Keeping Up with the Coxes

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Sunday, December 9, 2012

8 Months Old!!

A little comparison...

Jacob 8 months old, August 2008

Saturday, December 8, 2012

We were supposed to go to Kansas City for the weekend but unfortunately, RSV kept us home. We were all really disappointed (Jacob and I were most!) but have tried to enjoy a quiet weekend at home. In between breathing treatments, we've had fun playing with the Christmas trees all aglow!

Jonah has done great with baby food and we always joke that he would eat table food if we let him! Today at Target we picked up some Happy Bellies organic puffs (we LOVE the Happy Bellies cereal!) to have him try out. It took him a few tries to get the hang of it, but he ended up really enjoying them!

Jacob is loving these new stages in Jonah's growth! He is thisclose to crawling, I think it'll be a different story when Jonah starts getting into all of his toys! Jacob helped feed the puffs to Jonah and kept saying that he's Jonah's feeder!

"Where did that puff go?"

Happy boy!

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Preschool Choir Christmas Concert

One of my absolute favorite things is to watch Jacob's preschool choir at church perform! He attends choir each Wednesday evening and they typically have concerts twice a year. The kids get all dressed up (in their Christmas best, even though it was 80 degrees today!) and sing their hearts out to friends and family in the chapel, which was packed! Mim and Poppa always join come and then we go out for a yummy dinner afterwards. It was a great way to kick off the holiday season!!

The 3 and 4 year old preschool choir...Jacob is on the top row, right, in front of the Christmas tree.

Our little singer!

With one of his best buds, PJ. Silly boys!!

Saturday, November 24, 2012

7 Months (a little late!)

Seven months have passed and it's hard to believe our little peanut is growing so fast! We have had several trips to the doctor this past month or so with tummy bugs and ear infections. Jonah is weighing in at around 20 pounds and is sitting up very steadily. He is also rolling from front to back and back to front and is even rocking back and forth on all fours. It's only a matter of time until he starts crawling so we're trying to really enjoy being able to set him down on the floor and know he won't be going anywhere! Jonah's up to two meals a day, cereal with fruit for one meal and cereal with a veggie at the other. It's no surprise that he loves to eat!!

Friday, November 23, 2012

Happy Thanksgiving!

With both of my siblings out of town, I offered to host an intimate Thanksgiving meal. My first Thanksgiving to host included our little family of four, Mim, Poppa, Grandaddy and CiCi. I was so grateful that I wasn't in charge of every dish, my mom and CiCi both contributed wonderful food we all enjoyed and it certainly took some pressure off me! Nathan and I were in charge of turkey (quite a daunting task, I might add), mashed potatoes, gravy, rolls and pumpkin pie. We ordered a fresh turkey from Whole Foods in order to avoid the whole thawing debacle as well as the gravy (one less thing on my to do list!). I used Pioneer Woman's mashed potato recipe that I was able to make Wednesday (couldn't recommend it more!), Nathan's family's Grandmommy Rolls (super simple and yummy!) and rounded it out with my first homemade pumpkin pie, crust and all. The pie crust didn't turn out as I'd hoped (my need for perfectly crimped crust did not happen) but it was delicious!
Jonah napped for the entire Thanksgiving meal but woke up in plenty of time for lots of play with the grandparents. Poor Jacob was the lone child and was definitely in need of a little buddy! We all ate, relaxed, visited and enjoyed our holiday together. It was truly a wonderful way to spend the day!
I am so thankful for my hubby, sweet boys, and all of my family!!!

We had great success with Martha Stewart's Turkey 101! We soaked cheesecloth in melted butter and white wine and draped it on the turkey for the first portion of roasting.