Author: Cooper

Well I guess now I have to be a Ravens Fan? Right?

The answer is possibly. Now that we have completed the move mom and dad are “from” a few places. Dad was from California so, theoretically, he could be a fan of a few teams out there. Then, they both went to school in New England so that is also an option. (OK, not really, but they did live there). Then we all lived in NJ just outside of NY so we have a few more options there. However, as it turns out, mom’s home team is where I ended up. Timing was good though as the Ravens made the playoffs the day after our move so of course I donned the Ravens onesie. The whole neighborhood had purple everything. Quite an impressive show of support for the local team I must say. So, I did my part…

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January 18, 2009
Up, up, and away! Moving day.

So the time finally came. Moving day. Terribly long day I must say but luckily I can’t lift anything so the adults pretty much took care of everything. All I had to do was look cute and play in this wonderful stuff they call “packing materials”. WOW! This is fun stuff. Mom and dad didn’t have room in the car so they put me in this box. I was not complaining. Then, after I started eating all the paper, they took me out. Mean parents. Moving went well. Again, long day but all went really smoothly. As you can see though from the thermostat picture, moving out of Hoboken was a little cold. Luckily mom and I were already down here so it was only dad who had to deal with that.

In case you were wondering that number was the thermostat INSIDE the Hoboken house at the time of the move.

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January 16, 2009
Step one towards walking

Well folks, we have it, step one. What you are witnessing is my first solo endeavor into standing on my own. Mom didn’t have to hold me for a good while. This was solo Cooper here. Just though you should all know.

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January 12, 2009
Purchased, cleaned like new, inside and out, then…snow

So this is the Prius. All shiny and new. Cleaned stem to stern by the lovely folks at the Honda dealership. Then, no sooner did dad park than voilà! Snow storm hits a few hours early.

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January 10, 2009
Lounging at the Honda dealership

On a day of snowy forecasts and a few days prior to the bug move mom and dad took me to a Honda dealership to buy, of all things, a Toyota Prius. We continue our hybrid rrquirements in the family. Being my first car purchase, I did not know how incredibly boring this process would be. Mom is crazy and dad is just waitin around. Me, I chose to hang out and lounge on these super swank leather chairs! Fun all around.

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January 10, 2009
Getting the new year started

And a glorious new year is upon us indeed. Cold as anything here today but we are getting through it. First order of business, get mom and dad a new bed. After much to do we finally go one. Hooray. It is their first king size bed so they are psyched and now I have a bigger place to crash when I have a bad dream. All good. Now off to get food or go home, mom is crazy sick.

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January 1, 2009
What I missed at midnight…

So I was clearly in bed here but dad wanted to put a few shots of midnight this year so that I could see them later. To boot, mom was deathly ill and stayed home while dad stayed up and then came home early. Of particular interest was nothing really but the Clinton’s pushed the “2009” button here in NYC so, for all of dad’s Republican friends, he posts this picture.

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January 1, 2009
I can finally sit up in a chair!

So we all knew the day would come and this is it. Mark this down, New Years Eve 2008 I, Cooper Hampton officially sat upright in a high chair at lunch with mom and dad at The Mile Square in Hoboken. Yeah! The I tried to eat the menu, throw the napkin on the floor a thousand times and basically use this chair as a perch for grabbing and eating anything in my path.

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December 31, 2008