Turkey Day 2012

Ever since we have been married, Kyle and I have done a "rotation" of spending the holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day) between his family and my two families. This year, we had the pleasure of spending Cohen's first Thanksgiving with the Anderson family! 

My family has always been so loving and welcoming of others; it is so much fun to watch the people that I love so much be so accepting of the new family members my sister and I have been bringing into the mix 

{I would never expect otherwise}.

Cohen was such a good boy on Thanksgiving, and loved all of the new, smiling faces he met during our time together as well as bonding with those he already knows {shout out, Uncle Kris and Auntie Mandy, Keegan and Grandpa Gary!)

Meeting Great-Aunt Nancy and Cousin Melissa:

Hanging out with Uncle Kris, Aunt Mandy and Grandma Lynn:

Spending time with Grandpa and meeting Cousin Libby:

 Spending some quality time with Cousin Keegan:

Hugs :)

Showing Cohen where his ear is!

Snuggling cheeks haha 

Helping Cohen talk on the phone :) 

At one point Uncle Mike gave Keegs a cool treat, and he wanted to share with Aunt Nancy and Grandpa!

Hahaha :)


What a wonderful Thanksgiving we had. Regretfully, I didn't remember I had brought my camera until half way through our celebration. Cohen also loved meeting his Cousins Kevin and Michael, Great-Aunt Diane, and Great Uncle Dan! There will be so many more pictures of our time together in the future :)

The Cohen Who Changed Christmas

For the past several years, Kyle and I have talked about how anticlimactic the holidays feel as adults. Without children present at our holidays, there just seemed to be so much less *magic* in the air during those celebrations...especially during Christmastime. 

And then came Cohen. 

Not to say he even remotely understands or is excited by anything other than bouncing and us talking in ridiculous voices mere inches from his face, but watching him slowly become increasingly aware of the sights and sounds around him is *magic* enough for us this holiday season. 

Several nights ago, How the Grinch Stole Christmas was shown on T.V. for the first time this year (this is the first show I watched in HD several years back in which I actually noticed a difference between watching something in high definition and standard definition, haha). As the movie started, we noticed Cohen seemed to be staring directly at it. 

It goes without saying, Cohen is just a baby (duhhh) and there is no way he could actually make out the images on the screen from across the room. He sure did seem to enjoy the bright HD colors, though! :)

About half way through the movie, and after he had been watching the screen nearly the entire time, we decided to let him sit closer to the TV so he could try and actually see what was happening [playing ignorant to the fact that, again, he is a baby and can't actually make out the images haha].

For a 7-week-old, this kid sure does love watching Christmas movies! Haha!

Christmas is going to have such a different dynamic now that we've been blessed with this little peanut. 

This is going to be fun.

After watching the Grinch, Cohen was in an excellent mood. He turned his little head up to my face and started giving me the biggest, wettest, lickey-ist {what I like to think were} kisses in the world. 

It tickled. 

And it was Hee-larious.

                                     

Annnnd to finish, one more random picture I was able to sneak while Kyle was napping with the little man today:

Like father, like son. 

Too cute not to share :)

And so it begins...

...my first blog entry EVER. After {entirely too} much consideration and discussion, Kyle and I decided to nix our Facebook accounts. It simply isn't what it used to be, and it's time to move on from many aspects of the Facebook world. 

The only hesitation I felt in closing my Facebook was losing that source communication with my close family and friends, and how those who care enough to want to keep tabs on our growing family (especially Cohen as he grows), but don't live close enough to share frequent visits, can continue to do so. 

This is my attempt to maintain that option for those I love to watch our family live, love and grow without the scrutiny other social networking sites often include. 

In the upcoming weeks I will do my best to forward our blog information to as many friends and family as possible; however, it's inevitable that I'll unintentionally miss some people. Feel free to pass this on to any family or friends who you think would be interested in following :)

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