back to belly

today was the best! for my birthday i got a new camera! the camera i have been drooling over for months. AND i have already taken close to 300 pictures with it! i love it!!! while i was playing with it tonight though before bed time cole decided to sneak in a roll! unfortunately i wasn't snapping as fast as i can with the new camera, because i figured he was just teasing me. he has been making the motions to roll from his back to his belly for weeks but always stops before he gets all the way over. BUT not tonight! tonight he rolled from his back to his belly while i had the camera on him.

bridal shower

cole attended auntie kims' bridal shower this weekend. he was a hit like always. he had a cute little outfit and looked as handsome as can be! he flirted and babbled with all of the women. and despite having a tooth trying to break through his gums he was in a happy mood the whole day!

first tooth!

cole got his first tooth! he wasn't even fussy about it at all. i wouldn't have even know he got it if he didn't insist on grabbing my finger and sticking it in his mouth to chew on. as soon as he bit down i felt a sharp little edge. to celebrate we had cake! just kidding grandma made a cake a couple days early for my bday! cole loved the candles!

feet!

cole finally found his feet tonight! i'm constantly playing with his feet and showing them to him. but tonight was the first time he grabbed for them and played with them on his own. so, yes, i of course had to run and get the camera! ok and the video camera too!!

lunch dates

every monday we meet some of our mommy and baby friends for lunch. cole has found himself a girlfriend! him and aoife (it's gaelic and pronounced ee-fa) get happy and smile when they see one another. they also babble back and forth each time we meet up. she's four months older though, so she is able to enjoy mashed potatoes, which cole eyes up each week. lunch each week is a great way for him to interact with other babies and for me to get out of the house and see other adults!

routines

we have established some daily routines now that cole is older. night time is one of my favorite times with cole. he takes his evening nap between 6pm - 7pm. after his nap cole nurses and then we play for a little while with his jumperoo and kickin' gym. next we go into the kitchen to listen to music and cole eats his cereal. cole and i then go upstairs to play on his play mat and then he's ready to nurse again. i then put cole in his pjs which he loves. he always laughs and smiles when its time to get undressed and into his pjs. i don't know why but he loves this time! cole and i then sit in the glider and rock while we read several stories. then we discuss what will happen the next day and give goodnight kisses. i then lay him in his crib and turn the lights out. cole now will talk to himself for several minutes before he falls asleep on his own. YES, i said ON HIS OWN!! he has also slept 10 hours straight the past 3 nights! the sleep training we have done with him has worked out great for him and me! this is before bedtime...

big boy bath

cole has never minded bath time, but for the most part when we would give him his bath he would just sit there and let us do what we needed to. he had no objections or excitement about it either way. we finally decided to try and give him a bath in the regular tub, rather then the baby tub. well it seems that was the problem! now he loves bath time. he splashes, wiggles, and coos up a storm now in the big tub. brad always used to take care of bath time. BUT now that it is so much fun i have started to do bath time some days.