while you're waiting...

...maybe you can catch a good giggle from these photos, auntie elissa! the first two are for aunt mary in montana- i promised to post pictures of cole opening the present she sent for him and it totally slipped my mind, with everything that's been going on. so, sorry, aunt mary! here they are, better late than never!mommy got the package opened, and cole did the rest...
he loves his stuffed monkey- they have matching mischievious faces, i think. the only difference is that only one of them really gets into trouble--- bet you can't guess who! (haha)

carhartt butt- a very small one! elissa, you can't begin to imagine how hilariously cute coy's little behind will be when he's cruising around in his carhartts... cole's is just adorable!

i love the expression- sheer joy!

and... daddy and grandpa already have cole started on the fourwheeling thing! for now, he likes it better when they're not running- i think the noise of the engine gets the same reaction as the vacuum... a blank look, followed by what can be most closely described as confusion, then comes the closed-mouth whine, and finally the burst of tears. the first three happen pretty fast... the tears tend to last a little longer. but as long as the beast with four wheels is quiet, cole is more than pleased to sit on it and pretend to drive. same goes for the lawn tractor- grandpa got him started on that! (thanks dad- now we know what to do when the crankies are almost unbearable... out to the garage we'll go!). as long as it has wheels, handlebars and/or steering wheel and isn't presently running, cole gets quite a kick out of it. he is SUCH a little boy.