Heidi Says 012

"I don't feel like writing 'Skidoo'"

closer

come here...
If you will let me be the little spoon
and whisper me your secrets,
I will listen intently and use my magic tricks
then I will spin you something exquisitely beautiful out of words
so you will know you are of infinite importance.
It will be Our Most Lovely Moment

Even if you forget it, forget me
I know it is still in you somewhere,
and I remember everything.
I write it on my heart.

Minute Man

Heidi: [looking at the phone bill] Who called us from Haddonfield New Jersey...

Jamie: My girlfriend.

Heidi: ...for one minute.

Jamie: That's all I needed.

Great Quotes 006

"If what I think is happening is happening...it better not be."
-Mrs. Fox from Fantastic Mr. Fox

Good Food, Annoying Name

At a restaurant called Cheeburger Cheeburger...

Cole: [Reading a poster] Look. They put the fun back in fund-raiser.

Heidi: I wish they would put the s back in cheeseburger. And the other e.

It Actually Made Me Feel A Lot Better

Heidi: That is totally a gray hair. I don't care what Daddy says. [sigh]...Well, I guess everybody has to get some gray hairs sometime.

Dexter: Yeah. I'm getting brown hairs [hugs me and looks up with giant blue eyes]...I have a lot of brown hairs.

Heidi: Is that weird for you?

Dexter: Yeah.

Heidi: Yeah, that is weird.

Cole's Bio

Cole (3/5/98) is the first-born child to Jamie and Heidi. His parents were young when they had him. His father was 23 and his mother was 18. His parents met in 1995 at their workplace, Langley Electronics and Camera. Jamie worked in the front of the store, helping customers and selling electronics, and Heidi worked behind the scenes in the photo lab. They were friends for two years before they became romantically involved.

Although both his parents wanted a boy, they opted not to find out if the baby was a boy or a girl. However, blue was Heidi's favorite color and everything that she purchased for the baby was blue. This dismayed her mother, who thought the baby was a girl. During her pregnancy, Heidi worked at two different photo labs and then did temp work at an auto dealership. At the time of Cole's birth and through his babyhood, Jamie was working as a web developer in a company he started with his mother and step-father.

The couple had great trouble agreeing upon names for their upcoming arrival. Jamie liked "salt of the earth" names such as Matthew, while Heidi preferred unusual names like Adriel. Through much deliberation they came up with a list of about 20 names each for boys and girls. They decided not to choose one until the child arrived. They also kept the potential names a secret from everyone, not wanting any negative input, such as "I knew a girl named Mary in first grade and she picked her nose and peed her pants. I hate that name."

Cole was the first grandchild on both sides of the family. His birth was so anticipated that there were dozens of people at the hospital waiting while his mother was in labor. When he arrived his mother wept tears of joy and his father was so giddy that he could not stop smiling. His father took around 200 pictures in Cole's first hours of life. The name on their list that they'd been considering the most was Lyle, but the name did not fit their son's face or personality. They chose Cole, another name they loved. They felt that it was a very noble sounding name for a baby who seemed to be a very noble old soul.

Cole spent his first year in an apartment in Rosslyn, and then the family moved in with his maternal grandparents so that they could save some money. As a toddler, Cole was adored by all who knew him. He was enchanting with his cleverness, his clear speech, and his sweet personality. He met all of his milestones early, and his parents have always been so proud of him and find him a joy.

Cole has grown to be a brilliant and sensitive young man. He absorbs knowledge easily and is an expert on many topics that interest him such as ichthyology, computer programming, chemistry, biology, geography, the Presidents of the United States, creative writing, and illustrating comics. He is a friend to those in need of a friend and he is very concerned with doing what is right. He has friends that love him, teachers that are rooting for him, brothers that look up to him, and parents who encourage him and want for him to be happy.

Cole has interesting adventures ahead of him. In the future, Cole would like to attend MIT. He will surely be successful and happy in an occupation of interest to him. He is such a sensitive sweet and handsome fellow, that this writer feels that he will marry the girl of his dreams, live nearby, and have a beautiful family with lots of children for his mother to be a grandma to. Kidding aside, Cole's future hopefully holds hobbies that he enjoys, a job that he loves, people around him that love and appreciate him, joy, and many mistakes to learn from, for as Albert Einstein said, "Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” With Cole's amazing abilities he will certainly be trying new things.

Great Quotes 005

"I solemnly swear I am up to no good."
-Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, by J. K. Rowling