The Frost is on the Pumpkin!

Hello out there and Happy October to you! September slid right past me, time flies when you are having fun! I figured I will start this month out right with the news about yours truly, of course. I am posting some pics of September's happenings...one of myself and aunt Helen and one of me in the hat she brought me, then the one of mom, dad, and me before they left me (the fun guy) at home while they went to Liz's wedding. Can you believe that? Mom says she is sorry and while they had fun, she knows it would have been one heck of a better time with her little sunshine there. Dad said I would have stolen the show. But don't feel too sorry for me because Gram and gramps B and Aunt Amber came all the way down from PA to hang out with me. They brought me beautiful presents and it's not even my birthday. I got a real rocking horse, one for true cowboys, a fall sweater with a rainbow of pretty colors, and a singing goat. I love that goat, every time it yodels (now c'mon, don't act like you've never heard of a yodeling goat), I get a great big smile on my face. I will post a pic soon of me riding the horse with my cowboy sweater holding my yodeling goat. How about that? In my deep gratitude for my wonderful gifts, I tried to break them all in well and gave them quite a bedtime show. Then for an encore, I decided to give mom a run for her money for leaving a little guy home. We ended up chewing the fat from 3am to 6:30! What I really needed was some milk and lots of it...I went the whole day without it, then I got myself so worked up and sleepy, I wouldn't drink it before bed. Now this may have never happened to you, but it is quite a pickle. I have a feeling next time mom will think twice before pulling a trick like that again. The wedding was beautiful according to m&d, they got to meet alot of Liz and Helen's family and of course, there was my favorite, CAKE! Can you believe those two didn't bring me any? We will post more pics of the wedding with the next blog for you. More news...we have some bdays this week. Our friend Chris Eten's is today and cousin Kent will be celebrating his on Thursday. Do you know he sent us a pumpkin? It is beautiful, and the best part is, he grew it himself. Isn't that something else? I got my very first Halloween card today; it was from Lisa and Papaw Bill, Hannah, Jessica, Nathan, and Abagail. I LOVED it! I carried it around and played with it, I even put it in my mouth. For those of you who don't know, this is the utmost honor for an item. Needless to say, I do have many esteemed items. Speaking of mouths, I have had quite a bit to say lately, many screeches and squeals and my new fav, tsss, tsss. Mom says if I say Sam first, she will have a fit! I can't help it, he's my best friend. And I just know someday our relationship will be a two way street. For now though, I am hanging in there and trying to be understanding. Tonight I tried to break bread with Sam and eat a couple of pieces of his food. He didn't seem to like that much at all, in fact, neither did mom. His food seems much more interesting than mine; I don't know why I can't try some. It has alot more texture and fun colors than my drab colored mush. I do have to hand it to mom and dad though, they are putting my little food grinder to great use. I am eating all sorts of fresh fruits like pears, apples, plums, blueberries, and bananas. Gram and gramps B shared some mashed potatoes with me and boy, I sure loved it! I also enjoyed some ice cream with m&d last night. Tonight we had fish and a little bit of broccoli. I have yet to encounter anything that doesn't appeal to me. It's a good thing too, because a growing boy like me needs all the fuel he can get! Well, I better get going and get a good night's sleep. Poor dad is up way before the sun, always, and this week, I think he is studying to be a rooster. He is working down in southern VA and gets to play in the woods all day. He loves it, but that drive and up at 3:30am, not so much. Mom and I know we are truly blessed to have such a hard working dada to take care of us. Please do me a favor and take care of yourselves too. I will be looking forward to hearing from you and I will post again soon. I have lots of pics to share and Oct. is a big month. You know about Halloween right?! I can't wait. I wonder if m&d will actually let me eat the candy or if they will keep the fruits of my trick or treating labor all to themselves. Keep your fingers crossed on that one. Come and see me soon. Lots of love to all of you ghouls and boys out there, Cooper Boo.