I love him...

Cole is the sweetest, funniest and most loving boy I know. He really is just a happy baby. Even when he is being a little crank, I can make a funny noise or a funny face and he smiles while he is boo hooing. He cracks me up on a daily basis and I appreciate that so much. It is so hard having Travis gone for so long and if Cole wasn't such a goofy sweetface, it would be so much harder. He finds pleasure in the simple things...


This is his hamper:)


Travis flew him all around the house in the hamper and Cole LOVED it:)

Travis and I are both big dorky kids, so I know we will have lots of fun with our little goober as he gets older. Eventually he''ll think we're lame but I know we'll have tons o' fun in the meantime!! I love my sweet boy!!

Daddy's home!!

At least for a few days:) But we are SO happy to have him home!! Cole LOVES his dad!! I love that Cole remembers him and is so happy to see him when he comes home. I think babies know alot more than we give them credit. Here are a few pics of fun times with daddy!!

Cole showed dad his new swing! And posed by sticking out his tongue:)


Showing dad how he can stand up so well


Showing dad that he can crawl now, so he better pick stuff up or he will chew on it!!


Cuddling:)


Cole loves his dad's furry face!!

BATH TIME!!

He gets SO excited when I say it's time for "BATH TIME"!! I LOVE this tub! I feel so less guilty filling up this tub for less than 2 minutes vs 5-10 minutes to fill up the whole tub for his tiny (yet chunky) butt:) I also love that he can sit up so well. His butt doesn't float away as much as it used to and he's better at balancing himself. I love when he smiles for the camera!!


Two of the signs I have been showing Cole are Yellow & Duck, so every time I give him this in the tub I sign yellow duck. Who knows if any of it is sinking in but I like doing it and he loves his yellow duck.


Splashing makes him SO excited!! He doesn't mind getting it in his face now, so he splashes even harder.


This is the view I normally see during bath time. He likes chewing on the side of the tub and hitting the porcelain. I love his chunky butt!!

Teeth!!

I FINALLY got a picture of the little buggers (if you click on the picture it will make it really big and you can see them really well. You can also see the food that I missed cleaning above his eye and lip...he takes after his aunt Lou). Usually he's sticking out his tongue covering them up. He's been really great overall through his first teething. Just a couple nights of waking up hurting. The one on the right broke through first and the one on the left just broke through today. He's a champ!! He was biting on my leg tonight before his bath and when I said "OW" he laughed and did it again. He's too funny:) My silly boy.

He's CRAWLING!!!

I can't believe he's crawling!! He's getting too big too fast!! I'm so proud of him though. He did it for the 1st time yesterday at work and my dad made me bring him over to prove it. I'm glad he got it on video. I'm still trying to find a new camcorder. He seems too tiny to be crawling. Such a big boy!! There goes another thing that Travis has missed:( I need to get on baby proofing my house ASAP!!!

Just Sad

I had another mini melt down last night. I was just sitting in my recliner watching some tv and just started crying uncontrollably. I miss Travis so much it hurts. I'm also so overwhelmed at work with all that I have to do plus take care of Cole. My dad and Gail haven't been to work in over a week because Gail had surgery on her back. So, on top of everything else that I do at work, I now have to add all of Gail's responsibilities (mainly accounting & payroll). Anyway, I was crying and crying so I called Travis but he was asleep and pretty much just mumbled to me for a minute before he was completely quiet. Yeah, he fell asleep while he was mumbling. So I just said I loved him, good night and hung up. I called my sister Sarah and she was great. She pretty much just listened and said alot of uh huhs and I knows. Sometimes what you need is someone to just empathize. I go through the day doing what needs to be done and not thinking too much about how much I'm not getting done or what I'm doing wrong. So it's at the end of the day that everything catches up with me and I reflect on all the stuff I didn't do or could have done differently. Travis just needs to be home NOW. I think that will alleviate a big part of me feeling so lonely and overwhelmed at home. He was supposed to be home at the beginning of April but after the tent fiasco it was bumped to the beginning of May but with the way Travis is talking about their schedule it seems it will be bumped to the beginning of June. I hate this so much I can't even express. Cole's teeth started poking through this week, which is WONDERFUL but also sad because Travis isn't here to experience it. I'm just so sad.

On the happy side. I appreciate my sister Louisa so much. She comes over every 2 days or so and helps me with Cole, so that I can pick up the house or just have a break. She is fabulous with him and I love her for loving me and Cole so much. Also, I am getting my house deep cleaned today as we speak. And I have it set up to be cleaned hereafter every Thursday (dusting, vacuuming, bathrooms, kitchen). This will be a load off my mind! Every day I get home and think about everything I have to pick up, clean, dust, scrub, etc. and it almost makes my head explode. Even after Travis gets home from Wyoming, I'm gonna pay someone else to do it. My opinion is, I can afford it, so why not? More good news is that my sister Sarah is coming in June! She hasn't seen Cole since December and he has changed so much and is so much more fun now:)

The BEST news of all is how amazing my boy is! I can't believe he is already getting his teeth! It makes me a little sad but it is awesome how much he changes day to day. He is so smart and so funny!! I love his chubby butt to pieces. He is such a good boy. I appreciate and love him so much.

I'm staying strong and just waiting for my BFF to be home for good. I miss him so much.

Cool in the pool:)

We went to my sister's boyfriend's parents' house (got that?) to celebrate my sister's birthday. They said their pool would be heated so I bought some trunks for my little man. I didn't think he would like it very much because the water was only about 72 degrees (way too cold for me). But we put his feet in and he bent over and started splashing in it with his hands. So, I decided to put him in the floaty I bought and he LOVED it!! He is such a stud with his glasses:)





After about 30 minutes or so, he decided he was getting cold, so I filled up his bathtub that I brought with us with warm water. He chilled for another half hour or so and had the BEST time!!


I can't wait until our pool is up to a temp that I like. We'll go swimming everyday!!

Camcorder...

I need a new one and I'm not sure if I should get a mini dvd one or a hard drive one. Any suggestions? I don't have much time to do my regular insanely in depth investigation into which kind and what brand to purchase, so any info. or suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks!!

6 months!!

My beautiful boy is 6 months old and he had his doc appt. yesterday. He weighs a whopping 20 lbs 6 oz.!! He got an A+ at his appt. and I'm glad we don't have to go back for another 3 months. Cole getting shots sucks!! Not so much getting the shot...he only cries for a second. But the after effects BLOW!! He sleeps horrible, which means so do I and he is just a fuss bucket for at least 3 or 4 days afterward. NO FUN! I feel so bad for him that he has a fever:( He is just such a happy kid, so when he is like this it just sucks! Poor boy:(