Coen's First Mug Shot

We received an awkward phone call the other night from the local County Sheriff informing us that he had our son in custody after Coen was caught smuggling some 1% organic milk from a local grocery store. Coen claimed "temporary insanity" (as he was trained to do) as a result of his parents letting the milk stock run low at home. Fortunately, our son was able to post bail and he is a free man again.

In all seriousness, Coen just had his first passport photos taken (for summer trips to Canada and Mexico). As you can see above, he was rather stoic for this photo shoot.

We're headed to California tomorrow for the 4th weekend plus a work trip for a client. Coen gets to see his many paternal cousins. Should be a good time.

PS - We recently started him on some Rogain so we should see some growth soon... Otherwise, he may grow up to look like some old skinhead (at least he'll be straight edge!) OK, time for me to stop...

Corpus Christi : Coen's First Beach Experience

Though he has been to Huntington Beach, San Clemente, and Santa Cruz already, Coen's first true beach experience (meaning that he actually went in the water) was a few weeks back down in Corpus Christi, Texas. As our many Texan friends warned us, "Corpus Christi isn't exactly Hawaii" (where else is?); but it was a fun trip nonetheless. The little man went nuts crawling along the shoreline, darting in and out of the shorebreak like he was his own skimboard or something. It was hilarious. We actually wish he had a little more fear. Here are a few more pictures - here and here and here and here and here and with Kayla. Finally, some other pictures from the trip:
And a couple of classic shots of the little man that mama calls her "angel face":

Lime Doesn't Pay

Over the past few months, whenever we've gone out to eat, Coen has developed a strange habit of entertaining himself by consuming the limes at the table. At this point, he seems fully aware of what he is getting himself into and yet he still recklessly pushes forward. Here are the best 'before' and 'after' moments that we've been able to commit to film (well, bytes really).