Busy December!

Cole still has trouble sleeping through the night, and this morning was a particularly bad one. We had been up and really grumpy since 4:30am, and by 7am he had finally fallen back asleep in his bouncer watching Baby Einstein with Mr. Monkey. He has NEVER fallen asleep while playing before, so this was a first. Thank goodness we both had a long nap after that!

Christmas lights at the Mesa temple. Cole was mesmerized by the lights and all the people.

Playing with Grandma Beutler over Christmas Break.

Nana, Dave's Grandma, sent Cole a cute little (we could barely squeeze him into it) Elf outfit, so of course we had to do a family photo shoot before we visited Santa. He was by far the cutest little Santa's helper at the mall!

 

The dogs were the best Christmas entertainment we could have asked for. :)

Cole's favorite place to play is our tupperware cupboard. He always leaves behind a trail of destruction behind him.

Merry Christmas!

We have been visiting the Beutlers this Christmas and Grandma took Cole to go see Santa Clause. Nana, Dave's Grandma, also sent Cole a sweet little Elf outfit, so of course we had to wear that when he saw Santa. Isn't he the cutest little Elf you have ever seen?!

Cole has also been really entertained by Tiger...check out how good she is playing with him:

Cole Overload!

Cole is our whole lives right now, so be prepared for an overload of cute photos of him!

We still go on our morning walks every day, but it's starting to get cold here (imagine that), so we broke down and got him a coat and a hat. The monkey just fits him so well...

 Somehow he always manages to get an appendage stuck in the crib when he's sleeping, so the crib bumpers are back once again! Someday we'll be able to take them off...

I know this picture is fuzzy, but I couldn't get a good one of Cole playing in his saucer and I thought this was so hilarious. Now instead of actually sitting in his saucer his favorite thing to do is crawl in and out of it underneath the seat and play tag with me around the outside of it.

This picture is one of my favorites - isn't he the cutest little tiger?

We also discovered after Thanksgiving dinner that Cole really likes stuffing...notice the back of the hand technique he uses at almost every meal time to keep his food in his mouth. Classic.

Here are also a few of our favorite videos of Cole recently. We put up safety gates and he loves to stand at them and jump up and down. He's also started "purring" lately...enjoy!

Downstairs Renovations - Before and After

Dave and I have put a lot of work into renovating our new home and making it our own. We've done most of the huge projects but still have some smaller ones left to do. Just in case you don't notice the changes in the pictures, we removed the old flooring and had new flooring put in, painted the entire house, including the kitchen cabinets, got new granite counter tops, put on the kitchen hardware, put in our stainless steel appliances, hung several light fixtures, put together a couple new pantries, and we're in the process of baby-proofing everything. A lot of work! Take a look:

BEFORE

AFTER

Pictures of the rest of our renovations throughout the house will be posted at a later date...aka when we finish. :-)