down to get me to stop whining, and it did work! I just cracked up at it and my sister just kept looking at me like I was crazy!

This was one of the steepest slides I had ever seen! I kept putting my feet out on the sides to slow me down and stop me! Don't you love all the pretty art on the back wall? That is also where all the people pee!

This is the first time I had ever rode on one of these. My mom could put me high up in the sky! I didn't know (or was scared to) how to sit up right on this thing. I just kept laying down!

This is when mom had me way up high!

My dad just thought this was the neatest tree! So of course we had to get a picture beside it!

This is me running from my Daddy! I was running so fast. You can actually see that I have both feet off of the ground!

Me and dad went on this bridge that I loved to run on.

I had so much fun at the park! My sister did have fun until I decided to grab her for a picture! I think I might have grabbed her a little too tightly.

My First Christmas Play

2008-12-12T05:17:00.000-08:00

I had my first play today. We sang (really just mumbled to the music that was playing) and clapped our hands. I was so happy to see mom and dad in the back of the room waving at me. I think that I look pretty cute in the hat. My sister Avery was on the stage with me as well. She only got to wear a hat, while I got to wear the cape and hat. Only because I am a big boy.

Avery liked watching the older kids sing.

This is me on stage looking for mom and dad.

Mom and Dad were so proud of me and though it was the perfect opportunity to take a family picture!

Cooper back in the Groove!

2008-12-06T19:28:00.001-08:00

Well... Cooper is feeling good and looking as cute as ever! By the gracious Lord's hand, he is doing great and back to picking on his sister. Lately, he has been so funny how he can make so many people on the streets of Costa Rica smile, even if they don't feel like it, by hearing some country little boy yelling "HOLA" or when he is right in the middle of getting in trouble and about to get a wooping, he says "well gosh" in some funny voice. We normally have to turn our heads when he does it. You have to read the "Hotdog" blog below, if you have not already!

He got this love for pappas frios from his mama!

His favorite picture is still his sister. He took about fifty of them.

Nomination for picture of the month: Daddy chillin with Sophie (It's Avery's doll!)

Cooper capturing his Skype moments on the computer. His Nana and Baga.

You got to have some random pics.

Cooper's Art Picture of the Month: A Bug's View

(It's actually looking out the front screen door)

Avery volunteered to pose up-side-down again.

Easy on the squeeze mom, she is looking a little pale! Now we know where Cooper gets it.

Besides the camera taking bad pictures, this one was very good.

Cooper took at least 5 pictures of our couch. I think he is telling us something about the mess!

That crazy dad, just smile already.

Wow, this book is not quite sunk in yet! Well, he is three.

You can never have enough of this guy. I think he was just bored.

A picture of his cousin Jackson, when looking at pictures.

He really loves all his cousin.

Mom is looking suspicious!

What we tried to get Cooper to eat this and .....

...what he end up having. We are to "Easy" sometimes.

Hot Dog??????????????????

2008-12-06T18:39:00.000-08:00

Well Daddy was gone and Avery was sleeping so it was just me and mommy. I haven't had supper yet and mom was cleaning the floor and I yelled out "Hotdog". Mommy asked me if I wanted that for supper. I said no and yelled "hotdog" again. Mommy was getting frustrated at me saying, "Cooper, is that what you want to eat." I said no again and yelled it one more time so she looked at me and saw what I was calling a hotdog. I was on the couch naked because I tinkled a little in my underwear, so that is why mom was cleaning the floor and she just stripped me down and put me on the couch. And that is when I realized my manly hood favors a "Hotdog."

Week 1 - Here he goes!

2008-11-06T13:31:00.000-08:00

The first week was very frustrating for Cooper trying to learn how to get his little fingers to push the button right while aiming. If you know Cooper, he sometimes lacks patience and can get frustrated quickly. After a good day, he caught on and we let him do his on pictures whenever he wanted until the batteries ran out. We were so tickled at some of the things he took pictures of, which he loved taking ones of Avery. One of the best is the very first one here of Katie holding Avery up-side-down and Katie is clearly not happy. Cooper kept bugging her about it and by the time he got it, she was not happy! Enjoy!

Ok, I get to explain the horrible picture of me. Cooper wanted to take a picture of Avery upside down and every time I would put her upside down he would crack up. Well she can't stay upside down forever so when I would turn her right side up he would cry and get mad. So after about four or five times of doing this I was frustrated and while telling him to hurry and take the picture or no more he of course caught me while talking and frustrated. Darin thinks it is hilarious but of course did not show the picture that Cooper took of him with his hairy chest.

Cooper's favorite picture is one with Avery doing something.

The ground.

Drain pipe in the backyard. We are glad the hole is not bigger.

Some items around the house. I like to think they are art to someone out there!

One of his favorite videos. He always says "that's my girl". Great, a chick with a mullet!

Our new neighbors in Costa Rica.

Isn't Cooper's dad the coolest!

Mom is pretty cool too!

Cooper's 1st Post!

2008-11-06T13:22:00.000-08:00

Okay, Cooper obviously did not take this picture, but he likes us taking pictures of himself and we do too. Since he is the artist behind this blog, we had to show him off first. We hope everyone enjoys this journey and Cooper's unique views.