I was gone for one night and in that time, my Momma hijacked my blog! Was it "The Momma Chronicles" that was nominated for a Liebster Award by Looking Up With Down Syndrome?
http://dexterlanges.wordpress.com/
No. It was "The Cooper Chronicles." So, without further ado, I give you, 11 interesting facts about me....COOPER.
1. I just started taking some steps without holding on to things. It's really hard and honestly, I'm not sure what the big deal is because I can bear crawl so fast, Momma can't even catch me. When I take my steps, I try to go just as fast as when I bear crawl and then I fall on my face. The balance thing is tricky.
2. I have more teeth than the last time we talked. I've got two on the bottom, one giant one on the top that Auntie Annie calls my "Nanny McPhee Tooth," and two molars are coming in as we speak. Sometimes I will be playing and all of a sudden it just hurts so bad that I start hysterically crying. Also, I've heard that my teeth are really slow moving. I'm not sure why but I wish they would hurry up.
3. Lamby is my favorite toy. It used to be Mr. Monk-Monk (my striped sock monkey) but I've moved on. We're still friends and all but Lamby is my best friend...he's a better cuddler.
4. I still don't like sleeping. It's dumb. Being awake is so much more fun.
5. I'm really loud. I guess I used to be this really quiet baby. Momma is always asking, "What happened to my quiet little boy?" He went away. I'm here now, and I've got a lot to say. The louder, the better....especially in the morning.
6. I have Down syndrome. I guess that's an interesting fact. I still don't know what that means or why it matters but it seems like it's important to other people.
7. I've got two brothers and two sisters who live in Chicago. Mom says they're still my brothers and sisters even though they have a different mom. We have the same dad though! I get to see them every once and awhile and it's so much fun! We were just at my big sister's graduation from Valparaiso University on Sunday. It was hot...no AC. But it was pretty neat to see Emily walk across the stage and hear her name over the loud speakers...not so loud. The sound system was terrible.
8. When I said Lamby was my favorite toy, I wasn't being entirely truthful. Lamby is my favorite toy that is actually a toy. My favorite toy that I made up is my sock and a half empty water bottle. Momma and Daddy are really confused as to how I can sit for 15 or 20 minutes and find endless fascination with shaking my sock. I just love it! If it's not that, then I shake the water in my water bottle and watch it settle. Observing how the water moves is so cool.
9. Purees and solids still elude me. I'm sure you all heard about my adventures in feeding therapy. Momma says I have to go to a different feeding therapy this summer. I guess so...but I still don't see why I can't just keep drinking my ba-ba.
10. I don't know how to count this high. I've had help.
11. Momma says that one of the up sides to having Down syndrome is that I can wear a lot of the same clothes from last summer. Apparently, I was wearing some clothes that were a little too big last year and this year they fit perfectly. I'm in a size 12mo and 18 mo...just in case you were wondering.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Monday, May 20, 2013
Editor's Note: Liebster Award
The Cooper Chronicles has been nominated for a Liebster Award by one of my favorite blogs. I am so incredibly honored to be nominated by such a talented writer and friend. Thank you so much, Looking Up with Down Syndrome!!! Please check out the blog at: http://dexterlanges.wordpress.com/
It is funny, truthful and full of heart. My favorite post is: http://dexterlanges.wordpress.com/2013/03/05/becoming/
There is a daunting list of things that must be done once the award has been accepted. Some of it I'm not sure I know how to do, let alone have the time to do. However, I am committing to it tonight...even if it takes me a long time to get it done.
Please help me stay motivated. Here is what I'm committing to:
1.Thank the Liebster-winning blogger who nominated you. Link back to their blog.
2. Post 11 random facts about yourself.
3. Answer the 11 questions your nominator asked.
4. Create 11 questions for your nominees.
5. Nominate 11 blogs of 200 followers or less who you feel deserve to be noticed. Leave a comment on their blog letting them know they have been chosen.
6. Display the Liebster Award logo
So I managed to do number 1 and 6 already! I am awesome. I will follow the format of my nominator and take this in steps. Tonight I give you...............
11 random facts about me! I'm sure you're thrilled.
1,2 & 3. I don't like leftovers, I don't like people to feel bad and my eyes are bigger than my stomach. This can all be illustrated by one pretty weird thing that I do: I sometimes ask for a box at a restaurant and purposely leave it on the table. I can almost never eat everything that I order. I feel terrible guilt that either the person paying will be mad at me for wasting their money, or the sever/cook will worry that I hated their food. So in order to avoid this question from the waitstaff: "Was it alright? You didn't like it? Let me get my manager and see what we can do," or that look of "Seriously? I paid $20 for that steak" I just ask for a box and then accidentally leave it on the table. Sometimes the server actually chases me to the parking lot, "You forgot this!" "Oh, my gosh. Thank you. What would I have eaten for lunch tomorrow? Thank you."
4. If the box makes it home with me, I will probably leave it in the refrigerator until it gets moldy. Gross! Why?! Because I feel bad throwing away food...it's wasteful. Someone in the world is starving. I can't throw away perfectly good food! But moldy food can go right into the trash without guilt.
5. I have issues. All these little weird rules that I have sometimes make for crazy contradictions that I can't sort out. I'm used to it but I'm sure I make no sense to the people around me.
6. I like my contradictions and I like how they make me feel Shakespearean. That's right Shakespearean.
7. I don't like drama. Not the kind on the stage. That drama, if done well, I love. I'm talking about the kind that people create to make their lives more interesting. Attention seeking behavior is like nails on a chalkboard to me. Life presents us all with real, inescapable drama. I have absolutely zero patience with manufactured nonsense.
8. Before I had Cooper, I cared a lot about stupid crap. I have not totally mellowed but I am much more likely to dismiss things and give the benefit of the doubt to people than I ever have before. Something about becoming Cooper's Mommy has helped me see what is important and what is not.
9. If it's something important, I'm even more indignant about it than I ever was before I had Cooper. I have even less patience for rudeness, cruelty, ignorance, intolerance, stupidity and injustice than I have ever had. I believe that the combination of number 8 and 9 constitute growing up enough to really understand what it means to pick battles. I've learned to target my energy at that which is worthy of it. Most of the time. But if I'm tired and/or hungry, I will still take your head off over stupid crap.
10. My favorite sport is college basketball. More precisely, Michigan State basketball. Go Green!
11. I always wished I was a good enough writer to be one. Steinbeck is my favorite. East of Eden is a masterpiece but Travels with Charley is one of my favorite books (thanks to my friend Marco for introducing it to me). I find myself thinking back to it all the time.
Stay tuned for the rest of my Liebster Award posts. I may even get Cooper to write some...since it's his blog, you know.
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