Cute Stuff

Nothing big here, just a few pictures of Cole doing some cute things.

the first is of Cole sitting next to Irbe. Big deal, I know. But he got all his goodies out (his elephant and his blankie) and then announced that he was going to sit down with Irbe. He is just recently starting to show some connection to the dogs. It started with Bou, and he would pet her and tell her she was a good doggie. He'll pet Irbe too, but mostly bosses him around, mainly b/c Irbe is often the one we are scolding. He's a good doggie...actually more obedient than Bou, but do more of the annoying stuff like drool everywhere and sniff you all the time. :)


Cole has been reading his books in bed now after we read his night time books and several times he's fallen asleep with the book on his face. Always the same book. He is REALLY into his truck books right now.

Pictures by Cole

Cole continues to impress with his snapshot ability. Here are some of his more recent works. He was playing with the camera, very carefully I must say, when our neighbor popped by for a moment. So he captured me making googly-eyes at their little boy Evan (he is ADORABLE.) I'm 6 1/2 months pregnant there, by the way if you're counting. I've sort of slacked on the belly documentation this time.....

And then a picture of his prized fire truck. He's done them out of focus for that artsy touch. :)

July 4

We spent July 4th week in Virginia Beach with the extended Mattix Family. Let me tell you, 17 people total is a lot. But it always seems to work itself out just fine. Dean & fam graciously stayed at their own house for their vacation, but we were able to still spend lots of time together. The Race on the 4th at the YMCA that Dean headed up was lots of fun (I was a bystander, not a participator), and that night we watched more fire works than I have ever seen before. We saw the ones being set off across the canal, as well as the ones on the beach and even the 'big ones' in town. It was really neat. Cole had a terrific time with his cousin's and Kevin and I had a good time relaxing. Cole wasn't a big fan of the beach, so we spent most of our time poolside in the blow up pool we brought, but that was fine by us.
Kevin thoroughly enjoyed challenging anyone to ping pong, but his favorite challenger was Dean. Dean's hockey skills have improved quite impressively, so Kevin takes a great amount of joy in beating him in anything else that he can.
It's already fun to think about next year's trip.
Note: technical difficulty withe the blog, so I'll try adding pictures again soon.