My Little Man....

I just love this guy so much...he is so sweet. Stu and I took some photos in our bedroom last night with Cohen and they turned out amazing.

This picture describes how I felt the entire day...so happy and so grateful for my family. 

I love my boys!

Mother's Day

My first Mother's Day was great. I got a new bike and a really great picture/card from Cohen. We went to my favorite place in New Orleans...City Park. The botanical gardens are just stunning right now so we decided that would be the perfect spot for some pictures. Cohen was in a great mood...my day couldn't have been better. Here are a few pictures from our shoot:

MAMA'S NEW RIDE!

I got a new bike for Mother's Day. Gramps & Mimi (Don & Teri) bought Cohen a bike wagon (I'm not real sure what it is called) and we hooked it up to my new bike and headed to the park late Saturday afternoon. Goodness am I out of shape...pulling Cohen wore me out. Here are some pics...I look like such a dork HA!!  We had a blast watching Cohen's look of confusion the entire time he was in his bike wagon??

Action Shot!

Garage Sale

Stu and I had a garage sale on Saturday. We got up EARLY on Saturday and set up. Boy did we have a lot of stuff to get rid of. We live in a prime location for a garage sale and we had tons of people stop in and check out what we had. Here are a few pics:

The sale started at 9AM and we had people showing up at 8:45AM. I was in the house making us some coffee and Stu was selling his heart out. When I made it outside to help out I realized Stu had gotten excited...forgot the prices we talked about and was practically giving our stuff away for free...I had to regulate LOL!!  (Stu sells playstation2 and 5 games for $10...Andrea sells playstation2 and 1 game $25). I told him we have to make some money. We made an unbelievable $977 at our garage sale. It was a GREAT day. All the stuff we didn't sell was donated. Because of Stu's job we move A LOT and hauling this stuff with us every time we move is a big pain in the butt...so we were happy to see it go. 

Monday Monday

I love Mondays...I get to work from home and spend time with Cohen. It was gorgeous outside today so I set up my command station (aka computer and table) outside. Halfway through the day I decided to blow up Cohen's mushroom pool...after a lot of huffin' and puffin' I got it blown up. I didn't put any water in it since he can't sit up yet but i propped him up against his boppy and threw a few toys in. Cohen was in heaven. Stu came home for lunch and played with us too...what a fun day.

After an hour of playing outside....he needed a nap!

I love my boys...

On Sunday we packed up and went to the park for the afternoon. When we pulled up Cohen started crying and crying and crying...I couldn't do anything to stop it. Obviously it was loud because a few people packed up their blankets and moved...Ooops!  Oh well more room for us and our 500 baby items. This is something I'm still adjusting to...hauling everything but the kitchen sink every time we go out with baby. For some reason it seems like we always remember all the junk...you know the 5 Dr. Seuss toys...8 rattles just in case he gets tired of the first 7, but we always seem to forget the important things...like the diapers. Well at least with all the other junk we're hauling around he'll be happy while sitting in his poopy.

 I couldn't have asked for a better day. Like always I took a ba-jillion pictures so here ya go:

Cohen was sportin' his Purdue Hat....daddy's so proud.

This face melts my heart. 

My two favorite people in the world:

daddy's relaxing with his book:

Tub Time!!

Cohen went from hating bath time to loving everything about bath time. I can't wait until he can sit up on his own and splash around...right now I do it for him and he just laughs. Cute pics of Mr. Cohen:

Coh

Zingers!

Stu and I have what we call Zingers and we kinda keep score on who got who best. Here's a good one that happened a few weeks ago:

Let me set the scene:

4:00PM - I'm picking up the house. There is stuff everywhere...mainly Stu's stuff. shoes shoes shoes and more shoes. Did I mention shoes? Some clothes...some cups on the coffee table...ooooh receipts. I've never met anyone who holds onto receipts like Stu.  I find them everywhere. ...and his socks...those get stuffed everywhere too like down in the sofa cusions...under the TV console...on the kitchen table...on the floor...everywhere. I'm begining to get frustrated since I had just picked up everything the night before.

5:30PM - Stu comes in from work and I am in the kitchen cooking dinner and attempting to keep Cohen occupied.

