Scootching

Not sure if that's how you spell that made-up word or not, but it's what Cole's been doing a lot of lately. In fact, he gets up on his hands and knees and waves his bum around just about every time you put him on his stomach. It usually ends with scooting back a few inches, or flopping to one side or the other a couple inches. Time to baby-proof! He'll be pulling things off the walls in no time.

Here he is showing off his skillz: (shortly before naptime, so he's a little whiny about the out-of-reach toy)

Sitting up! (Almost)

Cole's getting closer and closer to being able to sit up on his own. He does really well for a little bit, but then tends to tip over to one side or the other. Here's some footage of him last weekend at the lake house. Ignore Angie talking in the background, and you can hear him "talking" a little too. Oh, and I can't figure out how to rotate the video, so you have to turn your head sideways, sorry!

5 Months Old!

Yikes, it's been three whole months of me intending to update this thing. Considering I've kept it a bit of a secret, I guess it's ok that I'm way behind. I do intend to back-date some entries and try to get some happenings down for posterity. So keep your eyes on the archive bar for some new (old) entries!

So. Five months! I can't believe it's been that long already. The last five months have been the fastest of my life! Cole's doing really well, Jake's been recommended for a promotion at work, and I haven't completely lost my mind yet, so I'd call it a success! Here's a recent shot of the little Buster:



He's such a happy kid. And no, he's not sitting up all by himself yet. He still needs something to lean on, and occasionally tips over to one side, hence the protective fencing around him here. But he's getting there.

Cole can:

Roll over front to back, and back to front. Usually, if he's on his back he flips over to his belly so he can play with more stuff. He pretty much just stays on his tummy if that's where he starts.

Creep forward a little to reach toys out of his grasp.

Sit up in his highchair or Bumbo and play with toys.

He's eating cereal and a couple veggies.

Grab toys and put them directly in his mouth. Occasionally he moves toys from one hand to the other, but I'm not sure that it's intentional.

Ride on my hip like a koala bear.

Smile at anyone and everything, then blow a raspberry at them.

I'm sure there's some other things that would surprise the folks back home, but I can't think of them right now.

2 Months Old!

Cole was officially 2 months old on Sunday. We went wine tasting along the east shore of Seneca Lake that day. Cole slept the entire time, while we visited a brewery (that wasn't brewing beer yet, but had some nice ones on drought), the Atwood Vinyards and Red Newt Winery. We had a delicious lunch at Red Newt and brought home a lovely Merlot from there to enjoy with our dinner. We enjoyed a lovely steak dinner at home with Jake's parents in his honor. We toasted to Cole while he lounged in his bouncer.