Happy Turkey Day!

Em's parents came up from Forest Lake and we cooked up a feast at our house - then Ryan took Cole sledding for his very first time to burn off some turkey fat!! You can't tell in the video, but he really is having a good time (we think, anyways). Oh, and he started waving goodbye over the weekend!!

CRAWLING!! (God help us)

Well, Cole figured it out - he's crawling. Sort of. You see, he's not really any good at it yet, which is a good thing because the baby gate is on order and hasn't arrived yet! Sunday the 11th was the first day he crawled, and this video was taken then. He's actually gone quite a bit farther than this, but true to form he's more interested in looking at the camera than doing anything worth recording. So this is all we have for now, but stay tuned...




Cole is nine months old today! Happy Birthday Baby Boy!!

Happy Halloween!

Cole was dressed as Tigger for his first Halloween. He got to wear his costume to Nora's house yesterday for their celebration. He was so pooped out from all the festivities that he wouldn't have made it until the trick-or-treaters came...even if we had HAD any! We were wondering whether we would have any at our new house. We were thinking strategically like candy hoarders, and figured that our area does not have a high enough house density to attract the die hard trick-or-treaters. Too much walking in between too few houses. Much more bang for your buck in some of the neighborhoods with lots of houses close together.

Anyway, we also had to take this cute picture of Cole sleeping in his little onesie with his ankles crossed this morning. How cute?

And this week we also had our brand-new hot tub delivered. We couldn't figure out what else we could possibly do with that big brick patio, so we decided we had no choice. It holds 6-7 people, so we are expecting to have some soakers this winter when it is 40 below!