Christmas Story and Santa at Church

Tonight we had a family thing at church. All the kids from birth to 5th grade came in there PJ's. They had milk and cookies, heard the story about the birth of Jesus, got to see Santa, and sing Christmas carols. Cole was taking everything in. He was a little quite all night because he usually goes to bed at 7:00 and the event did not start until 6:30. So I let him take a nap when we got home (he slept from 4:30-6) then we went to church. Our good friend Lisa Purkey and Beth Deming put it all together. Cole was one of the few small children that didn't cry when they saw Santa. Lots of people were impressed by that! It was funny to me. Next year maybe very different for us though :)

Anna listening to story

Cole trying to get to Luke

Luke

Brody, Easton and Annie

Jake Purkey

Playing with Jake

Jake is my buddy

Say cheese!

Stationery card

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Thanksgiving

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The holiday started off with Cole's school having a Thanksgiving lunch at his school. They did a pot luck. It was really nice. KK was even able to come and eat lunch with Cole.
 I have to admit I did not do a very good job of taking pictures for Thanksgiving...Oops! Bad mommy.

Getting kisses from KK

Going back to class with my friend Annabelle

On Thanksgiving day we went to Centerville, where my dads aunt June lives, my great aunt and Cole's great great Aunt :) I have grown up my whole life going to June and Petsy's for Thanksgiving. It was nice for everyone to see him from "the country" as I have always called it. 

Outside in Centerville playing with daddy

On Friday we celebrated Thanksgiving with the Coggin side of the family and watched the Iron Bowl. The Herren's came from Berry, AL, Greg and Caroline came from Florence, AL, and Paw Paw Wilb came from Caraway, AR to be with us for the day. Uncle Ben is here is town so he was here, but exhausted since he had worked Black Friday at Old Navy. Aunt Tisha got sick and was not able to be there. Of course all the cousins were there as well. We had a really nice time, even though Arkansas did not beat LSU.

Being silly with Paw Paw Wilb

Hanging out with Uncle Lincoln

The next day we put up the Christmas decorations. Oh boy! Cole's first Christmas. We can't wait!

Checking out all the lights

Helping daddy with the tree

Cole hit a milestone the day before Thanksgiving...he crawled!!! Our big boy is just going everywhere now. I can hardly believe that my baby is crawling. You definitely cannot take your eyes off him now.

Lucky 7's and Fall

Let's see what I can do now

Tag, found it!

Today Cole is 7 months and Papa is 70! So it is the Lucky 7's for us.

Cole is just getting to be such a big boy! He loves people, smiling, "talking", jumping, shadows and grabbing. Yes grabbing! Anything that is close to him he is grabbing, so watch out. He must check it all out :) Everything is so new to him. I LOVE watching his face as he discovers something new. Shadows are something that are pretty funny to watch too! He looks at it and just laughs, then he gets serious and really concentrates on the shadow to see what it is, then he will try to touch or grab the shadow. The other night he was "pawing" at his own shadow when I was feeding him dinner. I think he was part cat that night. Casey and I were laughing so hard. He could not figure it out. It was pretty priceless. Cole is also a fan of tags. If it has a tag on it he will find it and play with it and/or put it in his mouth. We have noticed him with toys and  blankets especially always finding the tag. It will keep him occupied for quit a while sometimes. He is still not crawling, but he rocks and scoots all over the place. He has also started this new things where he gets up all on fours in a plank like position. Not sure what that is all about, but he is pretty funny doing it. Well, according to the pediatrician last month this is the month Cole will crawl and 10 1/2 months he will walk. Guess we will see. I am not sure if I am ready for all that yet? :) He sits up really well now. He started sitting up right before he turned 6 months, but it would only be for a short time. He sits and plays now for quit a while sitting up like a big boy. He also sits in the shopping cart at the store. He looks like such a big boy.

It has been so beautiful here lately with all the fall leaves and colors. We were going for a family walk last weekend and took some pictures.

Just hanging out with Bella

This is my dog, Bella

What did you say Bella?

I love Bella!

Happy Fall Yall

Cole showing off daddy's Tough Mudder head band

The "7" guys :)

After lunch for dads 70th birthday

Uncle Brad is so much fun!

My new toboggan. ROAR!!

Ok, so I mentioned last month that I thought these pictures were going to get harder and harder to take, boy was I right! Cole was such a little goober while trying to get a picture. I still do not think I got one I love, but he was sure making me laugh. He was grabbing the bear, messing with the sticker on his onesie, trying to stand up, just everywhere :)

why are you always in the picture too?

Mom, can I stand like this?

Ok, so what are we doing exactly?

Alright, I will do it!

Is this the smile you want mom?

Cole's 1st Halloween

Being a big boy!

...was so cute and so much fun! I found this cute pumpkin outfit at Target. Casey was not a huge fan of it. 1. because it is orange (not a UT fan-dislikes them very much :) and 2. he said he looked like a girl in it (no he didn't!). They had a trick-treating day at school, Thursday October 27, where they went around to the church offices and got treats! It was so cute. Although Cole couldn't eat anything quit yet, he will soon. They gave the babies puffs and gerber snacks. Apparently it took a while to make it around to all the offices and it cut into Cole's nap and eating. They were laughing and calling him the angry pumpkin. I took a picture of the little book that his teacher, Mrs. Darlene made him. In the book she put his angry pumpkin pictures. I had to show off my cute little pumpkin as well though.

Our cute little pumpkin

Cole 1st Art project

Cole's buddy Harold "the turtle"

Cute Halloween book Mrs. Darlene made

The pictures inside of him being an angry pumpkin

My happy pumpkin before leaving for school that morning.

6 months! Where does the time go?

What a joy he is....Cole is SO funny! he makes us laugh everyday. He has changed so much this past month as far as things he does. He LOVES to jump in the exersaucer, yell and talk as loud as he can, rock back and forth on his knees, stick his foot in his mouth and scoot backwards and in circle motions. He has also realized we have a dog, Bella. He thinks she is so funny. He just laughs when he sees her. Sometimes you will see him looking around for her and when he spots her he just laughs. It is so cute! He is all boy and tough as can be. He loves sleeping with a blanket now too! At first I was scared about him having it. He pulls it straight up to his face and sucks his tongue. This is how he goes to sleep everyday and for naps as well. He also is eating more solid foods. At first he was hit or miss, he would really want it or not really be interested. I am wondering if he has seen the kids at school eat it and now he is more curious. He has eaten rice,oatmeal, carrots, green beans, apples, pears, bananas, and blueberries. So far he has been a fan of them all.

See it does go in my mouth

I love to jump

 I love seeing his cute little smiling face every morning :)

Exhausted after a fun day at school

Hanging out with my mom

 Here are the sticker 6 month pictures. I can tell that these are going to be a little more difficult to take from here on out. He kept wanting to roll over, grab the bear, or eat the bear. We were just laughing the whole time we took these pictures.

This is SO exciting!

Nice bear...nice bear...just petting him mom :)

Still looking cute, maybe they will not notice if I get the bear

I cant take it, must grab and put bear in mouth

Ok mom I will put him down

Slowly getting bear back, but smiling to throw them off :)