One Hot Baby: Uh-oh (Weeks of January 15-21 and 22-28)

Uh-oh...mommy already dropped the ball on her blogging resolution. Uh-oh is actually one of Cohen's favorite words right now, so I feel that it's a very appropriate time to use it! Cohen says uh-oh anytime he sees an accident, especially ones on TV. Anytime a football player gets tackled or otherwise falls to the ground, it's an uh-oh. My favorite is a Subway commercial where the people are apparently so fat that buttons blow off of their pants and they pop intertubes when they sit on them...those are all big uh-ohs! And when Cohen says uh-oh, everyone has to say uh-oh or it will be on repeat until someone does! Repeating is currently a common theme in our house and we hear a lot of "uh mama, uh mama, uh mama, uh mama" and "uh dada, uh dada, uh dada, uh dada." Cohen has recently started calling us mommy and daddy on occasion...he started this all on his own and while it sounds adorable, it makes me a little sad because I feel like it starts a general progression to a time when my son will call me mom. A lot of our time at home these days seems to be devoted to finding Cohen's milk cup....he LOVES some milk and takes his cup with him everywhere. The problem occurs when he can't remember where he lays it down. We then hear "uh mulk, uh mulk, uh mulk, uh mulk" until it is located, but it's totally worth it when he finally finds it and says "Hi Milk!!" This morning we spent at least five minutes turning the house upside down to find the cup so he could take it with him in the car...we ended up sending a different cup with him in the end. I found the cup later when I opened the door... to the laundry closet!

Last weekend Cohen and I got a visit from our best friends Sarah and Ben. Cohen and Ben have not yet figured out that they are destined to be best friends, though! Sarah and I spent the weekend as single moms while our husbands advertised their fishing business at the annual hunting and fishing show in Charleston. We did see glimpses of potential friendship from the two boys, but usually not long enough for photo or video evidence. I would have loved to have a picture of the two of them riding together on Cohen's spring horse to use as blackmail when they get older. Especially the injury and tears that resulted when they both fell off! Ben spent most of the weekend showing Cohen some death-defying stunts like jumping off of the couch into the Mickey Mouse ball pit. Cohen spent most of the weekend crying and hiding from Ben after we witnessed Ben squeezing his fingers in the car and later pushing him down when we got home. I think one day Ben will explain to Cohen that he was just trying to teach him the ways of the world, so that he could grow up to be tough and defend himself! We took the boys to use up some energy at the Chik Fil A playplace and then to see their dad's in action at the hunting and fishing show. Cohen was excited to see all the deer there, but Ben was not too impressed with the whole idea. The show was a huge success for FYAO, with lots of sells and interest in the company...Jeff's still getting calls from customers this week! Sarah and I spent most of our weekend planning trips for our families for the rest of the year, including our second annual family vacation to Lake Norman. So even though I was sad to see them go on Sunday, I knew that there are lots more fun times to look forward to!

Chik Fil A playplace = germs = cold.... for babies who stay at home with their grandparents every day anyway. So our little man was sick by Monday morning. Fortunately, this one wasn't too bad and hasn't lasted too long. We've survived with Vicks VapoRub and a humidifier. Cohen was well enough on Friday to see his Aunt Manda who was in from Virginia and also to visit his Grammy and Pa. Cohen and his cousin Harper shared some toys there, but mostly ate all of the food at their great-grandma and great-grandpa's house including a brownie from Pa's secret stash, crackers and mass quantities of cheese popcorn! Cohen was very interested in Harper's baby sister Scarlett and demanded that she be taken out of her carrier. Once this happened, though, it wasn't clear if he actually wanted to see the baby or to have her out of the carrier so he get in it/play with her toys!

I think I may have been infected with whatever virus caused Cohen's cold because I was literally exhausted all day on Saturday...no cold symptoms, just exhaustion and muscle weakness. I had actually convinced myself that the only possible explanation was that I was pregnant. I blamed this on my best friend and the allergy nurse at my office, who both had dreams in the last two weeks that I was pregnant. Oh and also my mom, who keeps dropping unsubtle hints about a granddaughter. So I sat in the bathroom on Sunday morning, listening to Cohen scream/cry to get out of his crib and hoping/praying that the pregnancy test I was staring at would say NO!

We spent a family day at home on Saturday and Cohen played so hard that he actually climbed up in my lap (with the "dibbie" that I gave in a let him have) and fell asleep at 6:00 in the evening. This has NEVER happened!

I am actully awake in this picture... but try to remember that I had a virus!!

I had recovered from my virus by Sunday and Cohen had lots of energy to spare, so we took him to an indoor inflatable play center. His smile was huge as soon as we walked through the door and he couldn't run fast enough. He started in the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse toddler area, but soon moved on to bigger and better things.