A Real Donahoo

I have been out of town, on work, on and off the last few weeks. So Cooper and Dad have been "bacheloring" it. Dustin eats spinach noodles and eggs occasionally when I am gone because I refuse to eat it. Cooper got his first taste of them last week and loved it. He is definatley a Donahoo!

This is his "touchdown" pose!


What am I eating?

Cooper's first b-day party

We were back in NE a few weeks ago and were able to have a 1st birthday party for Cooper with the Donahoo family. It was a busy day and Cooper was unable to have a nap. Half way thru the party, he decided that he didn't want his clothes on. He was extremely crabby so he got his wish. I guess this is as close to "birthday suit" as he came!


Cooper wasn't too sure who all these people were and why they were taking pictures of him!

Cooper got Tonka cars and he absolutely loves them.

This is a firetruck(which is really annoying) that we gave to his cousin Tristan and I guess what goes around comes around. It is on it's way to our house!

Showing cousin Ashlynn how to play with this toy. He decided that he was getting cold in his "birthday suit" and agreed to put his clothes back on.

His birthday cake. He didn't eat any of it, he didn't like it. He is not much of a "sweets" eater, I have no idea where he got that!

Going home to Seattle. He loves getting his own seat.

Cooper's blackmail photos

Cooper had a "blow-out" at daycare today and we didn't pack any spare clothes. When that happens you get the clothes that fit you.....lucky him, the only clothes were a tshirt (size 3T) and pink (yep, that's right, pink) nike pants. The color didn't really turn out, but they are pepto bismol color with silver shiny stripe down the side. Daddy said that he was going to stop by the store on his way home and buy a truck load of pants to ensure that he would never run out of "boy" pants!


Dad wanted to make sure that we got a photo of him not looking excited about his pants!

This was actually the first photo taken, when Cooper was excited! The top photo came later.

Cooper loves to "help" daddy. He even figured out how to use his very own Bosch drill. It actually is exactly like Dustin's.

D.B. General Open House

The district of Kiewit that Dustin and I work for, General Construction, had an open house on one of their floating cranes (called the D.B. General...."D.B" stands for derrick barge). This crane is the largest floating crane on the West Coast and to put it in perspective....the crane has a lift capacity of 700 tons and the barge that it sits on is the size of a football field . This crane will be "working" at the Hood Canal Floating Bridge site during the bridge closure (Dustin's job), so Dustin will see it alot! Also, the flag that is attached to the crane is 30 feet by 50 feet. We headed to Seattle, for the homecoming/open house and have attached a few photos.



No stroller for Cooper.....he had to be contained to a backpack and doesn't look to happy about it.

On the hour long ferry trip, he spent his time practicing to drive.

Really, I am not getting into trouble. We see this look a lot!

Here it is! Pretty cool, at least to us construction nerds! :-)

Cooper's 1st Birthday

I can't believe that Cooper is already one year old(1/21/08)! We have officially begun the toddler stage.....which is AWESOME, if you catch my sarcasim. We are going to dinner at Red Robin, tonight. His favorite place since there is so many colors and they clap and sing to you when it is your b-day! He loves to clap so tonight will be fun!

Childrens Museum

We went to the Childrens Museum this last Saturday and Cooper loved it.


I love the beaded maze.

and crawling thru tunnels

I can climb in and out of this "bathtub" by myself!

So much to do....where do I start!

He loved the "splashing creek" Note to self.....next time bring extra clothes!

Cooper's first surgery

Cooper had ear tubes put in today. After a rough recovery, vomiting 3 times and sleeping off the medicine, he is back to his playful self. We are pushing fluids and praying for a good night. Dustin left for Omaha this afternoon for a week and will return on Saturday! Only 5 more days until daddy gets home! :-)