July 31, 2009
Cooper's Big Adventure

It's hard to believe it is the end of July, what happened to summer? Oh well, Master Cooper visited us last week and delighted us with his antics. Nana (grandma Terri) kept him really busy with activities throughout the week; good thing, we weren't able to get him out on the boat until the Sunday before he left, and that was for our monthly Church on the Beach at Bird Shoal. Too much wind! Hope that is not an omen for the fall......

First thing with Master Cooper: don't go past this line on the driveway, even though we're on a cul-de-sac we still don't want the best little grand baby in the world playing in the street. Although the chalk wore off Cooper knew this was the limit.

Nana took him to the aquarium; she took a lot of pictures, this is my favorite.

She took Cooper to the Teacher's Pet; he loves the train sets. His birthday is August 3rd, hmmmmmmmmmmmmm................................

Bubbles was one of his favorite past times, and no, I'm not talking about the FO's favorite dancer at the "club." In this picture Cooper is getting pretty tired, I think; it's either that or he inhaled instead of exhaled.

Here Nana resurrected one of Jackson's favorite toys and Cooper really enjoyed it, especially the medieval catapult, but after all who doesn't like a medieval catapult?

Nana took him to the pool where he slipped through the ring and tried to drink the pool on his way to safety.

Nana also decided to have a little fun and put Cooper in a sewage pipe for a few minutes of quiet. It worked well until he found an opening.

One afternoon we thought we would have some fun and let Cooper and Pop take turns driving the roadster. Here Pop helps Cooper start the car; Cooper was disappointed the car has a stick shift and not the paddle shifter with which he is accustomed. Surprisingly Pop had the quicker lap times!

Here Cooper relaxes after pulling an old fat inebriated man from the surf. Way to go Cooper! (Does my bathing suit make my butt look big? Does the ocean make my butt look big?)

While at the beach Cooper did his mandatory fill the hole up with seawater trick. All of this is encouraged to wear him out.

Speaking of mandatory, here is his July GQ shot in the dunes.

Caught in the wash, Cooper helps the same inebriated old fat guy to safety......again. Way to go Cooper!

Nana, who made all of this possible. She took Cooper to the beach, numerous stores, McDonald's, the country club, the playground, and yet no matter where she took Cooper he was always able to find his way home. Way to go Cooper!

We really enjoyed having him around for a week, but we understand why young people have babies. Cooper is a lot of fun and it is really neat to see him experience new events. Can't wait to get him back down east.