My First Mother's Day

Granny (my mom) and Cole

Darcey

Gammy (Justin's mom) & Cole

I just realized I didn't get a picture of me and Cole! UGH!

Justin had to work on Saturday so Cole and I went to visit his grandmothers.

Then on Sunday Justin was supposed to work, but he told them he wasn't coming in so he could be home for my first Mother's Day. We just hung out around the house and took long naps yesterday afternoon. It was really nice.

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there!!

Baby names

Kelly's Show Us Your Life this week is about baby names. I've never actually done one of these,
but baby names is an interesting subject around my house.

We had our son's name picked out before we were even trying to get pregnant.

COLE JAMES

We picked Cole because it is not trendy, but also not super weird. We didn't want him to be in a classroom with 4 other people with the same name. It's a good solid simple name. It's four letters, easy to spell, easy to pronounce. James is Justin's dad's and Papa's first name. The best part about it is Cole James sounded like a gun slinger's name. When Justin thought about that, he was sold on the name. Should we have any more boys in the future we have tossed around the name Carter, but we haven't picked a middle name yet.

For a girl...well let's just say when we found out Cole was a boy at my 20 week ultrasound, we were relieved. We could not settle on a girl's name to save our lives. In fact, when the doctor held Cole up to me after he was born and I saw that he was, in fact, ALL boy, I actually said aloud, "Oh thank God, he's really a boy." Besides the fact that we already had a TON of boy's clothes and a sports themed bedroom awaiting this babe, if HE had ended up being a SHE, we would have probably left the hospital with a blank birth certificate (do they even allow you to do that anymore.) Perhaps she would have been named Female (sounds like tamale).
I had a ton of ideas that I loved. Buy my dear husband vetoed them all. The only name he could remotely get on board with was

REESE LYN

Reese is becoming more trendy, but it's a cute simple name. It's not super weird, but it's different. Lyn is my middle name. The other idea I had combined my middle name and my mom and sister's middle name:

ANNALYN

But, I couldn't decide on a middle name. And Anna Lyn seemed too simple.

In the past few weeks I came up with a girl's name of

HENLEY

But, I can't come up with a middle name for that either. Justin was actually quasi on board with Henley, which really surprised me. I have never heard of anyone being named Henley, but I think it's cute for a girl. I also thought about naming her after my great-grandmother who was the sweetest lady in the whole world:

MATTIE LEE

But, there are a TON of Madi/Mady/Maddie, etc. in this world because Madeline is super popular.

So, IF we have another child and that child is a girl...

we're in big trouble.

Disclaimer: Don't get your hopes up peeps: I am NOT pregnant. :)

Happy birthday Daddy!

Cole wanted me to post something for him.

Happy birthday Daddy! You're the best daddy in the world!

Cole actually gave his daddy a card that said (basically) you are my hero. He even signed it (ish). I know here in a couple of years Cole will certainly be his daddy's little shadow. I couldn't think of a better person to have for a hero.

Happy birthday babe! I am so lucky to have you as a husband and friend. We love you!!

Thank you!

This is what I was trying to say, but couldn't find the correct words.

http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/05/05/elisabeth-hasselbeck-apology-erin-andrews/

I'm on a roll today.

I have been watching Dancing With the Stars pretty frequently this season. Erin Andrews is a contestant this year and I have really grown to like her. She seems like a woman I could get along with pretty well. So when this came out today, it upset me. In case you don't feel like reading it, Elisabeth Hasselbeck is saying that Erin's costumes are so revealing that the man who posted nude videos of her that he made from peeping at her hotel room should have just waited until she was on DWTS and he could have bascially seen the same thing and not gone to jail for it.

Elisabeth gets a lot of flack for stuff she says and most of the time I think people are just against her conservative ideals. But, this pissed me off. She has since apologized for it, and I'm sure Erin is woman enough to accept. But, that doesn't change the fact that someone would chide Erin for her "racy" costumes (which, by the way, are not racy. Have you seen what Edyta and Anna wear???!!)

I cannot for the life of me figure out what would make Elisabeth say something like this? It is ALMOST like she is saying Erin deserved it. It's almost like people saying that women who dress provocatively deserve to be sexually harassed. I am just flabbergasted.

So, yes, I'm going to pick on Edyta for a second, but let's compare. The first set is Erin, the second is Edyta. Do you see a glaring difference? In the purple dress that Erin is wearing, at first glance it appears she only has purple flowers covering her boobs, but she has an entire nude bodysuit on. If you click on the picture it will show you the full size pic. (not to mention the half-naked Russian dancing next to her).

So I guess my point is this: don't say that she is dressing provocatively when she is obviously trying hard NOT to (hence the nude body suit on the only remotely skimpy outfit). And don't make light of the fact that her privacy was invaded in the very worst way AND BROADCAST TO ALL OF YOUTUBE.

My other point is: Edyta, I know you have a rockin' bod, but put on some clothes. :) You're making me feel bad for eating...well, anything.

20 Things No One Told You About Motherhood

20 Things No One Told You About Motherhood

It's so funny how I probably would have rolled my eyes about half of these things before Cole was born.

My Son, The Goat

Ever since Cole became able to get around and pick stuff up, everything goes into his mouth, just like any other baby. But, I really wonder about him sometimes. We call him a goat because he will eat anything (except peas). What's funny is that's what we used to say about Sadie (the dog). What's even funnier is the older Cole gets, the more we think he's like Sadie.

He likes rattling packages. He likes to play with water bottles. We find random puddles of puke on the floor. You have to watch him with an open door because he will be gone before you know it. He's very persistent when he wants something. He sits at your foot and begs for food. He will fetch. He eats random non-edible items and then throws them up later (see below.)

This is the corner of a package of something. My son ate this at some point and threw it up yesterday when he got home from daycare. (He didn't eat the bobby pin. I was just using it as a reference for size).

So in summary, my son will eat anything and he reminds me of our old dog. haha :)

This is the shirt he came home from daycare in. I saw him across the room and he was screaming because they were vaccuuming. I thought, hey there's Cole. Wait, no, that's a little girl. No, that's Cole in a little girl's shirt. He has drooled all over himself so much so that they needed to change him, yet I had no spare clothes. Poor baby. The only spare clothes they had was this little girls shirt. He would make a pretty girl though. :)