Coleman's Christmas hat

Cole just loves his new Christmas hat, he cries every time we try to take it off of him. :) Doesn't he look like he belongs in "The Newsies"? Hope you had a wonderful Christmas too!

Merry Christmas Eve to one and all!

Coleman is loving opening presents this Christmas, however he is more excited about the wrapping paper than what is inside the box. We hope that you are having a wonderful Christmas. We love and miss you all!

Walkin' in a winter wonderland

Coleman was so enthralled with the snow falling outside this morning. He sat there and stared for 10 minutes and would look at me, then look back at the snow as if to say, "Mom, what is that and why is it in our yard?" I thought it was so cute, so I just had to take a picture - sorry they're a little blurry.

We've had a lot of rain lately, so it was exciting to wake up to snow this morning. Hopefully the weather will stick around for a few more days so we can have a white Christmas!!!

Benicia, CA - We haven't forgotten you either!

For Thanksgiving we flew down to Benicia in Northern California and Coleman was, let's just say VOCAL on the flight both ways. I repented of ever thinking that mom's should just shut their babies up or not fly with them because sometimes, that is exactly what they are trying to do and can't. I now know this firsthand unfortunately.

We had a great time visiting with our family on the Scott side and Coleman got to meet lots of cousins and aunts and uncles! Out of everyone, grandparents included, I think his cousin Eva was his biggest fan because she just LOVED holding him and made him laugh so much! Eva's going to be a great mommy!

A few highlights from our trip include John Muir Woods (David was excited about the photos he took and posted those earlier), riding bikes across the Benicia/Martinez Bridge, incredible Thanksgiving Dinner at Alisa's - great food and great company, turkey bowl at the park.




I'm grateful for family this year and for so many people who love us and care about how we are doing. We feel spoiled because we have been so blessed by so many friends and family!

Phone Photos

Here's a few random photos from my phone that catch a little more action than we tend to catch by the time we've gotten the fancy camera out and set up. Enjoy.


This monkey usually starts out in the corner of his crib, but by the end of his naps it's laying right by him in a crazy position because he plays with it when I'm not looking.



Coleman LOVES playing with his dad. He'll sit and watch him play guitar for so long!


Every little boy needs a box to play in! :)

We haven't forgotten you California

We went to California TWICE in November and have been so busy that we haven't thoroughly blogged either trip! Here's my belated attempt at the first trip:

We mostly drove down to go to Gavin's baby blessing and spend our free Disneyland tickets, but we also loved spending time with family and felt like we really got to spend some quality time with you guys. We had a great trip and we were sad to have to go. The weather was great, the company was even better, and Coleman got to meet a few important people for the first time!! A few highlights were: Caramel apples in Oak Glen and riding go-carts at the shop afterward, Disneyland, Gavin's blessing, Staying with Jamie and Brent and eating lots of delicious food because we had so many people host us! Here's a few photos from the trip...



With so many other kids his age, Coleman will always have so many best buds!

Don't drop your phone!

Just in case you were wondering, dropping your phone just once, really can shatter the screen. So for any of you who I talked to on my phone while it was broken and told you I had to use head phones so I didn't get shards of glass in my ear, I wasn't kidding!

Evidence...
(you know it's legit since you see Coleman in the pic :))

Coleman is unique

Coleman doesn't like to do things the normal way. For example, instead of sucking on his pacifier, he chews on the edge of it. When I try to stick it in his mouth the right way, he quickly pushes it out and puts it in like so. At least he sucks on his fingers. Some people may think I should try to force him to suck on the pacifier instead, but for those of you who know Coleman, there's no "forcing" him to do anything. Besides, I like that he sucks his fingers and has a way to soothe himself.

5 Months...(or 5 1/2 now)

Well, I'm not that great at blogging when things happen, but fortunately for me I married an awesome photographer who's photos make up for my lack of staying on top of things. Coleman is 5 1/2 months old now and growing like a weed! I can't keep up with him and I'm terrified of how much more he'll wear me out in the coming weeks because HE'S ALMOST CRAWLING! He's just too curious to sit there like a cute normal baby, he wants to go go go and touch everything in sight! Fortunately for me since he is so active, he also wears himself out so I get plenty of sleep and time to work during naps.

He gets up on his hands and knees and he scoots all around his crib. He also crawls to get things on either side of him but cant figure out how to move forward yet. And yes, he's rolling ALL over to get where he wants to be, tummy to back, back to tummy, sometimes both connected! We had to stop swaddling him at night because he prefers sleeping on his tummy now, so he just rolls over if we lay him on his back. He's SO MUCH FUN!!