Another Milestone!

Today Cole took his first steps! He seems pretty excited about being able to do it on his own after months of holding our hands to "walk". I'm hoping tonight will be a peacefully night... we'll see! I think last night was the first night in almost 2 weeks that he DIDN'T wake up during the night (due to California, i think). I'll try to post a video/picture of him in action soon. Happy Easter everyone!

Good Friday at Colasanti's

Yesterday we all headed out for an afternoon at Colasanti's. There was tons of Easter events for all the kids. We went and saw the "country" easter bunny and cat in the hat for a picture, went through the petting zoo and had a bite to eat. Cole's favourite part was probably the little goats however the first one we met was a little larger and was a little scary for someone not used to goats! A good family outing and we couldn't have asked for a nicer day.

the first "scary" goat
a couple of the baby goats... this one was trying to nibble on my watch band

Easter Party

mingle-ing with friends from mom/baby group

Weighing the options... hmmm...
Cole and a fellow "bunny"(Allisa)!

CALIFORN-I-A... a photo journal

my sister Sarah (left) and her good friend Jill, at a mexican place called Coyote Grill

actually taken near the end of the trip, all the convertible driving was not so kind to my forehead which ended up sunburnt... minimizing further damage with my scarf!

Wilson Creek winery in Temecula where we discover a new favourite, almond champagne!
at the San Capistrano mission

at the Tea House in San Capistrano, having a Victorian tea as well as a delicious pomagranit mimosa, oh... and they had hats to wear while you were there to complete the experience!

loving the ride...

before one of our 3 fabulous dinners at the Rusty Pelican

along La Jolla beach

our caricatures we had done by the pool one day
driving in our mustang

our gorgeous Marriot villa along Newport coast, thanks to my sister Miriam's timeshare

horseback riding in San Capistrano, horses Josh and Cassidy
the gorgeous view from our balcony, Pacific ocean

Pictures from this week

Since Jeff didn't get anything written here I'll add it in now. This past week I took off for California with my friend Alison. Jeff, not wanting Cole to travel opted to take a weeks vacation time to look after him at home. I had asked him to do a post mid-week since i really needed to see some pictures of Cole by then! It was really hard to go from not being away from him anymore than 3 hrs at a time to being away for a whole week. We both survived tho... although I should mention all of Cole's hair did not. I had ok'd a trim around the ears ONLY and so from here on in Jeff is not allowed to touch Cole's hair. Jeff's week here sounded rougher than he let on while I was away. I think he caught Cole's virus and suffered from a bad cold and earaches pretty much the whole time I was away. Cole woke up more often at night than usual which couldn't have helped things either. But from the stories and how much closer the week brought them together I would still say it was a success for everyone.

a not so happy St Patricks Day...

Yesterday was a rough day. Tuesday night Cole was up a majority of the night. By the morning he had developed a bit of a temperature and was drooling like crazy. I don't think he let me set him down for more than a couple minutes all day. Even though I initially only suspected teething we decided it probably wasn't a good idea to head out to the mom/baby group St. Patricks Day party. I'm glad we didn't because by late afternoon his fever had escalated and he had started coughing. He also didn't really eat anything after his lunch and was really out of sorts so we decided that we should try to take him to emerg. When we checked in his temp was sitting around 101 and the room was full of people some there for 8+ hrs. Thankfully we were able to go to the nurses station when he seemed to be getting worse... his temp had gone to 104 and his cough was sounding awful! He got some more advil had a bit of pedialyte and within the hour seemed to have calmed down some. Three plus hours later he seemed fairly normal, minus the bloodshot sleepy eyes that still looked sick. We got a nurse to check him out again his temp was normal. Since we were thinking maybe it would be better to leave (he won't sleep when we're out and about) the nurse got us moved to an ambulatory bed to wait for a doctor. Well, the thing about emergency rooms... you wait forever to get in then you finally get in and realize that you're gonna be waiting inside too. Almost an hour later and after being told they had no idea when a doctor might be around we decided Cole's need for sleep truimped waiting out the entire night there. The night was rough but by morning it seemed like he was a little bit more himself... blowing raspberries on my face and "talking" to the dog and cat. We took him in first thing to see his pediatrician... he has a viral infection, croup... no other complications at this point though so we're waiting it out and heading back for another appoint't tomorrow. The emergency room wait has seriously made us think that we need to find a nearby hospital in the States and pre-program it into our GPS just in case.

Swimming Parent & Tot 1

Cole's 1st level of swimming lessons completed. We received "Cole Farazen's" swim chart progress report in the mail yesterday, the first of many (I'm sure) spelling mistakes of his last name. As of right now we are the only Sarazen's in Windsor, if the phone book is a good indicator. We are so happy with how far Cole came in his 9 weeks of classes and think that since there isn't all too much to do in the wintertime that we will continue on with the next levels then.