Middle of Winter

Nothing much going on here. It's the middle of January and it's getting to the point where nobody likes winter very much (except for the ice fishermen) and I am sick of the cold, dry weather. The only thing going on with us is inside the house. Kole and I pretty much stay home all day---it's getting too tough to take him places these days without Seth's help getting Kole in the carseat.
Over the weekend, Seth's dad, Carey came over for an ice-fishing extravaganza. Seth and he started early on Saturday and reached their "limit" and got home late in the afternoon. Sunday morning found them on the ice once again and had a good day. They guys had fun and we'll be eating fish until the cows come home. gross.
We did get out today, but it was to the doctor's office. I was having some pain so we went in to be checked out. Everything "checked out" fine; I am having ligament pain, which feels different than any other kind of ligament pain I had before. Glad it not a big deal and so was the doctor. He said the baby sounded fine and was growing nicely. He wants to schedule a c-section for May 17th. Hopefully all is well until that point and we can plan on having a birthday for that date! I'll be sure to keep everyone posted :)
Kole is doing great and runs around his little compound (our living room) all day long while I do my best to "lay low". He is still in love with his Veggie Tales and has taking a liking to empty paper towel rolls. Nana sent over a LONG one for him--must have been from wrapping paper--and he's been loving it! He likes playing with his blocks along with putting the clear box over his head and walking around with it like a helmet. He loves all his books and brings them to us all the time for us to read. We are teaching him a couple of more words in sign language lately. So far he knows MORE, MILK, and ALL DONE and uses them appropriately. Seth taught him PLEASE and I've been working with him on HELP over the past couple of days. He's such a sponge, we are sure he'll pick it up soon! Jersey is still his BFF and he likes to stand on her when she's laying next to the couch or chair so he can climb up. OH, THE CLIMBING!! Kole climbs on everything you can think of!! He's our own little monkey boy!
That's all for us, we'll be sure to post anything fun and exciting that might come our way!



The catch


Carey with one of the good catches of the day

Multitasking--riding his car AND playing his activity table

What a cute kid!

He loves this little radio that Grammy bought him ages ago. He carries it around with him.

Oops. Somehow, Kole got stuck in a toy basket in his room

GOOFY Kole! He's just babbling away in his diaper and dark socks. What a sight!

Kole is very careful in certain things he does. He likes to group things together and that includes ALL of his blocks on the living room ledge one morning.

A little dancing.

playing with Papa

playing with a new toy from Nana