Vranicar Family: Party of 5

Cooper has recently decided that his new wake up time is 6am. Every morning while I am getting ready for the day in the bathroom, I hear a little hand on the door knob or the door simply gets pushed open and scares me enough to make me jump! In peeks a little smiling face with a head full of messy red hair. The best way to start any day. Once we hug good morning he heads to our bed to join Kevin where he watched Disney and Kevin tried to sleep five more minutes. This has thrown our morning off a bit from normal, but being able to lay in bed with Cooper and watch cartoons before I head to work is really a great start to my day!

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We were lucky enough to see little Baby V this week, marking my 36 week of pregnancy and the countdown to meeting him or her. We found out that baby is 6lbs and measuring to the day (36 weeks 1 one day at my appointment). My doctor also said she would be surprised if I made it to my due date of December 5. I am still planning on a December baby and really am not anticipating going too far ahead of or past my due date. Cooper was two days past his due date and it that is what happens again, I guess I won't be surprised. BUT....we are preparing as if the baby could arrive any day.  :) We have the crib ready, bottles, newborn clothes and other items out of storage so we are ready. We have our beautiful little two year old in his big boy bed and have been talking alot to him about bringing a baby home soon. He goes back and forth on whether he thinks we should bring home a baby brother or baby sister. He's such a great little person! When I was pregnant with Cooper it hit me how...

What a weekend we had with Cooper turning 2! Our house was full of family and friends (and food and gifts) as we celebrated Cooper's birthday. The day after the party we spent some time with our friends Mindi, Scott and Jovie at the Mall of America. The kids loved eating at the Rain Forest Cafe and as you can see, the guys loved taking them on rides!   Finally, we wrapped up the birthday celebrations by taking Cooper to his 2 year well check. Cooper was talking about seeing the doctor to find out how big he was now that he was 2!   32lbs 75-90% 36 1/4" tall 90%   We officially ended the long weekend with dinner and dessert for Kevin's birthday on Monday. Only 6 weeks now until my due date. My dad thinks the baby will arrive before that, we will see!

Saturday is Cooper's 2nd birthday. I wish I could just stop time and let him be 2 for awhile, it all goes too quickly.

So much for Cooper in a crib...

Cooper kicked off his 2nd birthday early with Uncle Brian and Auntie Joni. They won't be able to join us for the "real thing" because they will be traveling through Europe. I still can't quite understand how Amsterdam, Paris, Dublin, etc, etc compare to a toddler birthday party.... :)  So they stopped over for pizza, cake and presents! Next Cooper celebrated opening a gift from Uncle Mike, Auntie Delayne and Big Al (cousin Alex) who live too far away to make the short weekend trip. (We are hoping this will change and they can move here with us!) Cooper says "Thank you!" for his gifts and treats! We've been singing Happy Birthday for months in anticipation of this Saturday. Cooper (and mom and dad) are pretty excited to celebrate turning 2!