Monday, June 05, 2006
Saturday, June 03, 2006
Gotta Dance!
Double click on picture to see typical Cole in action. Now imagine this all day long starting at 6:30 AM.
Wish I could bottle up this energy, I would be RICH!
Friday, June 02, 2006
Monday, May 29, 2006
Montana Rainbow --- A view from our front door
Well we are almost done unpacking, only about 15 boxes of random stuff to go. We are all tired and can not wait to be able to explore this area. My first day of work is tommorrow and we I am looking forward to getting to know my team and to just get my feet wet and put all my ducks in a row.
Cole was recently taught by his Pop Pop how to make a toast and clink glasses. Pop Pop taught him to say "To good friends" Out of the blue Cole takes a spoon of his ice cream and holds it up and announces " To New Friends" and makes his daddy clink spoons with him. I caught a re-enactment with my camera. What a smart little man.
Ella is enjoying her sippy cup and loves to make messes with it. She is becoming a great little solids eater. She really loves to self feed so we let her with pieces of banana, cooked carrots, cherrios, peas.... anything mushy.
Sunday, May 28, 2006
Friday, May 26, 2006
We Made It!
Well we are here in good ole montana!!! The trucks are unloaded and we are 60 percent settled in.
Tommorow Cole and Ella will spend the day with their new caregiver, Iris. During an intial visit Cole and Ella seemed to mesh quite well.
Cole is going through TV withdraws and is always wanting to put his shoes on so he can go Outside. Lots to explore. Unfortunatly we have so much to do we don't have anytime to "play" right now.
Today I spent a gruling hour in a store with Cole basically chanting that he wanted an Apple. Gotta give it to him he has dedication. And at least he wanted something healthy. I normally would have turned around left everything in the cart and gone home but we had no food for lunch and dinner. He also tested me by popping off his seatbelt as I was exiting off the highway to head home. Now this part of the world there is no place to pull over unless it is the side of the road and you have to make sure you are careful not to get hit by cars speeding down the road at 55 MPH. So I pulled over and reinforced just how important it was for him to stay seated and keep his belt on and he just gave me the most devilish grin. I am so in trouble.
Miss Ella is doing great. Loves her room/laundry room. It really is nice to have her in her own space. She had refried beans for the first time tonight and loved it. She is quite the self feeder. The pictures below ar ethe last few days spent in our Spokane, WA home. Ella will miss the swing. Cole will miss his doggies. We had to find them new homes. Our new place to live does not allow pets. We were lucky to place them both in loving enviorments. It was one of the hardest things I have ever done. I only cried a little. Who am I kidding I bawled. We will try to keep this up dated at least every other day.
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.
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