24th of July

We had a busy week for the 24th. It was full of ball games, parties, and rodeos! Cohen spent most of the weekend at ball games watching Brock play. I couldn't believe how much he enjoyed being outside.

On Saturday, we took Cohen to his first rodeo. He seemed to enjoy being held and looking around. When the clown's car was exploding, Cohen wasn't sure what was going on and kept flipping his head back and forth to see where the noise was coming from.

After long, hot days at the ballpark, Cohen loved coming home and playing in his diaper.

Finally...

After two years, numerous weeds, and one paid city ticket, we finally have grass for Cohen to play on. Thank you to all of our family that helped us lay sod on one of the hottest days of the year.

For Tyler

Slow Down!!!

Time has flew right by this summer. I can't believe Cohen is two months old and I start school in just a few weeks. I need summer to slow down!!! I love being home with Cohen and am not looking forward to going back to work. Don't get me wrong, I love teaching school and I am excited for the adventure of teaching a new grade, but I am not ready for summer to end. Once August rolls around, I know my summer is officially over and I need to get ready to go back to work.

New Friend

The other night Tyler and I were exhausted from laying sod all day and put Cohen in his swing to play. When I walked into the room, I saw Cohen laughing and smiling. He had made a new friend. By looking up in his swing, Cohen discovered he has a friend who looks back at him. This new friend entertained him for almost an hour. I should have spent the time getting things done, but instead I enjoyed watching him interact with the mirror and animals on his swing. It was fun to see Cohen try to reach his hand up to touch the objects above him.

Another friend Cohen enjoys playing with is his Uncle Brock. Brock came over to babysit Baby Cohen for us while we got ready for sod and was so cute with him. When I came in to check on the two boys, Brock had changed his diaper, fed him and burped him. I was quite proud of my 13 year old brother-in-law!

Brock even got Cohen to sleep!

4th of July and Pool Party

On the 4th of July, we took Cohen to a party at Jamie's house. He enjoyed all the attention he got from everyone. Jamie's nephew Eddie was crying and my dad informed Cohen he better not listen to that. Luckily for us, Cohen is still a pretty good boy and didn't get any new ideas from Eddie!

Cohen can't decide if he wants to go to the party or not

Cohen hanging out with his new friend Eddie and smiling

On Saturday, we took Cohen to a Nelson party at the pool. It was a little breezy so we didn't actually get in the pool, but it was fun to see everyone.

Here comes trouble!!!

I told Tyler he looks like he is getting ready to do something he shouldn't!

Posing for the camera and hanging out with mom

Cohen smiling for Grandma Gloria and testing out the pool water for the first time


Full of smiles

Go Yankees!!!

The Nelson's are determined Cohen will be a Yankees fan and gave him this outfit to get him started on the right path. Tyler begs to differ and hopes to make him a Braves fan. He has been telling Cohen all day that the Braves are #1, not the Yankees!

Park City

This week Tyler surprised me with a vacation to Park City. It was exciting to take Cohen on his first family trip. We spent our days shopping, touring the Olympic Park, playing with Cohen and trying out new restaurants. Cohen was a really good sport and slept through most of our outings.

Day 1 & Day 2

Day 1: Before shopping; notice he is smiling.
Day 2: Going shopping again...Tyler and Cohen weren't looking forward to another day of shopping with me. I think the two hours I spent in Banana Republic and Gap the previous day wore the boys out.

As we were driving to the outlets one day, Tyler turned one light too early. There was a sign directing tourists to the Olympic Park. We decided to check it out and found out it was pretty fun. When we got there, the lady told us to go outside and watch the Australians and Americans practice their jumps into the pool. It was really neat to watch. The guys were amazing! I couldn't believe they actually did these jumps in the snow. I think I would kill myself if I ever attempted their moves!!!

This is a clip of an American ski jumping in the pool.

Olympic Park Museum

Main Street and the Olympic Park

PARTY TIME! Cohen decided he didn't want to sleep; he would rather party. He didn't care that it was 10:30 and we were ready for bed.

The boys building forts with pillows