Cooper

You are so such a sweet boy....and curious! My favorite times with you are anytime you will sit and tell me a story about something that happened in your day. Just today you randomly started telling me about crying outside because you didn't want to hug Stella. That happened a week ago and you haven't talked about it since it happened. You do not like to tell people goodbye-you usually won't give hugs and become very shy. I think we will need to have the person leaving make sure they get a good hug from you before they do leave so that they get it!
My other favorite time with you is bedtime. Our routine with you and sleep is the same as it always has been-clean up, diaper, read a book. Lately, when we finish the book you want to read it to us. I enjoy your renditions of the books either we have read over and over and you know by heart or new books that you ask "what this, Mama?" Some nights you aren't quite ready to be by yourself, so you stroke my face and say "stay with me, Mama" My heart just melts when you say this. If you sense I am about to get up, you'll throw your arm around my neck so I stay. Other nights you tell me to "go, Mama". You like your light on, closet doors closed, and the door left open. Most nights you'll come running into Mama and Daddy's room in the middle of the night and either we'll walk you back to your room or if you get to Mommy, she throws you into bed and then then wonders how you got there when she wakes in the morning!