Est. 2000

Well, Cohen turned 2 on Monday!! Unbelievable, that he is so big already. We decided to have his birthday party at the Hogle Zoo, and it was a little chilly, but the weather was pretty nice for February. Jessie & Janessa, Amie & Jace & Desi, Rachel & Jackson, and Grandma came with us. So 6 adults and 6 kids under the age of 3. . .it was a lot of fun!! Cohen loved all of the animals, the monkeys, elephants, giraffes, turtles, penguins, bears, zebras, and the lizards. The tiger was asleep, so we didn't see him, and they don't have any lions anymore, which his favorite thing to do is 'roar' and his favorite movie right now is The Lion King so we wanted him to see a real lion, but we had to do without. It's not a big zoo, but it's just the right size for these little kids because you can basically see everything by the time everybody is tired and ready for a nap! I made an incredible Elmo birthday cake, and we had a picnic and cake after seeing all the animals. Cohen was so cute with his little friends, making sure that they were coming with us when we moved on to the next exhibit. Jace gave him an over the door basketball hoop, which he loves. We have it on the back of a kitchen chair so he can reach it, but he loves it. Grandma gave him the movie "Dumbo" which he hasn't watched yet, but with his passion for watching movies, I'm sure it won't be long!! We got him a few more DVD's, the Leap Frog Fridge Alphabet thing which will help teach him the ABC's, and a little potty!!! He actually loves his little potty. No pee pee or poo poo yet, but he likes to sit on it, and looks in it for any 'production' every few seconds. Thats a great start!!!
Evan is growing up so fast too. He weighed 20 lbs 3 oz at his 6 month check-up, so he's still in the 95th%. He is getting better with his hands, he is so grabby!!! Anything that you are holding, or trying to eat or drink he wants some and reaches for it. Dangerous!! He's finally eating baby food like a pro a few times a day. Rather than spitting everything back out at me he's actually eating it!! Yay!! He's figuring out how to march his chubby little legs forward so we like to walk him across the floor a few times a day. No rolling over yet, but he's getting closer. He almost did it yesterday, but got upset before he did.
One funny little story from a few weeks ago. We don't know where he picked this up, but when he's talking to both of us he calls us "Guys." Smart. We were in the car and Jared and I were disagreeing about something trivial, but we both sounded irritated. Cohen pipes up from the backseat, "guys. . .guys. . .GUYS!!!!!" We turned around to see what he needed, which seemed to satisfy him and he went back to drinking his bottle. I guess he just wanted to put us in our place and let us know to be quiet!!! We started laughing and that was the end of it!!