this is what we did...

...the condensed version. wish i could post photos of all the things we did and all the cousins, but time and space are a bit limited!

the highlight of the week was spending time with elissa and logan and meeting coy...

he is SUCH a little darling!!!
cole met coy and was impressed- he was even gentle, as much as a 15-month old can be. he gave baby coy kisses on the head, poked at his little nose and mouth, and was utterly fascinated!

cole also had fun with grandma's utensil drawers. this is a pretty common occurrence, now that he's found that a) he can open the drawers and b) there are tons of fun things inside to play with. by saturday evening, he kind of understood that if he got into the drawer, he was allowed to pick one thing to play with... he actually took out one spatula and then shut the drawer!

we all ate plenty at thanksgiving dinner, as demonstrated by sarah and chase!

auntie sarah and cole decided to make faces in the mirror on saturday morning...

we got to meet mary and dale's new little guy, gus... he's only a week older than coy! what a sweet little puppy!

and how do you wrap up thanksgiving weekend? baking and decorating cookies, of course! the cousins had plenty of fun with that- so did the "big kids"!

the two cousins got matching shirts from grandma on friday, so saturday they wore them with jeans. it was SO cute, but hard to get a picture of. one of them just didn't want to sit still. hmmm, i wonder who THAT one was...

uncle logan's birthday was sunday, so we celebrated on saturday night while they were still here. we went out to eat as a family, which mom and dad really enjoyed, because all of us kids were together, in one place, at the same time! of course, there was birthday cake, because what's a birthday without cake? by the time that was done, we were exhausted, so we headed home. it was so hard to leave, knowing that it might be awhile before we see logan, elissa and coy again, but we had so much fun with them while they were here!

and finally, a bellyshot. 33 weeks and ready to bust, i think. that would be cole playing with the curtain behind me. kind of an embarrassing photo, really- i was still tired from the week's events and didn't get any sleep saturday night, so please excuse the old hag look! i think friday really did me in- we went to kohl's in neenah first, had lunch at culver's and then headed to the outlet malls in oshkosh. it was a lot of fun and we found great deals, but by the late afternoon, i was pretty uncomfortable. this baby is sitting differently than cole was and i can really feel it when i move around a lot. ahhh, the final stretch of pregnancy (literally...!)- the joys, aches and pains! one thing i need to do today is get a list made out of things to pack for the hospital and for cole...i'll feel a little more prepared once i do that!! hopefully i won't forget where i put the list when i'm done!