Fun with the Welch Family

It was so great having Shaina, Nate and Aurelia in town from Wisconsin! Yesterday they spent all day at Seaworld and met us in Old Town for dinner. Aurelia was too cute wanting to hold my finger as we walked around-

This morning Tom and Nate went kayaking in La Jolla Cove. You'll notice those that stayed on the beach were bundled up... Think it was 65? We're wimps.

After the beach we hit the zoo...

And topped it off with dinner in Little Italy! Hope you had a great day, Nate - Happy Birthday!

May The Force Be With You

Lazy Saturday...

Watching Syracuse Lacrosse with Dad...



Thirty minutes later...



He clearly had a rough day.

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!

We were invited to Aunt Sarah's coworker's house for a potluck - My favorite part was watching the kids run around the yard collecting eggs.

Elbows out!

When we returned home, we found the Easter Bunny had finally made it to the west coast!

Cole also scored new wheels from Grandma & Grandpa L.

We ended the evening by coloring eggs! (I'm clearly a professional...)

Hope you had a wonderful time celebrating with your friends and family!

Almost!

Cole with Hank the Hedgehog
(everything goes in his mouth at this point)



As far as he gets! Any day now...

Three Months

We can't believe Cole is three months old already - Time is flying!

• He found his hands a few weeks ago... Still no thumb success because his pesky index finger gets in the way. He tends to gag himself if he tries too hard, so we have to help him out by removing his hand from his mouth :)


• We caught him staring at his feet a couple times, but has yet to grab them.


• Pretty good with keeping his head/neck sturdy. Gets a little wobbly if he's tired.


• Still discovering new words - He gets a little loud when he's excited and smiles when we shush him.


• LOVES when we stand him up. We don't do anything but help him balance... All the weight is on his legs!


• Been sleeping in his crib since we returned from Chicago. Apparently all we had to do is buy him a sleep-wedge. (Sorry for the delay, Bub!)


• We are so lucky with how laid-back he is. We can take him anywhere and he doesn't fuss much... Maybe 50(?) people held him this past week and he was great! Recently he even went two days without crying! Just have to time his feedings right and listen for his cranky 'words' warning us it's bedtime.


• Worst milestones? DROOL 24-7 and he's going bald. Just on one side. We're going to have to go with the comb-over rather than the mohawk next week!

I need to work on the focus/lighting next month!