Cole Family News....

Many things...but having a husband who has a Daddy's girl who adores him ranks way up on that list... Most mornings, JP is gone training client's at the gym by the time I get Jenna up.  However, on the mornings he is still here, all I have to do is go in her room and let her know Daddy is here, and she off like a shot.  By the time I catch up with her, she is already in the bed, snuggled with JP. Most nights, especially these days, JP gives Jenna her bath. When he gets her out of the bath, they play this little game - you know, one of those random ones she came up with over time - where she gets all wrapped up her her towel and hunkers down on the floor.  Once in this position, she says, "Daddy I'm a caterpillar!" JP then says, "I'm a bird" and pretends to swoop in and eat her up.  She giggles and giggles and giggles! If you ask Jenna if she is a Daddy's girl, she lights up like a Christmas tree, and proudly tel...

Last Sunday, as I got dressed and ready to head up to Minute Clinic to head off this upper respiratory infection, Jenna asked JP where I was going.  He told her I was going to the doctor because I was sick. She looked at him with a puzzled look and said, "But I'm a doctor.  I can fix her." And promptly grabbed her "doctor's" bag to set out to make me well. In preparing for the baby, we have been working out plans with various family members to come and stay to help us and with Jenna.  Two of those are JP's mom, Nana B, and sister, Aunt Kimmie.  The other night we were riding along in the car, and Jenna asked us, "Hey, hey, HEY!!!  Guess whose coming to town?"  Then she said at the top of her lungs, "AUNT KIMMIE & NANA B!!!"  Immediately followed by, "And then Santa Claus is coming to town, too." Speaking of Santa Claus....we asked Jenna early on what she would like for Santa to bring her.  She has repeatedly said,...

What does it take to carve out time to update a blog?  In this case, it appears being 38 weeks pregnant and home sick with an upper respiratory and ear infection.  Neither of those are fun, especially not in combination with one another!  However, I have had fun compiling pictures from the various phones, cameras and emails in preparation for updating this blog.  What a wonderful reminder that, even though I'm not running on all cylinders at the moment, I am immensely blessed! Where to start?   As of this Wednesday, I am 38 weeks pregnant.  Time goes so slow, but also so fast, when you clock it in terms of weeks.  It seems like ages ago that we found out we were pregnant.  And it was...almost the better part of a whole year ago.  April 17th, to be exact.  So much has happened between then and now...and all of it with the added anticipation of bringing a new member into our sweet little family.  And we will...on December 12th...