This week, my friend Jenn was in town visiting from Pueblo, CO. If there was one great thing I got from living there for six months it was meeting her. She is a wonderful person. Ryan watched Cooper one night so I could take Jenn out on the town. I took her to the Strip, and showed her the greatest stuff about Las Vegas... anything that's free! We watched the water show at the Bellagio (I took a short video below) and saw the conservatory (a huge room full of real flowers). It was decorated for the 4th of July. They even built a replica of the Bellagio inside out of sand and all kinds of other stuff. A visit to the Bellagio is always enjoyable.

Cooper is smiling like crazy and getting so strong! He spends quite a bit of time trying to stand on our laps and keeping his head held up. He also likes to stick his tongue out, which I do right back to him and usually this elicits a smile. I'll do anything to get him to smile, it's the greatest thing to see! Marly is getting closer to him and will come over and sniff his head when I have him on the couch. They'll be great friends in no time! I uploaded some pictures in the web albums.

Happy Friday!

Well, Ryan's first Father's Day was long! We drove to Phoenix on Friday to spend the weekend with family. We had a reception for Cooper Michael on Saturday, so we were lucky to be able to see quite a few of our friends and family. I just wish we were able to spend more time with everyone there. The McKiernan's sure know how to throw a party! My Dad got to play with his band for the whole group which was great.

On Sunday, we made crepes for Father's Day brunch and then headed home to Las Vegas. The picture above is of Daddy and Cooper napping before our long drive. Cooper did awesome on his first road trip (the first of many!). Check out our web albums for a BUNCH of pictures! It wasn't until late into the night that we got to use the dance floor and by then only the McK's and Dallmann's were left, but we tore it up. Dad, son and son-in-law spent lots of time bonding too! It was a fantastic weekend!!

Today was Cooper's one month checkup. He now weighs 8 pounds and 11 ounces and is 21 1/2 inches long! WOW! We thought he was getting bigger and this picture shows just how big he is! It's so fun to watch him change each day. He holds his head up pretty well and even though the doctor says he won't actually 'smile' until he's 2 months old, the pictures in our web album beg to differ. He smiles a lot! Last weekend Jake and Colette came to visit with their son Waylon. He is moving all over the place and Colette got a great workout following him up and down the stairs. I took a picture of him enjoying Cooper's fun little mat.

PS, Ryan taught me how to do the blog, which can only mean one thing for all you lovelies... Lots of exclamation points and tons of '...'s.

Cooper's new nickname for us is P.L.A - it stands for "Perfect Little Angel".

We have been pretty busy with the boy, hence the lack of updates on the blog. We do, however, have PLENTY of pictures that we will be posting to the web albums. I am pretty sure mom takes anywhere between 500 and 2000 pictures each day.