The Whirlwind Last Couple Weeks

These last couple weeks seem to have flown by, is it really mid-May?  Any way, here's a recap. Ryan and I went to game 7 of round 1 for the Thunder. The game was against the Grizzlies, we won and we had fun. It was a good date night!

Ryan went to Dallas and Houston this week and Cole missed him so he wanted to wear 'Pop's hat'. It was pretty darn cute :)

Cole told me to 'freeze' and pointed this charger at me. Boys!

I redid this dresser and LOVE it!

I drank some coffee out of my Norway mug and celebrated my 28th birthday!

And Ryan graduated with his Master's in Energy Management!  Super proud of him!  He still has one more class left, so the real celebration will begin then!

Wordless Wednesday

:)

Lake of the Ozarks

A few weeks ago we had a wedding to go to in missouri and stayed in a cabin on the Lake of the Ozarks. We enjoyed it so much we decided to go back! Ryan's friend, Mike, was in Kansas City for work and had the weekend off and Ryan's friend Ian also came down! Stevie joined us too, so we had a full house! 

Our house was beautiful with huge windows all along the back and a two story balcony. For Saturday we rented a pontoon to take fishing!  The weather was really not very nice in the morning, think cold, windy and lots of rain!

We headed back to the house around lunch to drop off me and Cole for nap time and by the time we got back on the boat the weather was awesome!  Cole has his own pole and spent a lot of time fishing. Here he is with Stevie catching a 'big whale', he also spent a lot of time casting, stirring the lake, and bouncing the water. 

And then here is enjoying the sun deck with Pop!

Pittsburgh!

This last week Ryan had a business trip to PA and Cole and I decided to tag along for the ride!  I am so glad we did!  The first two nights we stayed in a hotel downtown.  Cole and I spent our first full day at the Children's museum! He had a blast! Lots of things to day, train sets, water area, painting, sewing, climbing, sliding and building, whew! That was a lot!  Here are some pics:

The next day Ryan was finished with work around lunch time and we headed to Heinz Field for a tour of where the Steelers play. We actually really enjoyed it!

For our last two nights we rented an apartment that was very different from anywhere we had ever stayed. Spiral staircase, loft style with a tiny yet very efficient kitchen.

We spent our last full day at the Carnegie Science Center and walking around the North Shore area.

We had a great time!  This was the first time we've flown that Cole was not a lap child. He was very excited about having his own seat but was very surprised to learn he had to wear the seat belt, haha. Once he got over the initial shock of being 'stuck' he did great traveling.

Cole's Creations

 Cole's new favorite toy is definitely the legos, he even says 'block time' when he wants to get them out!  I can't say that I blame him, they may be my favorite too :).  Here's a couple of his lego creations!

 

 

 

 

And then I threw in something that Ryan just found yesterday.  It was too cute not to share!  There are small cars that go with the truck but I guess he decided these cars needed to be hauled. 

 

 

 

This next one is definitely my favorite, Cole calls it 'doggie with hat', haha.  He even insisted on bringing it to my parents' house

 

 

And now I've also thrown in one of my 'creations'.  We'd been looking for a side table for Cole's room so every couple of days I was checking out craigslist and then I stumbled upon this set of furniture that included a side table, a dresser and a dresser with a hutch for less than I had budgeted for just the side table, I couldn't pass this up.  I didn't take a before picture of the bed side table, but here is a before picture of one of the dresser, so you get the idea.

 

 

Here is the after of the side table!  I love it!  Cole helped me paint it too!

 

January Catch All

 Where is the time going?  January definitely seemed to fly by.  Here's Cole sporting some 49ers attire ready to watch a game.

 

 

Cole has probably a new favorite phrase 'cupcake time'.  It's usually a question, sometimes a statement and once he meant business.  Cole and I had a cupcake date and GiGi's Cupcakes and he loved it.  We have since found out that when he asks for cupcakes he really means muffins tho...

 

 

We spent one day a couple weekends ago at the Home and Garden show.  Cole's favorite part was the John Deere tractor display.  He spent quite a bit of time pretending to drive and run the tractors! 

 

 

I spent a few days in Houston for work the last week of January and I was lucky enough to finally get to meet this sweetie, Adalyn!  She is the daughter of my oldest friend (20 years! going strong!).  She is a doll!  Unfortunately it was dark in the restaurant and to get pictures I needed to use the flash so the only pictures I got of her she kind of has a deer in the headlights look going on.

 

 

Cole has become obsessed with Mr. Potato Head's glasses.  They are a 'tad' small and he struggles keeping them on his face, but he really enjoys them!

 

Gaylord Texan

The weekend after Christmas Ryan's sister, Jamie and her husband, Bruce came down. They were able to make it to Cole's bday party (which I'll do a post about as soon as I get the pictures on my computer) and then we headed down to Dallas to stay at the Gaylord Texan.  It. Was. Awesome.  We definitely need to go back with kiddos. The Christmas decorations were amazing!  We did quite a bit of walking around and eating and perusing the shops.  (sorry for the blurry pics)