Bedtime at the Cohen House

Our nighttime routine is pretty much the same every night. Not Alex's routine, but mine and Kevin's. It goes something like this:

Whoever goes to bed first peeks his/her head into Alex's room. We see something like the following:




And just in case you don't understand what I mean, here are a few more:


So, as you can imagine, we have to call the other one over. "Isn't he the most beautiful thing you've ever seen?" we coo. And we both agree that he is.

After several minutes of some variation of that conversation over and over again (conducted in stage whispers, of course, so that maybe, just maybe, he'll wake up and we'll get to hold him again), I say, "Did you ever believe we would have such a perfect baby?"

And Kevin, who has never been lacking in the self-esteem department, guffaws and says, "Yep."

No matter how bad our days were, our bedtime routine puts everything in perspective.

Football Sunday

Alex loves wearing the Giants jersey Aunt Kris sent him. But he hates when the Giants play after his bedtime!

My boys in their Sunday best:

Alex Crawling

Alex has been crawling for a few weeks now. We used to put him on the floor in the living room, and he would go straight to the DVD player and try to press the buttons. But just this week he discovered that there's a world outside our living room, and, as you'll see in the following video, that he can crawl to other rooms in the house. So now we always have to be watchful for a baby under our feet.

Two things about this video: 1. Is it surprising to anyone that Kevin's son would stop at the fridge? 2. I have to start cleaning those floors on a regular basis!

Alex's first girlfriend

Since my friend Nikki is so much better at updating her baby blog than me, see the latest Alex news here.

Introducing Kyla Kathleen!

This post is long overdue and I apologize to my loyal blog followers (both of you). July and August were crazy months for us, so there is a lot to catch you up on. But the most exciting thing....

Alex has a cousin! A certified, first cousin! Kyla Kathleen was born to Kevin's sister Kristin and her husband Tom on July 20, 2009! She was just a little peanut at 5 lbs, 14 oz. Here's a picture of her when she was first born:


Isn't she the cutest? So alert right from the start. Alex, Kevin and I were lucky enough to get to go to New York and visit the new bundle of joy. Alex was so excited to meet Kyla -- he thought she was a new toy!


Bet you can't guess which one's which here:



Kyla is now six weeks old and doing great. She's even already rolled over! Of course, I think the milestone of which Kristin is most proud is Kyla's gaining enough weight to fit into all of the cute baby girl clothes she has! Kris and Tom are adjusting nicely to parenthood -- which doesn't surprise any of us that know them! Congratulations to the new family!



P.S. To my beautiful niece Kyla -- I know I have stiff competition in the "Kyla's favorite aunt" category. Please don't hold it against me that it took me so long to update my blog about your birth! I am a first-time aunt, you know, and I'm just trying to find my way...and hey, I think I'm your only aunt that even has a blog, so that's gotta count for something, right? ;)