Cole's Visit

     At the beginning of April 2013 Will and Tif  wanted to take a trip back East to visit some friends and see the sites. They asked us to watch Cole for 10 days. Both of is were a bit apprehensive about this bit we knew it would be good experience for us in the future being parents.  

   He was fine the first few days and I took him to work with me and he played wth Jackson. They seemed to feed off of each other. Their personalities were different but they had lots of fun together.

Taking a walk with the boys and this is what they did.

Bathtime!!

Going to the library together side by side. When we got there this is how I found them.

Then on Saturday evening right before dinner Cole was watching a movie and all of a sudden started throwing up. He was scared because he hadn't really done this before. We calmed him down and cleaned it up and gave him a bath. Shortly thereafter it was his bed time and we put him in his pack an play. About an hour and a half later we heard him crying. We walked in and he had thrown up all over himself, his pillow, his blankets.  So we tossed it all in the wash.  We ended up calling Will & Tif as well as my Mom to get some advice. It was then that Sam stayed with Cole and I made a late night trip to Wal-Mart to get some pedialyte.  After I got home we decided that we would take shifts and watch him throughout the night. I took the first shift and we watched a Tinkerbell movie. After that it was close to midnight so we cuddled up together on the couch and he fell asleep. I didn't get much sleep because I was so anxious about it all. I also decided to let Sam sleep all night and I figured I could sleep in the morning. Plus my brother, Michael, was going to come over and take a turn too. Cole was acting fine and seemed to have lots o energy but couldn't seem to keep anything down. I also took the next few days off of work because I didn't want to expose Jackson to it. I took him back a bit early and my Mom watched him the last little bit. We later figured out it was probably all brought on by stress, a different environment and missing his parents. Although it did continue for a little bit after they came home he settled in and became the Cole we knew again. 

    This was more of a learning experience than we could have ever asked for bit through it all Sam was a trooper and I know one day he will be a great Dad.

Uncle Sam and Cole being cozy and catching a few more minutes of sleep as I got ready for the day.

He was so exhausted after all of this that he wa such a heavy sleeper during his naps and bedtime.