Check this guy out!

**You probably want to mute this because baby talk apparently gets exponentially worse with each child**

 

I'll do a proper Cole update after his 9 month (yes, sad but true) appointment that is in 2 weeks!

Still on Summer Schedule!

Hi there.  We are still on Summer break here and probably won't be back to regular posts until after Labor Day!  Enjoy our new header with beach pictures...and I will try to keep pictures updated on our Smug Mug!

Cereal!

Feeding Nate his first cereal is one of my favorite memories...it's so funny how different it was for Cole.  I had been putting it off for a while and finally decided it was time.  He was not much of a fan....

Then with us making a big deal about cereal, Nate chimes in and says that he wants a bowl of cereal too!

Oh, these boys!

I'd been trying to shove rice cereal into Cole every night. He would be so tight lipped I'd have to make him laugh to get any in!  It was pretty frustrating. At his dr's appt I said that he wasn't a big fan and she said just to try a different kind of cereal- I didn't even think of that!  So, we have now switched to oatmeal cereal, which he loves!  I guess we will start fruits and veggies soon too.

Nate the Photographer

We were stuck at home one day last week when Nate ran a fever and I happened to find our old digital camera.  Thinking it might entertain him for a while I gave it to him....and he really enjoyed playing with it!  Started off with a good self-portrait....

then moved on to some (lots) of random shots (many with a finger over the lens)

But if you are diligent, you'll come out with a few gems...Like this one of Cole!

He even gave Mommy a little love.  I'm assuming he cut off the top of my head because I was having a bad hair day :-)

Maybe I'll do these posts periodically and see what Nate captures!

Cole is 6 months old!

Poor Cole is definitely a second child...I'm a little behind on his updates.  But no news is good news and our little guy is doing great!

Here are his 3, 4, 5 and 6 month bear pictures (I have been good about taking those!)

 At 4 months he was weighing 15 lbs 11.5 oz (50%) and was 24.75 inches (25-50%)

 

We just had his 6 month checkup yesterday and he is weighing 17 lb 5.5 oz (50%) and is 26.5 inches (25-50%) He is average sized, which is great in making up the 3 month seasonal difference in hand-me-down clothes from Nate.  I just unpacked all of the 9 month clothes I had saved, most of which Nate wore on our beach trip, and Cole will fit in them perfectly when he takes his first trip to the beach in July!

Cole is FINALLY sleeping through the night.  It clicked about a month ago.  He will still stir some, but I have started running a fan next to my bed so I don't hear him as much and he will settle down on his own.

We are working on eating cereal, which he doesn't like at all and I have to make him laugh to open his mouth and then shove it in. 

He is getting more interactive and loves when you sing to him.  His most favorite thing is anytime Nate plays him any attention!

Movie Night!

We decided to have a movie night, let Nate try popcorn (now that he finally has enough teeth) and watch Tangled!

Step 1: Jammies :-)

Step 2: Make popcorn (the real on the stove kind!)

Step 3: Taste and settle in for a good movie!

Nate did really great and watched most of the movie, aside from  going to his playroom for a little bit.  We'll definitely do more movie nights!

A small house project

We haven't done many projects in our "new" house, just painting Cole's room.  I have 2 projects brewing right now, but when I realized we could tackle this one Joel knocked it out really quickly!

We have a small area between our front entry and our living room where the door to the basement is.  We thought it would be fun to paint the wall opposite the basement door with magnetic and chalkboard paint so Nate could have a little play area!

It came out great!  Nate loves to "stick" the letters and numbers on the wall.  We haven't pulled out the chalk for him just yet (mostly because I haven't had the time to sit with him to do it), but we hope this little wall will lead to hours of entertainment!