Playing Together

Cole loves to play with and take care of his sis!!

 

Baby John's Physical Therapy

If you know anything about us these days, you KNOW we love Baby John! Many of YOU are even praying for him. Look at him learning to sit up, focus his amazing blue eyes, and hold his head up!

 

Best Buddies

One of Cole's "Best Buddies" (as he likes to call them) came to play yesterday! We made Valentine cookies!

 

Beautiful Girl

We've been cooped up for days, so I've been posting pictures! We haven't left the house since Friday (that's 4 days)!!!

 

Snowboarding

 

 

Cole Can Snowboard

Cole is getting really good at snowboarding down the one "hill" in our neighborhood. I really can't wait to take him for real. Hutch took him a while ago but it was pouring rain and they didn't offer ski school for 3 year olds.

 

 

Busted!

 

Lookin' at Dada

Hutch's truck got stuck this morning, so Bails had to take a peek during bathtime!

 

Our Sweet Rusty

Last week was a rough week for the old Rust! We actually thought we were losing her. She couldn't walk or pick her head up. Turns out she has really low thyroid and a kidney disease, both are being treated with meds and diet. So, needless to say, Rusty has had a really good life ever since finding out this news. We don't know if she'll be with us another couple weeks/months/years, but we will spoil her to death until the day she goes!

 

More Snow

We are loving playing in the snow! Even Rusty is having a blast! She went for a long walk, got burried in the snow, and had to get blow dried she was so cold!

 

Snowy Day

Wow, what fun to wake up to inches of snow!

 

 

Cole and Hutch "snowboarded" for hours!

 

Bails was frozen within minutes, so we went in! She doesn't have the snow gear that Cole has!

 

Bailey's New Carpet

Bailey got a new carpet yesterday! It's so nice to sit and play in her room now! (she gets to take off the helmet for 1 hr in the morning, so horray for no helmet pix...and of course I added the bow!)

 

I wanted to crop her brother's foot out, but I thought it was so cute that he wanted to be right next to her!

 

Cole trying to pose like Bails (he doesn't realize that's just her bootie...she's not sticking it out intentionally in the above pic)!

 

Bailey's Newest Accomplishments

-Bailey shakes her head "no" when we tell her "no no".
-Bailey can point (although she uses her pointer and thumb together).
-She points at Daddy in a picture and says "DaDa". She also points at Mama and says "DaDa".
-She babbles a lot, mostly "Dada", but sometimes she'll say "Bubba". Cole loves it when she says Bubba because that's his nickname!

(And, she can still do: horray, clap, more, wave, peek-a-boo, touch someone "gently")

We'll be celebrating her 1 year bday before we know it!

Bailey's New Do

Poor Bails is now wearing a helmet 21-23 hours/day. Ever since she was a couple months old, we knew her head was growing odd-shaped. Her sweet head was more like a parallelogram than a circle/oval, causing her ears to slightly shift (and eventually may have caused her eyes to shift too). So, she'll wear this helmet for a couple months, and we'll endure all the horrifying looks from strangers, BUT she'll have a normal shaped head and ears in the correct places! (If you want to read more about plagiocephaly, here's a website: www.cranialtech.com)

 

Baby John is 1!

Baby John (and Warren in heaven!) is 1! His luau party was definitely a time to celebrate God's perfect miracle!

 

 

a mother's love for her child is truly UNBELIEVABLE.

 

Playing School

Cole and I play "school" every day. He like to be the teacher and makes me write "Hutchinson" over and over (because it's 10 letters and take a long time!). I get to be the teacher sometimes too. I don't make him write Hutchinson! He can write several words from memory now: Cole, Mom, Dad, God. (OH, and Bailey can clap, point and do the sign for "more" now)

Here he is copying a word from the list in our "school" area!

 

 

 

Swingin'

With the nice weather, we've been going to our playground a lot! Bails enjoyed the swing today!

 

Making Pizzas

Mimi and Pappy came back to visit, and Cole got to make pizzas! The left-ees are stiring the sausage!

 

Chef hat!!!

 

final product...

 

Diego's Birthday Party!

Diego had a magician birthday party. The kids were amazed at the tricks he could do. They sat for an hour watching him!

 

in awe...

 

Happy 4th Birthday Diego!

 

Thanks Mimi & Pappy!

Cole was so excited when he got his DVD case in the mail last week. We accidentally left it at Mimi and Pappy's house over Thanksgiving.

