Oh my…

So…as I log onto the blog I see that the last time I updated was November 19th.  Wow.  So much has happened.

We made it through the holiday season.  It’s amazing how much the holiday’s change when you  have a baby.  It was by far the BEST holiday season I have ever experienced.  We were able to spend time with family and friends and, most importantly, celebrate the birth of Jesus!  I always read to Cole…but I cannot wait until the day comes that I can read him the Christmas story, and he understands the true meaning of Christmas.

As for Cole…man oh man…so much has changed!  He received an early Christmas present…his FOUR front teeth!  He popped a first tooth in early December… and within 4 weeks he had all four front teeth! 

He is crawling.  He doesn’t do the typical crawl…he stays low key and under the radar with his army crawl.  I know he can get up on his knees…(because that is how he sleeps at night)…but he just LOVES the army crawl. 

He has started pulling up…occasionally.  He loves to curl his toes which makes standing and pulling up hard.  If I put shoes on him he is much better at it…but the child hates socks and shoes.  He is a mastermind at removing his socks in the car and hiding them.  I am serious.  Cole has socks when we leave the house.  We arrive at our destination and they are NOWHERE to be found.  I think he eats them.

Cole is finally getting over a sinus infection.  He got sick right after Christmas and it just would not go away.  It started to get worse last week so my wonderful mother (a.k.a. Nana)  took him to the doctor for me on Friday morning.  Sinus infection = pink medicine.  Cole loves it.  He gets so excited when I take that pink bottle out of the fridge.  Who can blame him?  I loved it too when I was little!

As for me and Justin…Justin is still traveling and I am surviving.  Cole and I cherish every second Justin is home with us on the weekends.  We miss him so much during the week.  It’s really beginning to show how much Cole misses his Daddy.  He is so happy to see his Daddy on Saturday morning.  Justin can’t even walk out of the room without Cole following him now.  It really is very sweet.

Cole is now the oldest baby in his class at daycare.  This is sad for me because soon he will be moving up to the one year old room.  I love the baby room!  I’m sure I will love the one year old room too…but that means my baby is going from the king of the class to the low man on the totem poll. ….It really means he is growing up. 

We are still so very blessed.  I feel like I spend the majority of the day thanking the lord for such a healthy, happy, wonderful baby. 

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Oh my goodness….

I just realized that it has been 2 months since I have posted something.  So much has happened in these past 2 months!

Justin is now traveling full time.  It blows.  He is never home and we miss him terribly.  I pretty much live the single mom lifestyle from Sunday morning until Friday night.  I am so thankful when he is home because he helps me out more than I can put into words.  I've been stressed out and maxed out these past two months.  I'm surviving.  This is by hard one of the hardest things I've ever had to do.  I know I'll get through it!  It would be easier if I wasn't working.  I'm a teacher.  It's who I am and I would feel incomplete if I wasn't working.  I know I was destined to teach.  However, I am struggling balancing teacher and mommy.  I know it would be easier if Justin were home and he could take the responsibility of Cole at night.  I would be able to plan and get school work done.  Unfortunately, that's not how it's working out.  Everything is falling on me...and by the time I put Cole into bed at night and I would have time to plan and do school work.  I'm exhausted and my mind is unable to function. 

Okay enough of me complaining.

I'm thankful for Cole.
I'm thankful for Justin
I'm thankful Justin has a good job.
I'm thankful I have a husband.
I'm thankful to have my husband even if it is for only 34 hours a week.
I'm thankful to have an amazing little boy who makes being a mommy as easy as possible.
I'm thankful that I have my family helping me as much as possible.
I'm thankful I'm able to carry out my dream of being a teacher.

Cole is doing amazing.  He is such a joy to be around.  He is a silly little boy!  He is currently 7 months old and working on crawling.  He is on stage 2 baby food.  He LOVES Apple Blueberry, Apples, and Squash.  He HATES peas.  He refuses to eat peas!  Who can blame him?!?  He laughs all the time.  He smiles all the time.  All I have to do is smile at him and he smiles right back at me.  It melts my heart.

He is babbling all the time.  He has discovered his b's and d's.  Of course it comes out da da.  Justin loves it.  He rolls, turns, and scoots all over the floor.  He loves my laptop.  If I leave it on the floor he will get to it and bang on the keyboard.  Laughing the entire time.  He is sleeping all night long in his crib.  I lay him down at night and he goes to sleep on his own (of course he gets a bedtime story first)  Praise Jesus.  I am so thankful.  Some mornings I even have to wake him up! 

