26 and still not all grown up

When I was little 3 things set "grown ups" apart from kids:
1. Grown ups drove cars
2. Grown ups were married and had kids
3. Grown ups owned homes

Well a few weeks ago I had my 26th birthday and according to this I still have some growing to do. It may take us a while to get to #3 and I'm okay with that. These are somethings I'd like to do before I'm 27.

1. Update my wardrobe....I think it maybe time I start looking like a grownup (confession: I still wear one or two shirts I bought in high school)
2. Learn better home organizational skills...too much stuff...too little space - what to keep, what to donate, and how to get it all to fit nice where it belongs...Ikea, you're calling my name!

3. Figure out how to fit in exercise while juggling everything else that's going on.

There is a lot more...but for now those 3 will be enough!

p.s. I took some pictures on my birthday...but they wont load...when i finally figure it out I'll post them...if they aren't lame

Blessing Day

Prime was blessed on June 6, 2010. Exactly on his 2 month mark. We had so many people come to support him and our family. He is a very loved little man! Matt gave a beautiful blessing and we really enjoyed spending time with so much family. Matt's parents drove down from Washington for the weekend and we had a lot of fun hanging out with them!

Our Family picture.... Emmie needed a nap....she was entering delirious mode

Prime, his daddy, and his grandpa's

3 generations of Coleman men...what a good looking bunch!

p.s. you'll have to excuse Prime's tie in these pictures...it came un-tucked...it really was adorable when it was tucked under his collar...but for little babies who have no necks...collars are hard things to tame!

Happy Father's Day!

To all the men in our lives - Happy Father's Day! We love you!

2 month and the happy tummy

Weighing in at 12 lbs 8 oz this kid is getting so big! He's already wearing 3 - 6 month clothes. I love his rolls! He's in the 75th percentile for height and weight. These first few rounds of shots are always the worst for me. 4 at one time then that nasty oral stuff. poor baby! He was a champ though - cried a bit but got over it fast.

At the appointment we were able to discuss the cranky issue with the doctor.

background:

Matt and I have cranky babies. It's just a fact. We thought it may be a fluke with Emmie - she was colicy the Doctor thought it was a milk allergy, I went off of Dairy for 6 months while I was nursing her...it helped but did not solve the problem. When Prime came along he lasted a bit longer without being cranky...but around week 3 or 4 the poor kid just couldn't be content. When he wasn't eating or sleeping he was crying...or fussing. No fun for anyone! When Prime would be crying, Emmie would turn to him and try to console him and when that didn't work she told him what we all were thinking, "No like that Prime! stop it! stop it cry!" poor baby. So the doctor was thinking milk allergy again, so I go off all dairy. It seemed to help a little. There would be days I would think, oh I can see it starting to work, and then there would be other days I would think, oh my heck - did I eat something wrong why is he so cranky?? Matt and I were actually getting so tired and burned out we started contemplating not having any more kids...It was so terrible.

Well....at his appointment I describe all of this to the doctor and he says, "oh, hummm...it doesn't sound like a dairy allergy, it sounds like gas." LIKE GAS? JUST GAS? so this whole time I was eating a special diet it WAS JUST GAS? The doctor goes on to say,"Give him some mylicon before each feeding and see it that helps." JUST GIVE HIM MYLICON??

and it did help. Mylicon is a miracle worker. He still has his "exercise" time about once a day. But Prime is a new kid when he has a happy tummy. Yeah for Happy Tummies! And because of Mylicon, we just may add another to our family down the road (just no time soon, i assure you).


p.s. I have not returned to dairy because I don't want to jinx anything, but I think I may soon give him some regular milk based formula to see if he has a reaction.

Dance Recital

At the end of May, Emmie had her first dance recital. Dance and gymnastics is part of Emmie's pre-school program. She wasn't so sure she liked the audience...but after the dance part she was more than willing to tumble a bit for us. She loves dancing! Daily she will ask us to dance with her, it's so fun! Oh, and get this, Miss Sloane (the dance instructor) was MY dance teacher when I was Emmie's age...trippy...especially for Miss Sloane!

New Family Pictures

When my friend Heidi was in town, she was able to squeeze in a family photo shoot for us AND a baby one for Prime. My siblings and I have been meaning to get my parents some updated pictures for forever and finally (just in time for Father's Day) got them! The pictures turned out SO great! Poor Heidi didn't have any good lighting for Prime's session...out apartment doesn't have the best windows...but inspite of that I think they turned out wonderful! These are a few of my favorite: (and, of course, the ones that are already up on the blog)

For more, go to Heidi's website!

My Beautiful Emmie

Until I can sit down to blog more, this will have to do.
Isn't she beautiful? I love my little sassy magoo!