 

Sick Girl

Poor Bails woke up this morning with snot and goo coming out of her eyes...we went to the doctor and she has a double ear infection. She's one tough little girl!

 

Eating the lense cap!

 

curls (you can tell in her eyes that she's sick)

 

i LOVE the curls...unfortunately after bedtime and naptime they dwindle away, but they're adorable fresh out of the shower.

 

This Girl's Got Curls!

 

Caleb & Ashley

Cole's good buddy Caleb brought his baby sister to play yesterday! It's neat to see how much the girls have grown in just 8 months!

The top pictures are from yesterday. The bottom pictures are from July.

 

Favorite Outfit on Bails

This is my favorite casual outfit on Bailey...it even has a coordinating green vest!

 

Sleepover

Jackson had a sleepover last night. He is the 1st friend ever to sleep in the top bunk. We put the boys to bed at 8:30 p.m. and I woke them up at 10 a.m.

 

 

2 Sweet Kiddos

Does this girl look like her Daddy or what?

 

These two love each other so much!

 

 

Jackson is Here!

Our neighbor, Donna's grandson is back in town. Cole and Jackson would live together if they could! They get along so well...

This morning they were cutting cantaloupe. Later, I heard Cole asking Jackson if he wanted to go eat some "envelope"!

 

 

Police and Horray!

These mean police keeping putting poor Bails in jail! Jackson and Cole pretended all morning!

 

Bailey's new trick: Horray!

 

Merry Christmas!

Our favorite pictures from the past couple days!

 

The Past 3 Christmas'

Look how our sweetest boy is growing up so fast. This is his 1st, 2nd and 3rd Christmas. Notice he's tan in all 3 of these because we had just gotten back from Aruba!

 

Christmas Cards

This top picture was sent in our Christmas card this year. The other two are just so sweet too!

 

 

 

Advent Calendar

I LOVE our advent calendar. Each morning Cole opens a door and sets out a new character for the Christmas story. He loves it too!

 

Cutest Santa Outfit

Nana got Bailey this adorable Santa outfit, so she wore it to church yesterday.

 

Look at those ruffles!! Dressing baby girls is so fun!

 

Almost 9 Months Old

Bailey is almost 9 months old. She is still a dream every day! Here are her newest milestones (for my sake...read if you like):
-raising her arms when we say "Horray"
-sniffing when we ask her where her nose is
-waving bye bye
-eating all table food (but she won't pick up mushy things like bananas or avacados!)
-crawling everywhere
-standing up on her own
-saying "dadada" and "bubba"- although she doesn't know what they mean yet!
-sleeping 11-12 hrs at night
-taking (2) 2 hour naps/day

 

Brrr/Copyright

Wow, it's been cold lately...
As a sidenote, Cole says almost everything correctly and has for a long time. There are a few cases where he still says things funny, and we LOVE it. We never correct him and hope he always says them this way. Our classic example is when he misuses the word COPYRIGHT instead of copy. The other day he said, "Mom, I copyrighted you when I brushed my teeth". First of all that's hilarious. And, 2nd of all, where in the world has he ever heard the word "copyright"?

 

Gingerbread House Making

Have you ever made a successful gingerbread house? Does the icing really work?

Last night Ashley had the awesome idea of getting the kids to make gingerbread houses. After trying to force the icing to hold, we got out the glue gun, and it worked magically. Cole and Peyton had fun creating their houses and eating loads of candy! Cole is so proud of the house he and Nana made! Thanks, girls, for thinking of this!

 

Adorable Christmas Clothes

Bailey has some cute Christmas clothes...thanks to Nana!
Picture Perfect!

 

 

 

Making the same face

 

Father/Son Wknd

Hutch took Cole to the mountains for a Father/Son Weekend with Dan and Micah (and Micah's friend and dad). Cole was supposed to get his first experience of skiing, but it rained.

 

Somebody looks tired!

 

Our Buddy Peyton

We have been playing with Peyton on Mondays while his mommy works. It has been one of the highlights of our week! He simply adores Cole and goes with the flow around here. Thanks Bub and Amy for sharing this sweet boy with us! (Oh yeah, and...isn't this picture cool...not to brag AT ALL- it was my brother's idea!)

 

Christmas Time

It's been fun dressing our kids in red and green lately!

 

Mama's buddy!

 

Can you see how much they love each other??!!

 

Christmas Program

Last night Cole's school did a Christmas singing program. Cole was sang a little and mainly just stood looking at ALL the adults!