Luck of the Irish

From his blue eyes, to his fair skin, to being a Foley and an O'Shaughnessy... although Italian too this kid looks Irish for now. So happy St. Patty's Day!

Update on what we have been up to...

Cohen is cutting his first tooth. At 10.5 months it is about time. Slowpoke.. But it hasn't been that bad. I had heard horror stories of crying and up all night, to fevers and vomiting! Cohen has just been chewing on everything... much like a little puppy and he has been throwing up his bottle at night, which is really kind of gross cause his solids come with it. Yuck! Its the bottom right, I am sure I will post pictures when it really breaks threw. He now walks totally instead of crawling and only resorts to crawling when it will get him somewhere or away from something more quickly. It really is a sight to see a tiny 10 month old walking! Its really very cute, but of course I am bias.

I also finally finished the above mural for Cohen's room. I was so nervous about doing it myself but I think it turned out pretty good. My mom and sister are not the only talented artists in our family... look out! I really do feel like Cohen will change the world someday. He just has that something about him... his spirit is so damn happy and positive!

I am working on launching a new photography website and plan on giving my photography a go with a studio and everything. I hope to have a studio running by May so until then I am just going to be shooting out of the house. Right now I am doing free portrait sessions for all parents that have a new baby... by new I mean less than 2 weeks old, preferably just a couple of days, so please get in touch with me or let your friends know that are expecting. When I get the site launched I will also post as well.

That is it for now. Enjoy your St. Patty's Day and enjoy yourself a green beer! :)

{Enjoy}

Nothing new going on... I took these pictures yesterday. He has been sleeping so hard with being sick so I figured I would take advantage of the fact and play around with him a bit. The tub shot was just for fun too, I am trying new things simply for practice. The sleeping shots are a few of my favs thus far. Enjoy!

More Walking

Everyone has been asking to see more of Cohen walking since he really is full on walking now at only 10 months. Here is a video of Cohen walking across the entire kitchen yesterday. He looks like such a big kid. It is so cute to see this little 19 pounder (15th% for his age) walking. Notice the hiccups that he has... I can hardly walk and talk myself. Not bad for a guy who just started walking. Enjoy the video. Sorry it is on the lengthy side!

DREAM BABY

I took these pictures today... Cohen slept in because he is battling a double ear infection and infected tonsils. We had to go to urgent care on Saturday, which in return forced me to have to skip my first over night stay away without Cohen. I was suppose to spend the night in Hot Springs at a lake house for one of my best girlfriend's bach. party. I still say Jeremy put Cohen up to the ear infections and tonsil issue. Cohen has never had anything other than a runny nose so his first real sickness couldn't have come at a worse time. (The hospital in December is a separate issue) Cohen has seriously been a sick free baby. As you can tell from the pictures above he is starting to feel better!

The Way I Walk!

Cohen is really walking, he is walking even more and without someone encouraging him. He just takes the plunge himself for no reason except to get from point A to B on his feet instead of his knees. Jeremy is just in awe of this feet and thinks that Cohen is so advanced. (Of course we do, we our proud parents) I think that I want Cohen to slow down a bit... I just do not want him to grow up anymore than he already has. He is so much fun!

Seattle Recap - Baby, Bras, and Family

Reading with Gramma

Putting p.j.'s on with Michaelanne

Playing with Tommy

In heaven with the super bra

With Momma and looking nothing like me

First of all I better apologize to my sister, Michaelanne, for the bra pic but I just could not help myself. Cohen is either going to totally be into boobs or be totally frightened of them. I am guessing the first but you never know. Its no secrect that my sister is blessed. Cohen discovered her bra and really had fun playing with it. We could not help but embarass him by snapping a handful of shots of him playing and getting tangled up in it. I am still laughing just thinking about it!

We are back from Seattle! Our week and a half trip went by so fast. I am so mad at myself that I really didn't take any pictures while I was there. I have no pictures of Cohen with my dad... Sorry Grumpa! I didn't take any pictures when Cohen and I got together with all of the Beach side of the family. However Aunt Patty will be sending pictures that she took. I also did not take a single picture when we got together with my mom's side of the family. So I am a bad mom but I guess I just get tired of taking photos all the time.

Above are a few shots from our trip. We really didn't do anything exciting. We just spent our days visiting family and friends. Oh, Cohen is 10 months today and he is walking for real now vs. his kind of walking that he was doing before. I will try to post a video of that today as well since he is at mother's day out.

Naked Almost 10 Month Old

Cohen turns 10 months on the 6th... I know I can't even believe it! Seriously the time has flown by. I stole a page from my friend Jocelyn who is a great photographer herself and stripped Cohen down and took his 10 month portrait naked in the park. I am sure every onlooker thought I was the worlds worst mother. It was 40 degrees out for god sake and I had my kid bare assed at the park with grass sticking to every part of his body including his rear. He seemed to really like being naked and in the grass at first but then I think the elements hit him and he was ready to put his clothes back on and get back to Gramma's where she keeps him warm. 

So, 10 months... I think Cohen is weighing about 19 pounds maybe???? We don't go back to the doctor until he is a year, except to get one more shot, that he should have already gotten, so maybe he will get weighed then. He is walking and just this weekend he started standing from a seated position without having to use a person or object to pull himself to his feet. He even took a few steps after getting to his feet. My guess is he will really start to mastering the walking thing over the next few weeks. Just great... I am having a hard enough time keeping up with him now, while he is crawling.