Kochman Family

We love to celebrate birthdays in our house and Daddy’s is no exception.  A highlight for Cooper is definitely making and eating the birthday cake.

This year Daddy “jokingly” requested two birthday cakes so we had to get started early.  …

Apparently I thought Cooper was only 2 feet tall and had no arms when I put the fragile ornaments on the tree.  I left a section at the bottom for him to decorate with unbreakable ornaments, but forgot to account …

While I was making a trip to the car midway through lunch, Nicholas took the opportunity to bounce his highchair closer to the table, pull my place mat towards him, and grab my sandwich.

So much for sticking with purees …

Grandpa and Grandma met up with us for a morning of fun at the Seattle Children’s Museum.

Cooper was a big fan of the bus, just like Daddy takes to work, especially since he could put gas in it.

Nicholas …

We have a tradition to kick-off the Christmas festivities the weekend after Thanksgiving.  This includes a trip to see Santa at Molbak’s, 2013 and 2012.  We were so happy with the picture that we made it our Christmas card …

Stats:

Length: 28.75 inches (62%)

Weight: 19 lbs 13 oz (34%)

Head Circumference: 18.75 inches (96%)

Development: Nicholas loves to stand up.  He prefers sitting versus being on his stomach.  He loves making different facial expressions and has added “Popeye” …

We have so much to be thankful for again this year including being surrounded and supported by amazing friends and family.  My annual activity of reviewing the ads for Black Friday shopping included a helper this year.

We spent Thanksgiving …

Today we went to the biggest McDonald’s type play land I have ever seen.  There was a ball pit, many slides and literally floors of obstacle paths to climb up and through.  We were there with some toddler group friends …

Today Cooper and Nicholas were cart buddies for the first time.  By the end Nicholas was tipping over tired so the next cart buddy trip will need to wait a bit.…

Getting ready to take off on our first commercial flight as a family of four.  A friend of ours offered a “friends” deal on their condo in Kauai and we jumped at the chance for some warm sunshine in November.…