We are a growing family located in Austin, TX. Not too long ago it was just the two of us. Then we added our fur-baby, Bella. And most recently we added our son, Cole. This blog was created to keep our friends and families updated on the goings on at the Schneider household. Given the new arrival, many of the posts will be geared towards our struggle to learn how to be good parents.
We enjoy watching movies, traveling, photography, reading, and hanging out with friends (preferably while doing anything in this list). You are bound to read some funny stories here as we try to keep it light hearted and you'll definitely see a pile of photos.
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Saturday, August 20, 2011 at 4:52pm Posted in Cole
Yesterday we celebrated Cole’s last day in his current room at school. On Monday he’ll be starting in a new room with a group of new kids (luckily for him he already has interacted with most of them… 3 from his current room, 3 from a previous room, and 2 from Gymboree). We celebrated with cookies, “diplomas”, toy buckets, and lots of laughs. We’re all going to miss his teachers, but we’re looking forward to seeing what this next year will bring (potty training among other things).
Here are some photos (taken with our iPhones) from the party.
Monday, January 18, 2010 at 1:07am Posted in Cole, Troy
Forgive me, friends and family, for slacking in my blogging and photo posting duties. This past week was quite busy and I found it near impossible to get some time at the computer let alone get some photos posted. The good news is that tomorrow is a holiday so I have the day off… which means you get some of my time tonight writing up a blog post and posting some Cole goodness. You’ll get photos, a video, and two audio clips below. Joy!
Melanie and I have fallen into a good rhythm with school. We wake up around 6:30, Mel feeds Cole while I get dressed and grab some food, we dress Cole, and I take him to school around 7:30. Mel tries to finish up work around 4 so she can pick Cole up between 4 and 5. It’s been working pretty well. Weekends are another story. When we don’t have to get up for work it’s hard for us to get up at all so Cole gets to wake up, get fed, and then sleep with us in our bed. Please don’t yell at us about co-sleeping and safety and all that… we know… we read… a lot.
So this week was going smoothly for Cole until Thursday when we got a call from his teacher that he had a fever and we needed to pick him up. Of course both Melanie and I, being the stellar first time parents we are, rushed over to pick him up and take him to the doctors. The school had indicated that he wasn’t acting like himself and that he had an under-the-arm temperature of 99.3 (adjusted up a degree for an oral temperature). Well he was certainly acting like himself when we picked him up and he was a happy little cherub at the doctor’s office and had no fever (odd). We kept an eye on him overnight and took his temperature a few times, but he was fine and went back to school on Friday (with a note from the doctor). Both Melanie and I believe it was an escape plan and he knew what he was doing all along.
Photos:
Is that face not the best face ever? Mommy was “attacking” him with a pillow.
Audio:
Cole doing some happy squealing in the morning
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Cole splashing in his bath tonight
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Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 9:30pm Posted in Cole, Troy
I’m sitting here watching the Eagles try to compete against the Cowboys… hoping they can do something on offense (it’s currently 27-7 34-7)… I have faith, but I’m not an optimist. Sooooo… on to more cheery topics. This week was Cole’s first week at school (child care, but I’m going to call it school since they are teaching him things) and he did really well (we did really well too). He’s been very consistent in his time there… 3 to 4 bottles, 3 naps, and lots of fun with the toys there. Twice this week he was so tired from the events of the day that he slept through the night… 10pm to 6:30am. He even has a buddy there who was born the same day as him… pretty cool. In fact, one day this week they were dressed the same (red top, grey pants). Apparently W’s parents have the same style we do
Today I decided to put Cole’s highchair together. He’s not ready to begin eating solid foods yet, but we’re thinking that maybe if we put him in it and give him a few toys while we eat he’ll let us get through a meal without getting bored and crying. We’ll see.
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