14 Months!

Cole at 14 Months

• 7 teeth and another just about through.
• Pulling up all over the place and climbing steps.
• Can give "Five", Wave, Clap, Dance, and show us where his nose is if he is feeling like it.
• Likes cars, trucks, and balls.
• Likes any kind of toiletry container and random household object more than any toy.
• Weighs over 21 lbs, but scales at his doctor's office varied from 20 lbs 10 ozs to 21 lbs 5 ozs.
• Loves the swings and to be outside.

Hinckley, Ohio September 2009

One of Cole's Halloween costumes. Both of them were bought at consignment sales for under 5 bucks:). He was so cute, but he didn't like the mane much. My Mom used this picture and put it between glass for her paver we got her for Mother's Day. We made it on Saturday.
Cole and Grandma snuggling.

Eating a banana on the way to the mall.

Uncle Chris "Superman"ing him through the air. He loves it!

Uncle Chris showing him how chopsticks are like drumsticks. We went out to eat at House of Hunan in Medina, Ohio. The food there is really good!

Eating lemons to impress everyone. He actuall took it from me and kept eating it and making a lemon face because it made everyone laugh...we may have a clown here.

We went out to eat with my parents' friends.

At the Ehrmann's house. They have 3 parrots that Cole was enthralled with. He laughed at one of them.

Daddy arrived Thursday night and Friday night we went to the Winking Lizard Tavern for my parents' 30th wedding anniversary. It was the annual clambake. I haven't had a clam since I lived in NY. It was a nice time and Cole was very well behaved.

Jonathan and Cole out front of the Lizard.

Cole tasting a lemon. Check out his face if you can see it. He was once again trying to get everyone laughing at him.

Lemon, Grandma?

Our table.

I love how Cole is being so smiley. I wish we were sitting closer. I was sitting so far away because he was throwing stuff on my lap or hitting me with the straw. He did figure out how to drink from a straw, though. That was cool.

Little Pumpkin.

Jonathan's parents came up to visit.

Cole showed off his new climbing steps skill. He also showed off how he can pull up on anything now and he does it quite frequently.

He still scoots, though:).

Grandma blowing the train whistle as Cole climbs another step.

Cole blows train whistle (not really, but he was trying).

Weird face on the way home.

Funny face.

Pitiful face. You can see his molar, though if you look way back on his left side of his mouth. So, as you can see he is back up and running. He pulls up on everything and is in to everything. So many adventures/mishaps to come in the near future. Tomorrow he turns 14 months. I can't even believe that.

Just Hanging Around

Cole was obsessed with our pull up bar this weekend. So, we tried him out on it. He looks very unsure. This was the most smiley he has been in a week. Molar almost through, but there are probably more to follow. At least we are getting rid of the ear infection, viral rash, etc.

The Reason for the Lack of Pictures Lately...Teeth

Is this not the most pitiful little boy you have ever seen? He was completely miserable for all of Weds night (starting 2am) until today. He didn't sleep and hardly ate from 2am until 6pm Thursday. He seems to be feeling better and is eating a little bit now and sleeping pretty well. His gum actually looks like it hurts! The other teeth he cut were nowhere near the trouble this one seems to be. He also had a cold and a double ear infection to go along with it all. Poor kid! We are all much better now, though. We are just waiting for this tooth to pop through and we are relying on the following until then...
Hopefully more happy pictures to come as of tomorrow:).

The Hammer and The Pull-Up

This morning he was showing off his great carpentry skills. I cannot believe how in such a short time he has been able to master getting these pegs out by hammering them. Carpentry does run in the family, though. Note the blue peg is in.
Blue peg is out. Magic.

He did it! I was on the phone with Jonathan and looking at something at our desk in our bedroom and I heard a toy tapping against the glass in our window. It didn't occur to me for several seconds that Cole cannot reach the glass in our window while sitting. So, I turned and there he was smiling at me. The camera was right next to me so I took some shots.

How To Tutorial

How to get your son's hair from this hair...
and this hair.
To this spiffy hair...
This hair...

And this hair....

In a matter of hours.

Step 1: Decide that the small haircut you gave him last week was not enough.

Step 2: Take scissors and comb and chase your son around the upstairs trying to cut off pieces for an hour.

Step 3: After chasing and snipping, decide that the very nice haircut at this point needs some evening out in the back.

Step 4: Grab your clippers.

Step 5: Angle clippers too much so that your level 3 is actually at somewhere between 0 to 1.

Step 6: Start getting sickening feeling in your stomach.

Step 7: Try to blend the level 1ish into the long hair in the back hoping it won't be noticeable.

Step 8: Decide, wisely for once during these steps, that professional help is needed.

Step 9: Feed son lots of food for lunch.

Step 10: Put on dark sunglasses, a ballcap (for your), and a sun hat for your son so no one notices either of you or sees what you have done to your child's hair.

Step 11: Drive to get it fixed and realize that you will be taking him to get his hair barbered until he is old enough to sit still and be aware of what you are doing (even if he doesn't approve).

Step 12: Be really glad that your husband's hair is very very short and that he loves the new do on his boy... Yeesh.

Cole also switched to hard spouted sippy cup today (yes...no more silicone and him chucking it everywhere with leaking!).

He also went on the potty again today after I left him out of his diaper for an hour. At least it is getting him used to it!
He is close to pulling up....more of that soon most likely.

Big Deals

Cole has a cold. He also has horrendous diaper rash. He also is cutting a tooth. He likes to do things the difficult way, it seems. Well, since the rash is SOO bad, I let him go without a diaper for a few hours today. I thought he'd wet his shorts, but he didn't. Strange. So, I decided to put him on his tot potty and he went! It was shocking. I am not trying to potty train him at all, but if he has to go diaperless it will be interesting to see if he is consciously holding it or not. Anyway, I think this was pretty cool considering he is only 13 months.
Why does he only pull up in the bathtub where it is really really dangerous and slippery? Because he likes to do things the hard way (oh, and his toys are all thrown on the floor and he really wants them). We think he may start pulling up soon in non-bath settings, too. We shall see. Mobility here we come (smiles and tears by us all at the same time).

Oh yeah, and I cut his hair today. Only on the sides and back...we really like it and we saved lots of $$. Maybe it will make up for the Build.A.Bear that we are thinking of making him now that he is in love with stuffed animals. He was pretty good for a while, but then I had to call on my wonderful neighbor and her 3 kids to distract him until I finished (and give good opinions).

We are a Car!

Ki.a Fort.e is a new car model. I thought it was funny when I saw the ad on the internet because I thought it was some ad targeted specifically at the user and that is why my last name was on there. Then I remembered seeing something about this car in the recent past. I suppose this is one of those drawbacks to watching nearly no television.

The Next Great Oly.mpic Swimmer

He stunned you with his going under water ability at the age of only 6 months.
He wowed you with his ability to kick his feet and blow bubbles in the water.

Look for him in the Summer Oly.mpics in 2028. We don't even know where it will be held yet, but he will be there!

Random Thoughts

Well, I had a few random thoughts written down and when I published it actually went two posts down. I guess that may be some sort of divine intervention.

I really need to think more....then maybe I won't be out of thoughts after 2 anyway!:)

Wordless Wednesday: Cole Kisses