4 to 11 (+)

Cole has gone from having a mere skimpy 4 teeth to a mouth full of 11+ in the last 2 months. It has been hard work. He has been cranky, sore, tired, snotty and much more but his chompers have finally arrived and everyone is delighted in his growth and development. Speaking of growth and development Cole's speech is finally beginning to bloom.  As a mother I can distinguish several words. He loves to say: no and go. He also says mama, dada, more, some form of please and thanks, cat, dog and door. I think his hearing really held him back but now that he is in good working condition he is moving forward. Cole can also follow most any command we give like: put it on the table, in the trash, get your baby, find a cup, etc. He can also identify some body parts like: nose, mouth, eyes, head, etc.  Here is a pic of some of his new teeth.  I think they make him look so much older. 



Cole still loves to cook and spends lots of time in the play kitchen.  Yesterday he had an unexpected dinner guest, Elizabeth. Cole was delighted and she was privy to his big smile.    He loves the cat and flashes his pearly whites at her whenever possible.

Soggy Bottom Boys

Today after round two at Springs Spree we spent the afternoon playing in the front yard in the water.  Case actually tried out and enjoyed the sprinkler for the 1^st time. 

And Cole, our little soggy bottom boy happily sloshed it up with the hose and a bucket of water the whole time. I love that Cole has finally learned how to cheese for the camera. Honestly, how can you resist that smile? Insert melting heart sound here.    
 

Spring Spree

Cody is in Canada over Father’s Day weekend.  Typically I get along okay when he is gone during the week, but the weekends are always harder to be alone, holiday weekends even more so.  Therefore in an effort to keep busy and distracted over this holiday weekend the family started Saturday off with a donut breakfast and then an action packed afternoon at Springs Spree, which is one of Colorado’s oldest community celebrations held in Memorial Park.  We were able to enjoy local vendors, musicians, fair rides, tons of delic food, and kid friendly fun galore.  The boys had a great time trying out ALL 6 of the bouncy houses.  Cole even had one house to himself at one time.  And the grand finale of fun was Case’s time in the water balls.  Omg, they looked fun!  In fact, I was a little sad I couldn’t run in one as well.  If you can’t tell by the pictures he had a blast.  We ended the afternoon in the only piece of shade we could find under a tree sitting on a trailer bumper enjoying a super slushy slushy.  We had so much fun, we are going back again tomorrow!  I wish Cody were here, but am glad we have been able to keep busy with some good fun while he is gone. 



Night, Night

Case has a new bed.  I have snuck into his room several nights this week and found him tucked away in a corner snoozing soundly.  He moves all his pillows, blankets, stuffed animals, water, snacks, etc to make his corner more cozy.  Then he pulls his giant stuffed monkey up close to make a wall fourth wall and he beds down for the evening. Night, night sweetie.     

Duck Pond

Why do I love the duck pond so much?  Because I am always surprised how much fun a loaf of bread can buy.  At the duck pond the boys get to play with sticks, throw things in the water, chase birds, feed ducks, find fish, poke things, run around and just be silly.  Even though there were no hungry ducks on the water today, everyone still had a great time. 

Here fishy, fishy, fishy.

 Good thing the duck bread doubles as a tasty snack. 

This is Cole's naughty look. He is trying to decide how to carry out his next devious plan of attack.

And...Attack!

In 10 Years

In about 10 years we are going to have the most manicured and well mowed lawn in all of Colorado.  All our little men are currently in training.  We start em young in this family.  :)

Cheers

During an impromptu Mexican fiesta with a neighbor over the week we concluded a salty drink was needed to accompany our shrimp tacos.  Before we could even pour a drink, Cole decided our empty glasses looked super fun.  He distributed his juice box into both of our glasses, started cheers’ing everyone in the room and guzzling juice.  Maybe I shouldn’t laugh, but the sight of him sipping juice out of a margarita glass was too funny.  I am surprised I could even take a picture due to the fact that I was laughing so hard.  Cheers, down the hatch and more please.