Rough week

This week was my first week back at work/school. Where did the summer go? I know we say that every year, but seriously? It was a rough week though. My sweet little baby who has been sleeping 12+ hours at night, woke up at 3:30 am on Monday night/morning. So needless to say I was a little tired my first day. After I got Cole I noticed that before I put him down he sounded a little congested. I put him to bed as his usual time (7:30 pm) He was up 5x that night. Yes, 5x!!! I could not believe it. Each time he woke up he sounded a little more congested :( I could not figure out what was going on? He did not go to daycare this week, they were on vacation. He was with his Aunt Pam everyday but Tuesday. On Tuesday he went to school with my mom. I really thought that my mom and Pam watching him would be a good transition, but I think it was a little more stressful. Don't get me wrong, we were so lucky and blessed that they could watch him, but it was a lot of moving around. Not to mention my job had me everywhere and things were changing daily from what I had originally been told. The rest of the week only seemed to get worse. Cole was not sleeping at all. It was like having a newborn again or worse, because he was waking every hour. My mom said that she had about three people tell her that Cole was teething. Teething?!?! but now that I have said that to a few other people, they all agree that is what it seems like. He is congested, drooling everywhere, and chewing on his hands and/or burp cloths like crazy. We have his 4 month "well" visit on Monday so I guess we will see. He is so snotty and congested so I have been using saline and the bulb suction thing, Cole is NOT a fan. You would think I was sucking the life right out of him. He gets his feeling so hurt when I do that to him. He makes me feel terrible. I keep telling him he will feel so much better and will be able to breathe better, but I do not think he is listening :)
Hopefully he is starting to feel a little better. He slept better last night, only waking up once to eat. I think he is getting hungry because he is so congested during the day he is not eating as much as he had been so I think at night it is catching up with him. Just like everyone said, "once you get his routine down, he will go and change it on you". Well, I REALLY hope he comes back to the 12 hours at night sleeping.
Being away from him all week for the first time...I think I did OK. I did get frustrated and overwhelmed, but I think it was more of the constant moving around with other watching him and the fact that I was sleep deprived. I know he was in good hands. I guess we will see how next week goes when I drop him off at daycare! Oh yeah, we went to his daycare open house on Thursday night. We met his teachers and a few kids that will be in his class. He has three teachers (Ms. Darlene, Mrs. Kristin and Ms. Tiffany) and 4 classmates (2 boys (Harold & Micah) and 2 girls (Macy & Annabelle). He will start daycare Tuesday. That will be a new adventure.
Today he is 4 months! I will have to post pictures as soon as I get them loaded (hopefully tomorrow). Right now I am just to tired. This week was very overwhelming and exhausting to me. I know it is just another bump in the road and it will get smoother :)
On another note, A year ago today was the day Casey and I found out we were going to be parents!!! Look at the wonderful things that have happened to us in the last year, Thank you Lord!

Time flies

So sweet

I cannot believe that this is my last week at home with Cole. The summers always go SO fast and I even missed the last 7 weeks of school. Cole is getting so big and has SO much personality. He talks and laughs all the time! It is the sweetest thing to hear that little voice and laugh. I am not sure how I will feel a week from now, but right now I am doing ok with going back to work. I have a good little transition though. The first week I go back to work my sister-in-law Pam is going to watch Cole everyday but Tuesday. On Tuesday Cole is going to work with KK. Our daycare is going on vacation the week I start back to work. So we will see how this goes. I think I have more anxiety becasue I just do not know how he will do or how he will nap. The last 10 days or so Cole has not been napping well. He sleeps great at night (12 hours, 7p-7am) so I am not complaining, but I can tell he is so tired. He yawns, rubs his eyes, and his little eyes are red. Then about 5pm he gets so fussy. I figured I really can not do much or should try to really do anything because it will be so different at daycare.

Cole has been doing lots of swimming this month and he loves the water. He will just kick like crazy in the water. He also started getting really good with his balance and holding his head up. He also rolled over for the first time this past week. He hasn't been consistent with it, but he has done it a few more times since then. It is crazy how fast he is changing and growing. We just love our little boy!

Trying out my new float

Swimming at Sandy's

watching TV with dad

watching Mickey Mouse in my bumbo

You guys are so funny :)

Caroline and Greg's wedding weekend-July 16th

So this past weekend was Cole's longest car ride, 4 1/2 hours. I have to say he did pretty good. Everyone at the wedding kept saying what a good baby he was, which he is, but let's put it this way...he was good when he needed to be good. Which we are glad for that too! but the poor little guy was so exhausted. His schedule was completely rocked and there was so much going on that he did not sleep well. His little eyes were so red and he just fought it so hard. On Saturday about 3 hour before the wedding he just wailed. I looked at Casey and said this can't be good. We just felt so sorry for him :( his pitiful little face, blood red and screaming at the top of his lungs. It took me about 10 long minutes to calm him down. I layed down in the bed with him and he slept for an hour and a half. When he woke up you could tell he was tired still, but at least he wasn't crying. You can tell from the pictures that we couldn't get him to smile. He was kind of in a daze, but he looked really cute! Cole also went swimming with daddy and his cousins on Saturday. This was his first time swimming with daddy. The wedding went off smoothly, it was an outdoors wedding, and started pouring about 10 mins after the wedding was over, but we were indoors for the reception. Saturday was also my parents 44th wedding anniversary! July 16th must be a good day to get married :)

swimming with Seth and Zane

Mommy and me

A little love from daddy

Daddy and I at the wedding

The Coggin men

Cole and his cousins

Uncle Lincoln and Aunt Pam

Aunt Tisha

Paw Paw Wilb

3 generations

Paw Paw Wilb

Uncle Ben

3 months already...

