Cole's First Christmas

I know that Cole will have a better time next year, because he will understand the whole present thing better...but he had a pretty great time this year. Between the tree, ornaments, lights, and the train, he was good to go!





But more than the ornaments, he loved the beads that Mom hangs on her tree.


On Christmas Eve, Cole enjoyed the fondue....he would suck it off the asparagus that we would dip. But, I think that is also when he discovered that he LOVED asparagus! He liked the Martinelli's, but it was a little bubbly!


But most of all, he loves his Grandma and Grandpa!



Christmas morning was fun! I think Cole would have been just fine if he hadn't gotten any more gifts! He loved his Santa presents!

Thanksgiving--Fun (and then some...)

We went to Utah for Thanksgiving with Trent, Wendy, Noah, Jonah and Isaac this year. We had so much fun and Cole LOVED being with his cousins.

Cole, however, also loved to pick up a stomach/intestinal bug on the plane and proceed to pass it to everyone in the household (all but me...lucky!). It was a blast. Actually, despite everything, it really was!







We went to see the lights on Temple Square. It was freezing, but we had a great time. And BYU had just beat Utah...it was a fun night!

Random Cole

In the attempt to catch up with the blog....here are a few photos of Cole.

This is Cole outside for the first time in the snow. He is not sure what to think! It probably didn't help that his cousin Luke's coat was way too big! But hey, it will be perfect next year! (9 months)



Cole and his path of destruction...notice how pleased he is with himself! (9 months)







Cole and the boys watching BYU Football! He actually is really mesmerized by football games! (10 months)


Could he be cuter? Seriously? (10 months)

Halloween

Thanks to Aunt Micah, Cole was the cutest frog in town!

He had no idea what was going on, but he thought he looked pretty awesome. (Yes, he is kissing himself...this is a frequent occurrence!)




Seriously, could he be cuter?! :)




Next year, he will have a better time!

Trip to Dallas

We took our first family trip to Dallas in October. We went to see Jon's Granny and aunts and uncles. We had a blast. Cole loved Granny and really love Uncle Wade's bald head! He had a great time playing with new toys and meeting new people who thought he was great. He definitely took the opportunity to show off a little!



The flight was better than both Jon and I expected. He slept for about half of it both ways and then was a little crazy while he was awake. Good thing he loves books and apple juice!



Not only did we hang out with family (and had great food!), but we enjoyed the warm weather and went on walks, went to the pumpkin patch (Cole wasn't too sure what to think of it!)...





and went to see my cousins, Laura and Jeremy and their kids. After Cole warmed up, he loved to tag along after the kids.





We had a great time in Dallas and hope to go back soon. Cole loved to meet his relatives and of course, being the center of attention.

Phone Videos

Here are some videos from my phone. I am sure that they are not good quality at all, but I think you can still tell what a cute boy Cole is even if it is pixely! Some of these are pretty old, but we still haven't figured out our video camera. One request, please ignore (as much as you can) and forgive my stupid voice on the clips. Yikes...

This is Cole very much enjoying his lunch!

Phone Video 2

Here is #2.

This is Jon and Cole getting each other.