Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all our friends and family!

New Wheels!

Cohen got an awesome new wagon for Christmas from Oma and Opa.  Here he is trying it out with Molly and sharing a ride with cousin Wyatt.

Muffels Cousins

We finally got a photo of all 5 muffels cousins.  In the photo below are Wyatt holding Saige, Serena, Ayla and Cohen. 

Sharing

Oma's "Triplets"

Here's Cohen with cousins Ayla and Saige (aka "cheeks").

Nana's "Twins"

Cohen's cousin Maddie is 9 weeks older than him.  Nana has loved having two babies and has said it's like having twins.  It has been fun to watch their development over the past 5 months and lately to watch their interaction.  I'm sure they'll be great buddies as they're growing up.  Here are a few pictures of Nana's twins, starting with their first meeting when Cohen was just a few days old.

You don't mind sharing do you Molly?

Umm... excuse moi but I think your bum is on my side.

And a little too close to my face for comfort.

Taking turns

Cohen can't be in both places at once, so Molly sneaks in for a swing ride of her own.

Busted!

Watching you watch me watching you

Eating Cereal

Big Blue Eyes

Cohen's Thoughts.....

"This is a funny looking toy, I wonder if I could get it in my mouth"

"Yup, nailed it!"

"Do you want to taste it too?"

Ternoway Christmas Celebration 2011

Here are some more pics from the Ternoway Christmas party.  Thanks to Erin and Ian for hosting this year!  We all had such a good time!

Here are the brownie cake pops I made, they tasted as good as they look:

Lots and Lots of Cousins

These are from the Ternoway family Christmas celebration on Nov. 27.

Little cousins!  From left: Joey, Belle, Riley, Tommy, Sarah, Ellery, Nathaniel, Maddie, Caitlin, Lauren and Cohen (missing are Hope and Mackenzie).  Our family has been blessed with five healthy babies this year....next year's celebration will be pretty hectic with those five running around with the older kids :)

And big cousins!  From top: Kim, Greg, Tina, Erin, Alison, Dan, Meghan, Kristy, Lindsay, Matt and Kara (missing Jamie)

And of course, the latest photo of Nana & Gigi's grandkids

Jolly Jumpin'

Cohen has just started using the Jolly Jumper...he seems to like it, but is still figuring it out.  We're loving watching him learn how to use it!

Five Months Old!

Today Cohen is five months old.  I woke up this morning thinking: how is it possible that 5 months have already gone by?  This past month has been a busy one for us filled with lots of family events.  Cohen is definitely recognizing many people in his family when he sees them and has even started reacting to some of their photos.  He really enjoys other babies at the mommy & baby groups we go to as well as his cousins and is interacting with them more and more.  Cohen loves playing with toys and is starting to show preferences to certain ones, Sophie the giraffe is a definite favorite.  He continues to be a terrible sleeper and over this month has gone from waking every three hours in the night to waking every one to two hours :(  But, despite the lack of sleep, he's a very happy baby and is overly generous with smiles for anyone who looks his way.

Here are his five month photos:

Sucking and chewing on his hands is still a favorite activity:

 Smiles for mommy:

 Mini-Mike:

Loved by the Ladies

Cohen is loved by the ladies wherever he goes.  Here are his cousins Lauren, Caitlin and Belle trying to make him laugh.