1992

As part of a gift I am giving to Brittany, I've been putting together a collection of photographs and memories together. The other day, as I was digging through an old box of pictures, I came across this school photograph from 1992. I couldn't help but laugh as I saw how young I was, and how funny 7-year old kids are. The two boys in the front with the glasses (the one that looks like the 'uni-bomber' and the one next to him who is just barely peeking over the head of the girl in front of him) just crack me up.

Tonight Melissa, a classmate from that 1992 class, and a good friend of my wife, came over to visit for a few hours. It's always nice to catch up with old friends, and find funny old photographs. I'm the one next to Vadeem.

Curious Little Boy

Coleman is so curious. Tonight, while we were writing thank you cards for everyone that sent us Christmas gifts, Coleman was busy trying to crawl into the fireplace. Since we've lived here, we have never used it, so it's just filled with cobwebs and dust, but for some reason, he loves it. So we've put up a chair from our dining table to keep him out, but as you can see, that no longer stops him. Before I started recording the video, the chair was completely blocking the fireplace and he pushed it aside so he could crawl in.

Another first for Coleman...

I'm sure it will be the first of many, but today Coleman fell off my bed and landed right on his forehead.
And it was terrible.
He cried and screamed and whimpered for at least 20 minutes without letting me touch it or put ice on it until I was inspired to give him a bath to calm him down.
Now he has a bump and a bruise to prove it really happened and I'm sure he has a little baby headache, but I can't be sure.
The crazy thing is that I was standing two feet away and turned for just a second to fold a pair of pants. Wow!
I have officially been reminded to always put him in a safe place or watch him completely and I'm grateful that the reminder came in the form of a small bump on the head instead of something much worse. Like a burn, broken bone, stitches, choking, or something else horrible you can think of.
You can never be too careful. Ever.

Hope your morning was better than mine!

Happy 1/2 birthday Coleman - You're SIX months old!

Wow, I had a baby SIX MONTHS AGO! I can't believe that our little family ever existed without Coleman, yet just six months ago it did. Why did we wait so long to have kids, remind me? Well we're glad we had a chance to be a family of two with all of its spontaneity, but now we can't imagine ever going back to life before kids. We love Coleman to pieces and have cherished the last six months of learning, loving, laughing, and swooning all over him because
he's just so much fun!















Six Months Stats:

-Cole weighs a whopping 16.34 lbs,
putting him in the 25% percentile for weight, still.

-He is 28 inches long,
placing him in the 91% percentile for height....he's getting taller!

-And, his head is in the 30% percentile
so,...............
To sum it all up he is still tall and skinny, getting taller,
and he has a small head. :)

New things he's learned:

*Coleman is Crawling all around our living room and keeps us on our toes!
*He seems happier that he can now crawl around to explore new things and isn't so tied down
*He is eating more and more solid foods and loves eating off our plate. He loves bread and HATES peaches.
*He also loves drinking water and does better with a water bottle or normal cup than a sippy cup
*He still sleeps about 12 hours at night with one break to snack around 5 or 6 am
*He only sits still when sleeping or watching Baby Einstein, and is moving like crazy all other hours of the day
*He is screaming less and grunting, "mmm"-ing, and making lots of other sounds more
*He stares down strangers more before he'll give them a smile, as opposed to just flirting with everyone who looks at him like before
*He sits up much better by himself
*He still LOVES bath time and will probably be a swimmer like his dad
*He laughs when he likes something and grunts when he wants something, so it makes it much easier to know what he wants (as you can see from the crawling video I posted)

He's just so fun!

Six months old and...CRAWLING?!!

Yep, that's right, our active little guy is actually crawling around on his hands and knees and he seems to be getting faster and more mobile by the day. It has been so fun to see how him move around and to see how happy he is now that he can just go get what he wants. I think he feels pretty liberated. :) Fortunately for me, he hasn't quite perfected it yet, so he will crawl all over the living room, but hasn't ventured out into the kitchen yet. Therefore, I've only had to baby proof one room. Not for long, I'm sure! Enjoy the video we just recorded tonight!

Snow Date = Awesome!

David and I got to go snowboarding together for the first time in two years and we had SO MUCH FUN!! Thanks mom and mark for getting us tickets to Sundance for Christmas and also for getting David those pants, we had a great time and I even let someone babysit Coleman without being worried the whole time. :) We can't wait to go again and we think we'll make it a monthly date, if not more frequent! David has quickly become my favorite person to snowboard with because he is better than me, so I really have to go fast to keep up and it is so fun!

The MAGIC of Christmas is on Temple Square

We got to go see the lights on Temple Square on CHRISTMAS DAY and it was amazing! No crowds, no rush, just magic and we got to take it all in. It was quite a fulfilling experience to bring Coleman because he LOVED the lights and wanted to touch them all! I got chills when we stepped onto the grounds and I remembered that the first day David and I spent together was to photograph the temple square lights 7 years ago and now we've come full circle, bringing our son to enjoy them with us.

Merry Christmas to us!!

We had a wonderful Christmas, cozy at home as a new little family and the day seemed to flash by too quickly. I remember always feeling like Christmas Day was so long, and we used to have time to even go to the movies, but this year we blinked and it was over. We had a wonderful day and although we missed being with family, we still enjoyed a quiet day in our own home. We hope your day was as magical as ours was!!

David was excited to wake up a find a 1986 Yamaha Enduro dirtbike outside. He even rode it in his pajamas - and as you can see, his Christmas pajamas this year was a pair of tight thermal underwear so that says a lot!

David knew it has been hard for me to paint since having Coleman with all my supplies in the basement, so for Christmas his gift to me was a complete solution. He bought be a locking (to keep curious Coleman out of my paint) painting cart that I can roll away when I'm not using it and he BUILT me an easel that he mounted to the wall in our kitchen so I can still have good painting light, be upstairs with Coleman, and still be able to paint. He also had a custom glass palette made to fit the top of the cart. He is so thoughtful!! I LOVE that I now have an easel in my kitchen, don't judge us, just embrace it. :)


Coleman was more interested in the wrapping paper and how he could get it in to his mouth than he was the gift inside, but maybe that's because we mostly got him clothes because when he opened the toys my mom got for him, he actually reached for the toy and started playing with it instead of the paper. Good to know. He was VERY interested in the tree though - he loved the red ornaments and the lights. His gift to us this Christmas was crawling for the first time...more on that later. :)

Grandma's sure know how to pick 'em

Coleman got HOOKED up this Christmas from his Grandparents and is officially spoiled rotten! He even liked what he got from them better than what mom and dad got him!

Thanks for the cute horsey Grandma Carol, as you can see Coleman LOVED it!

Coleman got so many presents from Grandma Myra and Grandpa Mark that he didn't know which to play with first. You guys knew just what he'd like, thanks a ton! (I'll have to blog a picture of the walker later. :))

Thanks for the adorable sweater Grandma and Grandpa Scott, it's a perfect fit!