A lot to talk about.

There's so much to talk about since my last post. For starters, Cole is growing like a weed. He started cereal and is now onto fruits. It is so exciting to see his reaction to new flavors and textures. He's even using his highchair. Such a big boy.

Grammy and Pa came for a long weekend visit. Cole soaked up every second. Grammy and Cole got to spend some special alone time each morning allowing me to sleep in. (Thank you Grammy!) Pa and Cole got in some good play time. Cole showed him all of his new tricks. He's rolling over all the time now and is starting to sit by himself. (If he gets too excited he will still fall over.) I think Cole impressed Grammy and Pa with his strength. It was so nice to see Cole in pure joy with his Grammy and Pa.

We think Cole might be teething. Ok we know he's teething. Poor bugger, I wish I could take the pain away from him. I'd gladly endure it for him. I guess this is just one of those things in life that you have to just sit by and let it take it's course. I know this is only the beginning. I trust God will take care of him.
A side note. Something that has been on my heart since I heard about a family friend risking his life to share the Word of God in a foreign land. I think so many times we forget to pray for our missionaries. God is using them to do great things for His kingdom. The ones overseas in other countries and the ones right here in our back yard. You know, it doesn't matter where you or I are; we can spread the hope and love of Christ with others. I ask that you join me in praying for those that are in danger because of their faith. Pray that great things would happen and many would come to know Christ because of our family friend. Pray for his safety. Just pray.

I've been tagged.

I've been tagged on my blog by my friend Erica. A few of my other friends were tagged by different people too so I decided to play along but not tag anyone else. Anyhow, I'm suppose to tell you seven weird things about me.....hmmm.....this is a difficult task for me.....let's see....

1.) My Love and I met on a blind date. We both went as a favor to our friend(s). He swept me off my feet and continues to do so, even today. Turns out that our friends got married too. I guess it was a divine setup. I'm so glad that I decided to go. :)

2.) I've always been a dreamer. I've wanted to have different careers at different times of my life; a teacher, a marine biologist, a horse trainer, a chemical engineer, a lab worker, a stable owner, an environmental engineer (I thought this was a way that I could "save" the world), a mommy and and a wife. Well I think I've hit my mark. I've got the best job ever; I get to be Cole's Mama and My Love's wife.

3.) Along those same lines; I'm one of those people who welcomes change. Change of career; change of living location; etc., but one thing I never want to change is the relationship I have with My Love and my family/close friends.

4.) I'm a bit of a neat freak. I feel best when my surroundings are in order. I just feel that I can handle things that come at me if there's order in my life.

5.) My favorite thing to do with Cole is to sit outside in our back yard and lay down on the grass with him on my belly and look up through the leaves of the trees to the blue sky beyond. I usually tickle Cole or kiss his neck and he starts giggling. That is the best.

6.) I can be a bit of a chatter box sometimes. My favorite person to talk to is My Love and when I get on one of my chatter kicks it is usually at 9pm when we finally crawl into bed after Cole falls asleep. Needless to say, My Love just wants me to be quiet so he can go to sleep. Bad timing on my part. For this reason, I love Friday or Saturday nights; sometimes we stay up talking for an hour or more. :)

7.) When I get into a workout routine, I love it. Once the pain goes away and I'm in shape I love the feel of running that extra mile or swimming just a little faster. There's nothing like feeling like you've accomplished a physical goal.

I hope you've enjoyed getting to know a little more about me. Feel free to share a little about yourself with your friends through your blog or email. Have a blessed day!

A Couple of Busy Days

Cole got to visit with Jasmine on Friday. They actually looked at each other and smiled for the first time. They were so cute. Two happy babies.....what more could you ask for?

After visiting with Jasmine, Cole practiced sitting. He had assistance from his boppy pillow but won't need it for long.

Nanny and Papa came for a visit today so we went to the Crawfish Festival. Cole was such a good boy. We were there for over 3 hours and he never fussed once. He just took it all in. Now that we can say we've been there, done that, we can move along to the next adventure. Daddy and Papa boiled 30 lbs. of crawfish in our back yard. It was the first time Donny had boiled crawfish on his own and it was hard work but it turned out quite yummy. Who knew Daddy would be such a great cook.....I did.


Cole passed a very important milestone today. He rolled over from his back to his tummy. He not only did it once, or twice, but three times before he tired out. He impresses me every day.

First Pool Party

Cole has been swimming for a while now......in the bathtub. Oh sure, he gets to stretch out, float and kick his legs in the tub but there's nothing like swimming in an actual swimming pool. The clear blue sparkling water entices you to jump in with each glimmer from the sun. The air was a bit chilly but the water was just right. It was heated to the temperature of a bath. Cole really got to stretch out, float and kick in the pool. He had a blast! He's my little water-baby. I think he likes the water as much as I do. I'm really looking forward to spending many more afternoons in the pool with Cole. He'll be swimming in no time. :)

After all the fun, he took a good long nap. (Isn't he just the cutest little boy you've ever seen. Of course I think so; I'm Mama.)

Energetic & Brave

The day (yesterday) started off great! Cole was energetic, happy and talkative. We had the usual 40 minute wait at the doctors office (Cole was there to get his 4 month immunizations) where Cole tried out his ability to capture the attention of his audience. He looked around at all the kids in the waiting room and squealed, cooed and laughed at the top of his lungs. I think he got what he wanted because as soon as everyone stopped what they were doing to look at him, he smiled.

When we finally got to wait in the patient room to see the doctor, Cole was kicking his legs, swinging his arms and cracking himself up on top of the examining table as he watched himself in the mirror. The doctor came in to examine him and gave us a good report. Cole is 14.8 lbs (50%) and 26 inches tall (90 %). The doctor left and all was still good. Cole was as chipper as could be.

But then, the nurse walks in with her tray of syringes. She sticks Cole in the thigh for the first shot and he starts screaming bloody murder. She continues to give him the next three shots as fast as she can as he kicks and screams as if he's being tortured. I kept caressing his head and arms while calmly talking to him but he'd have none of it. He was upset. He gave me a look like, "Mama, how could you let them do this to me?". Anyhow it was over in a minute and it took him about 5 minutes (what seemed like an eternity) to calm down enough to get him dressed and ready to go home.
Once we got home it was back to normal life. He played, squealed, laughed, smiled and slept. We enjoyed the rest of the day together and waited for Daddy to come home.

Cole's been watching Daddy

I had to work the Houston Green EXPO this Saturday. I had a great time sharing what I know about GreenGrid (Weston's modular green roof product) to inquisitive expo-goers. It was hard work being on my feet for 9 hours and giving the same spiel over and over. (To all you sales people out there....I don't know how you do that every day....My hats off to ya.)

Since I was working the expo, Cole and Donny got to hang out together for the entire day (the ENTIRE day; this was a first). Looks like Cole picked up a few of Daddy's bad habits (grrrr):

Donny knows not to let Cole watch TV, but letting him have control of the remote....that's taking it too far.

Just one day alone with Daddy and he's a regular couch-potato.

Daddy taught him how to play games on the computer, and check email too????


And, I dare put these on the internet (....I hope Cole will forgive us). Apparantly he's been watching Daddy too closely.


It looks like they survived without me. ;) I've got a lot of re-training to do. Thanks Love, I don't know what I'd do without you.