For those who haven’t heard the update on Cooper’s tests, we did get the results of his MRI last week. It was very good news! The doctors found NOTHING concerning with his little brain at all. We were so excited to receive that news! Thanks to all who have been praying for him. His story has been such a miracle and we feel blessed to be a part of it.
Our baby is 18 months old! I can’t believe how much he’s grown and changed since we brought him home 5 months ago. Here is a little about Cooper at 18 months.
PHYSICAL:
- He’s about 35 inches tall and weighs over 30 lbs. We haven’t been to the doctor in a few weeks, so I don’t have exacts but he’s a big boy and continues to get bigger all the time!
- He’s walking very well now and has been for a couple months. His balance gets better all the time. Recently, he has started trying to run. Sometimes he’s successful and sometimes he falls on his face. He’s also learned to walk backwards and thinks that’s pretty cool!
- He has 8 teeth and seems to be working on about 8 more. He’s got little teeth peeking through his gums all through his mouth but hasn’t cut any more just yet. Poor baby has been pointing to his mouth all the time for the past couple weeks trying to tell me that it hurts :(
LANGUAGE:
- He understands A LOT of what is said now. When I speak in fairly simple terms, I’d say he understands about 75% of what I’m saying.
- His vocabulary is growing all the time. He says 10 words really clearly and has about 10-15 more words that he says and Josh and I can understand.
-He has recently started responding with “No, No, No” when he doesn’t want to do something. Josh doesn’t so much think this is funny but I have a hard time not laughing when he does this.
- He still uses about 5 signs for words that he can’t yet say.
-Can identify head, hair, eyes, nose, ears, mouth, teeth, lips, belly, hands, feet, fingers and toes when asked.
SOCIAL:
- Plays peek-a-boo all the time. He covers his eyes with both hands and and quickly removes them from his face while yelling “BOO!!!” This is how he greets people these days. I bet he says “boo” over 100 times every day. I’m not kidding…
- He also greets all people and animals with a “Hi” and a wave. The first thing he does in the morning after getting out of bed is search the house for Lilly so he can say hi to her.
- He tickles.
- He’ll pretty much do anything to get a laugh out of you. Nothing delights him more than to catch someone off guard by doing something cute/funny and make them giggle. He squeals with delight when he gets a laugh from someone. Here’s our little clown trying to make us laugh one morning by sticking part of a blueberry pancake to his forehead. 
FAVORITE TV SHOW: Yo Gabba Gabba
FAVORITE FOOD: Toss up between scrambled eggs and mandarin oranges
FAVORITE ACCESSORY: Hats. He will make anything into a hat.


FAVORITE TOY: His basketball..no joke..he walks around the house saying “Ball..Ball..Ball” and bouncing it up and down. I’m sure I don’t have to tell you how happy this makes Josh.

We love our Cooper! He’s only been with us for 5 months and I don’t know how I ever lived without him! He’s such a joy!