The Jersey Shore

Yeah, we know this is disturbing. Funny joke, guys.

This is the place we stayed. Did we mention it runs $10,000 per week in the summer????

Cole and Grandma Sharrow at the reception

Starting to look a little sleepy......

and....out like a light....and we hadn't even gotten our entrees yet!

Last weekend, all three of us flew (along with most of Ryan's extended family) to Avalon, New Jersey for Ryan's cousin Jason's wedding. We stayed in a giant beach house on the ocean with about 20 of Ryan's family. The weather was gorgeous. We got to enjoy a little beach vacation while we were there, and Cole had his first plane ride! The flight attendant even gave us some wings for his baby book. Ryan and I also drove to Atlantic City for the bachelor and bachelorette parties. The wedding was on the beach and was beautiful. Congratulations Jason and Kathi!!



On another note, Cole was scheduled to have surgery on his eye October 12 due to his clogged tear duct that he's had since birth. Ironically, the pressure changes in the cabin of the plane seem to have cleared the tear duct! We're waiting to cancel the surgery, just in case, but hooray!! We're pretty sure it's cured permanently! What good timing!



Sorry for the delay in updating the blog...it's been a busy week with getting back into town (did I also mention that we missed our flight out of Philadelphia on our way home and spent about 17 hours trying to get back to Duluth???) and parent-teacher conferences this week. Augh....September.

Happy Seven-Month Birthday Cole!

Our baby is seven months old today! He is turning into such a big boy. He now has two teeth and is nearly crawling. Here he is wearing a cute puppy hat that Miss Nora (his teacher) gave him. He also tried some corn (actual kernals) tonight at supper. He tried to pick them up and feed them to himself, but the fine motor skills are not quite there yet. There was some minor gagging...what a drama king!

Tonight we also had a slight mishap in the bathtub when the water suddenly became a sludgy brown color. We had to abort the bath, drain the water, and start over. Oh, the fun times with babies! Never a dull moment. Fortunately for you, there are no pictures of the swamp bath.

Chomp, Chomp!!

Toofers?!?! Cole cut his first TWO teeth today! Nora texted me at work this afternoon asking if Cole had teeth this morning....Nope!! Grandma Iverson mentioned yesterday that she thought she saw some teeth below the surface of the gums, but it seems it has been that way for awhile, so we thought little of it. Today, they made their first appearance! Here are some pathetic attempts to capture the teeth on camera....if you click on the pictures, you may be able to see the slivers of teeth poking through his gums.

P.S. Cole is also days, if not hours, away from crawling....thanks to his slave-driving physical therapist father.

P.P.S. Nora also mentioned (and we heard it first-hand as well) that he has been saying "mamamama" all day long. Ryan is also pretty sure he said "Obama," signaling that he will be a democrat.

Visit to Grandpa and Grandma Iverson's House

Ryan went to Detroit this weekend for his cousin Greg's wedding. Cole and I couldn't go (I couldn't take the days off from work and a 12-hour drive with Cole didn't sound very appealing), so he and I went to visit Grandpa and Grandma Iverson in Forest Lake, MN. Cole got to swing at the park. I apologize for the low-quality pics....I took these with my cell phone as Ryan had the camera in Detroit with him. Congratulations Greg and Maren!!