More Firsts

This week has been a busy one for little Cooper. About two weeks ago we noticed his two bottom teeth beginning to come in. Last Saturday he added a third, his upper left lateral. Needless to say this week was filled with lots of sleepless nights for the three of us, lots of baby motrin and orajel, and lots of low-grade fevers, crying, drool, and runny noses.

Then as if getting three teeth at once wasn't bad enough for the poor little guy, Cooper added a cold on top of it. Last Monday I caught it too, seeing as Cooper's favorite thing to do while he nurses is repeatedly grab my lips and try to get his fingers in my mouth. So all week we have been sharing a cold.

But there are still happy days, like St. Patrick's Day.

Yesterday despite our colds, we ventured out into the beautiful spring sunshine and visited the Chattahoochee Nature Preserve. After looking at some owls, the second birds of prey we looked at belonged to Cooper. At least that's what the sign said--Cooper's Hawk. He was hardly amused, but we took a picture anyway.

This afternoon, for the first time, Coop showed interest in what was in the bowl of food I was feeding him. He is a really good eater and has quickly learned how to open his mouth for the spoon and close his lips over it. He's fast becoming a pro at eating "solids." But today for the first time he was really grabbing at the bowl, and I gave in and let him explore it.

He had so much fun. I took a video, but can't get it to upload, so here he is at the end before I cleaned him up.

Cooper has been "crawling" for about a week--backwards, that is. Friday night was the first time we saw him crawl forward. Here it is two days later and he's getting pretty good at it, especially when the lure of electronics is involved.