I haven’t posted directly from wordpress in a while (have been using Windows Live Writer) and just saw this picture here as a draft.
I’ll have to do some research on when this picture is from – I am guessing mid-December-ish.
Category: coops
What do I say?
I don’t even know how to title this post. So I’ll just jump into the stories:
Mallory likes to help give Cooper dinner. Usually she is happy with giving him his arthritis pill and then showing me where his bowl is so I can dump his food.
Tonight, she reached for the cup we use for his food so I let her at it. This is a one-cup plastic measuring cup, filled to the brim with little pebbles of dog food. She immediately tips it and some of the food dumps on the carpet. She loses it and starts crying. I tell …
Watching Mallory Play
I keep forgetting that my child can play by herself. I guess I feel that since I am away from her all day, I should always be at her side when we are at home. But then I remember that it is good for her to have a little alone play time. Right now she is busy running back and forth across the living room, occasionally stopping to watch me type. Now she is trying so very hard to sit on her red Elmo chair while carefully shoving her bear blankie next to her on one side, and a large …
You didn't see what I just did, did you?
Ok, this is a totally true story. Whether you choose to believe what I say I saw is up to you:
I finished up my Christmas shopping this weekend. When we got home, Mallory started to eat lunch while I started to unpack all my bags. I walked past her with the triangular shaped crayons I bought her (I’ve heard they are good for plane rides because they don’t roll off the tray) and dropped them in her stocking, you know, just helping Santa get a head start. Anyway, I turned around and saw Mallory watching me. I said “Hey Mals, …
Visit with Santa
Mallory, Cooper & Santa, December 2007
Mallory was a little afraid of Santa, but once we got Cooper situated and Santa started singing to her, she stopped freaking out long enough for us to get one picture. :-)
Cooper is famous
Rick just sent me this link. No clue who maintains the blog. Go Blue.
michiganzone.blogspot.com
Vindicating Cooper
I feel Cooper deserves a fair post showing off what an unbelievably cool dog he is. He is clingy and drives me CRAZY almost all of the time, but he is pretty awesome in a lot of ways. Here is a little list of the funny things he does:
*Every night before bed, I put Vaseline on my lips. Starting from when Cooper was a little puppy sleeping on our bed, I’d put a little on his nose or whatever. To this day, no matter where Cooper is in the house, if I am in bed and pop the top off …
King Cooper and Princess Mallory
Rough life for King Cooper & Princess Mallory of Portage, eh?
food!!!
we got the green light from the pediatrician to start MC on rice cereal. i think it had more to do with spending the one-on-one time with her and less to do with her being “ready”. the pediatrician made some comments about both rick & i working and doing whatever we can to make sure that dinner time is special, etc. either way, i was excited to get started!
i had mallory take a little nap after her appointment which she was happy to do once i gave her a little tylenol (she got 3 shots again at this appointment) so that she …
freaky dog
why is my dog such a freak? he can be fast asleep and the minute he hears the TV click off, the laptop close, or my socked feet touch the carpet, he is up like a shot, ready to follow me wherever – the bathroom, the kitchen, the laundry room – it doesn’t matter. god love him for loving me so much but seriously – he’s so clingy!!