Coley is 5 months!

Jumpin' Jive, look who's 5...months, that is :) Cole continues to be a smiley, sweet kiddo with a slight stubborn streak.

He followed along with Addie's not-so-great sleeping (hey, they're my kids and I'm not the best sleeper, so why am I surprised?) so we Ferberized him like Addie, and it's gotten a LOT better.

He found his consonants and babbles a lot now--ba ba ba ba, da da da, and na na na are a few of his most frequent soliloquies.

He's also, thankfully, MUCH better in the car. He doesn't follow the more common baby path of actually falling asleep in the car, but he also isn't screaming his head off during each ride over 4 and a half minutes.

His most common nicknames:
Coley, Cole-man, Cole-bear, Coley Boles, Roly Poly Coley, Bubba. His Daddy calls him "Coleiferous Rex" or just "Rex" for short. His sister calls him "Cole-gy" and "Chubby Little Cheeks"

Cole also started getting frustrated at watching us eat and drink. This smiley face would melt away and lunges for a piece of food in my hand with frustrated yelps followed.

So we figured it was time for his first food! We gave him avocado this morning.

He acted like he had been doing it all his life.

Oh Daddy, why have you denied me for so long???

Mm.....

Here is the link to Addie's first meal in case you want to take a trip down memory lane.


Unfortunately, Cole also loves watching TV with Addie. We were SO careful at not letting Addie watch TV until she was a year or so old...oh well...second child, different rules.

They also absolutely love to hug and cuddle each other.

Amongst all of this, Addie continues to crack us up.

To the Fair!

I was trying to find the blog post from when we went to the fair when Addie was a baby, but I apparently didn't blog about it. Why not? Hmm....I do remember, we DID go to the Arlington County Fair, I knew we did. It was small and Addie was hot and tired...oh here are the two pics we did take...not so interesting, I guess that's why they weren't quite featured amongst the other more exciting happenings in Addie's life at that time.

Arlington County Fair, 2008. Addie was just about 9 months old.



Not so excited, huh? Well, two summers later and Addie was SO excited when we told her we were going to the fair. And then even MORE excited when we told her what happens at a fair! Woohoo!


The Montgomery County Agricultural Fair 2010. Addie is 2 years and 9 months old, Cole is 5 months and one week old (yes yes, I'm late with his 5 month update...be patient with me).

First Addie and I rode this ride called the "wiggle worm"--yes, it was quite wiggly.

Then Addie rode a "REAL LIVE PONY" (as she will tell you). She was very serious through most of the ride, but very brave since she was wearing her "brave hat" (which is a separate hat from the Phillies hat she's wearing. It is imaginary and has nothing to do with the Atlanta Braves, and everything to do with Addie's own brand of courage!) and immediately asked for another ride after it was over.

We then headed to the 4-H part of the fair. We saw all kinds of animals. These pigs were ENORMOUS.

Addie tends to get flushed in the heat. I swear, we did put sunblock on her face and she has no sunburn :)

Cole was hot and tired, he had the same dazed look as Addie did two years ago in the same Ergo baby carrier.


Regarding the cows

Addie called this baby goat a "puppy goat"

Then Addie got to pet a "REAL LIVE BUNNY!"

After washing our hands very very well, we headed to find some food for an early dinner.

Addie chose a hot dog and we chose gyros.

Cole chose to pass out JUST as I wanted to sit down and eat...

...oops, I dropped some lettuce on his arm

After "dinner" (Addie--somewhat wisely--only ate half of her hot dog) Addie and Steve did one more ride--these were "hot air balloons" that flew into the air

Then Addie got to play a game where she chose two rubber duckies and won a prize

Then Addie had her very first funnel cake! Yum! (note her duckie prize of a very high-quality plastic...non-functioning...binoculars). Addie was more interested in the lemonade than the funnel cake...more for us!

Cole finally woke up and decided he wanted to drive the car home.

Backup camera shmackup camera, I reverse the old fashioned way, beep beep, coming through!


We got home close to bedtime, and Addie was hungry, so despite being offered junky fair fare she gobbled up a living room picnic of cucumbers, hummus, apples, and cheese. Yes, I'm bragging about my good eater!

We had a blast! Hooray for summer fun!!

I love love love this photo

Coley's first swim!

Another warm weekend meant some backyard pool time. This was Cole's first swim!

Sportin' some swim duds

Glowing with sunblock

Splash Splash!

Drying off

Steve got a new yoga mat and the instructions said to clean it first. Addie had a BLAST helping with that particular event.


I can't believe it's already August! Where did the summer go???

A pretty big day for the kiddos

Cole started sitting up today--completely unassisted--for more than just 30 seconds at a time (which he had started doing 2 days ago)


Go, Coley, Go!

Yawn...this is sooo boring, I've been doing this for, like, ever....why are you guys so excited?

So, Addie...for the record, I'm 5 months MINUS one week and you did this at 5 months PLUS one week...

....so I win, but I'll still let you pose with me.

What's that, Daddy? Oh, you're telling a joke?

hahahahahahahahaha....

...boom.


And not to be outdone, Addie decided to hit a milestone today also. She's been pretty much just scribbling when she draws. She could draw a circle and a line if you ask her, and she knows how to put a line through a wave like scribble to get a capital "A" for Addie, but no actual objects. So out of the blue she's drawing today and starts saying "I'm drawing you, mommy. Here's your head, your eyes, your nose, your smile (she says "mile"), and your legs" then she proceeded to draw Steve's likeness on the right. He comes complete with hair AND a foot. Pretty good, huh?