Let Me OUT!

Cooper loves our back yard.  He always goes to the gate to get back there when we’re outside.

But when we’re all on the out side of the gate, he wants to come to the other side so he can be with us.

When he’s looking through the gate he looks like he’s in jail.

Through winter he hadn’t been able to get to the gate.  He had to go through the house to get to the back yard.

Pancake Breakfast

We attended an all you can eat Breakfast.  

Cooper was well behaved as he always is.

One of my friends who is 11 years old LOVES Cooper.

She can’t help but sneak in a little snuggle.

I can’t help but catch it in a picture.

He gets a kiss and everything

How Come She Can And I Can't?

This winter has been so cold that Gabrielle hasn’t wanted to go out.  It’s too cold for her 17 year old body to withstand.

Cooper loves when she goes out in the summer so they can play.  But in the winter, if she goes out she moves really slow and won’t want Cooper chasing her.

I don’t think Cooper thinks it’s fair that sometimes Gabrielle can go out and I keep him in so she can go at her own pace.

With Samantha At The Bar

Cooper has no trouble picking up the chicks.

Here he is with our friend Sam.

 She loves Cooper.

Can you tell?

Wearing Lucas' Glasses

The grand kids came to play in the snow.

Cooper didn’t go out with them this time.

He got to take care of Lucas’ glasses so they wouldn’t get lost or broken.

He knew just where they were every minute.

Veterans Brotherhood Cabin Fever Party

We arrived at this event before the crowds.  

It’s kind of nice to have the choice of anywhere you might want to sit. 

Cooper enjoyed the quiet at first.

He sat with Warren for most of the night.

As long as he can see me, he tends to sit with others, but when he’s with Warren he’s even more at ease.

1st Time Posing For Mama's New Camera

My friend gave me his old camera. (A great camera)

I’ve never had a good camera before, but this one is AMAZING.

So of course, after a couple of test shots out the window that allowed me to see how it looked at a distance…

… I took my first real pictures of Cooper.

Pig Pile On Mama

These two were so funny one night.

They both wanted to be on me.  Cooper wanted to play and Gabrielle wanted to sleep.

It was hard to take pictures with my cell phone.

I couldn’t get them both in the picture most of the time…

and when I could it was all blurry.

But you get the idea.

I Love My New Camera

I love my new camera.

Cooper is a great little guy to take pictures of.

I’ll never run out of things to take pictures of as long as Cooper is around.

Isn’t he SO CUTE?

Helping With Club Business

I was working on getting my work done for the Patriot Riders.  I had a lot of typing to do.

I have a lap top so I did what I had to do while sitting on my bed.

Cooper likes to lay right next to me no matter what I do, so he kind of got buried under it all.  He doesn’t seem do mind though, do you think?

Helping Warren Stretch His Back

Sometimes Warren has to stretch his back out.

Cooper can’t resist.  He sees this kind of thing as a great game.

Getting Brushed Out

I was going to do a mop top haircut this winter, but I didn’t have the heart to cut off all that awesome hair.

So we had to spend the time to brush it all out.

Not his favorite activity, but he’s ok with it if I insist.

I gave him a break half way through.  What do you think?  Half bushy and half dreads.

I’m really glad I didn’t cut it all off.  

I may have to next winter, but for this year he’ll be sporting his long hair.