Tiernan's First Christmas

We celebrated Tiernan's first Christmas in Grand Junction.

Opening presents on Christmas morning

G.G. Mo and Tiernan

My parents got a Wii and Dad was practicing his yoga moves.

Tiernan on his Radio Flyer with Libby (who, incidentally weighs less than a pound more than Tiernan!!)

John Deere toys from Grandma

I'm a Little Obsessed...

Okay, so I'm not really sure why it's putting this pic vertically, and yet again, I am too dumb to rotate it back. Can someone help me please?? In any case, this is Tiernan after his bath. He now thinks the flash is just so hilarious, so usually he laughs right AFTER I take the pic (of course!) but I caught a good one!

Just hanging out in Mom and Dad's bed

The Mustang obsession begins...

Santa Baby

Tiernan visited Santa last night. He was not too excited about him though, especially since it was almost his bedtime. Thus, no cute smiles, just the cursed pacifier in his mouth that I'm just sure he's going to go to kindergarten with. ;)

Waiting in line for Santa. It was so nice yesterday-in the 50s.

Now I think it's about 5 degrees (at 3 in the afternoon!)

First tooth and other fun things

Some fun things...

Tiernan LOVES to hold on to things and stand...

Trying to crawl?? Pushups?? Sometimes he'll stick his butt in the air, doing a yoga pose. I personally think he's already figured out to sneak into the Christmas presents. :)

And if you look reeeeeally close, can you spot his first tooth?

Bathtime

I must have the required bath pictures to embarrass him later :)

"Eating" Baby Food

Tiernan was trying to help me out tonight as I was feeding him.

Trip to GJ

Tiernan and I spent last week in Grand Junction visiting the family.

Tiernan loves his Auntie Tiffany
Playing on a wooden horse (Doesn't he seem to be having SO much fun??)

Libby was so proud to push Tiernan and would get mad if we tried to help. We were impressed at her strength considering that she only weighs two more pounds than him!

Sorry it's Sideways

Thought you might get a kick out of this-since everyone who knows Ethan well is aware of his ranch dressing obsession. The apple must not fall far from the tree!

Happy Halloween!

Well, I must admit that Halloween is definitely not one of my favorite holidays, so Tiernan was a non-creative pumpkin for the exciting Halloween activities of passing out candy and going to bed at 7:30. Sounds like a good time to me!

He loves his daddy.

Kisses from mommy-but her watch is much more interesting!

Happy baby!

Tiernan's Dedication-Oct. 11, 2008

This weekend Tiernan was dedicated at our church.

Ethan's best friend Todd, Steph, and Carter (with us of course!)

Carter and Tiernan-3rd generation of Cozzens and Benson friends! All boys (and men!) less than a year apart!

Tiernan loves his great grandparents-especially Grandpa Don!

Being prayed over by our pastor

Sitting up!

Tiernan "got" to go to the doctor today. It was a special treat for Ethan because for the first time he got to go too! Tiernan weighs 19 lbs. 7 oz. (90%), and is 28" long (90%.) The Dr. said the average one year old is 22 lbs. so he's getting close (at 6 mos!) Here are some pics of him sitting by himself:

Milk Coma

Ethan had his surgery on Oct. 2nd. Everything went as planned, but he is supposed to basically be on bedrest until at least Sunday. So now he is camped out on the recliner, watching more TV than I'm sure he has seen in the last six months combined! He fed Tiernan a bottle and after he was so relaxed. Tiernan looked so funny, I had to snap a few pics.

Can you see the wrapped foot? Ethan is in a splint for two weeks

until they put him in a hard cast.

Finished?? For Now at Least...

We were finally able to move back into our house on Sept. 27th. It is pretty much done except some little things, like trimwork, doors, and blinds. Okay, so maybe doors and blinds are not such little things. Mom told me that privacy is overrated so I'm trying to take her advice. We have some very lovely plastic masking in the windows for blinds for now-it's very high brow. I am trying to be patient (something I have had to have alot of lately) and know that this winter Ethan will be ready to go again. Or at least that's what I'm hoping for. Anyway, here are the latest pics of our house:

The backyard-notice our new paint! Can you believe the tree regrew its leaves? Still needs to be trimmed though...
Can you make out the fancy trimwork by my very talented carpenter?

Master bedroom-I think Tiernan's going to like it! You can see a little hand poking out at the bottom of the picture.
Tilework by my second favorite carpenter. Dad is so excited to be doing "charity work" for a tornado victim. :)
Living Room-with carpet!

Dining Room-we no longer have yucky green (and pink!) carpet.

When it rains...

When it rains, it pours....and twists, blows, and turns in our case.

Ethan was playing softball last night (Monday) and as he was rounding second base heard a crack in his foot. As some of you recall, last spring the same exact thing happened and he was on crutches and unable to work for 15 weeks. This time, however, it was the other foot. So we went to doctor this afternoon and they x-rayed his foot and surprise, surprise, it is broken! Next Thursday he has to go in for surgery to get a screw put in his foot and will be down (as in, on crutches again) for about 6 weeks. I told him he is officially and permanently retired from softball. :)

I decided that God must be trying to teach us to not ever get too comfortable. We almost laughed (because if we didn't, we'd cry) when they told us what happened. They probably thought we were crazy, and we probably are, with everything going on in our lives. So please keep us in your thoughts and prayers because we have a move, surgery, missed work, and an unfinished house! all in the next couple of weeks.

One Week Before our Move!

I'm surprised I haven't heard from my sister harrassing me about putting up more pictures yet. So I thought I'd beat her to the punch and put some up first! Tiernan has just started to enjoy his "ADD" chair (or exer-saucer for those who are not twisted.) Although I'm afraid he's going to be too tall for it very soon!

PS We have only one week until we move back into our house. YIKES!! I'm trying not to be concerned that our bathrooms are still not done. Who needs to shower, right?? I'll upload pics after we get carpet in on Monday.

5 months old!!

I couldn't resist putting up some recent close ups of Tiernan. He keeps trying so hard to sit up but still topples forward and then yells if I don't catch him and his face falls into the carpet.

Labor Day Weekend

This weekend we visited the Colorado Springs area. We were able to eat lunch with Dale, Vera, and Lauren. Then we headed up to the Royal Gorge. Here is the view from the side.










Next we took the cog railroad up to the top of Pike's Peak. It was so cold and windy but BEAUTIFUL. Notice Tiernan is all bundled up (and asleep!)



























On the tram in the Royal Gorge.

More remodeling pics

Ethan worked so hard this weekend putting in windows. I'm quite beside myself since now I have windows that open and close!!

Notice we now have drywall!
Guest bedroom
Master bedroom