Friday, May 26, 2006
Thursday, May 18, 2006
Cole, Show me your muscles!
We are moving to Bozeman,Montana!
I know a shocker to most but Debbie has gotten a promotion to run her own store. No mere feat at 31 years old. Chad will continue to pratice massage therapy and to make the Bozeman public beautiful. We will send out a email updating all of our stats.
It has been a really long time since I have Blogged, mostly because this change has to no surprise put our life in a whirl wind. And my camera has been in and out of the "shop" It has gotten closer to visiting family than we have, twice. Once it had returned it has mysteriously disappeared. We have two theories. One, a very selective cat burglar stole the camera and only the camera. Or, Two, Cole played it into a hiding space that Chad swears happened in less than 5 mins of alone time. Who knows are house is so full of boxes we can barley move. Unfortunately the only time we have to pack is the middle of the night and that time has come. Nest time we post most likely will be in another state.
These picture are from Cole and Ella's going away/ Cole's 3rd birthday party.
Party was planned and paid for in advance, a first for us... It was nice for Cole to have one last blow out! Everyone had a BLAST!
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Happy Easter!
Long time no blog. Our camera has been out of commission and Chad and I are finding it hard to make our busy schedule work and finding some "Me" time. The camera was sent to Texas to have a "fryed" chip and faulty button fixed. It is like a different camera. Cole had become quite attached to the camera taking and snapping picture when ever Mommy or Daddy said it is okay. So when the camera resurfaced we had to endure tantrums because he wanted to use it but Mommy and Daddy wanted to use it also going several weeks without ways to chart Ella's growth. She is now sitting up unsupported and love to use her body to roll or stretch to reach a toy that is out of reach. She has also received her first tooth. Teething has been a struggle for her. Ella loves to chew on anything and everything.
Cole has grown leaps and bounds with his attitude and maturity. Love to see what mood he is going to be in, if you do not like that one wait five minutes.
Enjoy the picture, we will have more when we return from our trip.
Monday, March 20, 2006
In Cole's Eyes
Well we have done it. We found a contractor due to Grandpa Dan's connections and have begun our addition planning and soon to break ground. We are removing the hot tub to put in sub flooring and extend the room to add a personal Bathroom. This will become my mom's space. A studio apartment if you will. We will also be adding on to the back of our laundry room to create a Playroom. This room should stop at least 75 percent of the clutter that is in our house. Eventually we will have a deck outside my Mom's Space so we can enjoy spring and summertime as a family. I am pretty excited. This will give us the chance to play musical room so eventually Ella will have her own room and no longer will be sleeping with us.
We have not posted in a long while but have added pictures.
Ella is now sitting up and has begun eating solids. She does not like rice cereal but loves Mangos . She also enjoyed hot tub time with Nana and Pop Pop. She does not seem to be afraid of the water. That is good.
Cole went to the train swap meet and enjoyed seeing all the trains and loved the electric train he could ride. We had a small meltdown when it was time to leave. Cole also enjoyed hot tub time with all of us and experienced diving underwater and sticking his face in the water. All fun times. Cole also has discovered photography in the last few months and this picture is one of his better ones of his sister. He take pictures of things that are important to him... the Potty and Remote Control.
Monday, March 13, 2006
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Five Months
Ella is now 5 months old. We have been real busy with work and keeping our household together. All four of us got the cold that has been going around. Only Mommy had the pleasure of a fever. Everyone else has just been coughing and sneezing. Cole did not feel well so he did not act well and woke up in the middle of the night in order to sleep with mommy and daddy. We were quite a sight all three of us in a full size bed coughing our lungs out. We have experienced RSV and Croup with Cole before so we knew what to look for. Neither Cole nor Ella were at that extreme and we are extremely grateful for that.
Cole has grown by leaps and bounds, he is 3 foot 2 inches, and we are quite pleased when he is well behaved and listens. He follows directions and joins in the group at his gymboree class. He has been caring towards Baby Ella and shows empathy when you stub your toe or accidentally trip over a stray toy. Pretty amazing this growing up stuff.
Ella is now much more fun to be around. She coos, smiles, laughs and my favorite blows bubbles and raspberries. Her face lights up when daddy or mommy come into view. She can now roll over from her tummy to her back also. It has been reported that she has creeped along like a snake. Ella sleeps on her crib for her naps and has fallen asleep for night time in her crib a few nights in a row so far. We will get there. Can not wait till her room is finished.
Saturday, February 04, 2006
Ella had her 4 month check up and is following her growth curve just fine. She now tips the scales at a whopping 17 pounds 11 ounces and is a 25 1/2 inches long. She is over the 90 percentiles for both. Breastfed babies certainly do grow!!!
Cole's new love is his Matchbox airplane. He carries it where ever he goes and it takes baths with him. He misplaced his airplane right before bed time and asked daddy "Where go plane?" Daddy and Cole spent time looking for it and cold not find it. Cole went to bed relucently without airplane and slept with a car instead. When I arrived home from work at 10 pm, Chad and I found the plane in the couch. I brought it up to him and he opened his eyes a little and placed his hand over airplane.
I have included pictures of our sleeping beauties, notice Ella loves her car seat. Arrggg. Working on that but at least she is sleeping and at least the car seat is in the crib.
Friday, February 03, 2006
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Hair's to you
Well we finally got Cole a haircut a couple weeks ago. I was at a local pizza place with him and a man asked if my "little girl" could ride on the carousal with his children. I was shocked!. "girl" so I busted butt, not actually it took me a week, to a local kiddie chop shop where the lady did not listen to what I wanted. His hair was cut way to short and she thinned it out quite a bit. It's only hair so what do I expect. He did sit still, something he does not do for Daddy. I will try a new place next time even though I have to drive 1/2 an hour to get there. Here is some advise, never trust a hair place that has a mullet on their business card!
Ella can now be lulled to sleep on our secret weapon but she spends most the night in her infant carrier, which she is almost grown out of. She has a doctors appointment this week and we are excited to see how much she has grown. She also has a couple of immunization shots and will not like us any, but hey tough love baby. Ella is teething big time. Our current Saturday caregiver has told us how she sticks both hands in her mouth almost gagging herself. We invested in teething toys today. She is not too fussy, she is easily soothed as long as you hold her and move around. Ella's naps only last 45 minutes and usually not at the same time as Cole's so there is not peace for us dear parents. We certainly miss "me" time and "us" time on Tuesdays.
Cole, Ella and I will be attending a Birthday party on Thursday and Cole is really excited. We spent 1/2 an hour picking out the perfect gift for his friend. He is super excited about the party. When the invitation came in the mail and I read it to him he ran around the house holding the invitation shouting "PARTY! PARTY! PARTY!" I think he is excited.
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