We made it through the first birthdays and are moving on to number 2! We just had family over for pizza and cake for the kids first birthday and the new house held up very well. Cooper and Shea enjoyed their cousins though they are in that stage where they are iffy about going to other people. But with the size of our families, they'll get used to it quick.

As far as progress goes, Shea is ready to walk any day now. She pops up and is holding on with just one hand. So she will let go at some point. She also does the stairs in the kitchen better. She knows to turn around and come down whereas Cooper basically swims down the two steps. Cooper pops up no problem but I think he may be a little further off with the walking. He is talking up a storm though. He says "Baby" and Dadda and Momma. Jenene is convinced he also says downstairs but I think she is a little crazy. She basically has one sound that she makes and sometimes a scream she lets out but nothing yet in the way of words. Though she did say Dadda a few times.

We are still having the sleeping issue with Cooper too. He is up almost every night at some point and will not go back down unless you pick him up. Shea has been perfect and may grunt and growl but she generally puts herself back. The other issue I am having with Cooper is the darn card that goes in the cable box. He is obsessed with it. We just got a cheap stand that is low to the ground for our TV because we are going to put it on the wall eventually. So it is right at his height. If that card is in, Cooper is pulling it out. No matter how much I yell at him, he crawls back over to pull it again. We finally just have to leave it out until he is either eating or in bed in order to watch TV. I yell at him and he just puts on this silly smile like in the picture I have here and waves the card at me. This kid is going to be trouble!