What a weird month. If you ask me, I'll tell you that I'm "2 half" years old, which is right on. My vocabulary has infinitely expanded this month, and I'm talking in quite complex sentences of 5 or 6 words. I know a ton of songs that I can sing. I'm getting a little attitude and say smart things back to mommy and daddy sometimes. I've also decided to talk a lot of gibberish and use nonsense words sometimes, mixed in with real words. I told mommy that I was going to be a fireman when I grow up, which she said was an improvement from the garbage man I said I was going to be last week. Hey, this stuff is exciting to me!
This is the life! Mommy and daddy couldn't stand one more viewing of Cars, so I got to watch it on my own little tv while they watched other stuff.
Our good buddies the Schultes from Louisville decided to come visit us for a weekend. It was, of course, the hottest weekend of the summer to date, so we were all miserable in the heat. As I've said before, I'm a lover, so right away I had to corrupt 14 month old Taylor Schulte with her first kiss. I think she dug it.
In this heat in a house with no airconditioning, you seek out the coolest place possible. We headed downtown with the Schultes to the Boston Common. Here we found the Frog Pond, an artificial chlorinated little wading lake. What a nice treat!
After we cooled off, we took a little walk around downtown. I'm a ladies man, so any chance I got to hold on to Taylor I took.
After that weekend's heat, we went out and bought a window unit airconditioner for the downstairs. Our house is heaven now.
Mommy butting in now: While this month was filled with lots of fun times with friends, we also had some hard times. Jeff and I were thrilled to learn that we were expecting baby #2, due in March. After our first doctors appointment at 8 weeks, we had just started telling family and friends. On August 6th at 9.5 weeks, we suffered a natural miscarriage. We felt strongly from the beginning that this baby was a girl, so we named her Claire Bolton. Our family is healing and doing much better now. We had a week long visit from Mimi to come help us out while we got better, and we feel better knowing we have a little baby angel watching over us.
Okay, back to Cooper: This is what happens when I'm quiet. Mimi and I were playing playdough and I slipped away and was quiet for about 30 seconds. When Mimi found me, I had covered myself in blue marker. I was careful not to color on my clothes, but I did color on every square inch of visible skin. I was so proud.
If you look closely, I have my hands pressed together like a shark fin. I am making the noise do do do do (imagine Jaws theme music). I am a scary shark. Daddy doesn't seem to sense the danger behind him!
I am so big. I can climb here "all my self." Mommy was taking this picture having a stroke watching me do this.
He made me a white doggie on a black leash. Can you tell? I loved it. I named it Bijoux (which is the name of Mimi and Bubba's dog).
It popped on the way home but I sure was proud of it. I thought the popping noise was pretty cool so I wasn't too upset. We hope you are doing well and enjoying the nice weather and the airconditioning as much as we are!
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Looking forward to seeing you guys again soon. Take Care and Thinking of you! ~Megan
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