Holiday Boredom

If you're sick of shopping, licking envelopes, baking, or wrapping gifts, check out this site for some fun.
We've definitely gotten a lot of laughs out of it this season!
5 days until Christmas! Are you ready?

A year ago...

So, this picture isn't the best of either Cole or I, but I found it and it hit a little tender spot in my heart. This picture was taken a year ago and it amazes me. Cole has changed so much and it really seems like yesterday he was this little baby. As us Tepner's are getting ready for the holidays, it's hard not to think about times past..just thought I'd share!

Hopefully, I'll have a picture of Cole and Santa to post. He's been a little sick (Cole, not Santa..duh) so I want to make sure he's feeling good and doesn't give him any ideas that he was a bad boy this year...

Naughty or Nice?

you decide?
I think I"ve made up my mind... putting in a good word to the big man in red.

Tree time

He IS cuter than this picture allows, promise...we were setting up the tree at our house and he crawled in the box and was being super cute. There's a dog ornament about his level (we didn't decorate the bottom 1/3rd of the tree for obvious reasons) and he points to it, says "puppy" and proceeds to go "ruff, ruff". Seems like he's got the dog thing down! He is saying so much, it's amazing. It's been neat to watch him make more connections lately, too. He'll get a bowl out of the cupboard, walks to the pantry and goes "cracker" or "O's (cheerios)" and stands there! Here's a few more words he's saying: tractor, water, turkey, pasta, mote (remote, what is it with guys and remotes?), Lucy, done, all gone, movie, Elmo (his favorite!) and many more I can't think of because it's 12:25am. He also says "pee pee" and puts his hands on his diaper. I didn't teach him that, either, must be a male thing...

Proposal

Here's my official proposal for a new camera with quicker shutter speed! It is SO difficult to get good pictures with a child on the move who won't sit for a nano second. These seem to be the quality of pictures we're getting these days! I wonder what Santa will bring me?

PS: I highly think that spending money on a nice camera is extremely worth it. Can you tell?

Thankful

We had a super Thanksgiving in Texas with Marc's brother and family... short trip but wonderful! Cole wore us out as he was so interested in all the new things to see. He even had a reaction to some medicine the night before Thanksgiving, and was up from 9:45pm-3:45am! We were thankful to get some sleep! Seems the problem has been solved. Hope your Thanksgiving was fabulous, too!




Snatching O's from Papa Ron..

With cousin Zoe on the way to the store...

Cole right after take-off... with Nana and Papa Ron. He slept the entire way to DFW! So did I!

Cole waiting for the plane to take off! He's reading his Elmo book that makes noise. Everyone LOVES us on the plane, and has "skip the the Loo" stuck in their head, thanks to us!

Halloween

Happy Halloween! Cole had a great time this year, I kept telling him, "it's only going to get better!". He was a turtle (due to the cuteness of the way he pronounces it himself..) the costume was very cozy and he loved being in it! We took him around the neighborhood in his car and he was quite content riding. He did, however, get a tootsie pop which suited his fancy as he held it, wrapper still on. Aunt Lara's here for a visit and she got to be with us for Halloween, too! We've had a busy week, but fun!