Happy Birthday, Cameron!
The newest member of our family was born yesterday (Sept. 24) at 3:21pm. Mom and baby are both doing great. Big sisters and daddy are fine too. Many more photos at flickr.com.
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This is the family website of Jason and Tina Coleman.
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To Quote a Coleman…
Congratulations that you are having a baby!
Cora to Tina upon the beginning of labor.
To Quote a Coleman…
Remember at dinner when you told me “Less talk, more eat?” I just wanted to throw that back at you.
Cora’s explaination after hushing her lullaby-singing mom by saying, “Less talk, more sleep.”
G’Morning, Gov’nor
Cora’s political awareness began at age three when she started watching re-runs of The West Wing with her dad. (She called the show “Mr. President” because the president was her favorite character and that’s how everyone addressed him.)
With our family’s chance meeting of Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich this weekend, Cora’s exposure to politics goes up another notch. We explained to her that a governor is like the president, but only for one state. Cora was happy to get her picture taken with any kind of president.
Callie was less impressed. As we were talking with Governor Ehrlich she yelled, “A Cow!” and ran off to chase the Chick-Fil-A mascot who had just strolled by.
Carnival
A selection of Flickr Photos from our trip to the carnival.
Dressed for Work
The girls got some new dress-up clothes this week from Gram. Cora’s is a Cinderella dress and Callie’s is a LadyBug outfit complete with antennae and wings. There’s a whole lot of princessing going on at our house since the arrival of the Cinderella dress. Cora has been quite taken with the Disney Princesses for a while now, but as of this week she has the official uniform to go with the big imagination. When she’s in her dress she wants to be addressed as “Your Highness.” (And, in keeping with royal decorum, she returns the favor by addressing me as “Sire”.)
To Quote a Coleman…
| Callie: | My cookies are crying. |
|---|---|
| Jason: | Why? |
| Callie: | Because I ate all their friends! |
Callie refering to the Oreo cookie halves left over after eating the sides with cream filling on them.
To Quote a Coleman…
I bowed my head way better than you guys.
Cora, after our family dinner prayer.
To Quote a Coleman…
Balogna Crocodile
Callie’s suggested name for her little brother. She thought of it during lunch, while eating faces into her balogne.
Sumo Curtsy
Cora’s graduation was beautiful. After the kids sang some songs (with dance steps and all) they each came forward to receive a certificate from their teacher. They had obviously rehersed how the children should receive their certificates because each child in turn shook her teacher’s hand, gripped the diploma, and then turned to the audience with a bow or a curtsy.
There was a wide range of interpretation of the curtsy. Some girls nailed it gracefully, some girls just bowed. When it came to Cora’s turn she shook hands just fine, gripped the diploma just fine, then turned to the audience with a look on her face like she couldn’t quite remember how to curtsy. Then, keeping her back straight, she did what can only be described as a squat, bending both knees until her thighs were parallel to the floor. Her expression then changed to something like, “I hope that was okay,” and she returned to her seat.