Here are the pics from yesterday….

We're having a great time!  The first picture is Cooper waiting for our flight and the other two are of his first time out on the beach.  

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We made it!

We're here! It was so nice to leave as it was snowing this morning and get off the plane to see sunny skies.  I'm really happy for a little break from winter.   Cooper is super excited about being here!   Hopefully tomorrow we'll have some time to let him play but today we just had a few minutes to take him out to see the beach. 

He did great on the flights!  Better than I could have expected!

I had a bunch of cute pictures to post and am having trouble posting them with the hotel internet service.  We'll try to figure it out tomorrow!

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We have the little backpack full of things to entertain the little guy tomorrow!  We're headed to Florida.  Hopefully my post tomorrow will be Cooper on the beach!

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We are just a couple days away from Cooper's first airplane ride since he flew home from Vietnam.  I'm trying to be very prepared for our time in the air so I'm packing plenty of quiet activities and snacks.  And…today Cooper got a pair of headphones so he can watch DVDs on Daddy's computer during the flights.  He loved trying them out and he's so excited about them.  He's a VERY active boy and I'm really hoping I've got enough stuff planned to entertain him for a few hours in the air!

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Mohawk!

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We had such a fun day hanging out with some friends who were in town.  The kids had a blast at our local children's museum.  Our picture today is from Josh's phone.  I felt like actually participating in the fun today rather than seeing it all from behind the camera!

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Not feeling so hot today.  He's had a bit of a stomach bug but I think he was a little better this evening.

How sweet is it that Cooper puts his wrist up to his mouth and pretends to suck his wrist in order to self sooth?  This is something he has done as long as we've known him.  I cried the first time I saw his doing this b/c I knew that he had not had the opportunity to have a pacifier, like most babies do.  Many other self soothing techniques that he did in the orphanage faded right away, but this one is still going strong.  He does it when he's tired.  I think its sweet and he's never even really touched his wrist to his mouth, he just puts it close to his mouth. So..I figure there's no reason to try to break the habit if it comforts him.

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This has to be the best view anyone has ever had while cooking dinner.  My little man was enjoying some milk and coloring this evening while I was cooking.  He's getting to such a fun age because he will sit at the bar and talk to me while I work in the kitchen.  I love it!  Conversations with him are so much fun and always very entertaining.

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We were talking to Grammy and Pops on skype tonight and a little monkey stopped in at their house to say hello to Cooper.  What awesome grandparents!  

We love skype!  Its such a blessing for Cooper to be able to actually see them while he's talking to them.