A "must see"!

This is the very first video I ever took (it happened to be close to Halloween last year) ... there's a surprise!

Make sure your volume is on....

Pumpkins!

It finally feels like fall here in Nashville...after a long summer, fall rolled in this week with lots of rain! We went to a great pumpkin patch in town and Cole couldn't get enough! He loves pumpkins...we had to bring a few home to decorate..

We've been really busy and are really looking forward to taking Cole to trick or treat (we'll be lucky if we make it to 2 houses!) My sister is coming for a visit next week, so we're stoked about that! More pictures coming soon!!!

Traveling Around

Here are some pictures from our trip to DC! We had such a wonderful time, the weather was perfect and our little traveler couldn't have been any better! The sites we saw include: the monuments, "Museum of Natural History", archives, The White House...we went on an "open bus tour" which sounds really cheesy, but was so much fun! Cole caught a cold (probably from the bus, oops!) but managed to still be perky. He's proved to be such a traveler that we might have to plan another trip soon!

Saluting all Moms!

We may not put out fires, but we're heroes every day!

My boys

I had to post this tonight because I was looking through pictures and as I came across this one, I realized it was exactly a year old!
I can't believe how much Cole has changed and grown. I'm sure I will continue to marvel at the changes in him, as well as us as parents and individuals. I think Cole looks so much like Marc in this picture....

Don't let the bed bugs bite

One of the hardest things I've experienced with a baby is letting him "cry it out" at night. Cole's had a cold for a week and has us wrapped around his finger even tighter than normal! Hence, we spoiled him a bit. We're trying to get back on a routine as well as transitioning to 1 nap from 2. Cole had a hard time going down tonight, I had to "ferberize" him again, going in every 15 minutes, telling him "I love you, it's night-night time", etc...

I heard his cry get weaker and checked on him as he was fast asleep...this is what I found. He even slept through the photo...

I love when this happens

I have a purse problem that I have inherited from my mother. My sister and I both have this and we find it alarming that there are no support groups to help us with this. In the midst of changing Cole's diaper bag (I'm switching to a more "fall" one) I found a Starbucks gift card. While making a pile of things to throw away from the bag (single pieces of gum, a list from Target from last November, a melted tin of "Burt's bees") I found the red card, gleaming with Christmas decor.
I was almost 100% certain the balance was zero because of my coffee problem (coffee+purses= major issues for me).
I decided to get online and check to see if there's a balance...and there is! The computer fancied me by revealing I have just enough to get that: iced, grande, 1/2 caf, non-fat, no whip, 2 pumps of white mocha I often crave.
So, I just had to share because I love when things like this happen...