Dip Dump

I can always tell when Coleman is tired because he gets super giggly. This is a good example of that. He was fine after his little fall and when right back to playing by the way.

Playing in the Sprinkler

Today while Jared worked on his art Coleman and I cooled off in the sprinkler. At first he was a little timid with the water, but it didn't take him long to start enjoying it and even sticking his head directly in the stream.

Pregnant!

I made it to 12 weeks pregnant! That's the little nugget causing me so much misery. That's not an actual picture of our nugget, just one i found on line. My suspicion is its a girl since I've been so much sicker this time than I was with Coleman. I turned a corner this last week and suddenly feel my energy back and very little nausea.

During the worst of my sickness Jared was desperately seeking advice from women he'd meet through his job. One woman suggested drinking a tablespoon of cider vinegar once a day and in three days I'd feel much better. I was desperate so I tried it, not having eaten or drank much for days. I took a tablespoon of cider vinegar and loved it!! It was like a shot of whiskey on a cold winter's day. My body just loved it. By the third day I was feeling much better. I tried another tablespoon of vinegar a week later and it tasted pretty awful and burned so much. Very strange how that was what my body was craving then, but not now.

Coleman has been so clingy to me lately and orders me to come with him all the time. I love it, but I worry about his reaction to the new baby.

Oh, two of my weird food cravings have been celery and cream cheese. It reminds me of visting Aunt Laurel's as a kid and eating it with my cousins there. But I'm loving it now. Also, the Thai coconut soup I can't get enough of. Does anyone have a good recipe for it so we don't go broke?? :)

Coleman Dancing

Coleman is starting to like music more and dance to it. He'll even dance to my ridiculous ring tone. His new favorite thing is to go collect nuts, leaves, sticks and rocks in his garbage truck. He's very deliberate and careful, as you can see in the video.

Yesterday was his first day of 'school' at the Parents' Day Out program at the nearby church. When I dropped him off he was clinging to me and crying. When I picked him up he was playing with a train and didn't want to leave. When you ask him if he liked school, he'll say "ohhh" and "choo-choo". They told me that he really liked the singing too. It was a little sad for me to bring him to school. He's all growsed up!

I think Coleman is ready for potty training. He'll tell me when he's made a poop, and he's always eager to sit on his potty when we suggest it.

Daddy the Bobo

Coleman's new favorite thing is Bob the Builder videos. He calls them 'Bob bobo'. All day he'll walk around with the DVD in his hands and say "Watch Bob bobo" and I'll say "no watch' so he'll say "no watch bob bobo". yesterday Jared built a desk so we called him Daddy the Bobo, and Coleman was his little helper. He had eaten a ton of raisins and apricots that day and had just filled his diaper prior to helping Jared, thus the comment at the end.

Family Weekend

This past weekend Aunt Linda was in town so we got to spend a day and a half with her. It was great to see her, even if it was brief. Forrest came up to visit, as well as Sue, Nolan, Brian and Ashley. It was a lot of fun. We all had a nice lunch together and spent the rest of the day shopping. Though Jared, Coleman and I opted to nap. Jared made his famous pizza for everyone Saturday night, and then made pancakes the next morning with our blueberries from blueberry picking. It was a food weekend.

New Olympic Sport: Shopping Cart Racing

Here is Coleman having fun with his shopping cart. He's clearly impressed with himself and loves being filmed. I'll show him the video after and he gets a kick out of seeing himself.

A funny story about Sadie: I went out for the afternoon with Coleman and left Sadie in our back yard. I was pretty sure our gate was securely closed, but had a fleeting thought that maybe it wasn't. When Coleman and I got home Sadie was at the back door ready to come in and greet us. When she ran in I saw, and smelled, that she was muddy from the middle down. She stank like pond muck! I saw the gate was open, and figured out that she had walked herself down to the park where the duck pond is and had a field day. Then she walked herself home like a good girl. She got a bath that night and it was dirty water.