Cole's been learning all sortsa new stuff. Like how to be a big nerd:


How to fly a helicopter (using Kate as flight simulator):


How to be casual:


He's learned all about eggs:






Yeah; that's right. He licked the egg. But it's cool, it was all boiled and as sterilized as an egg can get.

This pictures is just for arsty fartsy's sake.



I just like this picture.



Cole's Gramma G6 Granny Grandmother Jane came to visit too. Jane is Kate's mom, and she's awesome. She and Cole had a great time bonding.




Hey guys, what's up?




Matching outfits dot com!


They totally didn't even call eachother that morning and say "let's wear matching outfits!" either -- it was a total coincidence. Crazy right?

I know.

Homeboy

The blog is totally not over! It's actually just beginning in a way, I suppose.

We're totally a family now! It's amazing.

Amazingly fun, amazingly exhausting, amazingly new, cute, gigglie, frustrating, confusing, wonderful, hilarious, silly and more. We are learning a ton, growing closer, and just enjoying being together. And doing our best to keep eachother from going crazy.

I am really pooped, so my brain doesn't work well enough to write much else at the moment. I have taken a whole bunch of pictures documenting many of our activities (I'll totally spare you from crappy parts). Enjoy!

We've been sleeping


Using computers


Making faces at each other


Boiling soiled clothes and linens in hydrochloric acid


Bringing home exotic ingredients we've never tried before


Experimenting with exciting and new recipes


Hanging out OUTSIDE!! Remember when it was 50 degrees out? That was awesome.


Keeping an eye on the little doodle from hundreds of centimeters away


Trying on new shoes


Reading books in bed


Reading books on the couch


Snoozing on the couch


Snoozing in bed


Being generally adorable



Photos? Me too me too!

We are family

This morning when we stepped out the door, knowing Cole was ready to finally come home, we noticed we had had a visitor. The preemie stork had come to let us know there would be a delivery.



Fortunately there was a dusting of snow so we had proof.

When we got to the hospital we put Cole in his homecoming outfit.



Here I go!

However, it was going to be freezing out so he needed an additional layer.



We signed seventy five pages of forms, packed Cole into his car seat, and gave teary eyed hugs to all the doctors and nurses who were present to see us off. It was really intense saying good bye to these people; they really do become family. Leaving was definitely bittersweet. One of the nurses got a snap of us as we went through the exit.



We got him into the car, and drove him home at about 7 mph. It was awesome. Freedom tastes so sweet. We got home and immediately took a bunch of ridiculous pictures.



Baby on the porch!


Baby in front of the FJ!


Baby in front of Car 2.0!


Baby and mom on the couch!


Ponderous baby on the couch in his room!


Baby in his crib for the first time! Holy moly!


Baby toes!


Baby under big silly sign!


Baby in Jail!


Baby in Jail!


Baby fingers!


Holy crap what am I going to do with this thing?!


Baby snoozing in front of stereo in bassinet.


Then after acclimating at home for a little while, we got a great email from a friend from the NICU. She has a baby there too, and she sent this great picture of her baby's monitor with Cole's monitor as a subwindow. For some reason this photo brings tears to my eyes.



Intense.

Anyway ... we'll be at home CHillin' for the next couple days. Just the family.

Two Dudes

Tic Toc, watching the clock. Nothing new to report. It's hard to type with my fingers crossed, so I'm just gonna post some pics of my guys...












Baby's first "Man"icure

Cliperty clip clip




Buff buff buff