What's Coop been up to??

I haven't been very diligent about writing down new and fun stuff that Cooper is doing these days, so I thought I better get some of it down before I completely forget!!!

• Let me first start by saying that he is the most affectionate little guy I have ever been around! He loves hugs and snuggles and lounging around in our laps! He used to give big ole juicy kisses, but now he will just give you his forehead! He will kiss every inanimate object in the room.....the wall, the floor, elmo, his frog, his blanket, the door....but NOT A PERSON!!!! He will kiss our cat, Betty, though!
• He has completely mastered recognizing his letters and several letter sounds and is beginning to actually try to sing the alphabet.
• He knows several shapes and is a mean shape sorter...super fast! Heart, circle, oval, triangle, square, star, moon (crescent).
• He can count to 10. Well...he starts with 2!!! It sounds like this two, tee, fou, fie, ix, seden, eight, nie, ten!! He can only identify the number 8.
• We're still working on colors! He knows lots of color names, but doesn't correctly identify them. I THINK he knows blue. And every once in a while I think he knows yellow and purple, but I'm not for sure!
• He is the king of silly walks!!!! You never know what new little jig he is going to come up with when he walks around the corner!
• He's starting to try to sing when he hears songs that are familiar...but he gets embarrassed if you look at him and stops!
• He has been a FABULOUS sleeper for the past several months! Crazy to think back to the days when he wasn't taking naps (or just one 45 min nap) and waking up 3 times a night until he was almost 1!!! He is now taking one 2-3 1/2 hour nap and he sleeps 12 hours a night. It is so stinkin' easy to put him down now, too! I used to have to pretty much rock him to sleep! But now we put him down smiling and talking.....and he's SO happy to be in his bed!!!
• He would live outside if we would let him.
• Funny one.....he can log roll like no other!!! If he starts going sideways, he stops and readjust himself to head in the right direction!
• He is REALLY taking an interest in the potty.....and I'm so not ready. I may be reading his signs wrong, but I don't know. He talks about pee pee in the potty all of the time. He actually tried to pull me off of the potty twice saying he needed to pee pee, but by the time I him up there, he had already peed! I'm not ready to have to know where every bathroom is when we are out and about. And he still seems like such a baby....but I know he's not. : ( It seems like such a big boy milestone.
• His favorite game is "Get U". The objective: To chase Cooper around until you're about to pass out!!!
• He loves his peeps and doesn't want anyone else taking our attention away from him. I'm nervous about having a new little one around. He is going to be so jealous! But will eventually be an amazing big brother!!!
• There are so many more...but I've got to get to bed!!!!

And a final note. Since being a mom, I finally know the meaning of "melts my heart". Every time I close my eyes at night, Coop's little face is the first thing I see! In the pitch dark, with a pillow over my head.....I can feel my face light up with a huge smile and I can truly feel my heart actually melt! It's such a specific feeling! The best feeling in the world!!!!!