Cummings Family: Happy Birthday Cooper and Chloe!

Happy Birthday to our precious Cooper and Chloe! You have brought us such joy and we thank God everyday for both of you. In your one year of life, you have stolen the hearts of many!

You both are walking everywhere and have completely stopped crawling. You are playing with one another and seem to be having your own conversation using secret baby language. You both LOVE taking baths. You are eating more table food and have stopped taking formula. You drink whole milk pretty well but it has to be heated up a little. You both are making a hug mess with sippy cups but we're still trying! Soon, we'll be taking the pacifiers away and we hope that you both will be okay. Right now, you really only use it when you are falling asleep. You both fall asleep between 7:00 and 7:30 and wake up around 6:00. And, you both are obsessed with the dishwasher! Mommy and Daddy can't get the dishes done if you are awake!

How are Mommy and Daddy doing? Well, it is a little tough sometimes because you have a Mommy that has to have all her ducks in a row and you guys...let's say...scatter them daily! You are keeping us quite busy and sometimes we have to go for convenience over what we really want. Only one of us really can do any type of chore while the other is watching the both of you. You have lots of energy and love to head for the not so baby friendly places! Your toys have taken over the living room but the dishwasher brings you more fun! However, you have stolen our hearts and Mommy's ducks lining up right don't seem to matter as much. Mommy and Daddy are blessed with great jobs where we can spend time with you that many other working parents aren't able to but it still seems like we could use a few more hours in the day.

This is your last brown chair/bear picture and you were ready to turn the sentimental moment into a happy care free moment. I decided to include all the pictures so all of your friends and family could see how funny you guys were being this morning.

After Daddy took you to the babysitter,

I walked into your room and this is what I saw...

sniff sniff...

To Our Little Man,

You bring us lots of laughter. You have become quite the ham and everyday we find ourselves tickled over various things you did that day. Your big sister, Maddie, makes you laugh and you love to play with her. You love to dance and you have added more moves since the last video that was posted. You have particular tunes on your toys that get you to dancing and will push the button until the particular songs play. You are very curious and figure out how your toys work easily. Right now, you are playing with a Elmo Jack in the Box and you are cranking the handle over and over so that Elmo will pop up. You love books too! You have your favorites and will dig them out of the basket and bring them to us to read to you. Your newest favorite book is a Dr. Seuss Book, The Foot Book. You look absolutely adorable when you walk up to one of us and raise your arms. It's your way of telling us you want to be picked up. You say "ma ma ma ma ma"and "uh oh". You wave bye bye and give high fives. You climbed four steps on the staircase before we grabbed you and you were quite pleased with yourself. You love to swing and ride in the wagon. You aren't very shy and will be held by anyone.

Right now you weigh a little over 24 lbs and have 6 teeth. You are eating more solid foods. You prefer meat and cheese over vegetables at dinner time but will eat them after the meat is gone. For some reason, you don't need to be rocked to sleep for nap time if we lay you in the playpen. You go right asleep. But, when we try just laying you down at that same time in your crib you cry very hard and won't give in. And, Mommy just can't let you cry for too long. It's strange. Mommy really wants to figure out why your bed isn't as comfy cozy for you! I'm starting to wonder if you might be scared of the dark. Your crib has the bumper pad around it and thick wood slats so maybe you don't feel like you can see your surroundings as much?? You do get rocked to sleep before bedtime and sleep in your crib, because that's where you are supposed to sleep Little Man! When you wake up during the night, your Daddy rocks you back to sleep. Daddy can go without sleep much better than Mommy!

Mommy and Daddy love you very much and we are so proud to call you our son!

It snowed on December 4th! You weren't too fond of the cold and wet stuff. Unfortunately, we all got home after the actual snow flurries stopped falling. Mommy was at work while it was snowing and I was wishing I was home with you and Chloe! But, you look adorable all bundled up in your coat!

Over the weekend, we got together with your Uncle Ricky, cousins Brett and Trevor and Grammy. Uncle Ricky has a beautiful new HUGE house with no furniture! You loved the wide open spaces! It made it easy on Mommy and Daddy too!

Grammy brought Birthday and Christmas presents. You escaped with your gift and found a spot by yourself to open your present.

You get your "ham" from your Daddy! You both love a crowd to please!

To Our Sweet Little Miss,

You are so sweet. You give hugs! You hug us and your stuffed animals. You've even hugged your brother a time or two. You cuddle when you first wake up with us. You always have a smile on your face even when you aren't feeling well. You are on the shy side and stay very close to us when you aren't familiar with those around you. You clap your hands when you are excited. You occasionally throw the cutest little temper tantrums especially while we are trying to dress you. You truly cannot stand to be dressed. As soon as it's over, you are all smiles again. You love to get under the kitchen table and chairs. You like to find your own little hiding places. You go from one toy to the next. You like to move around more than sit and play with something. You will join Cooper when a book is being read to him. Cooper likes to grab your hair for some reason and that makes you upset. You dance too but more to yourself. You sway back and forth to the music. You laugh at your brother when he is being silly. If Mommy or Daddy says, "No no Chloe" you shake your head no! You quietly say "bye bye" while waving.

You weigh a little over 20 lbs and have almost 3 teeth. Your bottom two teeth have been in for awhile but the top teeth are not being very nice to you! Your third tooth finally broke through two days ago. Little Miss, you are very picky when it comes to your food. I'm not sure what your favorite foods are; yogurt, applesauce and cheerios for sure. You barely eat. You are picky to different textures and will definitely not take a bite of something until you are ready. When you are finished eating, you shake your head no. You are a better sleeper than your brother. You also sleep through the night without waking up.

Chloe, Mommy and Daddy love you so very much and are so blessed to have you as our daughter.

You weren't very fond of the cold and wet weather either.

You are so adorable and Mommy finds great joy dressing you in cute clothes! You have enough hair now to put in a pony tail on top of your head. I always thought I wouldn't do that to my daughter and here I am doing it! You just look too cute!