Mom and dad went to Mexico

...Cooper and I stayed with Grandma Bonnie and Grandpa Gary...

They had a lot of fun...and so did we!

We went to Seattle

Me and Cooper got to go with Mom to Seattle for 6 whole days.

I even got to miss 2 days of school.

Cooper was really excited to go on an airplane.

He even had his own seat because the plane was very empty.

We were doing really good playing and coloring and stuff.

And then the lady in front of me kept looking back at me and then she turned around and told me I needed to stop playing with my tray.

Mom got super mad...

we moved to another row where no one was sitting in front of me.

Before we came to Seattle the time got changed and Cooper started waking up early...

Then in Seattle he started waking up even earlier. 

Mom and Cooper watched lots of Elmo early in the mornings.

Our second night in Seattle, 

me and Cooper and Cameron got to have a sleepover 

with Grandpa Jones and Grandma Mim. 

We had SO much fun! 

It was Cooper's first sleepover and I think he did pretty good! 

While we were gone, mom went to a show!

When we came back from Grandpa and Grandma's, 

mom and her mom and sister's were having a boutique.

They had stuff all over grandma's house and people came and bought it.

On Sunday, we just hung out 'cause Cooper and I were sick.

He got the croup that I had last week and I had an ear infection in both ears.

Monday we spent lots of time in the car.

We went to a craft store and 2 see mom's 2 grandpa's and 1 grandma's graves.

I just ran around a lot and got yelled at by mom 

for jumping on all the gray bricks that were in the grass.

and then that night we went to the mall to see Grandpa Jones and Grandma Mim one more time.

We got to ride on the carousal...it was Cooper's first time and he loved it!

On Tuesday we flew back home.

Cooper was worn out from our busy trip.

I used my tray and the guy in front of me didn't get mad once!

Cooper's 1

Saturday was Cooper's birthday...

I have been waiting for this day!

Me: Mom, did Cooper turn 1 during the night?

Mom: yep.

Me: so...right now he is in his crib and he's 1?

Mom: yep.

(I ran and checked it out)

(later that day)

Me: Mom? I know Cooper is 1 now, 

but he doesn't look any bigger than he looked yesterday!

*****

I asked mom to make me a special shirt to wear on Cooper's birthday.

I wanted it to say, 

"Dear Cooper, 

I hope you have a very good birthday and I love you very much. 

Love, Dallin."

Mom put "C's big brother" on it instead!

I was very excited for Cooper to open his presents.

He got transformers and mini coopers.

I played with his toys the rest of the day.

 Mom invited some people over and we had dinner.

Then it was time for Cooper to have his cake.

He poked his finger at it for awhile...then mom gave him a fork and he ate and ate.

It was a pretty good birthday...and now he's 1!

Seattle...week 3

This past Saturday we made the long drive home.

I didn't even ask one time if we were there yet...I knew that it would be dark when we got home and it was. Boy, was I happy to get here. I'm a little sad that I don't get to be with my grandma and cousins any more...but I'm so happy to be with my toys again.

Our last week in Washington we went on another camping trip.

This time it was with Grandma Bonnie at Lake Chelan.

Cooper spent a lot of time in "the cage".

Mom didn't like him in the dirt...Cooper likes the dirt...and he likes to eat the dirt.

Sometimes Blakely was in the cage with him...and sometimes she would sit on Cooper.

I spent most of my time playing with Cameron and Kensie.

We had lots and lots of fun.

We only didn't get along a few times...like when Cameron and Kensie said I had to act like a girl to play with them. Or the time we told Kensie she couldn't play transformers because she was a girl. But the moms and dads told us to knock it off and include everyone...so we tried.

Every night before bed we had a fire and ate smores.

I love smores...a lot!

Our first whole day at Chelan we went to a water park.

They had little kid slides...

...even Cooper could go down them.

and they had big slides and slides with tubes.

Every one had so much fun!

The next 2 days we played in the lake. 

we fished

used the paddle board

and just had a whole lot of fun!

It was a very busy 3 weeks and I pretty much loved every minute of it!

and in case you are wondering...Cooper turned 11 months old while we were there...one more month and he'll be 1 year old...that's just silliness!

Seattle...week 2

We have been in Seattle for 2 weeks...

and I'm still having so much fun!

Last Saturday we spent the day with Grandpa Jones and Grandma Mim.

We hung out on Grandpa's boat while he got it ready for Banks.

I pretended like we were driving to Seattle...

and we played on the trampoline.

Cooper was smiling till I started to jump...then he didn't smile so much any more.

On Monday, we went to see Ice Age 4...I LOVED it!

and then we had "conveyor belt sushi" for lunch.

I eat the orange chicken...

I get it off the conveyor belt all by myself and I think it is the coolest!

On Tuesday we went to the park.

I think mom and her sister's had as much fun as me and Cameron.

The digger is my favorite toy at the park.

Cooper went on his first swing ride all by himself...

and boy did he love it!

And then it was Wednesday and Mom had a birthday!

Mandy brought her a Happy Birthday Breakfast Muffin!

Mom turned 35...she says she is not getting any older!

For mom's birthday she wanted to go to a place she used to go when she was growing up.

Green Lake

Mom's grandma and grandpa used to live really close to Green lake and mom would walk down with her uncle and brothers and sisters and swim in the little kiddie pool.

I really like this place too!

And for mom's birthday dinner, she left me and Cameron with a babysitter so just the adults could go eat sushi...I was a little sad, but I told mom it was ok!

On Thursday, we finally got to head out to our first camping trip.

We drove for a little long way to Banks Lake.

We floated...

and fished...

and played on the beach...

and we used these things to do one of mom's favorite thing...

We skied...

and I can say "we" because I did the skim board...

and it was SO AWESOME!!!

I also rode on a jet ski, jumped off the boat, jumped off a big floatie island and swam with just my vest in the deep water and wasn't even scared!

But my favorite thing about our camping trip...sleeping in a tent!

It was another busy and fun week!

One more to go...and one more camping trip too!