                STU:     How was your day?
                ME:      It was good. How was your day?
                STU:     Busy
                ME:       Mine too. When I got home from work I went up stairs took off my clothes and searched everywhere for "it" but I wouldn't find "it."
                STU:     (look of confusion) Looked for what?
                ME:       I searched my arms, legs, my head...maybe it was on my back and I didn't see it. (lift up back of shirt) Do you see it?
               STU:      (Stu is looking at my back) What am I looking for?
               ME:        The word "Maid" (big smile)
               STU:       (Smiling)  HA....that's funny. Where on my body does it say "Complaint Department"

LOL!!  He got me good.

Cohen 3 Months

Cohen 3 months

You are very alert...and nursing is becoming harder because you want to look around at everything

You changed your mind about getting a bath... you LOVE it

You sleep 11 hours straight at night.

Your bed time is 6:30PM and I wake you up at 5:30AM

You like Jack Johnson and Lynyrd Skynyrd

You also really like Bob Marley

You like to watch cartoons...you sit in your swing and coo and kick your little legs

When daddy plays the guitar you try to sing with him

You loved Mardi Gras

You got to hang out with Mimi and Gramps for a few days...they babysat while dad and I worked

You've been out to dinner a few times...you sleep

You are such an easy baby it makes me wonder what your siblings are going to be like

You weigh 16.5 pounds and wear size 6-9 months

You are staring to enjoy tummy time more

You are the most vocal baby I know...you don't cry you just talk and talk and talk...daddy says you inherited that from me HA!!

First week back at work

(Cohen first day without me - heading to the babysitter's house.) 

I survived my first week back at work.  The first day went like this:

5:00AM - Jump on elliptical for 30 minutes

5:35AM - Get Cohen up (I cry) change his diaper (crying), put on his outfit (still crying)

5:40AM - Nurse Cohen (pull myself together)

6:10AM - Get Stu's lunch together (cry) and pack up diaper bag (crying hard)

6:20AM - Play with Cohen and kiss him like 100 times (Cohen starts crying from too many kisses)

6:30AM - Pull it together for 5 seconds before I start crying again as I kiss him and Stu goodbye.

After Stu and Cohen left I jumped in the shower to get ready for the rest of my day. My mind was everywhere. All I thought about was Cohen. Will he sleep enough?  Will he eat enough? Will he get played with enough?

I put my clothes on for work, which I will admit it felt REALLY good to slip into my stiletto heels. Being a mom with a new baby...sexy is not a word I would use to describe how I felt for the past 10 weeks. For the first time in 10 weeks I felt sexy. No t-shirts...no pajama pants....no greasy hair hidden behind a ball cap....no baby spit up on my shirt.  I hadn't worn heels in about 9 months so I about killed myself in them while blow drying my hair. I even thought I'm either going to die of a broken heart or death by a stiletto.

On the way to work I just cranked up the music in my car to keep my mind off Cohen and sang. Stevie Wonder - Superstition is what blared in my car.

Stu bought me a digital picture frame for my desk at work so as soon as I walked in I got it all set up so I could watch videos and picture slides of Cohen all day. I was insanely busy at work so my day went fast and I didn't have a lot of time to focus on missing Cohen.

Honestly being back at work felt great. I love Cohen & Stu more than anything, but I really love my career too and juggling both is gonna be an adventure.

Mardi Gras 2010

I wasn't sure how having a newborn and celebrating Mardi Gras this year was going to work, but it was AWESOME!! We celebrated at 4 parades....Krewe of Little Rascals (children's parade)...Endymion, Zulu, and Rex. It was cold this year, but we just bundled up Cohen and he didn't even seem to notice it was cold outside.

Stu's friend TA threw an Endymion party at his house in Mid-City and on our way there Cohen had a blow out (Poo Poo everywhere) so we had to stop at the mall because traffic was too bad to go to our house, and buy him some new duds. I learned to make sure he ALWAYS has an extra set of clothes in his diaper bag...I'm still learning =)

Here are some pics: (no pics from Endymion....we grabbed the camera, but forgot the battery) Oh...the joys of being a new parent!