The Groothuis Family

Monday, April 5, 2010

Buddies for life!

Recently our neighbors moved away. Before they left I watched their son so that they could pack and Cooper could have a chance to play with someone close to his age. Cooper loves playing with "Kay d" (Kai'Dyn).

When Kai'Dyn first came over Cooper was taking his nap so he played with trains and watched Fritz play video games.

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

messy boys

eating goldfish

tickle time

starting a band

Despite the distance we hope to be able to have play dates with Kai'dyn still. Cooper loves hanging out with him!

Not only a mans best friend,

but a boys best friend as well.

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

MARCH

APRIL

Hangin out with the ladies!

Fritz met Matt through work and we've enjoyed any chance we can get to spend time with their family. Cooper loves playing with friends and he always has a blast with Ali and Emily. (While us adults have our own fun playing with fart putty.) Being outnumbered by little girls means occasionally you'll find a little boy in a dress. Just something to show his future girlfriends.

JANUARY

That's more "manly".

He was born to drive!

Cooper LOVES to drive! Anything and everything. He especially loves driving his Jeep that he got for Christmas. Unfortunately this is Utah and the weather has not been in our favor for awhile, and I am not very fond of the cold, so he's usually only in his jeep for a short period of time and with help from someone who is not me.

DECEMBER

FEBRUARY

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Cooper the handyman!

For Christmas Fritz and I got a fan! Probably not something that most people get excited about but it's just what we needed! The living room in our apartment is wired all to one switch so when the switch goes down the lights, tv, and anything plugged in is shut off. For over a year we had to watch movies with the lights on, rock Cooper with the lights on, etc. Cooper was more than willing to do anything that he could to help!

DECEMBER

A few months ago Fritz's computer went kaput. He hasn't been worried about fixing it because he's been playing XBOX mostly, and we have my laptop when he needs to use internet. Then about two months ago my parents computer went kaput and Fritz had to dig out his old computer to get parts to fix my parents. Cooper of course, lent a hand.

FEBRUARY

he never ceases to amaze me!

Cooper loves to dance when the phone rings. I just have the basic tone that came with the phone but he knows that means Papa or Nana is calling and he's used to hearing them. He also always holds the phone up to his ear backwards and babbles into it when he plays. Recently he actually started holding the phone the right way and loves to pretend to have conversations with no one in particular! Today Fritz called and Cooper and I were dancing away in the living room when Cooper suddenly stopped, put his empty hand up to his ear and said "hello". Apparently he was done with the dancing and wanted to get on with the chatting. 5/11/09
Fritz and I were standing in the living room talking when I felt something on my foot. I looked down and Cooper had put my shoe there. I took it and put it back then started talking to Fritz again. A few seconds later it was back on my foot. I picked Cooper up to ask what he was doing and he started waving bye bye. I said "where are we going?" and he simply pointed to the door. I guess that was our cue that we needed to check the mail we didn't check yesterday. 4/26/09
This morning Cooper was running around the apartment and grabbed one of my socks off the floor. I said "Did you take mommy's sock? Where do socks go?" and he held the sock over his foot! He's also starting to cooperate more when I dress him. It's so insane how fast he is learning. 4/4/09
For Cooper's birthday he got a Sing and Learn Mic and one of the songs it plays is Old McDonald. Cooper walks around holding it and pressing buttons, but when Old McDonald comes on he says "E, I, E, I, O". It's adorable! 3/31/09
Coop is turning into a dancin man! Whenever he hears a song or you sing to him he moves his head from side to side swaying to the beat! The radio, the tv, singing almost any song! Sometimes he goes forward and backward like he's head banging. And Fritz is teaching him to move his hand like rappers do. Of course as soon as I pull out the camera the dancing is over. I'll get it soon!
Cooper is becoming quite the little helper. Today I was making our bed and Cooper pushed the pillow from leaning on the wall towards the bed where I was standing. Then I started stacking Fritz’s shoes in the closet. As I reached down to get the next one Cooper was already holding it up towards me. I proceded to start loading laundry into the washer. Every time I turned around Cooper was throwing clothes out of his laundry bucket. He was really trying to help me out today! 3/9/09
Cooper learned how to sign "more" recently. He goes around signing and saying what sounds like "more" and sometimes "I want more". He does it so often that I wasn’t sure he knew what it meant. Today he was at my parents’ house and he kept pushing his bottle away. My dad picked him up and Cooper pointed at the pantry and said/signed more. My mom got out applesauce and he got all excited. I guess he does know what it means, and where the food is kept. What a smarty pants. 3/8/09

Monday, April 5, 2010

Buddies for life!

Not only a mans best friend,

Hangin out with the ladies!

He was born to drive!

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Cooper the handyman!

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