fall fun

i took a few photos of cole in the leaves at mom and dad's this past friday... not a nice day to be out! damp, COLD, windy... but cole liked the leaves! i didn't get many good shots (i am hoping to have a new camera soon, if all goes as planned... yay!), but oh well. i was mostly just playing around...so- poor little guy still isn't feeling 100%. yesterday he ate about 4 or 5 bites of his oatmeal, refused lunch, had a small (very small) snack after his nap, ate very little for supper, and had his usual graham crackers and milk before bed. he had plenty to drink, so at least he stayed hydrated. i'm just not sure what the deal is, besides teething. we ran to pamida just before lunch yesterday to get some non-skid carpet backing (i cut it into pieces to use under the couch and the coffee table, since he insists on moving furniture)... really short trip, and he was asleep by the time we hit the checkout line. i took him out of the cart, walked to the van (brrrr), strapped him in, got him back out to run into mcdonald's for a large ice, put him in the carseat again, drove home, unloaded him and our purchase, and he didn't once open his eyes till i started changing his diaper. this was on an empty tummy, too. we attempted lunch- no such luck, since he thought it was WAY more fun to throw his fish, pb sandwich, tater tots (and everything else we tried) at mommy. so- nap it was. he jabbered to himself for awhile and then passed out around 2, slept till 4.30, played with daddy, refused most of supper... we did get him to eat a few green beans, but ONLY if it was from daddy, and it had to be on daddy's fork. what a goof. i've decided that from now on, i don't need to get really worried about his refusal to eat until he rejects his graham crackers and milk... he can turn down every possible tidbit all day long, but chow his bedtime snack. if all else fails... anyway, he ate his bedtime snack with no problem, so i guess he's not feeling TOO badly. definitely not the greatest, but well enough for his snack. we finally got more teething tablets, which seem to help. it's more noticeable now since we were out for quite awhile. as for the eating issue, he'll eat when he's hungry enough.

in other fun news: elissa, logan and sweet baby coy are coming in less than 2 weeks!!! we're so anxious to see them... it'll be great to be together again for thanksgiving. funny- about 8 months ago, we were trying to imagine not being home for the holidays, but here we are. good- i can't imagine not being here for thanksgiving and such, it would just be really weird. makes me even more thankful that we're back, even if things didn't go the way they were supposed to. being home is better by a long shot!