Random funnies

Ear infection is finally gone! YAY! We went to see our favorite Dr. on Monday who gave us an official thumbs up. He (our Dr.) was a little concerned about his ears because he had to switch antibiotics and the infection got worse. Hopefully, we won't be going back there for a long while.

I can tell Cole is nearing his 2nd birthday. He has been "Mr. Independent" and insisting on certain things. This morning, we had to run errands and I had our morning precisely mapped out. We left the house an hour late because he wouldn't let me change his diaper, then when we did, he didn't want shoes on, then, he wanted to walk outside instead of ride in the car. After a busy morning, we enjoyed being outside all afternoon, I LOVE this time of year.

Thought I'd share some funnies, too:
* whenever he does something he knows he's not supposed to do, he says "time out" as if he's sending himself there (we just started this, obviously, and it's going faily well :)
* he says "push it" a lot (he loves pushing buttons) and it clearly sounds like "bull sh#%"
* he's obsessed with his belly button and often tries to show everyone mine (particularly while we're out)
* I have a "beauty mark" on my chest he calls "mommy's button" and likes to "push it" you know where we're going with this one... "bull sh$# mommy's button"
* last night in the bathtub, he grabbed a cup and peed in it... standing up and all!

As I finish this up, it is nearly 10:30 and Cole is still awake! Guess a late nap coupled with a salty dinner (evidently, he's been drinking water nonstop)has made it difficult for an early night...so..good night! I'll hopefully have some fun photos up soon.

Little Roadtrip

A couple weeks ago, we went to Kentucky to see Marc's grandma and Aunt. We had a great time on our short visit! Cole was funny as ever and wore my sunglasses the whole 2.5 hour car ride.

Marc had a sweet moment when he saw Cole hiding in the same spot he used to as a kid in Mamaw's kitchen.

Margarita anyone?

This has officially been one of the longest weeks I've ever had! Not to mention I'd like to write it off as if it had never occurred... Here's a little of what we've been through this week. Feel free to laugh at #1 (I'm just getting to where I am able to laugh) . . .

1. Last Monday (a week ago) I went downtown Franklin to meet a friend. After our time together, I loaded up the car as I usually do, got Cole in his car seat and shut the car doors. Except I forgot that I had locked the doors and my keys were on the front seat! Long story short, the police sent a fire truck and the rescue squad, blocked off downtown Main Street and managed to get my car unlocked. For those of you who are not familiar with Franklin, it is a quaint downtown area with small little boutiques. I believe everyone who worked in Franklin and those just shopping were curbside, watching the fiasco I had created! To add to the mix, there was also a tour bus with elderly folks with huge "Nashville" name tags, who gathered around my car, and one woman began to video tape me with her camera phone and proceeded to interview me about "improvements on downtown Franklin". So, if you see me on utube, please send the link :) Did I mention I was on my way to the first doctor appt. of the week?

2. Still Monday- first Dr. appt (for Cole) showing signs of allergies and asthma.

3. Tuesday- back to the dr. This time, sent us home with the nebulizer. He managed to stay up almost all night having difficulty breathing. So, we decided to go back to the Dr. on Wednesday.

4. Wednesday- Sinus infection, ear infection, still on breathing treatments.

5. Today- Back to the Dr. again, to find an ear infection in the OTHER ear. Got a shot, new antibiotics. Hopefully this is IT for a while!

So, that's what we've been doing! Things have been pretty boring other than this mess. We're still hoping that Cole doesn't have asthma (although it's looking like he does). As for Marc and I, we're ready for the weather to get warm again so we can enjoy being outside (it's 45 today, grrr).

We've been a little busy...

Doing this....
and this..

because Cole has a nasty respiratory "something" (virus and suspicion of asthma).

Nothing new, really

So, we had a pretty normal weekend around here, although Marc's work has really picked up (which has changed our weekend routine). I had an abnormal energy spurt and cleaned out some closets and was embarrassed to see how much stuff went to Goodwill (1 and 1/2 truck-loads, precisely). Among a few of the random things I tossed were: some Abercrombie khaki pants that actually fit normal sized people (have you shopped there lately?), a bunch of linen over sized tops (remember when those were in?) some carpet remnants (yes, from moving 4 years ago), and a bunch of shirts I hoped would come back into style. I organized a pretty large area and am so excited to have this done! It's motivated me to do a few more closets (yes, I still have a lot of stuff to sort).

As for us, we went out to dinner last week at one of our favorite pizza places in town, Cole ate 2, YES 2, slices of pizza. I was a little alarmed and wondered what the aftermath would look like, but all was well. He's now continuing to ask for pizza daily. He is really making us laugh a lot. He's been saying "oh man" when something doesn't go his way as well as adds "..ing" to all of his many words. He loves to sit in our cars and pretend drive and manages to honk the horn a million times. He loves being outside and wants to take daily walks. I'm just hoping the weather continue to improve!

I haven't taken many photos lately, he was in the tub and I thought this was pretty cute.

Easter

HAPPY EASTER!

We had a great Easter and did lots of fun things. Cole loved the festivities and really enjoyed looking for eggs. Fortunately, the Easter Bunny filled the eggs with healthy snacks! I'm sure the eggs will be filled differently next year :) The weather was fantastic this weekend and it was great hanging out outside, today it snowed and was so cold. We're super ready for Spring but staying in gave us some extra time to keep perfecting these egg-hunting skills (seems like all he wants to do now!)

Anxiously awaiting the egg hunt.

I could only get him to stop for a quick minute! Seems like he's always on the go!

This was taken at our playgroup egg-hunt at Crockett Park. A friend of ours had a pretty snazzy camera, got some amazing pics since our piece of crap camera decided not to work again (i realized later the batteries were dead).

A bad case of bed-head!

This morning, Cole had some serious hair issues. It was a huge mess! I couldn't resist getting out my camera and snapping a photo. It took a while to tame, especially because he wasn't too patient while I combed it out.

Here's a picture of the snow we got last week! I'm really enjoying the amazing weather we've had the past few days, I loved the snow, but glad it's nice out!