tunnels and trains.

for christmas, brenner's mom got cole a tunnel system. 

it basically takes up our entire living room but he loves it. 

 chewy also tries to get in. 

 here is what cole dragged into the main section.  balls, blankets, and elmo.  and of course he dove out of the shot as soon as i was camera ready. 

 brenner climbed in there with him (brenner's body is actually in a tunnel) and by that time, every car that cole owns was also in there with them.  as you can see, chewy was still trying to work his way in. 

 cole loved having daddy in there with him.  he wanted me to join him too but that wasn't going to happen.  i don't know if this belly could even fit down a tunnel but i wasn't going to try.  

this week we also got cole's train table set up.  we bought it back in the beginning on december, actually the grandparents did, for christmas, but we didn't have room to set it up yet.  

well, last weekend we got the girls' room all set up (pictures will come soon hopefully) and that meant moving cole's changing table/dresser into the girls' room.  and so now there is room for the train table.  

 to say that he loves this train table is an understatement.  

this little guy has been obsessed with trains for months and this is so perfect for him!  we wavered on whether or not to let him have a train table because typically we just go to barnes and noble to play with all the trains in addition of course to playing with the track and trains we already have.  we really thought that this was enough.

but thinking about going to barnes and noble with him and two newborns just didn't seem like a realistic option.  going anywhere with him and two newborns seems daunting if not impossible. 

but we will deal with that later. 

 i love his little face of concentration.  he pulls his bottom lip in a little and sticks out his tongue some.  

it is so cute!  

so far our only issue with the train table is cole trying to have too many trains connected together.  

he keeps making a long train, like 12 train cars, and then gets upset when they get stuck or fall of the track.  poor kid, he gets so frustrated.  

but his love for trains has now only been fueled by this new addition!