Last week the temperatures dropped which means we spend a lot of time indoors. The boys slept in and played in bed a lot.
I am so grateful to have a wonderful young lady who watches over my children when I cannot be home with them. Yesterday I came home to find our babysitter sitting in the rocking chair feeding Cole a bottle. Now anyone who has ever held a small baby close and watched them as they ate from a bottle knows that it is difficult not to look lovingly at such a sweet face but the look on her face as she fed him just melted my heart. I was instantly reminded how lucky I am to have someone who cares about my children and protects them as well as she does when I can’t be there.
Case has hugged my leg and said, “I missed you.” “I’m glad you’re here.” “I found you.” And, “I’ve been looking for you.” But today he hugged my leg and said “I love you mommy.” This is the first time he has said I love you without a prompt. Oh music to my ears. Do you know what he said right after I love you? He said, “Can I have a cookie?”
Cole has rolled on more than one occasion so this miraculous act is not merely coincident. Funny how just the simplest act of independence can make a mommy sad. First it’s rolling, then crawling, walking and then driving, oh my. I need Cole to stay little just a little bit longer before he decides to get all big kid on me. Sniff, sniff. Anyway, here are some pics from our rolling experience today. I’m so proud. 
The other day I went to pull out a dangler which Case hates. After snatching the booger I showed the nugget to him so he could see that all his struggles were not for nothing. I didn’t even get out the phrase, “see how much better you feel without this in your nose,” before he saw the booger and started gagging. I’m talking red eyes, tongue out, teared up gagging. Cody was watching the entire scene and he slowly shook his head and said, “Case is never going to be able to gut a deer.” Cody’s dreams of having a hunting buddy in Case are quickly fading away. Oh well, maybe he will find his outdoor partner in Cole.
The other night Case rolled over on his bottle in the middle of the night which resulted in a huge wet puddle in his bed. Case called out to me around 2 am and I came in to sop up the mess. I changed his sheets, jammies and diaper. When I picked Case up to put him back in the bed he hugged my neck and said, ‘Mommy, thank you for saving me.’ Even half asleep, I busted out laughing. ‘Thank you for saving me.” I’m not sure I would qualify for a humanitarian of the year award but it was at least nice to know I was appreciated.
How can you wake up in a bad mood when this is one of the first things you get to see? Cole is all smiles in the morning and I love it. Of course he doesn't wake up until 10:00, but when he finally does wake up its coos and giggles galore.
In other big baby news, Cole rolled over today. Both ways! He is almost 3 months old and he rolled over. I’m not sure he knew how he did it or if he will be able to do it again soon, but he rolled from his back to tummy and then lifted up his head and looked around for a bit. I was still cheering on his accomplishment when he rolled from his tummy to his back. Hooray for Cole!
At least once every day I think to myself, Who could ever hurt a baby?! I mean really, just look at how fricking adorable this guy is!!!!!
I try to prepare diversified and nutritious meals for my toddler every day. For example on the lunch menu today: chive cream cheese, meat and cheese pinwheels grapes and juice. Yet this is what he wants. Eggrolls, wontons, and broccoli. Might I add, this is what he wants EVERYDAY! Why do I even bother?
Once the stockings were finished it was on to PRESENTS!
Christmas morning coming down the stairs. What did Santa bring me?
Christmas 2010 was full of family and fun. Case is just beginning to understand some of the concepts of Christmas. He can say Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday Jesus. He talked a lot about Santa flying in the sky, reindeer and presents but I am not sure he understood what to expect on the big day. Thank goodness my family was able to be here in Colorado to help with the fun and festivities. To start off, everyone had a good time making, icing and decorating cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve.
