Camping, Swimming, Party Planning

We planned on going camping the weekend of 4th of July with Wade & Krissi (Dave's sister and brother-in-law) as well as Kassie, Adam & Trevor (Dave's oldest sister, brother-in-law and nephew). Just a few days before we were planning on leaving Cole came down sick....really sick! The doctor said that he bilateral ear infections. Worse than he had had before. Luckily we were able to start him on antibiotics a few days prior, and we were still good to go camping. A week prior to this trip we got an offer we couldn't refuse to buy a 5th wheel camp trailer. Now, we don't have to miss any camping trips due to cold weather, like Memorial weekend. The camper is 27 feet long and sleeps around 8. It was so nice to have so the little boys could play and crawl around. Trevor brought his red wagon and the boys had tons of fun rolling around and playing in it together!
Cole went on his very first boat ride, and Uncle Wade even let him drive!
We took our dogs on the camping trip as well, however seeing as they're Beagles and are known to follow their noses...we had to keep them tied up most of the trip. We did get a chance to take them for a long walk with the little boys. Dave and I decided that since there weren't very many other people around we'd let them off the leash, and PRAY that they'd come back when we called. and they did! It was so wonderful! Buck even got belly deep in water!!!!! Normally he's terrified of water outside of a water dish. We drove to La Pine to La Pine to watch the fireworks. Cole was SUPER tired but thought they were pretty cool. On Monday when we got back from camping, Cole took his very first steps! It was AWESOME! Dave was even here to see! =)
This past weekend we took Cole up to Packard Creek to go play in the water. This was his first time playing in something other than our bathtub. He LOVES bathtime so I had no doubts in my mind that he'd have a great time! And that he did! Splashing, Kicking and jumping! We made sure to put on plenty of sun screen!! =) Cole's 1st birthday is 2 weeks from TODAY! Can you believe it??? We're having a RACING barbecue at our house for his birthday. I'm beyond excited! Here's Cole Dancing.....

Father's Day

Dave just had his first father's day. I wish that the weather would have been a little bit better so we could have done what I had planned, but oh well. I think we had a decent day.
I had the hardest time figuring out what to get Dave for Dad Day, but with Cole being so young it was hard considering he can't make him anything so I decided to figure out something he could take with him while he's working out of town. I found a wonderful travel coffee mug that you can insert pictures into!(Dave's not a big coffee drinker, only when he's out of town getting up really early) I put in a ton of pictures of Cole and Dave LOVED it! So did all of the guys at work! He also got some t-shirts. I had planned on us going fishing so I bought Dave some night-crawlers but the weather wasn't wonderful so we'll have to postpone it.

That about sums up Father's Day......sorry no pictures for this one.

Update

Oh gosh. Again, I feel like always have a ton of things to blog about but when I finally sit down I draw a blank....we'll see how it turns out.

Cole started standing (as you saw in the last post). He's also clapping, and its super cute. He's getting so big that I had to buy him a new car seat. I took it to Jenny's house so she could get the straps all adjusted and she noticed that one of the straps were frayed. So I had to call the company to get replacement straps, I definitely wasn’t going to put Cole in something that was defective, even if it was just a little bit. I called them and they said it would take 1-2 days, but if it didn't come in 7-10 that I should call back. Well guess what? No straps! So I called them again. Hopefully they come soon. Trevor (Cole's cousin) turned 1 Memorial weekend. Cole enjoyed his cupcake. :)


June 5th: Dave got a new tattoo in honor of a friend that passed away in the motorcycle accident. We're SO happy with how it turned out! Check it out...


June 13th: My cousin Catie had her High School graduation party in Silverton. Cole had a wonderful time with my other cousins Mary and Sarah. My aunt & uncle's house had a slopped backyard, so Mary took Cole to the top, then she and Sarah tried teaching Cole how to roll down. Cole didn't really get it, but he had the best time chasing after the girls. Maybe next time.

Just this last Monday, Cole and I took the dogs on a walk. Back before Cole was born my dad bought a backpack to carry him in, so now that Cole is old enough and the weather happened to be somewhat decent I decided to try it out. OH MAN and I sore! Cole absolutely LOVED it. He was singing, laughing & jumping. Since we had the dogs with us, he kept saying "dog dog dog". Too cute! I'm determined to continue to use the backpack throughout the summer. Not only is it a good workout, but everyone gets to go on the walk (if I put Cole in his stroller, I can't control both the stroller and the dogs).


Dave's aunt & uncle in Idaho are having a 5 year anniversary party towards the end of the summer. Dave REALLY wants to go visit them, he misses them alot after living in Idaho for a year. We're going to try and figure out a way to at least go for a couple days, but we'll have to see.

