Can he understand me?...

I swear Cole has been understanding things that I've been saying! Maybe he's too young but three times last week when he seemed like he was getting tired, I asked him if he wanted to go "nigh nigh" and each time he let out a small cry and crawled over to me. Then I picked him up and took him upstairs and he went right down for a nap. Another thing that happened last week was when Vere came home from work. I heard the garage door open but he was bringing the trash cans in so he hadn't come inside the house yet. Cole was laying on top of me chewing on something. I said to Cole "Daddy's home". Well, I had to say it three times before he looked at me, put his toy down and started crawling over to the other room where the door to the garage is - he was seriously on a mission! He really has been so excited when Vere comes home from work and cries when Vere leaves in the morning. Sometimes he tries to follow him to the door to the garage. It's cute but sad. So anyways, I think he's starting to understand things that I say a lot.

Cole has finally got the real crawl down - stomach off the floor and everything! He's been crawling that way for about a week now. And now he's able to take toys with him when he's on the move. He'll hold something in his hand for a while now... crawl over to the TV with it, stand up against the TV stand, bend down to pick the toy back up, then get down and crawl over to the ottoman with it and chew on it there. It's pretty cool!

Cole demonstrating his real crawl and playing with his stacking cups.

The last week/week and a half, his sleep has been off and it's making him super grumpy. He's been waking up around 4:15 am. Last night I put him down an hour later and he slept till about 5:30 this morning which I was actually happy about. I don't know what it is, Vere is calling it "growing pains". I think it might be the pacifier. His crib is all the way down now with no bumper so his pacifier never stays in his crib. He used to find it and put it in his mouth and I think that would help him go back to sleep. Since he doesn't really have his pacifier at night and he's been grumpy anyways, I decided this week that we're taking drastic measures and putting the pacifier away for good - cold turkey. Yesterday was day one and so far it's been OK. It took him a little longer to fall asleep than normal but it wasn't too bad. I think it'll be better in the long run and hopefully a week from now, he'll forget that pacifiers even existed!

Latest pics of Cole...



A good shot of Cole's first 2 teeth!



Still going to the park a couple times a week and still loving the swing



Having lunch



sssswwwwING!!!!

I took Cole to the park the other day because I had to feed him and we were out running errands. I had also been wanting to get him on a swing but since it's been raining so much we haven't had a chance until now. He loved it! We spent the rest of the week scoping out parks in the area to see which swings we liked the best.



at the park on a swing



loves the swing! which is weird considering he never liked the baby swing we have at home

 

another swing, another park, another day


After thinking Cole was teething for the last 5 months, he finally has 2 teeth coming in on the bottom. I'm really going to miss his gummy smile but it's about time he had some teeth!


So Cole has been getting into everything and pulling himself up onto anything. I am seriously scared for him! He can pull himself up no problem but he hasn't acquired the skill of breaking his fall. He's just started to put his hands out to try to land on them. The other day he wanted to get back down on the ground and landed on his hands. He just laid there for about 5 or 10 seconds with his hands underneath him before he figured out what to do. It was pretty funny. He also loves crawling over to the barstools to try and pull himself up... which I'm guessing is because we don't allow him to do it because it's dangerous. But the other day I didn't realize Cole was over by the barstools and he pulled one down on top of him. He was laying flat on his back with the barstool on top of him and he was holding onto the footrest that he uses to pull himself up. It seemed like it would be a pretty traumatic experience for him but 10 minutes later he was doing it again. That same day he also pulled a bunch of heavy books down on top of him from a book shelf. I just can't leave him alone for a second anymore. Actually I was in the room both times... he's just quick!

Aside from all the trouble he's been getting into, he's loving his new trick of standing. He's funny. Now he just likes to stand. I have to put a bunch of his toys on the ottoman so that he can stand and play with them at the same time. And every time he pulls himself up he just gets the biggest smile on his face. Lately he's been letting go of whatever he's holding onto and standing there for a few seconds before he falls. He's really getting the hang of it!



playing with his toys



this is how Cole likes to watch TV now

It was funny, the day Cole was trying to touch his shadow. It kept moving though so he never got it but he put forth a good effort.

Last weekend, the kids were here and we went to the San Diego International Auto Show. It was OK, I thought there'd be a bunch of high-tech cars that you see in movies but it was just the latest models from the big car companies. Here are some pics from the day...



Vere, Cole and Hugh in the background playing with some steering wheel

  

Cole and Vere



Lucy spinning the wheel for a Corvette Diner giveaway (and Hugh is watching)

 

Tabatha spinning the wheel



oh ya... we got this new wii game called just dance. here is a little taste... :)