Let's just disregard the fact that I haven't had a post since April and move on! So I've got some catching up to do! We enjoy every second with Cohen these days and especially enjoyed our Father's Day weekend, so I didn't want to forget any details! Any and all holidays are extremely busy for us, but our sweet little boy has just learned to go with the flow. Saturday, I had a baby shower to go to in Charleston at 2:00 so Jeff and I decided to spend some extra time with our dads while we were in town. After they dropped me off at the shower, Jeff and Cohen took a new Father's Day grill to Jeff's dad. Apparently the present was a big hit since Glen immediately went to the store and purchased steaks, hamburger and hot dogs (for approximately three people to eat)! My sister came in from VA for Father's Day and we made plans to take my dad to dinner. We spent some time at my grandparents house before we all went to eat at a Mexican restaurant in town and then managed to save room for Dairy Queen for dessert. It was nice to be able to enjoy a meal with my family, since most of the times I've sat down at the table with them in the last two years, I rarely get to be a part of the "grown-up" conversations! We spent some time talking about things we did when my sister and I were growing up (like going to drive-in movies), which made me thankful for such a fun childhood that I hope to be able to give to Cohen also! They all dropped me off at Jeff's parents house and Cohen was so excited to have the attention of seven of his favorite people that he didn't know who to talk to first! He mainly showed off his driving skills on the mini-John Deere tractor that his MawMaw and PawPaw got him for his birthday. After my parents left, I had to make a second trip to Dairy Queen with Jeff's family since Cohen had been talking about a milkshake since early that morning. I want to state for the record that I did NOT have a second ice cream while I was there! We decided a little to late that we should have planned on staying the night in town, so we had to drive all the way back to Barboursville at 9:00 - Cohen was up way past his bedtime!
Staying up past his bedtime might not have been a bad thing since Cohen slept until almost 9:00 on Saturday and Sunday morning! Jeff started his Father's Day with a breakfast of champions!
He requested a Tudor's biscuit AND mini donuts!
Then Cohen worked on making some Father's Day cards for his grandpas...I found some recordable cards at Hallmark that he could also put stickers on. I wanted his grandpas to be able to remember how MUCH he loved them when he was two. (Not that he won't love them ten times more when he gets older!) The message that he recorded for my dad was "Paw-Paw Dave CoCo baby," which he randomly said one day back in April and has repeated hundreds of times since. Jeff's parents who keep Cohen four days a week started telling him that he is "Maw-Maw's doll baby and Paw-Paw's big man," which he started repeating around Easter and has never stopped! So Paw-Paw's message was of course "Paw-Paw's big man," which he usually prefers to yell!
Cohen and I working on Paw-Paw Dave's card
I had to include this one since his mouth was open...for some reason he was drooling so bad and got drool all over the cards!! His special touch I guess!
Cohen and Daddy working on Paw-Paw's card
We had dinner with my grandparents and besides providing all the entertainment, Cohen also helped all the fathers open their cards and gifts!
"Helping" Pops with his present
"You better let me handle this one Pops"
Just a few bicep curls with a bag of bird seed!
Cohen and Paw-Paw Dave modeling the latest fashion in tissue paper hats
"We look good right Paw-Paw Dave?"
Cohen is very lucky to have so many wonderful men in his life who love him so much.
Cohen and his Pops
I love that someone who has made me laugh all of my life thinks that my little boy is so funny!
"Paw-Paw Dave CoCo Baby!!"
Cohen loves to be "high in air"
Since we didn't get to give Jeff's dad his Father's Day cards while we were in town on Saturday, we made a stop at their house before going home on Sunday. Cohen fell asleep in the car on the way to their house so he took a long nap when we got there. Jeff's dad made some more food on his new grill and we watched Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s big win, which according to Jeff and his dad was a "Father's Day present for everyone!" Cohen helped his PawPaw open the card he made for him when he got up from his nap.
"Wow, someone made you a really nice card Paw-Paw!"
Paw-Paw and his Big Man!
Since Jeff said what he really wanted for Father's Day was "big and orange and sitting in a boat dealership in Wheelersburg" I didn't work too hard on trying to find any gifts for him from Cohen this year. He seemed to enjoy this "bubble bath" that Cohen gave him when we got home though! Cohen is becoming so friendly and waves and/or says "hi" to everyone we see, everywhere we go...I think he is so much like his daddy in this way, which I love since I prayed when I was pregnant to have a child with Jeff's outgoing personality. I guess the Jeff look-alike that I got was just an added bonus!
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