Happy first birthday!!

Ok, ok...I have no excuses for taking a 5 month hiatus, but what can I say??? Things are pretty busy around here. I hope everyone is doing well and hasn't given up on the blog. :) Cooper is now 13 mo old and walking and talking like a mad man. Part of the reason it has been so long is that Coop likes to "hide" things and it took me awhile to find the USB connection for the camera so I could upload pics! :) He is growing and changing so much...it's hard to believe we have a one year old! We had a BIG birthday party for him, complete with a min cake for him to tear into. The mess about drove Ryan crazy, but he seemed to enjoy the sugar high. I hope everyone is well and I promise to post some more again soon. There will be plenty of pics posted below to catch everyone up on months 9-12!! :) Please leave a post and let us know how you are doing...

Ryan, Katie, and Cooper

My first Christmas!

Cooper had such a great time opening his MILLION presents @ Christmas. He seemed to figure out that they were all for him...it was pretty cute. He also has started making this "cheese" face when we point the camera @ him and it appears he is trying to smile...he may not be very photogenic in the future if this continues, but we think he is adorable! :)

I am putting some more pictures at the bottom since I have been so bad about updating the blog recently, so please check them out.

By the way, so milestones we have reached in the last month or so. He is officially crawling and into everything...hard to keep up with! He is pulling up, able to go from standing to sitting and sitting to crawling. He is starting to wave bye-bye and is saying mama, dada, and baba...all of which are too precious! Love you all and Happy Holidays!

I can't resist adding the videos where Ryan is tickling the little man. He just loves it! I really can't believe what a happy disposition Cooper has--he must have gotten that from his daddy! I hope everyone has had a wonderful holiday season. We have been blessed and we are so excited to go to the beach to spend a few days with my family over New Year's!

Unfortunately, Ryan and I both had to work on Christmas, so we sent Coop to stay with Ryan's mom for a couple of nights. I couldn't believe how hard it was to be without him for a few days. I don't know what I am going to do when he goes to stay with my parents for a whole week. It is really amazing how much having babies changes your life and perspective on things. I never thought I would love being a Mommy so much!

Burrito baby!

One of Cooper's new favorite things is to roll himself up in blankets and we were fortunate enough to capture one

of these adventures on camera! It is too precious. He is really at a fun age--almost 8 months--I can't believe he is SO BIG already. Hope all is well...we are certainly looking forward to the holidays and it is starting to feel like winter up here in Ohio. There were even snow flurries last week! :) For those of us from Alabama...school would have been canceled. Hope everyone is well and Happy Holidays! I am posting more pics and some videos at the bottom.

Ryan, Katie, and Cooper

Super scary!

We were fortunate enough to travel to Huntsville over Halloween/my mother's 60th birthday and we thought Charlie Brown (thanks Debbie B for the suggestion) would be the perfect costume. Cooper was an absolute angel on the flight and as you could guess, a total hit in the airports given how precious he is! :) He definitely has a block-head like Charlie Brown. He also was a dalmation once we were in Huntsville because his BIG cousins (Ian and John) were firefighters and the little ones (Coop, Haze, and Nicholas) were their dalmations. It was pretty precious...here is a pic of the five cousins!!

Cooper also got to meet his Aunt Jan for the first time and he loved her from the start!! He was really sweet with everyone. I know he misses them dearly. We also got to meet my newest nephew, Nicholas. He was born on October 13 and is absolutely adorable...Nikki was certainly blessed with a good baby. So the Nicholson girls now have an entire basketball team!! Kinda crazy...

I hope you all enjoy the pics. I will post some more at the bottom and there will be more posts to come when I have all of the pictures. Cooper was also baptised this weekend and his godmother, Marianne, was sweet enough to make it to see him.

We miss you all and love you!
Ryan, Katie, and Cooper

Teefers!!!

So...not a whole lot new in the Pettit world...just new teeth for Cooper. He has his 2 bottom teeth and is cutting one on the top as well. We have captured some good pics of his new-found friends that he LOVES to show off. He is making this new funny face...especially at his daddy, so I will load a video of that as well!! :) I can't believe our little man is 6 months old now!!!!!!!!!!! Time flies. I hope everyone is well and we miss and love you all.

And he is sucking his thumb now!

Look at that sweet baby!! :)

Isn't his face hilarious!!

There are more pictures of this below...he is getting so big, so fast. Please stay tuned for Halloween...I can't wait for everyone to see his costume! Love and miss you all.

Ryan, Katie, and Coop

I wanted to upload this video of Cooper laughing at his daddy so everyone could hear his sweet giggle! He really is the sweetest and most even-tempered baby I have ever seen--he must get that from Ryan! Other new news...Cooper has cut his first baby tooth without even fussing. We just happened to notice it when he was chewing on his hands (and ours) more than usual. It is so adorable to see him with a little tooth. I am also adding some more pics for everyone to see. He spent the weekend with his Grandma since we were both on call on Saturday!!! We miss you all and I hope you enjoy the pictures--he is too handsome!!