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.
