Little Mommy

Caroline is not just a big sister. She is Cole's other Mommy. She wants to be at least. She is sweet, but bossy and controlling of him. She is always looking out for him and yells if he is about to be in any sort of danger.

This picture is from this morning when she was holding him and refused to let go of him. He was happy for about 20 seconds and quickly realized that it wasn't fun to be held down.

Cole @ 15 Months!

After reading Merrica's sweet post about Wesley at 15 months I decided I better do a quick one about Cole! We went to our new Pediatrician's office last week for the big ol' 15 month checkup. He LOVED the new doctor and wanted him to hold him which was pretty funny. He usually has some major "Stranger Danger".
He weighs 22 pounds (12th percentile) and I am a terrible mommy b/c I can't remember how tall he was, but he was 25th percentile for height.
He has 8 teeth and fusses a lot during teething, which is the opposite of Caroline. Teething never phased her until after she was 2.

Here's the cutie pie at 15 months:

He loves to get into the pantry and drag out the broom.

He loves to antagonize his sissy by stealing her sunglasses or purse.

He really loves the dogs. And they love him just as much.

He loves an Oreo Cookie! I made a mental note to not serve him one for snack for a while.

He REALLY needs his own pair of sunglasses. Caroline has several pairs and poor Cole doesn't have any. I've looked at several places in town, but need to look harder! He loves to wear them. Pink just isn't quite his color.

Cole can say several words. The ones off hand are DOG, MOMMA, DADDA, BYEBYE,MORE, THANK YOU, DOWN, UP, NO NO NO, UH-OH, BATH, OUT, NANA (banana), AMEN (off a movie, too cute), PAPA, WATER (wa-wa), MILK (mil). He tries to repeat after you, so he is learning new words all the time.

Popsicle Fun...

My little sweeties!

LOVE!

Playing "School" with all her lil friends.

Mmmmmm. A green one!!

We've had popsicles almost every night since we've moved in. These pictures are from last night when we ran around the back yard forever. Then tonight we had our popsicles on our wagon ride around the neighborhood where we continued to meet new friends!

Sleepover!

Caroline had Avery (my six yr old niece) spend the night a couple weeks ago and they had a lot of fun. Too cute!

Swimming Lesson. Yes, Singular.

I signed Caroline up for swimming lessons over a month ago through the YMCA. I am so excited to be a member at the Y. We talked about her week of lessons forever. She was excited to go (and all smiles as the pic above shows). Then came time for the instructor to take her away from Mommy. It all went downhill from there. I sat right there and watched through the window at my 3 year old scream bloody murder for me. In her defense, all the other kids were 5! She was so tiny next to them. After her 30 minute "lesson" they brought her to me and told me she just "wasn't ready". Well, I took her home. If you ask her how her swimming lesson went she will tell you, "not good. i'll just swim in other pools." Luckily she isn't afraid of the water and does amazing wearing a Puddle Jumper! So, we won't worry about swim lessons this summer. I hope she likes gymnastics better!!??

A Couple Pics of the House...

We have lived in our house for one week and it is great! The kids and I love it! They can just run laps or drive the Cozy Coupe in circles around the main level. My favorite part is the Master Closet. I haven't taken a picture of that yet, but will, soon! Caroline loves her new bedroom and furniture. The only downfall/sweet part is that she needs me to lay in bed with her each night until she falls asleep. She's not quite comfortable in there yet.

The dogs have been great! I've pretty much got them blocked off, so they stay on the main level. I move their bed into the mud room each evening and they sleep in there. It has been LIFE CHANGING not having a pug sniffing my head at 5am or letting out a little bark at 2am for no reason at all. They've just been going out the side door into the yard and doing their business and coming right back up. I am still in shock on how good they've been!

I've only taken pictures of the main level.

It has been so incredibly nice to have both sets of parents so close by. We are blessed.

Caroline and Cole love their cousins Avery and Will!

View of dining room from the kitchen hallway area.

View of dining room from entry hallway.

Little library area with my new favorite thing: the chair!!

The Chair. It swivels. It's amazing!!

Living room

The TV is on the Right on the wall. The staircases are on the left.

The Playroom (should be a sun room)!!! It's soo nice to have!! I love all the natural light plus all the toys confined to one area. But let's be honest, the whole main level has become the play room.

Kitchen. There is a nice big pantry on the left that is HUGE. It's so amazing. Then the mud room/laundry room is next to that and it also leads to the garage.

We are in heaven! Stay tuned for pics of the rest of the house!

Sweet faces from this week...

Loving the pool!!!

My parents AND Eric's parents have pools. Yep, we're in heaven. I will blog about Caroline's 30 minute swim lesson soon, but she's doing great without having them. It helps seeing Avery swimming without water wings.

Cole & Papa looking at lawn mower. Cole makes the sound of a lawn mower and gets really excited at the sight of one.

Saying CHEESE for Daddy. We've been trying to send Daddy lots of pictures since we are all missing each other.

Still no wifi

We get cable and Internet tomorrow. Here are a few pics, though...

More Lake Photos

Caroline hasn't taken any swimming lessons yet (those start next week), but luckily really enjoys the water. I bought her these water wings on a vest thing called a Puddle Jumper. It really holds her up well in the water.

After about 5 minutes she became a little fish in the water! She was very proud to be "Swimming all by myself".

Mamaw saved all of Courtney's Barbie and Ken dolls and Caroline LOVES them.

Ready for the boat!

It's Gpa's Birthday! We were all up, had waffles, and on the boat by 8am! Pretty good!!

Aunt Courtney's adorable baby bump.

Weeeeeee!

Enjoying the beautiful morning on the water.

Uncle Bobby was in charge of the Cole Man. He did a pretty good job of holding him up by the back of the lifejacket!

Lunch at Frankie and Louie's with the Kaltenbronns and Stemmley's.

Wigton and Kaltenbronn Girls

At the beach at Frankie & Louie's

Shiloh swam in the lake. Not for long, but still. She exercised!

Uncle Bobby playing with Cole!

Birthday Blackberry Cobbler. A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. cobbler. OMG!