Happy Thanksgiving

We hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We are so thankful for many things, including you reading this... our family and friends! We are especially thankful for our second Thanksgiving with Colden and for the little one growing in my belly!

So sorry for the late Thanksgiving wishes to everyone! The day before Thanksgiving brought us terrible colds (actually, Colden got it over the weekend, then Jeremy and I caught it a few days later). So, we declined our invitations and stayed home. I still made a small turkey (9 lbs) and the must haves (yeast rolls, mashed potatoes & gravy, etc). There was just enough turkey for lunch, dinner and a double batch of Turkey Tetrazzini.

We ate at the island, no serving dishes, just straight from the various pots and pans... not even a butter dish! It was quite a site! No, that is not wine in our glasses... it was pomegranate juice. Thanks to Jeremy for cleaning, I couldn't have done any more.

We are finally feeling better today and managed to get out of the house for a little while... we trekked East to find some snow for Colden. We found plenty on the ground, but it was drizzling rain and Cole was sleeping in his car seat by that time... so we enjoyed the sights, but didn't get out to take any pictures!

Back in our neighborhood... where there is no sign of snow :)

Portland

We decided to make an overnight trip to Portland to visit my cousins, Serg and Tash, a couple days before Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, Aunt Patsy was sick and couldn't make it to Portland, otherwise we would have seen her too!

We had a gorgeous day in Portland for shopping downtown and managed to squeeze in a quick nap before heading out to meet Serg and Tash for dinner. They picked a Peruvian restaurant in the Pearl District and even had a reservation early enough that we enjoyed a 2 hour dinner and Colden wasn't tired!

We captured some cute pictures of Colden with Serg and Tash... and the dessert that Jeremy and I shared pictured below as well. It was as delicious as it was pretty!

What We've Been Up To

I know that I haven't blogged much lately. Colden and I are keeping busy each day and since we haven't had many pictures to post, I haven't kept you all up to date very well!

We are taking two Gymboree classes right now. On Mondays, we take a gym class where we play and learn concepts. On Wednesdays, we take a music class where we both play with instruments and learn songs that teach us signs, body parts, animals, etc. Since climbing is Colden's current favorite past time, we always play in the gym after music class! He can be a little shy during music, but he is absorbing it all and isn't shy to show me his new tricks when I sing the songs at home. For example, tonight he showed me how he can blink like we did in the frog song today.

We also have bible study every Tuesday and have been so blessed to stay healthy enough to go every week with only 1 exception this fall. He was probably fine to go that week, but I didn't want to be responsible for continuing to pass around 'hand foot and mouth disease' even though I'm sure that is exactly where he got it in the first place. Every week when I pick him up from the nursery, the girls tell me that he is the coolest baby ever. He just plays, eats lots of crackers and plays some more. It makes me feel good to know he is so happy even though this is the only day of the week that he doesn't get a morning nap! Bible study is my favorite class as I am learning so much... who knew that the fruit of the Spirit (Galations 5:22-23) could teach so much and we are just now finishing our lessons on Joy!

Thursdays and Fridays are left for play dates, lunch and coffee dates as well as shopping (which we have not had much time for lately!). So, for those of you who think that it would be boring to stay at home with a kiddo, trust me, its not boring at all!

I wish that I had a live video feed from our house so that you could all see Colden's new tricks. He isn't all that cooperative for the camera or you would see more. What a happy little guy and chatty. He copies everything that I say and do, to the extent that he can. And then 6:30 rolls around and Jeremy comes to the door... and then daddy is the center of Cole's attention until bedtime!

Bossing the Cat Around

Cole was practicing his big brother attitude today with our cat, Allie. She was just trying to drink some water from her bowl and he hovered over her saying "sit down!" several times over. All I could do is turn around and laugh!

Halloween Costumes...

For those awaiting a family pic. Here we are as...

Jessica Simpson (you can't see, but I'm wearing my cowboy boots), Pirate Cole and God's Gift to Women... oh my!

Yee Haw

During the Cowboy's game on Sunday, Jeremy taught Cole to say 'Yee Haw'... it was pretty entertaining! Here is a quick clip of him.

Firsts for the Whole Family

Jeremy and I don't usually 'celebrate' Halloween... but after several party invitations this year, we decided it would be fun to dress up! This may qualify as one of Jeremy's first times to ever dress up, since he says that wearing his soccer uniform (as a child) did not count! As for me, well, this was my first time dressing up as something other than a pilgrim ;)... Colden's first too!

I'm not sure that we really chose good inaugural costumes (Jeremy and I), but Cole was the cutest stinkin' pirate in town! He even wore his hat at both parties, with the exception of when Gracie would snag it from him.
Here is a picture of Cole in daddy's costume... I actually think 'God's gift to women' with Cole inside was more appropriate. What does this say about Jeremy anyway?Sorry, no pictures of Jeremy and I yet... they all ended up on Lynda's camera. I'm sure they will be good!