bus cracker

Cole took a bite of his cracker today, looked at it, and said "bus." And yep, it looks like a bus!

Fun Run

This morning Cole participated in his first Fun Run at Corvallis High School. He was the youngest, by far, but was a total trooper and made it the whole way around the track. With a little help from some new friends, who cheered him on to the finish line. Actually, the whole crowd ended up cheering him on at the end.

Warming up.



Running with Grandma and his cheering posse.




The prize.

Spartan football

Cole and the Sahnow boys at the Spartan football game. This peaceful, game-watching moment lasted for about 2 minutes before they were off running up and down the stairs and all around.

I'm Tired

Cole's new favorite saying is "I'm Tired." Love that he can express himself to let us know when he is tired and ready to go to bed, also love the way that he says it w/some kind of southern-ish drawl. No idea where he got that from!

Baseball boy

Our neighbors down the street have 3 boys and they're a big baseball family. Cole loves playing with them and is super into baseball right now. Every night he comes home from school and all he wants to do is go outside to play with the bat & ball. We even have a tee now that he's starting to try and hit the ball off of. It's so fun to see him getting more and more coordinated. And he's so determined .. and he wants to do it all by himself. "Cole turn, Cole turn" he says when you try to help him. Yep, he's almost 2.

First game of the season

Cole loved everything about the game day experience -- the walk to the game past the horses and stomping in the puddles with Caden, the tailgating, FanFare, the alumni center, the GAME, Benny the Beaver -- he loved it all. He made it through the first half happily and then started getting a little squirmy and ready to run, so we left at half time. Great time, though, looking forward to the next one!

Game day

Yep, he's a Beaver fan. Cole's favorite words these days are "Go Beavers". With football season here (I can hardly believe its time already!) there's a lot of talk about the Beavers, especially from the little man. He went to bed last night cheering (via his monitor) ...



And woke up cheering this morning.



He is VERY excited about the game today. It's gonna be a wet one!