our little fishy turns 7 months!

COLEMAN IS 7 MONTHS!!!

*** i tell the story behind this picture if you keep reading***

CoLeMan Turns 7 Months and a OVERdue Denny Family UPdate

We took our little Coleman Swimming, he was a little scared at first because of all the loud noises but 5 minutes in the water and he turned into our little fish! he loved it, and now when he takes a bath he splashes and kicks like he is in his own pool. (Michael Phelps WATCH OUT) Coleman has also found his voice or atleast how to use it, he is babbling non stop all day long. He also has a new found talent of screaming and grunting. it cracks us up everytime he does it. He is trying to crawl and is getting so close, he gets up on his hands and knees in crawling position but then just rocks back and forth... we think it'll be any day BUT until then he seems content rolling everywhere. if he wants something he rolls to it. if he wants to go somewhere.. you guessed it... he rolls there. its great! He is loving solid foods especially peas. At his 6 month appointment (so a month ago) he weighed 17.11 and was 26 and a half inches tall. we have a growing boy! he is getting so big. he is so curious. me and nate always say when he can walk we are in HUGE trouble, we already have our hands full but i cant even imagine what it will be like when he can walk. YIKES. he is such a happy baby. He still isnt sleeping through the night and some nights i feel like i have a new born all over again... but we sure love you Coleman.

***(this is the story behind the picture up top)*** the other night i laid Coleman down for the night and he wasnt even a bit tired but it was getting late so he needed to go to bed. so i tried to rock him to sleep and he wasnt having it, so i finally just laid him down in his crib and walked out of the room. he was silent for a long time so i thought for sure he had fallen asleep... boy oh boy was i wrong! i went in to check on him and he was reaching for his mobile and rollinh from one end to the other... he looked at me and gave me this look like... What? your the one who put me in here! all i could do was laugh and pick him up. but before that i snuck in and took a picture! it was a priceless moment. one of those i will cherish forever!

Coleman you melt our hearts everyday.. atleast once a day and most days atleast 1000 times :) keep growing strong! love you happy 7 months bubba.

Nate is still the BEST husband and Dad ever! he wins the award of the century! HE IS SO AWESOME and working so hard. he makes Coleman laugh so hard and me smile everyday. He is busy working with Twin D and the young men in our ward. He goes about life serving, smiling and loving life. you never hear him complain and he is always willing to help me whenever he can! he is so amazing.

we finally decided to let maverick back inside (for those of you who dont know who Maverick is..well he is our Dumber than DUMB shi tzu... emphasis on the shi), only because he got a very needed haircut and bath.. so since he is clean we thought we should keep him that way.

Coleman and Maverick are buddies. Coleman just laughs and laughs when maverick is around

so i have the cutest story about Coleman and Maverick,

Today i went to drop Maverick off at the groomers. i loaded Coleman in the car and then put Maverick in the back seat with Coleman. Cole laughed and screamed (his good scream) and giggled the whole way there. well when we walked into the groomers Maverick saw the groomer and started barking and growling and trying to protect Coleman.it was pretty cool. so we got things all figured out at the groomers. so it was time for me and Coleman to leave and maverick to get his long over due haircut. well i walked out of the doors... without maverick right? well Coleman just started crying... and it got even worse when i put him in his carseat and maverick wasnt there to keep him company. they are buds!

i thought that was such a cute story though. SORRY to ramble. :)

Our little Family has done a lot of fun stuff this past month that i need to write about... i'm WAY behind.

We tried indoor surfing at flowrider

Sarah went to Time out for Women

We watched the Superbowl

We celebrated out first Valentines together as a family

We hung out with Nate's mission Companions and their Families

We visited with Nate's Grandpa

We made some Huge LONG term goals

We laughed a lot, loved even more and had a great month!

Picture This...

COLEMAN!!!!!

coleman is sitting up so good!!! he is getting so big and all grown up! here are a lot of fun pictures of the last two weeks to enjoy!




this is his first experience with sweet potato baby food! he loved them!!!


p.s look at his eyes! so big and blue!!!

Coleman now plays the drums... its so cute to watch and he smiles the whole time!

we got this coat for Coleman for Christmas... its so dang cute on him. he looks like a little marshmallow!

ALSO...i figured i should post his newborn pictures that we just barely got back too (6 months later, that story is for another day) these are just a few of them...

he looks so tiny in Nate's huge hands!

my little babe!

seems like yesterday!

i love this picture!

okay really i love them all!!! :) can you blame me?

wow how time flies!!!!

hopefully i'll be better at posting pictures with my posts so i dont have to play catch up! hope you enjoyed them!

6 months and sitting pretty...literally

COLEBEAR is 6 MONTHS OLD!!!!!!

