Happy Birthday Coleman!!

Coleman is officially 1!! I can not believe how fast this past year has flown. We were able to go to the parade and fireworks on Saturday and I realized that at this time last year I was sitting next to Coleman's bedside praying that he would be all right. I am so grateful for the prayers that were answered and that Coleman is a healthy, wild, happy 1 year old. I don't know what I would do with out him in my life. Here are a few highlights from his birthday bash.

Here is a picture of Coleman on his actual birthday. I can't believe how small he was. He sure has grown a lot over the past year!

Well I am no baker, but that didn't matter to Coleman. He seemed to enjoy the cake.

He got a lot of great gifts. And has really enjoyed playing with all of his new toys.

Here he is with the car that he got. He wasn't too sure about it.

T thought that it would be funny if we got Coleman a product from Coleman every year since that was what he was named after. So this year he got a Coleman latern!

We just wanted to thank everyone who helped us celebrate this special day!!

May was such a busy month, I can't believe that it is already June!! Coleman discovered a lot of new things this past month. He is finally crawling (with his head off the ground!), he even took a few steps the other day, he just needs a little more confidence and he will be off and running in no time.
He has also discoveres the joys of eating "real" food. He will no longer touch baby food and whatever you give him he has to eat all by himself. This leads to multiple baths every day!

Another thing that he has found to be quite amusing is grass. He loves to eat it and apparently he also likes to collect it.

He has also been hot tubbing with his cousin at grandmas house. He loved it so much that I wasn;t sure if I was ever going to be able to get him out.

I would have to say that the number one new thing (besides the food), that Coleman enjoys is the park!!

As soon as I put him in the swing and start to push him he gets the biggest smile on his face. And he laughs and laughs. Hearing him laugh is what gets me through the day. No matter what has happened that day everything is made better in that moment!! I am very grateful to have this little boy in my life!!!

Its Easter Time!

Easter was so much fun this year. I know that Coleman isn't old enough to understand what was going on, but there is just something cool about passing on the traditions that you remember as a child to your own child. I was ecspecially excited because it meant that I got to go shopping and I LOVE to shop, and this way "T" couldn't yell at me for spending money!

Here is Cole in his cute easter outfit. I will have to try and get a better picture because you can't see his cute shoes in this one.

He was very excited about his easter basket. Probably because he had new things to chew on.

And I just had to post this picture of Coleman in the tub. He LOVES the bath. I think that he could sit in there all day!! (He gets that from me!)

9 months old!!

Coleman is now 9 months old. At his check up he was 18 pounds 6 oz and 28 1/2 in long. No one would mistake this boy for a preemie. He is such a fun little boy, but very stubborn (I think that he gets that from his dad). He has also sprouted 2 teeth with a third on the way, teething by the way has not been my favorite thing (nor Colemans).

Here are some of the fun things that Coleman has been up to over the last month.


He will finally lay on his stomach!! And he has actually started to scoot across the floor. Maybe he will crawl after all.

He can stand on his own but refuses to take any steps unless someone is holding his hand.

He discovered the joys of easter egg hunting. And then he discovered that the good stuff was inside the egg!

He had a chance to whack his first pinata (with dads help of course)

He had his first taste of a sucker! He was so mad when we took it away.

WHAT A DAY!!!

So yesterday I had one of those days when you know that you just should of stayed in bed. Here is how it went:

7:00 am: Finally leave work. (supposed to be off at 6am, but this new generation of employee's feels that it is okay to be 5-10 minutes late to work and then waste time wondering around ).
7:40: Pick up Coleman at work from "T' ( who is not happy that once again I am late).
8:15 Get home and feed Coleman breakfast, decide to run my errands so that I can come home in the afternoon and sleep.
9:15 Stop at the Wal mart pharmacy to fill some prescriptions that I will need when I get my wisdom teeth out on MMonday. The pharmacist informs me that one of the prescriptions is no longer made and she doesn't have enough of one of the others. Don't know what to do because the Dental office is closed until Monday. Decide to go somewhere else to get them filled.
9:45: Go to Rite Aid they have the prescription that is "no longer made" and one other, but they will not have the third until Monday at 10 am, my appointment is at 8am! Obviously this won't work. Get 2 prescriptions filled.
10:15: Run home to put Coleman down for a nap. Meet my dad in the driveway who is nice enough to help me rake up all of the sticks that have blown off my tree this winter.
10:45: Decide to lay down and try to take a nap before hunting down the last prescription.
11:00: So much for a nap- Coleman wakes up and will not go back to sleep.Feed Coleman lunch which he proceed to puke all over the two of us.
12:30 Drag myself back out to find that last prescription. Find it at Smiths. Decide I will do my grocery shopping.
1:00: Start to shop and realize that I need to get cash out at the bank for the Dentist on Monday before they close
1:45: Back to the grocery store. Pick up some of the stuff we need. All the while Coleman is screaming at the top of his lungs (this is his new annoying trick to get attention).
2:45: Checkout. While I am paying I run into a girl that I used to work with, thankfully she takes Coleman so I can finish paying. After I am done paying I realize that I forgot to pay for the water on the bottom of the cart. Finish talking to my friend. Get back in line to pay for water. As I am standing in line holding Coleman I feel a warm sensation on my arm. Yes that is right Coleman peed on me. At this point I am ready to scream.
3:30: Finally get home. Change Coleman and put him down for a nap.
3:45: Unload the groceries from the car. Notice that there is milk all over inside the trunk. Thats right somehow the milk got all over everything (still not sure how).
4:15:Finally lay down with Coleman and sleep for awhile.
5:30 "T' off work. Up to make dinner, and put the rest of the groceries away.
8:30: FInally lay down and go to sleep!!!!!

What a day!! At least for the most part Coleman is a good baby (except for the screaming!) I am just glad that I have a whole week off of work. I think that I will hide away in my house.

Bear Lake

Over Valentines weekend we were able to go away for a few days and spend some time at bear lake. It was great. T went snowmobiling and Coleman and I lounged around all day! It felt so nice to just sit around and do nothing!

Coleman had a lot of fun splashing in the water with dad.

He was so worn out after he was done swimming. I think that I need to get a pool at my house, then maybe I will be able to get some sleep.

He is such a happy boy!

When it rains it pours..Literally.

Well I don't know if I am cursed or what, but I think that I am destined to live in a house that leaks. Growing up I remember frequently cleaning up water that had some how found its way into our home. I thought that once I grew up and bought my own house I would escape this misery, but I was wrong. The first couple years that T and I have lived in our little house the pipes in the basement froze and flooded the basement carpet. We finally found the problem (there was no insulation in the add on causing the cold air to seep in thus freezing the pipes) and quickly insulated the add on. The next year for some reason the pipes in the basement started to leak again flooding the carpet. We then had to rip out the ceiling so that the pipes could be fixed. By this time I felt like I had received my fair share of water problems. But on Sunday I walked into the kitchen and heard the dreaded sound of water running. Looking around I found the culprit it was the ceiling in the corner of the kitchen and water was pouring down. I yelled at T to come and see what was going on, and of course being a man he decided that in order to determine the problem he needed to put a hole in the ceiling. Well that actually did help the problem because now the water was coming out in a stream instead of gushing everywhere. So here is what I have decided, I am going to rip out all of the ceilings in my house and claim that it is the new style. (I am sure that the water would still find me!!)