new kicks, shades and a rocker!!

what a smile- i had to post this picture... i love the expression in his eyes! so lively...! so, today kc and i went to the outlet mall and paid a visit to the oshkosh b'gosh store. last time kelvin and i had been in there, i saw these adorable (soft-soled) sneakers, but didn't get them. the tag said $30 (!!!) but there was a sale going on so i could have gotten them for $10. i doubted that they'd still be on sale today, but i looked, and sure enough, they were! so, i got them... his first big boy shoes because they have laces! and then at the checkout, i made an impulse buy- the smallest pair of sunglasses i have ever seen! they were just under $9, so i got them (they were 30% off) and let me tell you, seeing him in them was TOTALLY worth it! later, kelvin and i had to run a short errand, so since we were going out in the sun, we put the sunglasses on cole. on the way into town, he took them off after he was strapped in his carseat, but on the way home, he was such a total dude... he left them on and just coolly looked out the window... it was SOOOOO funny!


and, since there are a LOT more photos of cole and daddy than cole and mommy, daddy kindly took this shot...



yep, big boy shoes that TIE! it didn't take him long to figure out how to untie them... laces are pretty entertaining! i just love them, almost like baby converse sneakers (auntie sarah, are you proud?)




and the cool shades... he's sitting in our ROCKING CHAIR!!! it's just an indoor/outdoor metal mesh rocker, but it is just what we need... hello, sleep? i hope. the shades are kinda funny- cole's little nose is pretty stubby yet, so they just sit kinda suspended over his schnoz. at least he keeps them on. even though i got them more for giggles, they might really get some use since it's rarely cloudy here.