innocense and updates

Here is Cohen and his friend Macy (Brittany's daughter). Oh they were so cute playing together. It pretty much consisted of Cohen starring at her, tapping her, or laughing at her. and She kinda just starred at him. Either way it was stinkin cute!!! They are sitting in their little chairs while watching Baby Einstein while Britt and I stamped cards!

Jeff always knows Cohen's buttons!

My sweet boy!!

This Sleeper was a gift from Jenny. I just had to get pictures of him in it before he grew out of it!

So just an update of what's going on with us... I have been keeping myself busy with my cute little baby. You can find me stamping, clipping coupons, blogging, watching my tv shows that I'm obsessed with right now, or taking the weekly (sometimes daily) shopping trips to Target! I'm working part time at Safeway as a bookkeeper. It's nice to be able to have the few hours to actually converse with adults, but I can't wait til that time of the day when the clock hits 1:30 and I can race home to see my baby!

Jeff has been busy with his job. Luckily he's not in any danger of losing part or all of his job. He is working as an operator at International Paper (Warehaeuser). He really likes it, but doesn't really like his commute... All the way in Hillsboro! He's been taking online real estate classes to get ready for his next new adventure. We will be moving to utah soon cause Jeff got offered a job with his dad's new business. We are very excited for this new opportunity, and for the new change. AND of course to be near Jeff's family and our friends in Utah. But we are extremely sad to be leaving my family, our friends and this awesome city. This will be wonderful for Jeff (and I won't have to work!).

Cohen is 7 months and two weeks old. And he is changing daily!! He is the highlight of my day! Since he turned 6 months, he stopped sleeping through the night. He's been teething... although there are HARDLY any signs of teeth!! We've seen the same little white speck for over a month now.... He finally started to roll over. Now it seems so easy for him! No signs of crawling though. A part of me thinks he's just gonna skip that part and go to walking. So we'll see. Right now he's sitting next to me on the floor banging a toy on the ground, which I'm sure my neighbors LOVE! (MAN I HATE LIVING IN AN APARTMENT!!!!) He is chattering all the time, and he has started to dance to music! At least it's dancing to me! :) I started feeding him baby cereal a few weeks ago. But after getting constipated from eating a bite of banana... we stopped for a week, and now he won't go near food! It's kinda crazy. He LOVES drinking out of adult cups. Most of it ends up on his shirt, but he still begs for more! It's pretty cute. Oh and his newest thing is his head tilt. OHHHHH my it's the best. I'm trying to get a picture of it... so hang tight!

Anyhooo... That's pretty much everything that's goin on right now. I felt like I always post pictures... so I thought I'd add a little more this time. Of course I will keep the pictures coming...

Daylight savings time.... why?!

Okay, I am just baffled.... I have never been really affected by Daylight Savings time, until now. And I hate it!! Cohen doesn't go to bed until super late now. and if I try to get him to go to bed earlier, ... no it just doesn't happen! And then we all don't wake up until 11 am!!! It's insane! Cohen usually wakes us up around 9:30, the latest by 10, But not anymore. And you'd think I would be jumping for joy that my baby sleeps in! Yeah no.

I am just so thrown off!! I"m serious! It's just confusing me.

okay. that's my complaint for today. thanks for listening.

Mommy Tag

WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED? Yes
WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? Yes
WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS?Shocked! So unbelievably excited and kinda scared!
HOW OLD WERE YOU? I was 24 and 25 when Cohen was born.
HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? took a pregnancy test at home. Took four of them!
WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? Obviously Jeff… Then I called Jenny to make sure a pregnancy test was enough to start telling people. Then we called all of Jeff’s family. It was Thanksgiving, so before dinner we told my whole family! It was awesome!
DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? duhDUE DATE? July 30th, 2008
DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? no. I threw up two or three times from brushing my teeth. That ALWAYS made me gag!
WHAT DID YOU CRAVE?Fruit! Watermelon, cantelope, mango….. and then like the last month I craved fried chicken!
WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? people thinking that I was carrying twins… that was awesome.
WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX? boy!
DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING?didn’t care either way.
HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY? 25-30 pounds.
DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? Yes! Two! One in Utah (thanks to Jeff’s family) and one here in Oregon (thanks to the Hibler family!)
WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW?I knew about them both.
DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? no… I just pushed for 3 ½ hours…. blah
WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH?Willamette Falls Hospital in Oregon City
HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR?My contractions started at 3:30 am…. Went into the hospital at 5 am… Cohen was born at 1:40 pm. So just over 10 hours.
WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? Jeff
WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? Jeff
WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION?natural
DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? yes… but the epidural wore off on one side of my body about thirty minutes into pushing…. >:/
HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH? 8 lbs. 8 oz
WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN? July 29th 2008
WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER? Cohen Thomas
HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY?7 months and 2 days

I tag all the mommies - a different kind of survey for a change - it's all about your first born! Just copy and paste it in a new note for yourself! Let's see how much you remember!

These are pictures I took today. Cohen is 7 months and 2 days old! He technically would be 7 months on February 29th, but since there isn't a Feb, 29th... I kinda forgot to take his 7 month pictures!! So here they are two days late. Enjoy!!!

Good deeds do NOT go unnoticed!!

Tonight Cohen and I went to Haggen for some grocery shopping. When we were leaving the store, the rain had become a down pour! So I take off with the cart, and run for the car! I pull the cart up to the car, Grab Cohen, and try to put him in his car seat. I look over and my cart is running off with my groceries. So I'm trying to grab my cart, but Cohen is still not strapped in.... All while it is POURING. Just then, a gentleman walks up and grabs my cart and asks if I would like some help!! I"m not kidding! It was sooo nice! He put all my groceries in the back for me, and then he took the cart and put it back! I just thought that was so nice. And I had to post about it. Just in case maybe someone will read this, and tell him. Even though I don't know his name! :) So good luck!

Happy Valentine's Day, Continued....

So Happy Valentine's Day! The day was very fun for us. I started the day by receiving a bouqet of flowers from Jeff friday night when he got home from work. Then Saturday we spent the whole day together as a little family! Jeff made breakfast for us, and then we went shopping. We went to Ikea, and of course Target! No shopping trip is ever complete without going to Target! :) Then when we got home, Jeff left for alittle bit, and I put Cohen down for a nap. He was asleep when we got home, so I transferred him to his crib without waking him! Well I got busy, and ten minutes later I hear a loud shriek coming from Cohen's room! So i go peek my head in, and all I hear is him laughing so hard to himself!!! It was soooo cute! So i grab my camera, turn on the light, and this is what I found!!!! Oh it was so sweet! So I guess his nap was out of the question!! :)

So then off to Grandma and grandpa's house! Cohen spent the evening with them, while Jeff and I went out to dinner with my siblings and their significant others! We went to Benihana's. That place is sooo fun and sooo good! We had a lot of fun! And that was the first time we had all gotten together like that. So it was just a great evening.

Tracey and Conrad


Jeff and myself

Nate and Allison

Darcy and Nick

And of course, Allen!

These are just random pics from the evening... enjoying our yummy food!

The evening was so fun! I'm so glad we did that.

Okay, so earlier in the day, Cohen was just in such a stinkin good mood! This video is pretty much self explanitory... Cohen just being cute! And yes, that hairy monster is me! :) ENJOY!!