Race for the Cure/Coen's Shower Weekend

We headed out Friday afternoon to spend the weekend with my college friends. We arrived in Frisco just in time to put Cole to bed. Chad grilled some delicious burgers and we had a nice "kid-free" dinner and sat up to chat. We awoke Saturday morning at the wee hour of 5:30 a.m. so we could get ready to head to Race for the Cure.

Cole in the car on the way to the race

Stephen and I managed to get separated from the group and parked, what seemed to be a mile away, at a local church. We found Kristin, Chad, Brandy and Madison about 8:00 and began to line up for the big race.

Cole is ready to go.Stephen has been training for a month and was looking forward to jogging. Jogging what is that? Dallas RFTC has a 5K run/walk and we were stuck behind a majority of walkers.

This is what Cole decided to do during the race. He wants to to "Sleep in for the Cure" next year.Stephen went on ahead and managed to dart around the crowd. Brandy and I tried to break free from the pack, but never managed to go even a fast-walk pace. Oh well, we had a nice time catching up. We crossed the start line about 23 minutes into the race and finished at one hour and 45 minutes.

After the raceWe pushed through the crowd after the race and had a few Skinny Cow bars at one of the booths. Daddy and Aunt Brandy let him lick all over their ice cream bars.

Cole loved his ice cream treat. After the race we went to Breadwinners for lunch. It was the first time we ordered off the menu for Cole.

He had sand dollar pancakes and bananas.

After lunch we went to house to relax and put the kids down for a nap. Cole decided to sleep for about 30 minutes, so he was ready for bed early that evening. The baby shower for Kim and Andrew was Saturday evening. Mrs. Bongiovanni, Marisa's mom, came over to babysit the kids. It was the first time Cole had a sitter that wasn't a grandparent. Because he decided not to take a nap that afternoon, he fell asleep at the table while eating his leftover pancakes from lunch. Daddy went ahead and put him to bed.

The shower was nice. Kim looked adorable. So tiny with not much time left to grow. We had great time with all our friends. Sunday morning Cole decided to wake up around 6 a.m. Daddy was nice enough to watch him so I could get another hour of sleep; however, I could hear Cole banging on Madison's piano as well as Daddy whispering "Cole...Cole Thomas...No" in my sleep. We packed up after a wagon ride with the kiddies and headed back to Houston.

Cole's first wagon ride. Somebody was ready for his nap.

Before we left Miss Madison asked for a makeup lesson from her resident Mary Kay lady. She loved swirling my brushes in my makeup and brushing it all over her face. Too cute. I did teach her that "less is more" when makeup is concerned. I know what she will be getting for Christmas from Auntie Steph and her boyfriend Cole..though he says he likes her just the way she is....no makeup needed.

Cole was out within 30 seconds. We hadn't even left the neighborhood.

On Sunday night Cole had whole milk for the first time. We have begun the weaning process. Oh yeah, baby. He seemed to do o.k. Let's hope his tummy agrees with the changes.