Some Great Pictures Of Cohen Michael

Time To Go Home

Cohen getting the ok to go home...

Doctor says everything is a go!

Our nurse and Sandy go over some final instuctions and questions...

Verification of the wrist bands...

Must be 100% certain we are leaving with our baby Cohen...

Signing off that we have our baby :-)

Time to buckle up...

All snug... it is cold and windy out...

Chariot ride for mommy....

Bye room!

Ok... lets go...

Try to keep up with us...

Waiting for the van...

Let's mount up...

Mommy will make the final inspection to ensure that daddy has secured Cohen properly. Yep, all is good to go!

Let's go home.

Visitors To See Baby Cohen

Grandma and Adele are the first to arrive on Tuesday. Adele got to skip school for a chance to see her baby brother.

Adele's first look at her baby brother, Cohen.

A kiss for mommy.

Proud sis.

Grandma's turn...

Now that's the look of a proud grandma...

So precious.

A visit from Pastor Josh.

and the gang from Younkers... Tracy, Goldie, Kathy, and Diane.

More from Younkers... Bailey and Jill, bearing gifts.

Look at all thoes boy clothes... so cute!

Flowers and a balloon.

Cohen Michael

Here are some of the early pictures of our new baby boy, Cohen Michael, just minutes after he was born.

He was born unto this world at 11:38pm on Monday, September 28, 2009. A remarkable baby boy at 5 lbs. 12 oz. and 18 3/4 inches.

Mommy did an amazing job... just over one hour of labor... and now reunited with her baby boy.

Time to take the foot prints.

Cohen's first bath!

Mommy and Cohen get some much needed rest.

Monarch Tagging with Polk Conservation

Saturday afternoon we went to Fort Des Moines Park to learn about the growth stages of the Monarch Butterfly. We also learned about their migration and tagging them to track their migration patterns.

We tried to find some butterflies. We saw one but it was too high to net.

Still looking.

Nothing here. We have more in our backyard with our butterfly bushes. I am going to email Polk County Conservation next year around June/July to see if we can get some tags so we can tag them in our backyard and email them the data.

All was not lost. We did learn how to tell if butterflies are boys or girls. That was pretty interesting. Now that we know that, we can tag them.

Going Back To School

Tradition... take the picture at the front door...

Adele is sporting a NEW backpack! Pink... of course.

Another tradition... take a picture at Des Moines Christian School on the memorial bench out front.

Adele and Kendra O are catching up as we wait in the MPR (Multi Purpose Room) 'till they let us go to the classroom.

Adele and her 2nd Grade teacher, Mrs. Gallaher.

Adele's backpack hook...

Her desk...

Adele and Isabella Main.

Mara... Adele... and Lauren.

Adele and one of her best friends, Kendra R.

And her other best friend... Megan.

Adele and her good friend Macy.

Custer SD Final Days

We went to a rock shop so Adele could pick out a "precious gem." She wanted to buy an aquamarine. So Grandma ponied up the money to buy her choice gem. Here is Adele and the shop owner picking out the perfect aquamarine.

Here she is in the rock shop trying on antlers.

2 of the favorite things to do when on vacation. . .

. . . . . . . . . Relax

. . . . . . . . . Eat donuts

What makes this noise? THUMP!!!. . . thump That would be all the birds flying into the windows. I think they see the reflection of the forest and don't realize that there is a window that they just flew into. Many birds would drop feeling dazed and lay on the deck for awhile before they were able to fly away. Our little vet was able to pet one while it was trying to recover from a concussion.