Now that the weather is getting nicer we're barbecuing ALOT. Dave's learning tons of new things to make using his new barbecue grill.

This weekend is Father's Day and I can't wait!

well there's the update, until next time.

Standing Tall

Cole started standing last week. Dave hadn't seen it yet, so I decided to video it on my phone for him.....Here you go.....

Happy Birthday Uncle Monkey!

Just wanted to say HAPPY BIRTHDAYto Coley's UNCLE MONKEY! We miss you dearly and can't wait to see you again!

Mother's Day Weekend

I have to say that I had the best Mother's Day ever! I realize that this was my first one, but i'm not too sure that it can be topped!

So, a couple weeks ago, Krissi (Dave's sister) asked if she could take Cole to Salem with her to visit their other sister, Kassie and Cole's Cousin Trevor (8 weeks older than Cole). We didn't have anything going on so I asked if I could go.....not knowing that she would be working on her Mother's Day gift to me! She called Dave and told him her idea, and to make something up so I wouldn't want to go (she didn't want to be rude and just say 'No, you can't come')! lol. So they went up and I said i'd go next time.
So Friday after work she picked me up from work (we carpool together) and grabbed a pink package from the backseat. I opened the gift to find two GORGEOUS framed pictures! One of Cole and Trevor matching.....



The second was this great NAKED picture! I can't wait to show everyone when he graduates high school!!!!!



Dave decided for Mother's Day he'd call my friend Jen, a photography student, to take some family photos on Saturday. I had tons of fun. I can't wait to see how they turned out. I should have them by the end of the week! I'm stoked! He also went to Thing's Remembered (a personalization store) and bought a BEAUTIFUL 8x10 Silver photo album. I'm going to take it in and get it engraved this weekend. =)

Dave didn't end up having to go to Idaho this week. His boss said he's going to try real hard to make it so he wouldn't have to go at all. Keep your fingers crossed.

Other than that, nothing too exciting.

Bye for now,
Brie

Spring Time

Welcome back to blog world??? Whenever I'm out and about doing errands or even at work I think, "Oh, I should blog tonight"....then by the time I get home, I'm exhausted after playing with Cole, making dinner, putting him to bed, etc. How the heck am I going to get better at this? Any thoughts??? Maybe I just need to set aside a certain day/time of the week and just DO IT?! I don't know, I need to do something. Then again, I could just be wasting my time? I doubt anyone, other than me, reads this anyway. Oh well. We'll see. Anyway.....onto the updates.... COLE: Cole just had his 9 month check up. His doctor said he's "absolutely perfect". What mother doesn't love hearing that? =) He's standing 30 inches tall (94%)! and just shy of 23 pounds(85%)! That's right, we feed out kids Miracle Grow out here in the boonies. He's crawling around FAST. Pulling himself up on everything. He can even walk himself back and forth along the couch while holding on. I'm positive he'll be walking before too long. On Sundays, Dave and I take Cole out to breakfast at the local Dairy Queen (yes, in the country the Dairy Queen's serve breakfast, and I'm not talking Egg McMuffin, I'm talking eggs, hashbrowns, bacon, omlets etc). Cole gets his very own 'bear' pancake. This past weekend we took Cole to the park. His favorite part....the swing! Earlier this evening my niece, Malena, had a musical production at her school. Cole and I went and had a blast. Cole was so great the whole time! There was a part during the show where the kids were banging on drums (kind of like 'Stomp'), OH MY GOSH, this was Cole's FAVORITE part. I had to quite taking pictures just to video tape him dancing, laughing and clapping! My mom, who was holding him, and I were laughing so hard we had tears running down our faces. Not to mention all the people sitting around us started watching him too! Too cute. Here's a video, sorry its sideways....

Dave: Dave has been working in Hood River for the past few weeks. Sunday, they're planning on shipping him to Idaho! =( Did I mention that was Mother's Day?? Either way...I'm not too happy about him being gone. At first, the plan was for him to leave on Sunday and come back the following Monday.....well, now the plan is to leave this Sunday and work 180 straight hours, then come home. So basically work 2 straight weeks then finally come home! ugh, I would have complained about 1 week, but would have gotten over it, but 2 weeks? What am I going to do?!?!?! I know for at least one day I'll take Cole down to play with Logan (little friend of Cole's, he's 5 month older than Cole).

Me: Post op has gone well so far. I do have one internal stitch that has shown up below the surface and was SUPER annoying because it was REALLY rensitive to anything that touched it, even clothing. You can still feel it under the skin, but its not as sensitive anymore. The doctor said it was disovable, so it should go away eventually.
We all recently went on a trip to Pendleton to visit a friend. It was lots of fun seeing him again, definatly worth the long drive. Can't wait to see him again.
Other than that, I can't think of a whole lot going on.

Bye for now =)