Zoo with friends

We went to the zoo with Brooke and Hudson, Bri and Isaac and Brittni and Griffin...little boy parade coming through! Sadly I didn't get a picture of all of us while there, but did get a few other shots:

the lions, which Bri is very skeptical of

Cohen taking it all in

G-man showing us how big he is

Bri and Isaac showing how big they are

and Cohen and I...not so big but we love polar bears!

Here is Cohen watching the polar bear pace back and forth, we were cracking up. What you can't see is the little legs kicking and kicking. Sam and Cohen read this book all of the time...so we call the polar bears Lars (Cohen will probably be confused for life)

Bri and Isaac at the giraffes as requested by grandma Ensing

and the black bears...which ironically Bri loves (lions and tigers and bears OH MY) apparently for Bri it is "lions and tigers OH MY"

Isaac turns ONE!

It is hard to believe that a year ago we were sitting by the pool in Mexico while our little friend Isaac came into the world in the middle of a snowstorm in Denver!

Bri made the CUTEST cake for his birthday
with matching little farm animal cupcakes

the cow close up

Cohen backed himself under the couch, a new trick he does quite often since he can go backward but not forward yet

the guys played some washers out front and were just happy for a nice day

Cohen worked his way over to Isaac's book

and then worked his way right into Isaac's grandma's lap...pretty smooth!

they call Isaac Poohster...thus the balloon

Jill...it's a ROCKSTAR shot! :) (a photo where no one is looking directly at the camera as dubbed by Jilly!)

"dad can you even believe this...she is going to give this thing to me with the fire on top!!"

"oh I want that...I do I do!!"

"hmmm...what is this nose made out of?"

"this is strange!"

"are you sure I can do this?! wow!!!"

I'd say Isaac got the hang of it!!

he looks so grown up

checking out the chickens

and feeding the chickens

what a great day...happy birthday to Isaac!!!

House Changes

While grandma and grandpa were down we did a lot of work in the basement clearing an area for a play area for Cohen and friends.

a large carpet area with a slide and kitchen

and a SWING!

and johnny jump up!!! woo hooo!! grandpa hung some shelves to help organize paint and beer making supplies and give us some more storage room

And here are pics of our two big projects from another weekend they came down:

we painted Cohen's bathroom a fun bright green

and added the fun sparkly BATH letters

then we painted the masterbath to match the bedroom and got some fun beach themed stuff for the counter

I also finally hung my beach frame that I love

much much improved from the blah tan color it was!

Weekend with G&G

Grandma and Grandpa came down for the weekend while Sam was in London to hang out with us...which is always very hard to convince them to do! :)

Cohen and grandpa
grandpa can really make him laugh!

then we had to show off our drumming...

more drumming...

and some more!

and of course a little jumping as well

and a stare down with uncle David which was so funny!!

Little Drummer Boy

Cohen loves to bang on things...books...jumper...mommy...daddy...so I found him some drums which he LOVES!!!

Caught on camera

We still just watch Cohen on his monitor when he is supposed to be going to sleep and laugh...

Funny Food Face

Cohen had a week doing this very funny lip thing while eating. We would just crack up the entire time...and one night we decided we needed to capture it on film/video...enjoy:

Jumperoooooooo

I mentioned Cohen's love for his jumperoo in the 7 month old blog...here is what I am talking about!!

7 Months Old!!!

Cohen is now 7 months old...time sure is flying!

He now is eating many different foods: peas, carrots, squash, green beans, sweet potatoes on top of his rice cereal and oatmeal.

He loves to make all kinds of noises and works on new ones daily.

He loves to read books...and the way he reads books is by tapping on each page.

He LOVES his jumperoo more than any other toy.

And we sure LOVE him!!

he's VOCAL!!

Cohen has really found his voice lately...it cracks us up. Here are a few samples:

Grandma's Birthday

We went up to Loveland to celebrate mom/grandma's birthday and Cohen got gifts...funny how that works!

grandma and grandpa had found this bunny that lights up for Cohen
he was mesmorized

then as with everything else he shoved it in his mouth

hamming it up for pictures

laughing at the dogs at the door who really wanted to come in and play with him

play time with daddy is always great!

so are kisses from daddy

check out the rosy cheeks!

this kid gets no attention

especially from these two!

talking to grandpa

getting ready for a family photo

the Troge trio

our little family

we went out to dinner to celebrate and Cohen had a ball with Jim and Tammy...Jim makes crazy faces that Cohen thinks are hilarious

he can't take his eyes off of him

and the birthday brownie plate

wish time

floor time with Cohen

laughing with daddy