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!!

Simply having a wonderful Christmas time!!

This year David and I will be spending
our first Christmas at home together and we are so excited!
We are excited to establish our own family traditions
and have searched hi and low for wonderful,
Christ-centered traditions to bring into our home.
Here's a few of the ideas we got from other wonderful
families in our group of friends at church...

-Visiting a nursing home
-Volunteering at a soup kitchen
-Acts of service paper chain
-Advent the four Sunday's before Christmas to talk about Christ as a family
-Giving a gift to the Savior on Christmas eve each year
-Filling the manger with acts of service to prepare Christ's bed for His birth
-Wrapping 24 favorite family books and opening one each day and
reading it as a family leading up to Christmas
-Doing a charitable act in someone else's name as your gift to them for Christmas
-Family prayer and read Luke chapter 2 before opening presents
to remember the Savior's birth
-Add a new ornament to the tree each year to eventually fill your tree with
family memories from over the years
-Anonymously donate to a family in need

Merry Christmas!
May Christ be at the center of this holiday for you!

Hilarious!

For those of you who think
David is too serious and doesn't know how to let loose,
I REALLY wish you could hang around our house for a day
or even a night.
He CRACKS me up all the time!
Tonight, we were bantering back and forth
laughing so hard
trying to 'one-up' each other,
when all of a sudden he got a sassy look on his face,
and started moving his head from side to side
and in the best teenage black girl voice you can imagine he said,
"I don't think so girlfriend!"

Hilarious!

Tall trees and a little handful of sunshine

Coleman is such a little Houdini. While we were in Benicia, CA visiting family for Thanksgiving, we woke up one morning and found Coleman sleeping in his portable crib, both arms free of his Velcro tight sleeping sack, and one arm out of his pajamas. He's a lion in a lambs body.

While in the Bay Area, we decided to take a walk through the John Muir woods. It was nice to spend some time enjoying warm weather and nice sunshine while in California. We had a great time.

Now, I'm REALLY a mom

We're sick.
All of us.
Me, David and Coleman and it STINKS!
So last night, Coleman woke up around 3:30 am
SCREAMING
and wouldn't take his pacifier, which is normally why he
wakes up crying late at night. He seemed frantic and
I was completely stumped as to what to do.
I knew he probably had a plugged nose and couldn't breath with his paci in,
or he had a sore throat and wanted me to fix it
but both are a hard thing for me to do anything about with a 5 month old.
All of a sudden I remembered what my mom used to do for me
when I was sick and couldn't sleep late at night.
So, I took him in the bathroom, turned on the shower to HOT
and we sat in the steam.
All three of us.
And sat.
At first he was crazy and frantic and crying so hard
but before long, he began to calm down,
enough so that I could feed him
and then that calmed him down even more.
And I thought, THANK YOU MOM!!!
Thank you for staying up late with me at night
when you were SOOOO TIRED,
because now I know what that's like
and thank you for always knowing just what to do
to make a little sicky feel better
and thank you for teaching me
what to do when my little sicky needs to feel better
Because last night,
I was able to help him and I knew what to do
because you did it for me so many times years ago
and I could feel the love you had for me,
because of the love I have for him.
And now, I feel like

I am REALLY a mom.

Beard or no beard??

David decided to grow a little scruff one day and once he had it, I wouldn't let him shave! I LOVE it when he has a short (very short :)) and clean looking beard because he has a baby face and looks so much older, handsome, charming, debonair, and let's face it...sexy! He got past the itchy stage and has now had a beard longer than any other time in his entire life.
I think we're going on 3 weeks now or so.

Here's a side by side comparison of his naked face with his scruffy face,

what do you think??
Beard or no beard??

Family photos...

Tripods sure come in handy when your husband is a professional photographer. I think that they turned out pretty good, what about you?

This one's for Coco...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Thanks for the costume Coco, it was a big hit!