ahhh my baby is already 6 months old, i cant even beilieve it. we are sure blessed to have this little guy in our family! he is such a joy and such a smiley little sucker. he melts my heart every day and does something atleast once a day but usually more that makes me laugh. he has developed his own little personality and i'm afraid he is gonna be more stubborn than me and nate combined...and if you know me and nate you know...well... thats a lot!!! :) he is a talker and is always jibber jabbering away. he blows bubbles with his saliva and clicks his tounge too. he makes all sorts of noises. SOOOO CUTE!
this past month we discovered he has a milk allergy. He got a very very bad rash all over his back and stomach, and pretty much spent the whole day and night screaming bloody murder cuz his stomach hurt so bad. he wouldn't have a bowel movement for like 3 days and then explode. it was NO FUN so after much research and so on ans so forth he is now drinking Goats milk and downs it like its candy.
Coleman LOVES his mommy (it makes nate a little bitter) and has become quite the snuggle bug lately. He loves being sang to at night and is now finally taking an interest in his books we read to him before bed. he is sitting up so good and will play for hours on the floor but only if you are right there by him. He loves being around people and is very social already. We are slowly starting him on more solid type foods and today we tried sweet potatoes for the first time... it was a hit. he loved them, they were all over the place when we finished but they were delicious! Me and Nate have decided to make our own Baby Food to save money and it has been so fun! and Coleman seems to LOVE real food.
You can tell Coleman wants to crawl. he will position himself to crawl and then fall and when he is laying on his stomach he is constantly kicjing his legs like he is hoping to go somewhere. he becomes more and more aware everyday. he loves chewing on things and everything still goes straight to the mouth. we still go thorough three shirts a day or three bibs a day because he drools and slobbers so much.
Coleman never holds still he is always go go go! we are hoping when he becomes more mobile he'll move so much it'll burn up all his energy and then he'll sleep at night ;) he is still waking up frequently through the night but only eating once or twice a night, the other times its for his binky. a lot of people have told me and Nate to let him cry it out but we just dont have the heart to do that. maybe one day i will but for right now i dont mind helping him find his binky.
These Past 6 months have been the greatest 6 months. they have gone by in a blur. we have learned so much and continue to learn more and more everyday. we are so grateful to have Colaman as our son. he is a joy to bearound! COLEMAN mom and dad love you forever! Happy 6 months little buddy.

5 months

i feel like i get the post about him being four months done and its time to post that my baby is 5 months old. sheesh i know i say this every post but time sure does fly. So i'm a little late but on December 23rd Coleman turned 5 months and its so fun seeing little coleman grow up and learn so many new things. He has developed so much character and a little personality of his own, he is so smiley and laughs so easy, but lets be honest he has a little temper too. He is such a good baby, except lately he has started this new thing of HATING his crib... yeah tell me about it... he'll sleep in our arms, he'll sleep in his carseat, he'll sleep on the floor, he'll sleep on mine and Nate's bed, but for some reason he just hates sleeping in his crib... so evey night me and Nate have to trick him. We have him fall asleep in our arms till he is completely out and then quite carefully set him down in his crib and if were lucky he stays asleep, and if not we start the whole process over again... so if you have any suggestions we'd love love love to hear them! Coleman now has two teeth and the cutest little smile to show them off. we sure love Coleman! he is such a blessing in our lives. He reaches and picks stuff up, spits up like crazy (i think its cuz he is now on formula) and the best news of all we just started feeding him rice cereal and banana. He loves them. its fun feeding him but he sure makes a big mess. we were hoping that starting him on more solid foods would get him sleeping through the night but boy were we wrong... now he just eats more at each feeding :) and were are still up at night. o-well, this too shall pass right? I feel so blessed to be a mommy and love Coleman so much, some days are better than others but i can honestly say at the end of each day i go to sleep being so so so so grateful i have Coleman as my son. Love you Coleman

All we want for christmas is Cole's two bottom teeth

ladies and gentlemen WE HAVE TEETH! This has been quite the weekend, Coleman has cut his first tooth on the bottom and the other one is trying. Plus on top of that he is sick with a cough and stuffy nose.... so all you mom's know that means no sleep! no fun! but how exciting that our little guy has teeth. i'll post pictures when you can actually see them, until then wishful thinking that we'll get some sleep around this house :)

New Rules... starting NOW

Okay so i'm giving myself new rules and goals. I need to get my baby weight off so i guess if i make these rules a little more public i might suceed more? maybe?

RuLeS:

1. No sugar (i dont really like sugar i just eat it... why?)

2. No eating after 7:30

3. Workout everyday

4. Eat breakfast, lunch and dinner (sometimes i forget to eat and then by the next meal i'm starving so i eat way way way to much)

5.Count calories and eat between 1200-1500

6. Eat healthy

7. Get ready everyday (somedays i dont get ready cuz i dont have a second so i have to now cuz i find when i get ready i feel better about myself)

8. drink atleast 6 cups of water a day

9. lose 20 pounds

10. GO!

GoAls:

1. work out everyday

2. lose 20 pounds by March 1st

3. run a marathon or do a mini triathalon

4. DO IT!

ThAnksGivInG bLesSinGs...

i LOVE this time of year, it always seems to be so MAGICAL and it seems to be even more magical this year now that we have Coleman...

Its like the little kid has been brought out in me again and i wanna do all the things i loved doing as a kid around this holiday season. I know Coleman is too young to understand but it doesnt stop me! it actually gets me even more GIDDY that i get to do this every year with him and each year he'll understand more and more.

growing up i ALWAYS wanted and always dreamed of being a mom that celebrated holidays with fun family traditions (just like my mom) that you looked forward to every year, i dreamed of being a mom that would take time to do "holiday crafts" with ger kids (just like my mom), i always DREAMED of being a MOM! and this year all my dreams are coming true!

i am SOOOOO BLESSED to have little Coleman as my son, he has brought a joy to nate and i that i dont think we could find anywhere else. I look forward to each day and the fun that me and that little man get to have together, he keeps me smiling and makes Nate and i so HAPPY!

i am SOOOOOOO blessed to have a husband that cares about me and Coleman and that is such a GREAT dad. He loves me and Coleman and does so much for us. He is such a good husband and makes me sooooooo SOOOOO HAPPY! I LOVE NATE!

and of course...
i am so so so blessed to have the gospel that gives me the knowledge that me and my two boys get to be together forever! what a HAPPY GREAT WONDERFUL thought that is... i get to spend forever with my two favorite people! HOW HAPPY!

I love this season, i think the real reason why is because it makes me take a second and look at how blessed i am! I am so BLESSED!
I love this SEASON, i love NATE, i love COLEMAN, and I LOVE THE GOSPEL!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!