Happy 2nd Birthday!

Dear Cooper,

Where has the time gone. It seems like just yesterday we were bringing you home from the hospital, trying to get you to stop crying! Things didn't begin so easy for any of us, but it is just the opposite now. In the last year you have become such a big boy.

Everyone loves to just watch you and try to figure out what is going on in that little head of yours. We all think you are going to be an engineer when you grow up because you are so interested in how things work and how things fit together. You can just see that little brain of yours working.

You got tubes put in your ears a couple of months ago. You continued to have chronic ear infections so we all decided that tubes were what was best for you. You were amazing during the whole surgery. The doctor also said your ears were the reason you weren't speaking English (you made up your own language). Sure enough, as soon as you got home from the surgery you started saying words. And no more ear infections!

One of your favorite things to do is talk on the phone. Everyone loves talking to you. You babble on and on (mostly in your own language). You would talk on the phone all day if we let you. Most of the time you carry the phone around the house talking to nobody. It's pretty funny!

You miss daddy when he is at work. Sometimes when you wake up in the morning you go to look for "dad" and when I tell you he's at work you get upset. It makes you feel better when you get to talk to him on the phone.

We started taking you to "My Gym" this year because we noticed that you weren't getting enough time playing with other kids. You HATED it at first. For the first couple of months you were the only kid in the place screaming and running for the gate to leave. All the other kids were having so much fun and you wanted nothing to do with it. You refused to play and you wouldn't sit for circle time. You would only cry and want us to hold you. We knew it was what was best for you so we stuck with it, even though it was very painful. Sure enough, class by class, you actually began to enjoy it. Now you LOVE going. You sit during circle time, volunteer to do the skill of the day, participate in all the activities and you love free play! We did it!

You are such a mellow, cuddly, and loving little boy. You can't give enough hugs and kisses. I really love it when we cuddle up on the couch and watch "Yo Gabba Gabba", your favorite show.

I can't even put into words what a precious gift you are from God to our entire family. We love you so much and get so excited to spend every day with you. Happy birthday Cooper!

Love,

Mommy