Happy Birthday Gramma B!

Hello to you! It's me, the fabulous Cooper B, dropping a line with the latest and greatest from UB! First things first, we have to wish Gramma B a very happy day today. We heard she had a great one and we sure wish we could have been there to celebrate with her. Luckily we had her all to ourselves for 9 whole days. Mom said she will have to have a piece of Cold Stone ice cream cake tonight in Gramma's honor. Funny though, she didn't share it with me! She's been like that lately, quite stingy with her food. I don't want to say anything negative, but it looks to me like she could stand to share the food a little more freely...she's busting right out of her clothes! Speaking of, I have the bestest news of all...I am getting a little brother! The details are a bit shady, I am not quite gathering the whole concept, but it looks like he'll be arriving sometime around Christmas. Hey, maybe that Santa Claus will be bringing him to our house. I sure hope he's careful when he drops that precious package down the chimney! I'll let you in on more as the particulars come in. I don't know if I told you about the week I had with Gram, Gramps, and cousin Kent, but it was incredible! We went fishing, to the playground, swimming, EVERY day! Can you believe it? It was as if I had my very own entertainment crew. Cousin Kent played ball with me, read books to me, wrestled with me...he even let me crawl in his lap to watch tv and play with his hair! Is that true cousinly love or what?! I'll tell you, a good time was had by all! We went to a real live baseball game on Friday night, and wow, was it fun?! We all ate pizza and hot dogs, my favorite was the pink lemonade and the beer. As you can see from above, I am quite the little food conaisseur myself. And believe it or not, I have mastered the fork. I am practically saying everything by now and today, I learned how to read and say the letters A, B, and E. By the time mom goes back off maternity leave, I plan to be reading her medical journals to her! She'll need the help the way I figure it! More news...Yesterday I had another great day, m&d took me to the Carroll County fair and I sat on a HUGE tractor and petted some goats. I loved the animals! I also saw some cows, alpacas, sheep, and did I tell you about those John Deere tractors?! Those were probably my most favorite of all. The best news is we are going back this week and I can't wait. Dad says I can probably lasso a pig after I demonstrated my brute strength on the rowing machine today. I'll let you know how that works out. We had some visitors this evening, Ms. Michele and Mr. James, and boy, was it wonderful to see them! I have really missed Ms. Michele, of course, I played it cool at first, you have to know how to relate to these women; they sure are complicated creatures. Luckily, I already have a bead on them...dad has been teaching me well. She brought me a real live frog from Ocean City. Well, not really, but as close to real as fake can get! I think mom loved it even more than me, she played with it all evening. I am looking forward to seeing Ms. Michele, Me-mom, Pop, and all of my friends tomorrow. Mom says only 9 more days and no more hustle bustle for quite some time. I think that may be the best news of all. We also would like to give a shout of Happy Anniversary out to Grammy and Pappy J. They celebrated 12 years together yesterday. Hard to believe that August starts this week, and hey, can you believe I am already 18 months old?! Whew, I am such a big boy and sooo good! Come on by and I will tell you all about it! Oh, one more HUGE item to report, da-da is well on his way to getting his own Crossfit business. It will be called Crossfit Retribution and he is almost all done with the paperwork and such. Mom and I are so proud of him and happy for him too. He will hopefully soon be acquiring a contract teaching the men at his work, talk about a stroke of great luck! He sure deserves it, and we'll keep you posted when the deal is sealed. Well, I better run, you be safe and take good care. I'll be talking to you next month and bringing the latest happenings here in UB. Until then, we'll be thinking of you and missing you like crazy. Love to you and all your kin, Cooper B.