Maggie

Please keep our niece, Maggie, in your thoughts and prayers.  She's got a stomach bug that is making her sick and dehydrated.  She spent two nights in the hospital this week and when I talked to my sister today, she said Maggie didn't have a good night last night.  So, she's taking her back up today where she thinks they're going to admit Maggie again.  And today Maggie is 3 months old!  Such a big girl!  Get to feeling better soon, Maggie.  We love you very much!

1 year old

I can't believe I have a 1 year old.  Where has the time gone?!  This year has been the best year of our lives and we have loved watching Cooper grow into a little boy.  He's walking all over the place!  I'm not sure exactly what his stats are since his well check got messed up, but we'll find out tomorrow.  He's currently in 18 month pants, 24 month shirts, and size 5 diapers.  He's got 8 teeth and is eating all big people food!  And the one thing we're most happy with is that he's done with formula!!!!  We just love our little guy so much and we're looking forward to watching him grow in the next year.  Happy Birthday, Cooper!!! 

1st birthday party

Even though Cooper's 1st birthday isn't until this Thursday, January 12th, we celebrated it this past weekend.  My family as well as Jason's Dad and Mary were there and we all had a very nice time.  I think Cooper enjoyed himself as well.  :)

 

Thank you to everyone who came and for all of the wonderful presents!!!

1st Birthday Photoshoot

Last night we had Cooper's 1st Birthday pictures taken by our engagement/wedding/family photographer, Angela Wyatt.  I just think she is the greatest and she is so talented.  She shared a few, so enjoy!

Cooper's First Christmas

 Yay!!  Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Don came for Christmas!!!

Coop opening his first present.  Jason's family opens presents on Christmas Eve, so we opened all of their presents as well as our presents to each other.  He was still too little to understand the whole Christmas thing, but we think he had a good time.  :)

His first dinosaur mobile!!!

Merry Christmas!  All dressed up in his Christmas best!  You can see Dad was too in his Salty Dog t-shirt.  :)

Santa brought him a popper and a battery operated truck!  He even knows how to drive the truck by himself, which means we have to invest in a helmet for the little guy.  Thanks G-ma and G-pa 30Acre!

Santa also brought him a Caterpillar truck!

Coop and Grandpa Don hanging out after a long Christmas day while watching the Packers win!  Thank you to everyone for Cooper's gifts as well as ours.  I think we're going to have to get a bigger house with all of his new presents.  :)

And things of other note, Cooper started walking last Thursday!  Jason took a really good video of Cooper walking across the room, but for some reason I'm having trouble uploading it.  We're so proud of our little guy!

11 months

Happy 11 months, Cooper!  You're our special little guy and we've enjoyed every single minute of you these past months.  Only one more month and you won't be considered a baby anymore, but you'll always be our baby!  We love you so very much and thank God for you every day. 

Love, Mommy & Daddy

10 months...a little late

Cooper is almost 11 months old and I thought I'd better post his 10 month picture.  Life has been crazy lately and when we get home at night, there isn't much time to undress him from what he wore all day, put him in a onesie, and then put his clothes back on.  Doesn't really make him too happy.  I've got pictures of him that I've taken throughout the month and just took a picture of the onesie...I'm horrible.  But, it's documented.  I do have the 11 month onesie all done, so I'm 100% sure I'll get a picture of him in it.

He's so close to walking!  He will stand without holding on to something, realize he's not holding on, and then sit down.  He's also starting to crouch down to get things and it's so adorable!  I swear he told me 'No!' last night, but I'm not sure but it sounded like it.  He's got 4 teeth, which you can see in the first picture.  He's made his mark on his crib by chewing the railing on the left side.  Oh well, I figure when he gets bigger those sides won't be used for his big boy bed.  He does not like to be told no and when he is told no,he cries/whimpers.  It's actually quite cute, but he's got to learn!  Cooper imitates any sound you or the dog makes as well :). 

We haven't had the opportunity to put our Christmas things up, but that's on our list for this weekend.  I'd say 50% of our Christmas shopping is done and it feels good.  We usually wait until the week before Christmas, so we're waaaaaaay ahead.  And we also have a Christmas party to attend on Saturday night, which I'm sort of looking forward to.  Baby weight is still there and not confident at all with myself, but I'm sure I'll have a good time with the group of people we're going with.  And we get to dress up, so that's fun.  Spanx is on my list today of things to buy. 

And today I'm going shopping with my Mom, Jenna, and Maggie!  We're heading to the Williamsburg outlet mall to do a little shopping and I'm really looking forward to it!  Shoes, Spanx, and jewelry are all on my list, among other last few things to buy for Christmas presents.  Can't wait!