Church Promotion

Cole has been in the baby room at church since his first Sunday. My mother-in-law is a worker in that class, so even though Cole started crawling in June he hasn't been promoted to the crawler class yet. Sunday School promotion for all the kids classes is next week. We got a letter in the mail that Cole was going to be moving up. I was definitely glad. Someone was always holding him or he was in some sort of contraption (walker, bouncy, etc.)in the baby room and it's time to let the wild man free. When we got to church today they went ahead and put Cole in his new class. Stephen stayed in the class to help because we work in the nursery once a six weeks. When I saw Stephen during our bible study class he told me Cole had taken a pacifier out of another kid's mouth and crawled off with it. The other boy screamed bloody murder and Stephen realized what had happened before Cole had the paci in his mouth. He also said that Cole was all up in everyone's business. He was definitely not used to having so many friends to play with. When we went to pick up Cole after bible study my aunt was in his room and she said he pulled another boy's hair. Wild man is on the loose. My favorite thing about this class is that they have the cutest snack table ever. I have been waiting for the day that Cole would sit at this table. Here are is pic of Cole in his new class in his new outfit.

Haircut With The Clippers

We have trimmed Cole's hair several times already. I have yet to keep any hair because I've told myself that these home haircuts really don't count. I have trimmed the comb over, around the ears and lately I have been wanting to thin out the sides. I had a genius idea to use Stephen's clippers (with a six guard..the highest we had.) We put Cole in his walker and gave him one of his new favorite toys, his nasal aspirator. Gross, I know, but it is sterilized and we haven't used it on his nose in a long while. It's crazy how he used to hate that thing coming near his nose, but now he loves to stick it in his mouth. Back to the story...As Stephen began to trim the sides all Cole wanted to do was turn around and see where the noise was coming from. I don't know if it was the poorly sharpened clippers or the texture of Cole's fine hair, but the clippers didn't quite work out like I had hoped. They did thin out his sides some and we ended up trimming the top with a pair of scrap booking scissors. Cole will definitely be going to a professional before his first birthday for a real haircut. He are a few before and after shots.

BEFORE

Cole before the big trim AKA Bozo the Clown... do yall remember that show?

AFTER

Post Bathtime fun

Houston's Children's Musuem

On Saturday we had a family outing to the Children's Musuem. They have a area on the second floor called "Tot Spot." It is for kids ages birth-3 years only. Cole had a great time crawling around and exploring. After he played he slept in the stroller while Stephen and I looked around. It will be so cool to bring him there when he is old enough to do all the fun stuff. Here are a few pics of Cole in action.

A "Tun" of Fun

Crawling up to slide down with daddy

Learning his colors

Cole loves to look in the mirror. Who is that big boy?

Everytime we enter or leave the room Cole is our offical light switch operator.

Playing with mommy

Cruising for babes

Checking the air in the tires.

Big Boy Car Seat

Well we finally decided to move Cole to his "big boy car seat" on July 24th. He was a few weeks shy of nine months and was getting sooooooooo heavy. He still sleeps pretty well in the car and our only issue is on Sundays after church we have to hold him while he naps at lunch. He never naps at church. There is always too much fun to be had. Here is a pic of his new seat in dad's suv.

Father's Day Photo Shoot

Here are a few pics from our last photo shoot.

Celebrating the 4th on the 5th

Stephen and I went to eat on Saturday for our anniversary. My parents were going to keep Cole over night and bring him to church for us Sunday morning. We had plans to attend the church service and then go over to a friends house for a big party. We headed to a Thai restaurant that one of Stephen's friends suggested and had a lovely evening. When I woke up the next morning neither of us felt very well. We were sure if it was the spice or the seafood that didn't agree with us, but we were sick all day. My parents and my mother-in-law kept Cole all day Sunday and brought him home in time for a bath and bed. We had only eaten crackers all day and were so weak that giving Cole a bath and putting him to bed wore us out. We ended up watching fire works on TV. At least the Houston Freedom Festival had Pat Green as the headliner. I think it is the first time we have ever just laid around on the 4th. We felt much better on Monday so we took Cole for pancakes at a local Mexican restaurant and then went swimming at my in-laws after Cole's nap. Stephen grilled for dinner and we had a great time celebrating the 4th even though it was the 5th. Here are a few pics from all the fun.

A Day At The Beach

Stephen decided to take Friday off so we could have some family time. We headed to Galveston after Cole's morning nap. The weather was a little dreary so we skipped the seawall and headed to lunch. We ate at Fish Tales and then went down to the Strand. Cole was up during lunch, but slept most of the time on the Strand. We had a little sherbert at an old time shoppe and then drove home. Here are a couple pictures from our day of fun.