Yeah, so I’m not starting off the year so well with New Year’s goal #4…
Here are a few photos of Cole playing on his new picnic table. We wanted to get him a small table that he can sit at and do crafts and eat snacks and so far he really likes it.
Oh, and Cole turned 17 months old yesterday (on my birthday). He’s getting to be such a big boy. Tonight we took him to a jungle gym at our community center and he had a blast climbing, crawling, and sliding.
Resolutions/goals, call them what you will. Here are a few that I have for 2011…
1. Save more… big plans require big money so we need to save as much as we can.
2. P90X… I bought it months ago… I will actually do it this year.
3. Keep making good health choices… a healthy body and healthy mind are keys to all goals.
4. Blog more… yeah, I’ve been slacking.
5. Ride more… I’d love to take a weekend trip on my motorcycle.
6. Spend less time working on nights and weekends… it doesn’t make me happy.
Additions
7. Learn Italian (I bought Rosetta Stone Italian a few weeks ago so I’m moving on this one)
8. Come up with my own recipe for home made chili
What resolutions do you have for this year?
Happy New Year!
Halloween is an interesting time when you have a very young child. They aren’t old enough to really enjoy the fun of Halloween, but you still feel some obligation to participate and get them dressed up. Officially this is Cole’s second Halloween (remember last year he was a puppy dog) and we chose a costume that was appropriate for his stage… always moving, picking things up, throwing things, and banging on everything… he was the Incredible Hulk (minus the green face paint and wig/headpiece). He doesn’t pull off the big, mean, scary Hulk very well, but he did enjoy helping us hand out candy to the trick-or-treaters on the 31st 
Hi there. Remember me? I’m the long lost blogger. It seems that I only have time lately to blog one post a month (sad, I know). Lots going on at work so I’m spending a lot of time working and the rest of the time with my family. I’ll try to be better, but I don’t know how successful I’ll be so just rejoice when I do get around to posting
Here’s a couple of photos from a Segway tour of downtown Austin that I took with Angie and Brandon when they were visiting a couple of weeks ago.
It’s true. He only just turned one (well, almost a month ago now… please don’t hate me) and he’s already gotten caught up in the party circuit. For his first year celebrations he chose Lancaster, PA and Austin, TX. Who knows where he’ll chose next year
Photos from Lancaster
First a small get together for family and then a larger one with extended family and friends.
Dear Cole–
There are so many things that Mommy and Daddy could say here. Like how we couldn’t wait for you to arrive, how we feel so blessed to have you in our lives, how your smiles and giggles brighten up even the gloomiest day, how complete strangers smile when they see you, how you amaze us with your growth and progress, how your grandparents love you with everything they have, how we love watching you play with your schoolmates, and how we love watching you sleep.
This first year has gone by in a dizzying progression of one achievement after another. Smiling, laughing, rolling over, sitting up, teething, eating solid food, standing up, walking, climbing… each step you took we were right there with you, encouraging you. No matter how many things change over the years one thing will always remain the same: you’ll be our little boy and we love you so much!
Happy Birthday Cole!
Love,
Mommy and Daddy
Over the past year we’ve posted many photos, but here is a chronology from birth to 1 year month-by-month. Enjoy.
Mere minutes old
1 day old
1 month old
2 months old
3 months old
4 months old
5 months old
6 months old
7 months old
8 months old
9 months old
10 months old
11 months old
1 year old!
We’re living in our own house, enjoying life… blink…
Melanie’s pregnant, we’re ecstatic… blink…
Our little bundle of joy, Cole, is born… blink…
He’s sitting up on his own… blink…
He’s crawling… blink…
He’s eating solid foods… blink…
He’s walking… blink…
I don’t want to blink any more… I’m afraid I’ll miss something.
It’s hard for us to look at our baby boy and think that he’s already 10 months old. The time has passed by so quickly and little mister I-want-to-reach-the-next-milestone-as-soon-as-I-reach-this-one is already starting to walk. Yup, walking at 10 months. I’m sure you’ve already picked up on that fact from Melanie’s post, but it’s truly amazing how quickly he’s picking things up and mastering them.
So here’s a selection of photos and videos to entertain you… all taken over the past few days… just after his official 10 month birthday.
Video (hosted on YouTube)
Here are some photos and a video from our 4th of July at Steph and Dave’s.
Video (hosted on Vimeo)
Cole and AJ playing in the water from Troy Schneider on Vimeo.
I think she needs a name. Meet ________________. She’s my new Suzuki Boulevard M50 cruiser.
Sometime in the next week or so I’m hoping to film and post a video walk-around of the bike.
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