Cole's First Starbucks

Grande, Decaf, Nonfat, Latte with Sugar Free Caramel, please

So high maintenance :)

Cole's First Buggy Ride at Church

Nine Month Check Up

Last Wednesday we took Cole for his nine month check up. I knew there were no shots this time (which made me happy and Cole too, I'm sure). Much too our surprise they needed to prick his finger to check his iron. Say what? It was way worse than getting shots. After the nurse pricked his finger, she put on a bandaid which, of course, Cole wanted to put in his mouth. Stephen and I couldn't even hear the doctor over the screaming (Yes, Cole has begun to throw fits). We didn't want him to swallow the bandaid, which Cole had already sucked off. There was blood all over Stephen's hand, Cole's face, the floor, the table. He is definitely a good bleeder, unlike his mommy. If they do this again, I am going to suggest it happen right before we go. Seriously...

Otherwise, the appointment went good. He was a little low in two areas of his iron (which the doctor said was common for breast milk babies), so he is taking a vitamin supplement in his cereal. The measurements were as follows:
Height: 29 1/4 inches 74%
Weight: 19 lbs 11 oz 30%
Head: 17 3/4 inches 38%

Here are a few pics from the appointment.

At the weigh in...

Before the prick...

Before the bandaid...the prick didn't bother him

Church Promotion

Cole has been in the baby room at church since his first Sunday. My mother-in-law is a worker in that class, so even though Cole started crawling in June he hasn't been promoted to the crawler class yet. Sunday School promotion for all the kids classes is next week. We got a letter in the mail that Cole was going to be moving up. I was definitely glad. Someone was always holding him or he was in some sort of contraption (walker, bouncy, etc.)in the baby room and it's time to let the wild man free. When we got to church today they went ahead and put Cole in his new class. Stephen stayed in the class to help because we work in the nursery once a six weeks. When I saw Stephen during our bible study class he told me Cole had taken a pacifier out of another kid's mouth and crawled off with it. The other boy screamed bloody murder and Stephen realized what had happened before Cole had the paci in his mouth. He also said that Cole was all up in everyone's business. He was definitely not used to having so many friends to play with. When we went to pick up Cole after bible study my aunt was in his room and she said he pulled another boy's hair. Wild man is on the loose. My favorite thing about this class is that they have the cutest snack table ever. I have been waiting for the day that Cole would sit at this table. Here are is pic of Cole in his new class in his new outfit.

Haircut With The Clippers

We have trimmed Cole's hair several times already. I have yet to keep any hair because I've told myself that these home haircuts really don't count. I have trimmed the comb over, around the ears and lately I have been wanting to thin out the sides. I had a genius idea to use Stephen's clippers (with a six guard..the highest we had.) We put Cole in his walker and gave him one of his new favorite toys, his nasal aspirator. Gross, I know, but it is sterilized and we haven't used it on his nose in a long while. It's crazy how he used to hate that thing coming near his nose, but now he loves to stick it in his mouth. Back to the story...As Stephen began to trim the sides all Cole wanted to do was turn around and see where the noise was coming from. I don't know if it was the poorly sharpened clippers or the texture of Cole's fine hair, but the clippers didn't quite work out like I had hoped. They did thin out his sides some and we ended up trimming the top with a pair of scrap booking scissors. Cole will definitely be going to a professional before his first birthday for a real haircut. He are a few before and after shots.

BEFORE

Cole before the big trim AKA Bozo the Clown... do yall remember that show?

AFTER

Post Bathtime fun

Houston's Children's Musuem

On Saturday we had a family outing to the Children's Musuem. They have a area on the second floor called "Tot Spot." It is for kids ages birth-3 years only. Cole had a great time crawling around and exploring. After he played he slept in the stroller while Stephen and I looked around. It will be so cool to bring him there when he is old enough to do all the fun stuff. Here are a few pics of Cole in action.

A "Tun" of Fun

Crawling up to slide down with daddy

Learning his colors

Cole loves to look in the mirror. Who is that big boy?

Everytime we enter or leave the room Cole is our offical light switch operator.

Playing with mommy

Cruising for babes

Checking the air in the tires.

Big Boy Car Seat

Well we finally decided to move Cole to his "big boy car seat" on July 24th. He was a few weeks shy of nine months and was getting sooooooooo heavy. He still sleeps pretty well in the car and our only issue is on Sundays after church we have to hold him while he naps at lunch. He never naps at church. There is always too much fun to be had. Here is a pic of his new seat in dad's suv.