Cohen's Photography

In the last few months, Cohen has really become interested in electronics. Laptops, digital cameras, video cameras, ipods and iphones. Mom and dad rely pretty heavily on these items for school, work, appointments, special days, and just to manage the ups and downs of everyday life. Cohen has expressed a need to organize and document his life also. So we allowed him to take our iphones and explore (scary). Soon Cohen was able to pretty much navigate the entire phone, knowing what each icon does and which were his favorites, in a matter of weeks. His favorite is the picture feature. We upload all of his "photography" because it is so good. I can't believe what a little artist he is. He really did take all of these pictures by himself! What do you think?
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Color of the day = GREEN

We recently asked a good friend how he taught his kid colors. Cohen has been hit and miss with our color practices. We would lay all the colors out and practice each one: "Cohen, which color is red..." and sometimes he would be right, sometimes not. Our friend said his little one has the "color of the day" at his daycare where one whole day is devoted to just ONE color. Talk about much less confusion. Here we were shoving all these colors in front of Cohen expecting him to sort them all out. So today was our first Color of the Day. Cohen chose green out of all the colors and it looked like a leprechaun threw up but it was fun:)

We gathered as many of his green toys as we could

And I decorated the wall

I had to get a picture so I very nicely displayed his toys.

Well I think it worked because I showed him a green crayon tonight and he said "green". We will see how tomorrow goes!

Attack of the bubbles

It is really sad that we torture our kids just to get a good picture. At first it was just a harmless bubble bath. Then it turned ugly.

We tried to make him lay back and cover himself in bubbles...

Got him to wear some cool hair...he was kinda into it

I really think he is making this face because he couldn't breathe

Oh good, got a little snicker

Ok now we're done

Mom and dad got a good laugh. He must have not been too upset because he wanted to stay in the bath.

Bedhead

Cohen's new favorite thing to do is lay in our bed and watch movies:

He is really into the camera lately

This is right after a nap

Gotta love that hair!

Sleepy eyes

It's officially Hot!

It was supposed to be record heat for this time of year in Az. A high of 100! So what did we do?

Far from a Jalopy!

Today Grandpa Jack pulled up to our house with a big package. We were all wondering what was inside....

Yes that is a smile on his face. It is a classic "limited edition" petal car. Soooo cute. The lights work and everything. The seat is leather, it has gold trim just about everywhere, the steering wheel is wood, the windshield is adjustable, and there is a horn on the side. Very upper class, you can tell from Cohen in this next picture how excited he is:

Tuckered Out

Okay, this doesn't happen often. Our little one is not fond of naps or bedtime. He fights them tooth and nail. Today a repair man came and I had to go outside with him. I left Cohen in his room with his keyboard playing "If Your Happy and You Know It Clap Your Hands". He loves that song. It was pretty loud too. After a few minutes, the repair man left and I was wondering why Cohen was being so good! He is usually into something else by now and making a lot more noise. So I go peek in on him and there he was sitting in his rocking chair, music still blaring, ASLEEP! Wow. That was easy...

Closer to Christmas

We have been busy this week, as have all of you I'm sure. Shopping, wrapping, decorating, baking, planning...it's all for Christmas Day. Here are a few snapshots I took this week.

Cohen watching Baby Einstein on his iPod. He looks so cute in his monkey slippers!

A picture of our backyard in the rain. I think it looks awesome with the green grass!

Mom busy wrapping Cohen's gifts

I have to tell you the story behind this tree. We hadn't gotten a tree yet and it was only a couple weeks until Christmas. My parents brought over a small tree that they were getting rid of in order to buy a bigger one. The small tree was perfect for our tiny house and just the right size for Cohen. Well, it was decorated all in gold and silver. Although very pretty, it wasn't exactly our taste (sorry mom!). I didn't care to take all the decorations off and get new ones. It bothered Noah enough to strip the tree down to just the lights. I was like "what the heck are you gonna decorate it with". I really didn't want to spend the time or money getting decorations. So he and Cohen got to work. Cohen and daddy decorated the tree from base to tip with cohens toys. Mostly balls, since they are Cohen's favorite. And of course, the tree topper is Pablo the Penguin, Cohen's favorite. It turned out really cute, and it's Cohen's first tree so it's perfect!

This and That

Just wanted to show you a few pics we took this week. He is just so edible!

Zoolander

Sliding all by himself!

Ball

Posing

Grandma dancing with Coco

Trouble

A few shots of our very active little one these past few weeks:

What we have been up to lately

It's been a few weeks since I have been able to post. We have been very busy here. I have been studying hard in Nursing school and Noah has been busy printing shirts and watching Cohen. We have taken lots of pictures so here is what we have been up to:

We like to eat jelly toast for breakfast

Then we go get dirty outside

Brooke and Baron at Alex's 2nd Bday

Beya smiling at the party

Aunt Cami and Baron at the party

Alex the Birthday Boy

Cohen enjoying some cake and ice cream

We like to get into the toilet paper cubbard

We build robots my height

The "fitting" for our halloween costume Pablo the Penguin

Needless to say we have had a busy couple of weeks. We just LOVE Cohen. He is such a love bug.

The big birthday present!

So we had grandmas and grandpas pitch in for Cohen's first playset. We were going to buy something small but then we found this:

Here is the daddy setting it up. Only took about 3 hrs all by himself.

Cohen and I were outside trying to help...but as you can see the pollen got to us.

We wanted to keep it a surprise, but It's hard because the thing is huge and we wanted to make sure all the parts were here for his bday. We have been keeping him out of the back yard. Maybe he will forget about it until his birthday!

Railing

Today is the day we finally have railing along our porch. Ever since Cohen has been more mobile, and with his bday party just around the corner, we have been quite concerned about the 2 foot drop off our back porch. So today, the railing was powder coated and bolted up. Now no kids will get hurt and we will stay out of court! Yay. 

Cohen is quite the model, look at those legs!

Yup....baby proof