Oh man…SO hard to believe my baby is FOUR!!  Cohen has been the most incredible blessing to us.  He is so stinking smart…it constantly keeps us on our toes.  He always has something funny to say or do.  I saw something the other day that said the average 4 year old asks around 400 questions a day…I think Cohen doubles that.  He is CONSTANTLY asking questions and wants to know every detail about everything. His Texas twang cracks us up.  Watch the videos below and you’ll see what I’m talking about.  Hilarious.

Cohen still loves all sports, but baseball has become his absolute favorite.  He loves watching the Rangers and refers to Josh Hamilton as “The Hamslamwich.”  He plays with his toys maybe 20% of the time…the rest of the time he wants to play baseball.  If we’re able to be outside he wants to be batting.  If we have to be inside, he’ll throw the ball up in the air and practice catching with himself or one of us plays catch with him.  He begs to play all the time.  I’ve decided he’s destined to be an announcer.  With how much he talks and the lack of athletic ability being passed down to him it’s my closest guess at his future career.

Working out…

Another thing I love about Cohen right now is his love of music and singing.  He loves all kinds of music.  He and Keegan both love when daddy is in the car and they all get to drumming when the music is just right.  His current favorite thing to listen to…Vampire Weekend.  However, his favorite thing to sing is hymns.  He’ll still belt out Heavenly Sunlight from time to time, but he’s starting to pick up some of the more current songs as well.  He’s had the opportunity to help lead singing at church…

He doesn’t do it on video at home too often, so sometimes we have to be sneaky…like videoing his singing while he’s using the potty…

Goodness…I can’t even begin to put into words how much I love the kid.

This is a video I took at preschool yesterday morning when they sang “Happy Birthday” to him and gave him his birthday spins. Love his face at the end…

Excited about the birthday loot awaiting him…

Some of his 4 year pictures…

Happy, happy birthday, Cohen!  I love you!!

What fun we’re having with this boy!  I’ll say it again…this stage is so fun!  Keegan always keeps us laughing.  One of the funny new things he’s doing is saying “found it!” when he finds certain things.  Sometimes it’s if he’s looking for a particular toy or his cup, but the other night we were outside and he pointed to the moon and said, “moon” then he said, “found it!”  Kind of hard to get across the cuteness of it here maybe, but I find it to be adorable.  (I guess that’s what mom’s do, right!?)

Keegan has started waking up early in the mornings…usually between 6 and 6:30.  After he wakes up he starts yelling, “MOM, MOM, MOOOOOOOOOOOOOM.”  It’s the Will Ferrell scene right out of Wedding Crashers.  Annoying, yet funny.

He’s also beginning to pick up on some manners.  Lately he’ll say, “help please, mom” or “thank you, mommy.”  Ahhh, melts my heart.

Cute boy in Cohen’s hat…

Keegan loves to sit on the counter while I’m cooking…

Fun at the park…

Using our backyard sprinkler as a microphone…  (I have a very similar picture of Cohen doing this same thing about this same age).

Sweet, sweet smiles…

Happy 20 months, Keegan!  I love you!

Just some random pictures I thought I’d throw up here…enjoy!

Cohen made a parking garage for his cars…

Cute boy…

Fun on the boat…

Practicing his surfing skills…

Getting roared at by the tiger at the zoo…  Wish I could’ve captured a picture of Cohen’s face when he turned around.

Giving me his best pose before blast ball…

Fun on the slide…

We went to Grapefest not too long ago.  Here’s Cohen showing me his tickets for the ferris wheel…

Loved this look once it started going…

My other sweetie pie…

Fun on the slide…

Trying out the football helmet…

Keegan went as “Woody” in the preschool book character parade…

And last but not least, the boys singing “12 Men Went to Spy on Canaan.”

12 Men from christianross on Vimeo.

I love this stage between 18 months and 2 years.  So much learning and development taking place…it’s so fun!  Keegan is talking more and more and is beginning to become more understandable.  He has become a very picky eater and really just doesn’t eat that much in general.  Fruits are still good, but he’s not a fan of meat or veggies.  He loves mimicking Cohen, but doesn’t really enjoy it when Cohen tries to play with him or tell him what to do.

Here he is just before getting his haircut…didn’t realize it was that long!

Loving the dinosaur exhibit at the Ft. Worth Children’s Museum…

The weather has finally cooled off and we’ve been able to enjoy being outside.  Keegan is a huge fan of the swing…

Trying out the surf board at the lake…

He’s saying, “cold!”

Another picture from the first day of preschool…such a handsome boy…

Enjoying the slide at the park…

Last but not least, a quick shot of Keegan’s counting to 10…

The boys started preschool this week.  Cohen was really excited about going back and excited to see some of the same kids that were in his class last year.

Here’s Keegan with his teacher, Mrs. Denise…

He LOVES her.  He spent the whole drive to school this morning saying, “nise, nise, nise” over and over again.  He did great when we dropped him off, no crying, just walked right in and started playing.  That was nice, made the transition easier for us all!

Here’s Cohen with is teacher, Ms. Kathy…

He also did great and has really enjoyed being back.  He refers to himself as one of the “big kids” at school.  Each day he’s told me how he watched out for Keegan and how he helped him down the slide.  Awww…melts this momma’s heart!

We’re looking forward to a great year!  (And if you’re interested…Christian redid the preschool website this year.  I’m partial of course, but I think it’s amazing!)