Thank you so much to all that joined us to celebrate Cole’s 2nd birthday at Kangaroo Zoo. He had a blast! Thank you for the gifts as well – he has thoroughly enjoyed each one. Go to the photo gallery to see pictures from Kangaroo Zoo.

Coley’s newest phrase is “psssst… hey”. Taylor and I were having a conversation the other day and Coley interrupted with “psst… hey”. We’re not sure where he learned it, but it’s hilarious that he’s kept it up the last few days. He has such a cute little sense of humor… he tells us jokes and stories (which of course we don’t have a clue what he’s saying) and then he laughs at himself like he’s told us the greatest thing.

He rides (runs) his stick horse around the house and then crashes and burns. We’re not sure why Coley’s horse is so clumsy, but that’s all part of the fun.

What a beautiful day! Val and I took the kids to the park today for a picnic, to soak up some sun, and let them play and run to their hearts content. Val was smart enough to bring kites, which all the kids were entralled with. Coley did a great job of flying Rylie’s kite until he was distracted by some other kids bubbles, which then of course he let go of the kite. The wind took the kite down the soccer field. Luckily, Rylie was able to retrieve it. Thanks Ry! Coley has no fear as he climbs up all the different surfaces of the playground. Rylie started the trend of hanging on these parallel bars and dropping to get down one wing of the playground… soon lots of kids (bigger kids) were attempting the same stunt. Well Coley of course had to try too – little stinker. He successfully went from standing to hanging to dropping to the ground. The first time he was a little unsure of how to get down safely, but his determination prevailed and he accomplished the feat. The second and third time were easy once he had done it once. This kid makes me nervous, and I’m not a nervous mom.

Well, since we won’t be going to the hospital for a c-section this morning… we might as well go to Thanksgiving Point Farm instead with cousins Rylie, Saige, Lauren, & Austin. Grandma came too to help me with crazy Cole. Coley had a blast looking, making noises at, and feeding the animals… but his favorite was definitely riding the ponies. Thanks mom for coming and making this possible.