Cohen on the fairy ride back from fort sumter

Cohen on the fairy to fort sumter

Fort Sumter

We took a fairy ride out to Fort Sumter (first shots of the civil war where fired here). Fort Sumter is on a island off Charleston Harbor.

Chillin in the Tent

We wanted to contribute, but weren't brave enough to touch it.

Downtown Charleston

There is so much to see in Charleston you need way more than a weekend and more than a students salary to really experience it.

The Beach

The first day we hung out at the beach. Cohen and his little girlfriend Kendell where born two days apart. We know Cohen is a bit huskier.

Charleston

Two weeks ago Erik asked me if I wanted to go camping with Cohen in a city 5 hours away. My first response was "are you kidding me!, Do you realize how much work that would be?" First of all Cohen had never been a away from home, Cohen dislikes his carseat, what do we do with the dog, and I am still providing milk via a pump. All inconveniences that may make our "vacation" not so vacation like. But the more we discussed it and both of us feeling in real need of a "vacation" we decided to go a ahead and do it.

Oh and we had to coordinate with friends who also had a 3 month old baby. Seemed like mission impossible to me.

But to my surprise everything went relatively well. The worst part of the trip, which we did not consider, was the humidity! Camping in the humidity, yuck. We felt so sticky and wet all the time. And poor Lance and Ariel their tent leaked the first night. Thank goodness for driers and showers. Their was also a little restaurant melt down from the Cohen bug, but other than that we had a good time and the babies slept really well!

cute green socks, bathtime, and watching the tube

A visit from friends

Micah and Erik grew up together. They had many adventures through their childhood and adolescent years. Micah and his wife Emily came to visit from Indiana where they are finishing up graduate programs. It was so nice to catch up on old times. It made us realize how much we missed them and all our frineds from Utah. It even gave Aggie a chance to make a new dog friend. Well kinda Aggie pestered Cooper the whole time. Cooper tried to tell Aggie to back off but Aggie remained clueless.

A boy's best friend

Aggie does well around the baby. He understands I think that the baby is little and he needs to be careful. Aggie is ready for Cohen to grow up so he has a play mate. This is about as close as it gets...

Airing Out

Baby in a Basket

Cohen was crying in his bassinet one morning ready to get up. Erik was trying to get ready for school so he put Cohen in the laundry basket next to him. Cohen fell right back to sleep.

Beer Belly (Well I guess milk belly..)

Church a a different experience for us now that we are parents. Meaning its not always spiritual I spend half the time feeding and changing diapers. This Sunday was rough I fed him his normal amount he was still hungry so I fed him more. He was still fussing then he spit up half his milk all over me and himself. I get us cleaned up pretty well then its time to have a huge blowout! Get him cleaned up again, he is still fussing Erik came to find me we just looked at eat other and without words new we should probably throw in the towel and go home. As soon as we get home Erik puts the baby on the couch leaves to get him different clothes to change him into comes back and Cohen is zonked out on the couch. Church disrupts his schedule and he has a hard time getting in his good nap. I think sometimes he just wants to be at home.

Tired Boys

I love lazy days. I have a hard time being lazy. I always feel I have a hundred things to do and they have to be now. I think this was a Sunday everyone had the lazies and it was funny to see Erik and the baby fall asleep together.