I can sit up all by myself!

Hello all! Happy Friday to you! I hope everyone is doing well out there. I am great. I have some news that warrants this biweekly update. Pictured above is Bear. For those of you who do not know him, besides mom and dad, he is my best friend. We snuggle, sleep together, go on car rides together, well, you get the picture. Yesterday he had quite a big day. We went for a walk (he always goes too) and we returned home only to realize Bear was no longer with us. For once, you would be proud of mom, she truly kept her head in the emergency. She got me down for my nap and called our neighbor Crystle to watch over me. She then raced down Main St. at a whopping 5mph with the window down calling Bear's name. About halfway down, by the service station, she heard a muffled cry and there he was in all his glory lying in the middle of the road. Mom thinks he may have been run over by a truck, but other than a little mud, none the worse for wear. Mom brought him home and gave him a bath and now he is good as new. Whew, that was a close one! Other great news...our friends, the Smell family, are coming to see us in August. It is their first trip with the triplets and we are honored to be the recipients of their first big outing. We are also thankful they are willing to make the trip with not one, not two, but three bouncing babies! They are so courageous and we dearly love them! More news...I am sitting up all by myself. Ms. Michele swears I will be crawling by the time she gets back from vacation. We dropped by to see her yesterday afternoon and wish her well for today and a restful and relaxing beach vacation. Also it was Ms. Dottie's bday and we got her a little token of our thanks for helping take such good care of me. I don't know if I told you, but in addition to my carefully honed abs (from all the sitting), I also like to hold on to our ottoman and play with my toys, and of course, work on my quads and hamstrings (had to throw that in there for dad, he gets so excited when we talk about muscles and exercise). Yesterday I was turning around moving back and forth (with minimal help from Dad). Isn't that something?! I told you I am ready to get moving! No offense to mom and dad, but they are too slow and bless their hearts, they try so hard, but they have no clue what I am telling them and where I want to go! Lucky us, mom and I are hanging out again today. She took the day off to take care of me and boy, do we have fun together! She told me this morning I make her life complete. How about that! You know she's a little sappy but dad and I love her anyway. Soon I will post some more pics of me sitting up like a big boy. We are getting excited for gram and gramps B's arrival. We have a big bday weekend planned for gram's bday next weekend. You know how mom gets excited when there's birthday cake involved! So...all the best to Ms. Michele today. Happy Birthdays go out to our friend Amanda McC today, Cousin Valerie yesterday, and Heather Halfin on Monday. Whoopee! Take care out there, we'll be thinking of you. Come and see me if you get a chance. Mom and dad are itching to entertain! Love and hugs and kisses, Cooper B.