First Day of Mother's Day Out

Cooper had his first day of Mother's Day Out today and did really well! He actually cried when he had to leave. I'm glad he loved it so much because I sure loved my time to be productive for the first time in almost 22 months :)

It's Football Time in Tennessee!!

Here are a few pics of Cooper ready for football season. He even slept with his football the night before the UT game. We are all very excited for football season!

Long Over Due Update

Cutie chillin in his crib
Chris' coworkers and us in Puerto Rico

Chris and I in Puerto Rico :)

An attempt at getting his picture in his big brother t shirt

He loves to brush his teeth!

One cool dude

Eating his breakfast while reading the comics :)

Pregnant! Baby Howell #2 is due March 13th!

Cooper and his cousins that he LOVES. It's pretty wild when we all go out!



Sorry for the long overdue post and lack of pictures. I'm horrible at taking them. Things are good around here. We've had a great summer but I'm SO ready for fall. I can't wait for cooler weather, football and most importantly, Mother's Day Out! Cooper starts Sept 8th and I am so excited for him (and me). Then we will be adding to our family the beginning of March! We are very excited for another one :) Not sure how Cooper will feel about it but I think he'll be a great big brother. I spent several weeks sick and then a couple more super tired so that is another reason for the lack in posting. But I'm at the end of the first timester so I am feeling like a new woman! Which is good since I have an extremely active child that didn't understand why mommy wanted to lay on the couch all day :) Our next big thing is Mother's Day Out and then we find out if our baby is a boy or girl on October 21st so two very exciting things in the next couple of months!

Water Fun

Davis showing Coop the fun UT bat
Cooper cracking up at his silly cousin Davis

He was loving it :)


We went over to Chris' parents for dinner and water fun for the kiddos. They had such a great time! Cooper is all about being outside so he loves being able to get out more now that it is warm.

First Basketball

This one made me laugh because he is clearly telling me about something at the end.

Making Daddy so proud with his shooting ability :)

He loves to walk backwards, so funny.

Cooper's First Pudding Cup

So I let Cooper have a pudding cup the other night. I figured why not? As you can see he really enjoyed it! I love that at one point he was using BOTH his fork and spoon at the same time. Smart boy :)

Easter

Checking out the bunny flag
Sweetie :)

My little and big guy

Easter morning

He LOVES his cousin Eliza (can you tell?)


We had such a great Easter weekend! Friday night we hung out with our friends Brandon and Lesley Ann and their little boy, Howell (who is 8 months old). Cooper just loved him! I wish I would have taken some pictures of the two of them cracking each other up. Then Saturday we spent at the Howell's enjoying an Easter egg hunt and yummy brunch. Today we went to church and then lunch with the Finley's. And we had some great family time, just the three of us, too. Hope everyone else had a great weekend!

Happy Easter!

Birthdays and an Easter Egg Hunt

Loving the slide (and looking like a big boy!)
On a mission!

Enjoying hunting for eggs with Lily Catherine

Happy Birthday Mom! That's her in the Snuggie I gave her :)

Happy Birthday Dad!


We have enjoyed celebrating Grandma and Dee's birthdays the past couple of weeks. Cooper especially enjoyed the birthday cakes :) Then today we went to an Easter egg hunt at Cooper's friend Lily Catherine's house. It was so much fun! I have to admit I was surprised Cooper actually understood the concept. He also thoroughly enjoyed the homemade cookies and managed to swipe one off the table on his own. We are really looking forward to Easter weekend with our families!

Cooper Man

Peek A Boo :)
Happy boy

Already a Vol fan

Cooper is at such a sweet age. We have really been having fun lately. He LOVES being outside so I am SO ready for the weather to stay warm. We have been having fun going to the park and playing in the backyard though. I am looking forward to a great summer :)

A few pics :)

Hanging out with Daddy in the backyard

My cutie :)

Daddy chillin with the kiddos :)

Showing off his new fork skills

Having fun in an old yaffa block

Cooper Man and Maggie Bear

This is a little video of Cooper feeding Maggie some of his Goldfish crackers. They are a really funny little pair together :)

Preparing for American Idol 2029

What's new with Cooper

Enjoying the world in 3D


His second hair cut did not go nearly as well as the first :(

Swinging at the park with his friend Caroline

He went straight to the tub after he was done

Enjoying his first time coloring at Sydney's party

Loving the beautiful weather!

Freedom!!!

Playing with Maggie and her hamburger toy

So happy :)

Things are good here at the Howell home. Chris is busy working, I am busy chasing Cooper, Cooper is busy getting into EVERYTHING and Maggie is busy trying to get some sleep since we seem to keep her up all day :)

And he's off!

Cooper started walking on Christmas Eve but has really started taking off this week. He still does a fair share of crawling but he is so proud of himself when he walks, as you can see by the big smile on his face :)

Merry Christmas!

Cooper loved spending lots of time with his cousin, Eliza
He also enjoyed playing with his cousin Davis

Cooper loves to get in Maggie's bed, luckily she doesn't care

You can see his busted lip in this one

Dinner at Grandma and Dee's

Christmas morning!

Loving his new chair

Enjoying his new toys on Christmas morning

My cutie on Christmas Eve
Chillin in his new chair
Can you tell how much he likes it? Who knew it would be his favorite gift!

We had a great Christmas this year! Very busy but we truly enjoyed all of our time with our families. Cooper really enjoyed spending time with all of his cousins. It's going to be pretty boring just hanging out at home with mommy this week after all of our outings! We did have our first trip to the ER the day after Christmas. He fell into our coffee table and gashed his face. It was so pitiful and probably harder on Chris and I then him. But he's fine, just a few stitches. He also started walking! He will take 6 steps or so and then fall and crawl the rest of the way. He gets so excited every time he does it too. I can't help but think back to last Christmas when I managed to get out of my jammies to make it to our family Christmas gatherings with a one month old. Wow, the difference in a year! I hope everyone else had a very merry Christmas and will have a happy new year!