Moving

Thank goodness Grandma Beutler came down to take care of Cole while we were moving! There is no way we would have been able to get half as much done with out her. He loved playing with his new doctor toys and all the attention he got from Grandma.

With moving comes baby hazards, and Cole found one of them. He managed to get a hold of our large clock, which toppled on him and broke on his head. Fortunately he's a tough little guy and was still smiling after a couple scraps and cuts.

Can you believe how big our baby is?! This is a 24month outfit...

One minute Cole was playing with his bunny, then the next minute I looked over and he was chewing on stuffing and had totally ripped the bunny's arm off. How does an 8 month old do that?! Maybe that was his way of dealing with all the change of a new house.

Family Reunion Adventures!

Wow - it has been way too long since the last post! A lot has been going on in our little Beutler family. Cole cut his first tooth the beginning of August, and now has almost 5 all the way through the gums. We visited the Blacker family in NM the middle of August, and we moved from Gilbert to Ahwahtukee (Phoenix) over labor day weekend. We contractually had to be closer to the hospital for Dave's cardiology fellowship starting next June, so we figured we might as well move sooner rather than later. Anyway, we have lots of pictures to post, but here's a start. Cole is now 8 months old and wearing size 24 month clothes!

 This is on the airplane to Albuquerque for the Blacker family reunion. We had to get up early for the flight. Cole was mesmerized by all the excitement on the plane, and then crashed.

He's not very good at chewing the puffs yet, but he loves to chew on the container. ;-)

 We had a fun afternoon picking raspberries and touring my dad's garden/jungle.

 Cole was content chilling with Uncle Bryan in the stroller watching us pick.

Grandpa Blacker definitely had his hands full with both grandsons. Zac was not so happy to be sharing his grandpa with cousin Cole.

They did have fun together though. They're wrestling/hugging here. :)

Our little rock star.

Family picture time!

This is the whole Blacker clan together. There are three new members since our family picture from last summer, so we decided to take another one (Aubri, Cole and Katie).

Mom and Dad Blacker.

Dave and Aubrey cliff jumping at lake Heron. It was pretty high!