The past month has been crazy-busy and I am FINALLY getting to update the blog. I hope you enjoy some of the pictures from Thanksgiving and the Christmas season. Thanks to Kathi for watching Cole this afternoon so I can get this updated and finish Christmas shopping and wrapping!

I LOVE SPAGHETTI!

I can't believe he actually got

any in his mouth! But boy is

he having fun!

Meeting Randolph the reindeer

We took Cole to see reindeer. Rudolph wasn't there but we did see and pet Randolph. Before Cole, Justin and I would have never gone to do this. We are really enjoying some of the kid activities we take Cole to, probably more than he does!

Santa brunch

We took Cole to the Santa Brunch at the club. He sat on Santa's lap, but the bottom lip came out right away. He's still not real sure about the whole Santa thing, right now he only wants to sit on Mom's lap.

Cole with his friend Anna. Anna's

parents Chad and Traci and her

brother Garrett joined us for brunch.

Anna is the little girl that always

wanted to "pet" baby Cole.

Lighting of our town's Christmas tree

We took Cole to the Holt Christmas tree lighting. He wasn't really excited about the tree, but he did like to look at the fire truck Santa rode in on.

Getting the Christmas tree!

This Christmas Cole is getting to enjoy the lights, tree and presents. It's hard to believe that almost a year has gone by. Cole was only a week old at his first Christmas.


All bundled up and ready to find
the PERFECT TREE!


We found our tree!


Cole's not sure what Dad is doing
but he thinks it looks like fun.
(No Cole, you cannot have the saw!)

Happy to be making the first of

many Christmas memories!

We had such a good time in Illinois with my Veronica's family. We stayed a couple days longer and got to enjoy seeing the whole family. Grandma Mary was especially happy to get a "Cole fix." We traveled at night which was the best way to travel with an 11 month old. He slept the whole way down and back home.


Very proud Grandma Mary

More Thanksgiving pictures

Cole with his cousins, Erin and Ryan.

They kept Cole very entertained

over the weekend.

Thanksgiving with Veronica's family

Cole with cousins Graham and Ryan

Cole with Graham and Erin

4 Generations!

Cole with Great Grandma Feder.

First Haircut

We took Cole to Casey, the lady that cuts Justin's hair. She was so good with Cole. We thought he would surely cry, but he didn't. He actually seemed to have fun!

What are they doing to me???

Looking good with the new haircut!

Around the house

This window is just MY heighth!


Enjoying a little time with Dad.

Cole is being a BIG help to

Daddy here!

My new BIG BOY car seat!

All partied out

After trick or treating, we went to a friends house for a Halloween party. Cole stayed up way past his bedtime playing. It was a good Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

While Cole had no idea what was going on, he was a very cute giraffe for Halloween. It was only in the 30s on Halloween evening and so his super-stuffed costume kept him very warm. He even managed to sneak a piece of candy into his mouth (which we quickly removed!).
Getting into the costume. He
looks very excited, doesn't he?

More Halloween pictures

Under the weather

Cole celebrated turning 10 months old with his first cold. Even though we knew he wasn't feeling good, he still played and laughed a lot. What a trooper!! He is also a very generous boy and shared his cold with dad and then mom (Thanks, Cole).