Cole at 11 Months

Cannot believe Cole is almost one year old.  Madness!!!!!! He is so fun, a true fireball, and we are so thankful for him.

Cole's latest tricks include clapping (ALL THE TIME), patty cake, waving and high five-ing to just about anyone and anything, even saying "Hi." When he wakes up, I usually am bummed that naptime is over, or that it is super early, but I walk in to Cole standing in the crib, he puts one hand out and says... HI.  Precious.  Can't get enough.




Cole is all over the place.  Pulling up on things, opening drawers and cabinets and slamming them shut, and crawling at lightning speeds.  This is such a fun stage.  I was told that he would probably follow me everywhere once he started crawling, but he tends to take off in the opposite direction, full speed.  Curious Cole.

 

Practicing the wave.

Survived another flight to Dallas with this kid

Started weaning on his 11 month bday! Yay!
Does not like milk, but gig em.

           Getting a little too good at sucking down those pouches.             And still loves trips to the pool!

 

 

 Bringing Sonic to Tom at work.                                     LOVES meal times!

 

In love with dogs.  And Pops of course.  His bear is also a favorite.
 

 

Get me some of that hot dog.  Goober faces.

So curious. And mischievous.

Father's Day Weekend

This weekend for Father's Day, we ignored all parenting wisdom and packed up our sick baby to head to Houston.  If you are going to be miserable and exhausted anyway, might as well be with people you love! We stayed at Matt and Rachel's and spent lots of time with Emily and her new handsome fellow, Chris. (We approved, by the way.  He is awesome!)

 

Cole ended up not getting a fever again that weekend, so we were glad we went!

 

 Cole played his maracas all the way to Houston, and Tom safely ate his favorite Whataburger sandwich. 

Late night playtime with Rachel.

Pass the pigs! Cole loved those little pink fellows.

Good job Matt!

Early morning snuggles. And wild hair.

LOVE my sweet friends. So thankful!

Pedicures!

Family. Again, so thankful.

 World's best game? Reverse Charades.  I haven't laughed that hard for that long...ever! I can't wait to play it again.

Steaks and corn on the cob! Delicious!

 Rachel and I did some crafting

 

Cole can't wait to play ball with the boys.

Happy Father's Day to Tom! We are so blessed, so thankful and so loved by him!

 

 And lastly, here are the pictures that made it on Tom's first Father's Day card. Tom asked me if I put the balls back in the boxes.  HA!

 

 

Cole: 10 Months

Cole is 10 months! And it has been one filled month of new skills, new foods, new teeth and new fevers.

Cole is officially on the move.  He started crawling and that led to pulling up and cruising all over the place.  It's crazy how fast that all happened.  In Cole's new found freedom, I am still trying to adjust to the whole "be careful, he could be trying to open the oven" mindset.  Or headed to the stairs.  Or has the vacuum cord in his mouth.  You just never know.  

                                     

We also caught Cole standing in the crib... down to the lowest level he went.  He can still stand up, but at least his chances of catapulting over the edge is much less.

Cole is also starting to learn words and act on them now..which is so fun! It puts some purpose to me talking to myself all day! He can "share," give hugs and kisses, rub noses, clean up and sit down.  I love seeing him learn.

Cole gained two more teeth this month.  (Four total). We also survived his first virus.  That was rough.  Turns out that taking baths at 3 am aren't as much fun as in the early evening.  We didn't sleep a whole lot this month.

Cole continues to eat like a champion.  He loves to be in control, so finger foods and giant carrots are his favorites.  It is a huge mess, but also entertaining. 

I was trying to encourage Tom with a Bible verse one day...but the only way to keep Cole from eating the paper was to give him a carrot!

This boy loves to be outside!