Cole Ethan

Finally, Little Cole is here! Cole was born yesterday, December 27th, 2007, to Aly and Rob . I think Aly would say "It's about time!" For the past 2 weeks, Aly has been doing everything in her power to get Cole here. Finally, she succeeded in conning him out with the help of pitocin. Cole is 8 lbs. 6 oz and 20.5 inches long. He has hair! Thick, 1" long, jet black hair. Either he has no cone head, or his hair does an awesome job hiding it! So far, he's a sleeper. We'll see what happens when he get home!

I got to keep Aly's kids while she was in labor. You never would have known that Shalyn was at my house. Avery kept wanting to play the "Crab Game" with Dan. She drove him nuts. If she wasn't harassing Dan about "Crab Game", she was busy playing Nintendo or Little People. She played "Little People Amusement Park" with Jonathan's beloved Nascar model cars. He was not thrilled. Zane was impossible to ignore. He is a busy, busy 19 month old. He rearranged all my nativities for me. He played blocks with my advent calendar. He dragged around a Santa rug while telling me "ho, ho, ho". He removed "Redeemer of Israel" from the hymn book. He cleared off Nolan's bookcase for me. Zane cleaned out my kitchen cabinet with paper goods in it. He crushed all the plastic cups he could find, threw plates around, and dumped out the plastic utensils. He ate pretzels and wanted "molk" all day long. He did take an awesome 2.5 hour nap for me. He must have been exhausted from being so busy!

So now Aly has a spouse, 12 year old, a 5 year old, an 19 month old and a newborn to keep track of at home. Good luck Aly!