I wanted to share some tidbits about Cole's involvement in the political process. Cole really got into the spirit of things. We listen to alot of NPR and whenever they would talk about Obama or McCain (which is always), he would start talking about them. Mike got a McCain bobblehead at a minor league baseball game this summer and Cole sai, " John McCain, I have to change your diaper". And then he told McCain he was "in trouble" and put him in time-out-- IN THE REFRIGERATOR. And still even now, whenever we open the door to get a snack, there is John McCain nodding approvingly at us. Then we took Cole to the polls when we voted and he cried when we left saying he "want to do America again". Check out the video below (I cut it off a little too soon- sorry).

Soupy-Man

Its a bird. Its a plane. Nope, its Colden!. Cole pronouces Superman as Soupy-man (really funny to us). He really got into the spirit of it this year. We are fortunate though that by the next morning he had forgotten all about the candy he had gotten!

Cole is getting really good at counting- up to twenty and can do his ABCs really well. His latest and greatest is to tell us "I'll be back in a minute". Nothin else to report from here- just work, eat, play, sleep. I posted a bunch of pics on the ficker site so check them out if you want (see the link to the right- More Swabo pics). Peace.

Oh yeah- Gas here is $1.93 (if it goes much lower, I think people might bathe in it 8-) and it flurried this morning. Booooo.

Congrats and Best compliment EVER

Congratulations to our friends, Brent and Abby, who tied the knot this past weekend in Chicago. We wish them all the happiness and laughter life has to offer.

We brought Cole with us to the wedding and we had a blast. He wore a little suit and tie which was sooo adorable! After I was finished getting ready, Cole paid me the best compliment of my life. I walked downstairs in my dress and Cole looks at me and said "Mommy looks like a princess." OMG- my heart melted right there. Who would have ever guess that after 36 years the nicest compliment came from my 2 year old. Ah, life is sweet.

All is well in STL. On Saturday we went to the Taste of St. Louis which was like a Hot Dog Stand compared to the Taste of Chicago- although there was a Big Foot truck. I thought I would just share some pics from the Air Show. Hope all is well with everyone!! Enjoy-


PS- GO WHITE SOX!!

HI everyone. Things are fine with us. We went to the Giants game last weekend and had a BLAST!! We went early to watch them warm up down close to the field. Cole wore his Manning jersey and I wore my Shockey jersey (yes, I know it's a little outdated but it's all I had). Surprisingly, there were TONS of Giants fans there. In our section, there was the constants chant of "Let's go Giants". Then after the KILLED the Rams, we saw the team bus and watched the players get on- we saw Brandon Jacobs, Jeff Feagles, ELI. Unfortunatley, we didn't bring a camera. Cole had a great time and cheered loudly for the good guys.

Tomorrow, we are going to the Air Show at Scott Air Force Base which should be pretty cool. The Thunderbirds will be there. Not much else new around here. Just feeling good and LOVING it!! Hope all is well with everyone reading this.