Valentine's Day

We had a great Valentine's Day & we want to thank everyone for all of Coen's Valentine gifts. They are very appreciated. I did take some pictures of Coen opening his package that his Grammy sent him through the mail since she was going to be out of town. In the package was 2 chocolate monkey faces. They were cute and very tasty too. Thanks Grammy!

I got surprised with a bouquet of flowers at work on Friday & on Valentine's Day I received a beautiful key shaped necklace with white & black diamonds in it. I loved it! Jonathan, thanks for making my Valentine's Day special. You are always putting a smile on my face & you hold the key to my heart. I love you!

my necklace laying on one of the flowers

ABC......

Here's Coen saying his Abc's. We have been practicing them almost every night before bed time. As for the hat, I found it laying in his closet when I cleaned it out & he wanted to wear it.
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My little lion

Here is Coen using his hooded towel made to look like a lion. He got this as a gift last Christmas (2008-his first Christmas). He is now finally big enough to use it. I thought it was cute and had to get a picture. He really liked it tonight after his bath so I'm probably going to try to find him some more of these cute towels but different animals. Hum....I wonder if I could find an Elmo one since he is an Elmo fan.

Coen's 2 year check up

Today Coen went to the doctor for a 2 year wellness visit. Everything went well and he is very healthy. He weighed in at 32 pounds & was 36 1/2 inches long. He was in the 97th percentile in height & 78th percentile in weight.

Happy Birthday Coen!

This past Saturday we celebrated Coen's 2nd birthday! It was a great day and we are glad that our family & friends were there to make it special for Coen. On Monday, Coen's actual birthday we took him to Chucky Cheese for some pizza & games. He had a great time!

Coen's best friend from school, Elijah!


Our friends David, Erica & there son Peyton


Coen & Eli


I made Coen an Elmo cake

helping him blow out his candle

having some cake

silly boys, Coen & Eli playing in the floor

opening gifts

Coen got a "Cars" sleeping bag from Eli

Jumping for joy!

Jonathan & I got Coen a radio flyer tricycle for his birthday. When he opened it up & saw what it was he got super excited. It was cute & so funny. Take a look at the video.
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Another Year Older.....

Well, the time has come again & January 25th is just around the corner. My baby boy will soon be the big 2! This year Coen will be having an ELMO party. We were at the Card Factory yesterday picking up some stuff & Coen spots a huge gift bag with Elmo on it. So he starts shouting "ELMO" but Coen pronounces it "MAILMO". He's so cute! I'm a little emotional just because he's growing up so fast. I was looking back at some of his baby pictures and oh how I miss all his fat rolls he had. Now he is tall & slender. Here are just a few of my favorites of him as a baby. No matter how old he will be he will ALWAYS be my baby boy.

1 month


taking it easy at the lake


5 months


7 months

first beach trip - 8 months

Coen's love for Elmo

Over the last 3 to 4 months Coen has grown to love Elmo. He ended up getting 3 Elmo's for Christmas & luckily all of them are different from each other. He normally only sleeps with one but tonight he had to have all 3 in bed with him. Here is a picture I took of him after he fell a sleep.

Tool time!

Here's a couple of pictures of Coen & Jonathan playing with the tools Coen got for Christmas. There like two peas in a pod. Your such a good sport babe!


I should never have any problems finding a handy man for repairs....I've got 2 of them!

Christmas 2009

We had a wonderful Christmas this year! Coen was a good little boy and got tons of new stuff. I'm officially parking outside now due to the fact our garage is full of toys & bikes. Jonathan & I both got new bikes this year so we can start bike ridding. Just to name a few, Coen got a new powered 4-wheeler, baseball hitting machine, work bench w/ tools, new table & chairs and much more. Here are some pictures of our Christmas.

Santa came by & left Coen a 4-wheeler


testing it out


a remote control car


Mr. Handy man!


he was showing us how his drill works


new table & chairs


Coen's new big boy bedding......& as you see he was testing out his Elmo underwear that mimi Jo got him....NO, he's not potty trained yet but he's doing a good job with it so far.


playing with a new bath toy.....thanks Maisa!