Cole's First Shot at this Blog Thingy

I have never really done this before, and Jenna has no idea that I have done this, but I wanted to give it a shot. Jenna has praised me up and down on this little blog and I wanted my turn to let everyone know what Jenna and Cade mean to me. The idea of posting something on the blog came to after I had returned from running an errand to find Jenna and Cade taking a nap together on the bed. Although this is not an unusual scene, as both Cade and Jenna LOVE their sleep, I wanted to take some pictures of this because they usually fall asleep while Cade is feeding and Jenna would kill me if I posted those pictures. So I snuck over to Jenna's purse to grab her camera (I probably didn't need to sneak, it's not like she is a light sleeper or anything ;) ! ) and begun taking pictures. I've posted just a couple of them, but what I really wanted to do is give everyone a little idea how hard Jenna works to keep her family happy and to be successful as a teacher. Jenna usually does not get to bed before midnight, as she is usually working on school stuff. At either midnight or 1:00 AM she will usually feed Cade and on a really good night will have the chance to sleep until 5:30 AM when her alarm goes off to let her know that her 4 1/2 hours of sleep must be sufficient and that she must now get up and feed Cade and get ready for school. Then at about 7:15 AM Jenna travels with Shan (Thanks Shan for driving Jenna to school, you really don't know how much it helps us out and we really do appreciate it. Thank you.) to school until she gets home between 4:15 and 5:15. It is REALLY hard for Jenna to leave Cade every single day and I know that because of that she gets drained emotionally. Jenna thank you for doing that for me an Cade. Not only is Jenna teaching all day, but she spends her lunch break pumping so Cade can have milk for the next day. Upon returning home Jenna usually makes dinner, and they are the type of dinners that any husband would love to eat day after day. You are probably thinking that i'm a big hoser by now b/c I won't even make dinner, but I've tried and Jenna will tell you that she'd rather eat cereal for dinner than anything I could make. After dinner we usually sit and chat for a little while before she starts doing her school prep stuff (we usually find time to squeeze in American Idol as well ;) ). After doing her school stuff she falls asleep and does the whole thing over again.

When I came home today to find Jenna taking a nap with Cade, I just realized again how lucky I am to have found a girl like Jenna to spend my life with. How grateful I am to Heavenly Father for my son, and even more so to have found his mother, my sweet wife, on that August afternoon on the corner of 7th and 7th. I love you so much Jenna.

Cole

PS: Here are some super cute pictures of Cade!!