Winter is coming...

We finally got the first winter storm watch of the year. Am I excited? No. I have dreaded driving in winter weather and now with a baby I feeling like staying inside until April!! We had a fun night out tonight though at Jason's sister and brother in-law's house, they made us turkey dinner with stuffing, mashed potatoes, corn and carrots. It was a wonderful meal and to top it off I made my first apple pie for the occasion! It is much harder than I thought and I probably will not be making them too much but it was fun to see it turn out and have everyone enjoy it! Cole has also learned to drink from a glass which surprised the heck out of me! Paul (Jason's dad) was giving him sips from it and he was drinking it without any dripping out of his mouth! Such a big boy he is becoming.  We are getting Cole's six month pictures taken on Wednesday and I am hoping the weather along with Cole will cooperate! I will make sure to post those as well when we get them!

Cole drinking from a glass for the first time!

Pumpkins carved!

We carved our pumpkins last night! Cole stayed up for it and loved watching everybody work on them, his uncle Jamie carved his for him since we decided a knife wouldn't fare well in his hands. But they all turned out very cute! Becky is the only one who drew and carved hers all by herself, I had to help Jason and Jamie out with their drawings and Jason finished carving mine, but we had a lot of fun carving them!

Cole watching the pumpkin carving

And the finished and lit pumpkins! Cole's (carved by uncle Jamie) is first, then aunt Becky's, then mine and last is Jason's! We are hoping they will stay on the porch and not end up in the street up to Halloween!

Engagement pictures!

Our engagement photos are finally in! The link is  http://shalista.instaproofs.com/enterEvent.php?id=290168  then the password is DeVaney and you may have to put an email in but just click the opt-out button and she won't send you anything. She put a few on her facebook sight so I will post what she has put up.  They turned out very well, Jason and I are pleased with them! Can't wait for her to do the wedding!

Photo shoot

Cole had pictures taken today and this is one little boy who refuses to smile in front of the camera! I think she may have gotten 5 of him smiling out of at least 100! Oh well, he looked adorable in all of them anyway! The pictures were taken by an RN (turned professional photographer) who works with Jason's mom up on the OB unit at Altru, the plan is to take pictures of staff's babies and grandbabies and hang them up around the OB floor! Much cuter than the landscape pictures they have up there now! I am excited to see how they turn out and I will make sure to post some on here once they're finished!

Sitting up

Cole has finally mastered sitting up.....well for about ten seconds anyway! He is doing very well with it and  can hold his balance for a little while before falling over. He is also starting to figure out he can get up on his hands and knees although that takes a lot of work so he doesn't try it too often unless I make him! Rice cereal is still going about as good as the first day went he will take down the first few bites but after that he starts gagging still, I am hoping by next week he will decide eating it is not so bad! Cole has also figured out that he can scream, that started yesterday so instead of the talking and singing he used to do a lot of it is now all high pitched screams. As you can tell he had a very busy week! It is also midterm time for me so I had three midterms last week and I can say I am glad that week is over!

Cole sitting up!

Rice cereal!!

Cole had rice cereal for the first time tonight!  He did very well at first but after a few bites he decided he wasn't so sure about it and by the end he started gagging on it.  But I think a few more practice tries with it and he will love it!  I did decide to start 2 weeks and 1 day before he turns 6 months old but he was showing all the signs of being ready for it so as long as he continues to tolerate it well we will keep it up! Here are a few pictures of our experience!

The first taste

Another spoonful that didn't seem too bad....

And by the end it was terrible!

Baptism

I am finally getting on to update about our weekend! It has been very busy but very fun! He wore the same baptism outfit both of my brother's wore when they were baptized and it fit him perfectly! Cole was baptized today October 10th, 2010 at the 10:30am traditional service, he did very well and did not get fussy until the very end when he wanted to take a nap. We had a lot of people come to visit us for the weekend my mom and brother Andrew came Friday night, my sister and other brother Daniel came yesterday and for the baptism Jason's sister and brother in-law Becky and Jamie, his aunt Melba and his uncle Allan, cousin Angie her baby Madelyn, cousin Beth her baby Emery as well as Jason's mom and dad were there! So it was a full house here this afternoon! Cole did not feel like entertaining this afternoon though and wanted to sleep most of the day, he has not been acting like himself the past few days so I am still not sure if it is teething, upset tummy or getting sick.  I wish he could tell me!

Other than that the week went by fast, it is already midterm time at school and as much as I like some of my classes I do not like others so I am already waiting for this semester to end!! Below are a few pictures of the baptism!

Cole and Grandma on the way to church

The baptismal service

Daddy, Cole and mommy after the baptism