2 Week Post...7 Weeks late

Brace yourself, this is a long one jam packed FULL of awesome pictures of little Coleman. David and I thought about taking him somewhere professional to get some really awesome pictures taken when he was only two weeks old, but then he suggested we just buy some different fabrics at JoAnn's and do our own photo shoot. I think it turned out pretty nice, what about you? P.S. We counted and we've taken over 1000 pictures of him just in the last two months...we must be obsessive photographers or something!
It helps that David is a real photographer...

Wanna ride Bikes?

All summer David and I have really missed not being able to ride bikes since we couldn't really take Coleman. Then we had the idea of using our Moby Wrap to put him in and go for a little ride and it was AWESOME! He totally loved going on a bike ride and also loves the Moby, so it worked out great! That wrap has come in handy more often than I thought...boating, grocery shopping, riding bikes, the uses never end. We just have to change his position every so often because if he is sleepy, he wont want to hold his head up and likes to be in a laying, more snuggly position, but as he wakes up and wants to look out, he wants to be more free with his hands and feet out. What a personality!

Summer lovin'

I love summer
and I especially love those summer nights
when the air is cool and the sky is clear.
Tonight, Coleman was very sleepy by 9:30, so I fed him and put him to bed early.
When I was done, I found David playing guitar on our front porch.
Mmmm, not only do I love it when he plays guitar,
but what a perfect way to enjoy a cool summer night
so I left the pile of clean laundry and the heap of dishes in the sink to join him.
We eventually moved to our porch swing,
that's in the grass because we don't have a porch,
and just sat
and swung
as he played the sounds of Eric Clapton, Saves the Day
and Dashboard Confessional.
What an amazing night, sitting under the stars,
listening to the soft sounds of the guitar and singing along as we swung.
I hope he always plays guitar for me
and I hope we always take the time to sit and swing
and enjoy the summer nights.
I love that man.

When do babies start to scoot and crawl??

Because I swear that even though Coleman is only 6 1/2 weeks old, he is already starting to scoot! Every time I lay him on his tummy on the tummy time mat, he lays there for about 10 minutes then gets mad that he can't look out and see everything and he tries to scoot off of it. Here's a few photos of him being bored with laying on his tummy, then a video of him scooting off. Just ignore my commentary...kinda embarrassing!

Somebody loves Coleman...

Look at this awesome blanket Marci made for Coleman!! It is so soft on the inside with those cool dots and is a thicker adorable material on the outside so it is perfect for taking places. It will be his warm quilt when he needs to be wrapped up and his play time mat when laying on the grass. We already took it to an outdoor movie the day we got it and a soccer game last night. Thanks Marci, we LOVE it!!

A crazy little sleeper

To all you mom's out there, does this ring a bell for you when your babies were so little?? I think it's hilarious!


This is how he starts the night and below is how he ends it...


Coleman sleeps very well and has ever since he was just two weeks old. He eats at 9 pm, falls asleep by 10 or 11 pm and sleeps until 5 or 6 am, then eats and goes right back to sleep for another 3 or 4 hours. For all intensive purposes, you could say at this age he is sleeping through the night, so we feel very fortunate that we haven't really had to feel exhausted since the hospital. The funny thing though, is that he wont sleep well unless he is swaddled VERY TIGHT and has something loud going like our industrial fan or humidifier. Usually by the end of the night, he has gotten at least one arm out, sometimes two, and has them up by his head with his blanket all loose and open.

Parker Keys = New Favorite Trip

If you ever have a chance to rent a house in the Parker Keys for a weekend...DO IT!! We kayaked all around the homes, swam, went boating, and enjoyed the sun...all right from our front porch. It was seriously amazing and the perfect trip for little Coleman since he could be in the air conditioning most of the day, then take a boat ride when it cooled off. Parker, we can't wait to come back to you!!



Can you believe my step-dad Mark is 55 and jumping the wake like this and way to go David, mastering the wakeboard with 360*'s and 540*'s!


We loved getting to spend time with family and Coleman LOVED the boat. This was his face while we were driving so fast with the wind blowing his hair all crazy. He would even cry when we had to slow down or end the boat ride.


Trevor would let the fishing poles out of his sight, even on the boat he had to bring them and go fishing and Julia LOVED Coleman. She just couldn't hold him enough!

What a blessing

David gave Coleman the coolest blessing in church yesterday and it even brought tears to my eyes. I didn't cry when he was born, but I cried during the blessing - I guess that says something about how inspired David was. He talked a lot about relying on the Spirit and the light of Christ throughout his life and also mentioned that through God ALL things are possible. So true. Thanks to everyone who was able to make the trek up here, we felt so much love and support. Also a big thanks to Carol, David's mom, for making his dashing little outfit!

Photo Shoot with Jessie Pyne

Our friend Jessie Pyne took some sweet pictures of our little family a few weeks ago. I think they turned out great, thanks Jessie!