It's officially Holiday season and I am so excited about all of Cole's "firsts."

We've already done his first Halloween.  He, of course, went as a pirate.  His mommy LOVES pirates!  Not just ECU pirates....pirate history.  It was destiny when I saw that pirate costume.  We just took him to grandparents houses for trick or treating this year.  Next year he will get to try some candy!

 

Thanksgiving is less than a week away.  I am so excited about his first Thanksgiving!  We've already put our tree up and Cole loves to look at it.  He also loves to try and get the presents underneath it!  Christmas is coming and we can't wait.  We are practically done with Cole's Christmas shopping.  I am so excited about experiencing all of the Christmas festivities with him this year.  I will be taking plenty of pictures!

Along with the holiday season comes one of the biggest seasons of all.  Basketball season.  That's one of the biggies in our house.  It's Cole's first!  Of course he is split down the middle....Duke/UNC...at least until he can make up his own mind.  Daddy has finally agreed to let us get a Duke shirt.  So I decided he can wear his Duke shirts when Duke plays and UNC jersey when UNC plays...BUT when they play each other it's his ECU shirt.  At least until he is old enough that I can brainwash him :)

Daddy’s little tar heel….

He loves rolling that basketball around the floor.  I definitely see a future!

All is well in the Howell house.  Please continue to keep us in your prayers as we are adjusting to this new schedule Justin has.  It's tough but as long as we have each other we can beat anything.

Happy Thanksgiving!!! Eat lots of turkey on Thursday!

It’s been a long time!!

I know I haven’t posted in a while but things have been WAYYYYY busy since school started back.  I’m still trying to get adjusted to being a “single parent” Monday through Friday until October gets here.  Here are a few updates.

*Cole is doing well in daycare.  He LOVES playing in his jumperoo…he jumps and jumps and jumps and jumps all the time!

*He has tried every baby food now and does not have allergies to any! YAY

*He LOVES apples and HATES peas!

*He is rolling over all the time

*He has started drinking juice from a sippy cup and it is just adorable.

*He laughs ALL the time.

*He has had his first cold and his first trip to the doctor for a sick appointment.  He is on an antibiotic for a bacterial infection.  I hope my baby boy gets better soon.

*He has his Halloween costume and his Halloween candy bucket has been ordered and should be here this week.

*He has two new wubbanubb pacis and LOVES them.  I highly recommend them.

I think that is all for now.  Please check out the link and vote for my project.  You are allowed one vote per email addresse a day for the next ten days.  Please vote my kids (and myself) will really appreciate it.  you don’t have to spend any money all it takes is a vote a day!!!

 

Updates!

I haven't blogged in a while...it's not that I've been busy...I've just been enjoying my time with Cole before I head back to school next week. We've also been spending as much time as possible with Justin, we know that in a couple of week he will be back out on the road again.

Cole is growing like a weed! He is getting heavier by the day. I can barely hold his carseat for more than a couple of minutes now! He is 16 weeks old today!! I can NOT believe he will be 4 months old in a little over a week!

He can ALMOST roll over from his back to his tummy. He can get everything but his shoulder over. He has been rolling from his tummy to his back for a while now...but we just can't get the back to the tummy. I think he'll have it in a week..if not sooner.

He has started grabbing everything....especially MY HAIR! I love to watch him reach out and grab his toys now. I also love when I lay beside him and he reaches out and touches my face. That boy knows how to melt my heart.

We went through a short phase where he didn't like his swing...now he loves it again! He has still been sleeping through the night..but he is starting to get up earlier. Which is good since I start teacher workdays next week.

I have a new camera and I have tons of pictures! I just haven't uploaded them to the computer yet...but I will have those soon!

Cole has a new cousin Colton and a new friend Alaina. Both were born last week. He can't wait to meet both of them!

We are still waiting on his BFF Cooper to get here....

That's all for now folks!

Cole’s Entourage.

I will never have to worry about Cole being bullied, picked on or teased in school.  Why?  - Some might ask.  Well Cole already has an Entourage.   His Entourage consists of:

Cousin Tyler

Cousin Garrett

Cousin Tyndall

Cousin Janeson

Cousin Marett

And Cooper (He isn’t here yet but he will be arriving soon!!)

So pretty much my child has a built in Entourage.  They pretty much come in intervals of 1-2 years…so they will all be going to school with someone else in the Entourage.   

So if someone messes with one of them….they are going to have to take on all SEVEN of them.

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