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Yay!!! I woke up this morning to a text welcoming Micah Nathaniel to the world. We are so extremely happy for Kelly and Christian and the safe arrival of their precious little bundle this morning. It's been a long, hard journey for them to get this little man here, and we were all counting down the days until their little boy made his appearance. Can't wait to go meet him later today! It will be so fun for Cole to have another little buddy to play with soon. We love you Kelly, Christian and baby Micah.

9 Months

I think I could say this about every milestone, but where did the time go?!?! This past month has been exciting and scary for Cole. He learned to crawl!!! And is now finally past the wobble bobble legs and getting around quite well. Last Friday he swallowed a screw! We ended up in the er and saw the xray with this bright screw sitting in his tummy. They said to let it pass on it's own. We are still waiting for that to happen. He went on his first long run with Jack and daddy on the prairie path. He is finding his voice, especially in church. Loves to EAT! Wants to eat anything he can, hence the screw in his tummy! And he is giving a little payback to his cousin Tessa who was always playing hard with him. Sorry for the piggy tail pulling Tessa! Life is just getting more and more fun each and every day. We finally have beautiful, warm weather and the boys are greatly enjoying being outside every second they can.

Things to remember at 9 months:

*How you put EVERYTHING in your mouth.

*How cute you look crawling where you want to go, and then sitting yourself up!

*That you are always hungry. And you scream if I don't shovel the food in fast enough.

*How you love to play with your brother now, and are starting to like is tractors.

*How you won't sit still for even one diaper change.

*You love your ba-ba, and scream when you see it and dont have it yet.

*You won't let grandma Vicki walk by without holding you.

*Your smile is so sweet, and our lives wouldn't be the same without you.

My first 5 mile run

I did it! Finally! I don't claim to be a runner. Don't really enjoy it that much. I would rather speed walk with my boys in the stroller. BUT I committed to this 10K race this weekend, and I think I can finally do it. On mother's day I went out and did a 3 mile run, then it got yucky, we were all sick, and so today when Megan came to drop off Tessa, I asked her if she would stick around while I ran. I knew where the 2 mile point was going out of town, but not sure about 2.5 so I just guessed and I was right on. I took the van out as soon as I got back to make sure I did 5 and I DID! whoohoo! Hopefully I can add an extra 1.2 on Sunday for my 6.2 run.

Cole Crawling

For about 3 weeks now Cole has been up on all 4 just rocking away. But he hasn't attempted to crawl. About 4 days ago he took about 3 crawls, as I would call it. (got his legs moved 3 times)Then two days ago he finally did it! We were sitting on the floor and he caught sight on my mom's watch and started after it. It was so cute. He looks a baby giraffe just born with little wobbly knees. Jack was so excited for him too. He kept clapping and saying, "Good job little buddy. Good job!" I love that Jack is just as excited when Cole starts doing something new. Last night in the van on our way home, Jack asked if Cole could crawl towards the tamote (remote in Jack language) . Then yesterday we were up at Aunt Meggie's house and Cole sat up from a crawling position. 2 new things in 2 days.

So pround of you baby Cole.

Back at it...finally!

May 16th I am doing a 10K run with some girls from my small group. I have done 2 5K runs, and a girlfriend convinced me to do this. I am pretty excited about it since I have lost all my Cole baby weight, and am almost back down to my pre-Jack weight. I thought this would be good goal to help me continue working out and getting in shape. Well, I was doing pretty well, running with both boys in the double BOB. Thank goodness for my bob, or I don't think I could run with both kids, which would mean no running for me. About 3 weeks ago, actually it was Easter weekend, I did a 4 mile run. Felt good, and thought I can surely do 6.2 by mid-May. Well, that happened to be my last run until today. I was getting a little nervous. But we are in KC this week and Chris isn't going into work everyday which means....I got to go run without the kids this morning. I did 2.6 today. Of course we are in MO so my favorite thing here....HILLS! BUT, I did it. I am hoping to get in a 5 miler while down here.

It's Melting...????

A banana sounded really good yesterday afternoon for a snack. So as I grabbed one for myself, Jack voiced that he would like one as well. I offered to share mine, but of course, he wanted one all to himself. Well over the course of the next 15 minutes, I ate mine, and Jack held his for awhile. We then started playing with Cole, Jack was running around and the banana....well, completely forgotten about. Shortly, Jack sees it laying on the floor, with no peel on it, and says "it's yucky mommy." I told him to go throw it away as it was a bit mangled looking. As he picked it up and tried to carry it to the garbage, the bottom half of it dropped on the floor cause it was already a bit too mushy (probably from his stepping on it at some point) and he yells "I can't, IT'S MELTING!"

On his behalf, it did look like it was melting. But that was a phrase I have never heard associated with a banana. :)

8 Months

Seriously, where has the time gone? So much has happened this last month for Cole, especially this last week. Cole has been so much fun this last month. He and Jack do well together for the most part. Jack can either make his laugh hysterically, or get him crying pretty fast. We've been working on that. Cole has all of the sudden wanted to do what everyone else is doing, and eat what everyone else is eating. He has finally stopped gagging when I give him real food, so he is enjoying crackers, puffs, yogurt bites, granola bars, and even ate some chicken last week. He does so well to get stuff to his mouth from his tray. Our days of limited mobility are soon coming to an end. Cole is rolling and scooting backwards all the time. He finds himself stuck under ottomans, squished into toys bins, you name it and he'll back himself in there. Also, for about the last week and half he has been up rocking on all 4's. Any day now he is just going to take off and start crawling. And not to mention, he got his first 2 teeth. The first one came in 2 days ago (bottom right) and the second one came in today. So far biting has been a problem while nursing him, fingers crossed it will continue not to be a problem.

Things to remember at 8 months are:
*How he rocks on all 4, then his back little legs just leap like a frog either forward or backwards both at the same time.
*How he loves Praise Baby, and it is the only thing to really soothe him when he is having one of those days.
*How his little hands get going crazy when he gets anxious about eating or is tired.
*How he loves any and all jewelry he can get into his mouth.
*How he is really close to sitting up from a laying down position by himself. He gets in the right position, but his arm is usually too far out to get him all the way up.
*How he scoots backwards.
*He got his first 2 teeth right at 8 months.


Will have pics posted soon of Cole at 8 months.