Week Two: Lots of Activity

Looking more and more like his daddy!

We had an eventful second week at the Cox household. I guess I should add "or as eventful a week as you can have when it takes you 3 hours to get ready to go anywhere....just to realize it's time to feed the baby again and the three-year-old already has a mysterious stain on her just-washed clothing." HA!

Let's see...the week started with the ice storm. We lost power about 10:00 p.m. Monday night. I initially panicked, as I thought we would absolutely need to find a place to sleep as there was no way we could survive in the cold, especially with a tiny infant. Then, I calmed down and we decided that we would be fine and we should just pair up in the beds so that everyone had a sleeping companion. So, all the dos and don'ts of our responsible parenting plan and SIDS prevention went out the window for just one night n order to stay warm. Nolan and I shared Bailey's bed and Bailey and Jason slept in our room. I think Nolan stayed the warmest of all of us. It wasn't fun, but we all survived. Tuesday, we spent the day out and about since keeping warm was easier in public places that still had power. However, once we returned home around 5:00 p.m. to find we still had no power, we all got a little depressed. It was one thing to not have power during the night when we were sleeping, but now we were anticipating a LONG evening in the dark with nothing to do but talk to each other and be cold. HOW TERRIBLE!!! :-) Right about the time we were finishing our "fried lasagna" (I had just cooked a lasagna and we salvaged it by warming it up in a frying pan on our gas stove....it sounds gross, I know, but desperate times call for desperate measures!), the power came back on. We all high-fived each other!!!! I have to send my sympathetic thoughts and well-wishes to all the people who endured longer bouts of power outages and to those who are still without. You NEVER realize what simple comforts mean to your everyday existence....until they are gone.

So, once we got past that little inconvenience, Wednesday brought a trip to my office as I had to turn in some insurance forms. We spent some time there introducing little Nolan to a variety of co-workers. Then, Thursday was Nolan's first dr. appointment. He was up to 7 lbs. 14 ozs. and all else checked out okay. Our big adventure on Saturday was going to the mall to see Santa. We usually take Bailey to North Pole City, but I just wasn't up to waiting in line for 2 hours this year. So, we settled for Penn Square. Of course, Bailey is wearing her fake smile and Nolan is out like a light for the picture, but the important thing is the experience (right?!). I do have to say that this particular Santa was TERRIBLE. Bailey had a piece of paper that she'd decorated with pictures of toys she wants for Christmas and she took it to Santa. He barely even acknowledged it. It wasn't like he was mean; almost like he just didn't know how to talk to kids. It was awkward and I find that strange. But, she's none the wiser so I will not fret about it.

The other experience we had this week was the first big poop...and I mean BIG POOP. Nolan not only pooped all over his clothes and himself, but all over me. And, for some reason, it really upset Bailey. She cried and said that she didn't like him anymore because he pooped on me. Then, to make matters worse, he later leaked pee-pee on her bed sheets and she was so upset that he "ruined her bed." Fortunately, she seems to have forgotten about those incidents and likes him again. Aaaah, having 2 kids is quite difficult at times!! Here's a sweet picture from about 2 minutes before the pee-in-the-bed incident. The next is Nolan's "after the big poop" butt bath.

She really takes this big sister stuff seriously!!!

And, on a Bailey note....below you'll find pictures of her singing in her first church Christmas show. With only 2 practices, I thought Bailey would probably just stand there, but she actually sang. We were so proud!

I have no idea why she wanted to stand so far away from the other kids in her row.

Check back next week for more family adventures!