Way to go me... I haven't published a new post in a month. I am certainly doing great at keeping this updated.. HA! Oh well I will be trying harder to keep everyone updated.

11:00pm on Monday night. I should probably be trying to catch some zZz's seeing that my son is sleeping soundly in his crib right now, but instead I have this crazy amount of energy to spew onto some blog pages. Here goes a ton of mumble jumble... try to keep up!

Cohen is almost 3 months old already... cruisen along at 12 well nearly 13 weeks. Good grief! I feel like we just took him home from the hospital! He is getting so much bigger and stronger everyday. He is holding his head up like a pro now. I have to keep myself in check these days because I find him so amazing, every day. I have to really think about what I am saying before I say it, because I can feel myself becoming one of "those" moms.

I never want to be one of "those" moms. You know, the kind that think that their child is the greatest thing since sliced bread. The kind that think their child could do no wrong. I hope to appear humble when it comes to my little man. I want him to know I think the world of him, but I don't want him to think the world revolves around him. I want him to have a balance in his life where he is confident in who he is, but doesn't boast and isn't cocky, but humble himself. Man I am not even in the difficult years of parenting and already I feel the pressure of trying to figure out how to perfectly round my child.

With that said... my son is AMAZING! :) (just couldn't help myself)

This past week has been so much fun. Cohen's first snow storm, first Thanksgiving, decorating for Christmas. Its been busy.

I am so excited for Christmas this year. I don't know if its because I am still such a kid myself, or if it really is a magical time of year, but Christmas just really does it for me. I find it so amazing that even as a two month old who doesn't know much about the world yet, the simple sight of our Christmas tree can make him happy. Today I was getting some things done in the kitchen and the fussy little guy just was NOT happy in his swing. I picked him up and he got a glimpse of the Christmas tree lights and forgot what he was so upset about. I sat him in his Bumbo for awhile in front of the Christmas tree. Awe-struck he sat there for about 30 minutes (in Mom time that's forever). I am so excited for all the Christmas's to come and all the traditions to unravel for us as a family.

My Christmas present came early this year. I got a new camera. I have been wanting one forever!!! It is sort of intimidating, but I have already gotten some really great pictures of my posse.

I have found that sometimes writing can be difficult. For some its difficult because they aren't sure what to write about. For others, such as myself, its because there is too much to say and you have no idea where to start. The single thought of starting to write down whats in your head overwhelms you entirely so you end up just purposefully leaving your blog blank day after day.

Not that its an excuse, I am just not sure entirely where to start with gathering my thoughts, but today cleared my head a little. I realized that I am entirely too excited for Christmas this year. So that's it... that's where I will start.

I am so excited for new traditions, Christmas decorations, music, smells... The list goes on and on. We have so much to be thankful for this holiday season and I know that Thanksgiving comes before Christmas (unlike all the stores :)) Funny thing, I was at the mall this weekend and every single store I went into was already trying to serenade me with "deck the halls" and "happy holidays". I am excited for Thanksgiving also, this year we will be hosting Kyle's family for Thanksgiving dinner. I can't wait to cook up my own turkey, turn on the tube and watch football and enjoy having family around.

Double Double Toil and Trouble!

The weekend was jam packed with fun. On Saturday we went to visit Uncle Joey. We asked him to be Cohen's Godfather and he was thrilled to accept the position. He has not seen Cohen since the day he was born, so he couldn't get enough of the little guy. Kyle hadn't been to St. Cloud since college and so we took some trips down memory lane with him. In college Kyle and I used to frequent a record shop known as The Electric Fetus. We took Cohen there. I got a cute picture of Uncle Joey and Cohen rockin' out!



Saturday night Grandpa Bob and Aunt Weezy came to visit. Its always fun having them over. Grandpa Bob fixed the fireplace so that we can enjoy it during these cold days. To celebrate the fireplace being in working order, we made hot chocolate with MANY mini marshmallows. There is just something magical about fireplaces I think. Maybe its that Santa comes into your house through them, or maybe its because the crackle is ultra calming or that they are romantic? I am not sure, all I know is that I am extremely fond of them and cannot wait to open presents in front of one this year. We also asked Aunt Weezy to be Cohen's Godmother. She gladly accepted as well and even said "YES" like a little kid does when they get an answer right on a test. It makes me so happy to see how much joy this little 10 pound boy can bring to everyone around him. He really is special for that reason.

Sunday we got up and went to church then came home and watched some Disney Channel Original movies about Halloween. I grew up watching Halloweentown on Disney and was incredibly surprised that when I looked at the Disney channel, not only Halloweentown was on, but Halloweentown 2: The Return of Kalimare, Halloweentown High, and Return to Halloweentown. So we watched these all afternoon. I was not happy with Halloweentown High and Return to Halloweentown. They had gotten a new girl to play the main character witch. I hate when they mess it up like that :). Then we got Cohen into his Halloween costume and went outside to take some pictures of the monkey man. Here they are!








I've got a monkey on my back... well on my shoulders same dif.












Look at that cute monkeybutt!