Cole talking to his new mobile :)

Can you believe it? Wow, this month has gone fast. Everyone always says that though, "they grow up way to fast". I think at first you are so sleep deprived everyday seems like ground hog day and you think it is never going to change, they are never going to sleep. Then you blink your eyes and they are 3 months old, smiling, cooing, and really becoming a little person :) This has been a HUGE month for Cole. He went from never sleeping to sleeping about 9 to 11 hour stretches at night!!!! He loves to watch things very intently. He is always taking everything around him in. I got him a mobile for his bed. He will just lay there and talk to it every night before he goes to sleep. It is the cutest thing. Every month is a new adventure, an adventure that we love :)

I am 3 months old!

Did I hear you right? 3 months?

What? Seriously? Is that right?

Oh guys, you are so funny.

Just hanging with my friends

4th of July on the river

Happy 4th of July!

We went to Alabama for the 4th of July. Cole's first time on the river.  He LOVED the boat, when it was moving. It was so hot when we would stop and the life jacket was so hot as well. The vibration of the boat and wind in his face was a hit for sure. Looking forward to more boat rides of the Elk River.

My first boat ride

On Sunday we went out on Jeff and Whitney's boat. We had all the babies with us too! It was so hot, but so much fun. Cole loved it. I think we wore him out. He slept for almost 12 hours that night :) Cole always loves hanging out with his girls :)

Carley is ready now

Jessi and Julia's first boat ride

Riding with daddy

We all loved the boat!

Jessi and Julia

Uncle Brad keeping me cool

This past week I took him swimming for the first time. He wasn't to sure of the pool water but it was a little cold. Once we got in he didn't seem to mind it to much. We went to my friend, Sandy's house. I use to work with Sandy. She is so sweet to have a day every week where she has an open invitation to swim at her house.

At the pool for the first time.

First Trip

Well, it was just to Alabama, but Cole did so good. We went June 17th-19th. It was so nice to have everyone all together. It had been way to long. Julie and Bert hosted there annual BBQ (Saturday, June 18th) and everyone showed up. It was Jeff and Whitney, Carrie, Zac and Aubrey (left early because poor Aubrey got sick), Adam and Shelley, Emily and Tyler, Shea and Todd, Elizabeth and Kevin, Shaviny and Stan, Regan and Dave, Amber and Morgan and then us of course! Cole was the guest of honor :) Everyone was so excited to see him. It was so good to see everyone as well. It is so funny to see everyone together with kids now!!
I guess we are growing up! hahahaha Here are the kiddos minus poor Aubrey.

We also transitioned Cole to his room/crib when we got back from Alabama. I had really been hoping to do it sooner, but his room is upstairs and our attic was messed up and leaking hot air so Casey had to fix it (which he is never in a hurry to fix anything :) so it took about a month for him to do. Oh well, it is done and Cole has moved in! Apparently he LOVES his bed too! The first night he slept in his bed he slept for 8 hours straight!!! I was not holding my breath that it would last, but it did, well it actually got better. The next night he slept for 10 hours! and that is what he has been doing now for the last week. He goes down around 8:15/30 pm and sleeps until 6:30 am. We cannot ask for better than that. Now we just hope he stays to this schedule.

He loves to smile these days. He is smiling all the time. He has the chunkiest little cheeks too. You can just eat him up with his cute little laugh and smile. We are having the best time with him.

2 Months

Can you believe it? Cole was 2 months old on Monday. We went to the doctor for his "well visit". Dr. Mishu said he looked "perfect", that is what she always says. She is really funny. Cole was 14lbs 10oz. and 24 1/2 inches long. His weight put him in the 95% and his height put him in the 90%. He is a funny little boy. He has started smiling and cooing now. It is so fun to see him "talking" and smiling at you. His sleep has definitely improved. He has not stuck with the 7 hours. He is a more consistent 5 hour sleeper, which I will take over what he was doing for sure (barely 3 hours). This has been a busy week. I went back to work for a few days this week while my mom watched Cole, Casey is in a training all week in Bell Buckle, TN (about an hour a way), and Casey and I had our 8 year anniversary on June 14th. It has been good though. Going back to work the first day was good. It was really good to see my co-workers. It seemed like forever since I had seen everyone. I am just working 6 days this month doing professional development. I can make a little extra money, plus it is good practice for being gone all day and seeing how that is going to work in August. We are going to Alabama this weekend to see "the gang". Julie is having her annual summer BBQ to get everyone together. We are really looking forward to it. This will be our first time back to Alabama since having Cole, well since the beginning of March at the shower. It will be good to see everyone. I am curious to see how it goes...the car ride, spending the night away from home, and just having a different schedule. I will have to post and let you know. Here are a few pictures from the last month.

Bath Time

Cole and Mommy

Watching the NBA championship with daddy

My Hog gear

Playing with daddy after work

Smiling! Look at those cheeks!

Add Dr.'s  office for 2 month well visit

Hanging out with Bella

I am 2 months!