Cooper visits Santa and Daddy's Birthday!

We celebrated Troy's 39th birthday this past week and we had a wonderful dinner with presents and a delicous cake! Happy Birthday sweet husband!

We also went to have dinner with Santa Claus this past weekend at our gym. They had a great dinner, horse and carriage rides and a visit with Santa in his workshop. Troy and I were so excited to have Cooper meet Santa and well....the visit didn't go so well! Cooper was fine until we passed him off to Santa. The waterworks and wailing started immediately and we had to rush in to get the little guy. We managed to get the best, most iconic Santa/baby picture. I love this sweet boy so much and I felt so bad that he was so upset....but the picture is priceless!

We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas season!

9.5 months!

Look at my new teeth!
My new favorite toy!

Cooper T is 9 and 1/2 months now and full of action! He has 3 new teeth and loves his apple and banana puffs, feeding himself and exploring. His new favorite activity is to get into the refrigerator before the door closes. He loves that thing! We have had a great month prepping for Christmas and going to our friend Connor's birthday party. He loved playing with all of the big kid toys at the party. He can't wait to be a big boy which breaks my heart!

9 months and I do so much now!

I apologize that it has been so long since our last post. We had a whirlwind of a November and I am now just getting to organize all of our pictures! We took a quick trip to Southern California the week before Thanksgiving and it was a fantastic first family car trip. Cooper was a wonderful little guy and did so well in the car. (big thanks to Baby Einstein and a portable DVD player!) We had such a good time and went to San Diego for a friend's wedding, toured the Pacific Coast Highway and stopped in Long Beach, La Jolla and Oceanside and then headed up the coast to Santa Barbara. We stayed in a hotel right across the street from the beach and a fantastic pier. Santa Barbara has great wineries so Troy and I had fun tasting all sorts of delicous wines. Yum!

Cooper is 9 months and I must say this is by far my favorite age of his. He is Mr. Independent and is very inquisitive. He is very confident with his crawling and pulls up on everything. He will walk when you hold one of his hands and he is waving all of the time. Our favorite is when he is doing something he shouldn't (like pulling on the curtains) and you say "no"....his response is smiling and waving at you! Nothing like some cuteness to get you out of trouble. :)


Santa Barbara

La Jolla

La Jolla

1st Anniversary in San Diego and Nana and Paw Paw come for a visit!

Farmer John

Cooper and his baby goat

The Townsend Family's First Halloween

Cooper, Nana and Paw Paw

We had a fantastic first anniversary and spent the day together in beautiful (I mean cold and rainy!) San Diego. Despite the weather being a little dreary, the day was fantastic and we had an absolutely wonderful first anniversary. Troy flew the family home and Cooper got to see his daddy hard at work. It just melted my heart to see my boys together on the airplane and I could not have been any prouder.

We had a visit from Nana and Paw Paw Norton this past week as well and had a great visit! Cooper impressed his grandparents by hitting a brand new milestone, CRAWLING!, and laughed and giggled the whole week through. My favorite parts of the week were celebrating Nana's birthday and taking her on a shopping spree and then taking the family to Schnepf Farm's pumpkin patch. Farmer John (aka Cooper) had so much fun at the petting zoo and in the pumpkin patch.

We enjoyed a relaxing visit and wish you were closer so that we could see you more often! Thank you for coming out to Arizona!

Man in the mirror!

Here are some fun videos of Cooper T checking out the other baby in the mirror. :)

Happy Anniversary!

On this day, one year ago, Troy and I committed our lives to eachother. It has been a whirlwind of a year with many blessings. I feel so lucky to have met my best friend (in the airport security line no less) over 3 years ago. Every day is a blessing. He makes the highs higher and the lows bearable I am overwhelmed with the love we have and how each day makes us a stronger couple. I love you sweet husband and thank you for all that you do and for making our family so happy.

Happy Anniversary!

8 months!

It is hard to believe that Cooper T is already 8 months old! He continues to amaze us with all of his accomplishments and his shining personality.

We had a very busy week and we packed up the family and headed down to Tombstone, Arizona, an old western cowboy town about 3 hours away from home. I had to work down there for the day and rather than going and staying alone, my boys decided to travel with me! It was so much fun and Daddy and Cooper had a boys day touring Tombstone. We met up later that evening and had dinner at a Western saloon, The Crystal Palace. It really was like stepping back in time. Cooper even got his picture taken with a saloon girl, lucky boy!

We are days away from crawling! He gets up on all fours and rocks back and forth. He is getting frustrated because he only goes backwards but we don't think it will be much longer before we are chasing him around the house. Watch out Scout!

Grandma Linda stopped by for a visit this weekend and we were very happy to spend time with her! Coop had a great time and was very giggly when Grandma would tickle him. (ticklish just like his momma!)

We hope you all have had a great week! Go Dawgs, finally a win!

Riding Scoutman!

Our attempts at a family picture in the mirror

Boys will be boys!

Tombstone!

Thanks for my Nautica jacket Uncle Wayne!

Twins!