Seven Months

Dear Cole,

You've changed and grown so much over the last 4, no 5 no 6 weeks!  Your brother has shortened your nickname from Coley Moley to just Moley, and the other day I heard him call you "Moley Baby".  Interesting...

Likes- One of your favorite things to do is watch your brother.  As soon as you hear him, you search the room, crane your neck and flip over so you can see him.  You especially love to watch him throw a fit!  It's pretty cute to see your big toothless grin (all while there is wailing and gnashing of teeth in the background!)  You still love to grab glasses (especially Levi's) and hair!  OW!!  You also love to hit things.  Daddy has started calling you Bam Bam!

Dislikes- You still don't like to sit (and won't independently) because you'd rather be rolling around!  We're working on it every day but you don't like it.

Eating- You are still eating six, 6 ounce bottles during the day, but sometimes on the weekends As far as solids go, you've had sweet potatoes, apples, pears, bananas, and avocado.  You seem to like them all, but I think avocado is your least favorite.  It was one of your brother's favorites!

Playing- You love toys, and most of them go directly into your mouth!  Some favorites right now are your duck, your squishy hungry caterpillar book, and your brother's puppy.  You have a puppy too, and you like it just fine- as long as your brother's isn't around.  (He wouldn't have anything to do with "the other" puppy either...)  You also LOVE your jumperoo.  You bounce and giggle and squeal, and it's one of the cutest things ever!

Sleeping- You are starting to work yourself into a new schedule.  You're taking about a two hour morning nap and another two hour afternoon nap.  You still like to have a little cat nap with Mommy at around 6:00 (or just as the timer on dinner starts buzzing!), but I don't mind the snuggles one bit!  At night, you're sleeping from around 8 until about 7 in the morning.  We're working hard on dropping that 5:30am feeding because Mommy does NOT want to spend all summer getting up that early!

I am so excited about the next few months at home with you and your brother.  We've got lots of plans, and I'm hoping that your easy-going personality will continue even with all of these changes in your schedule.  We love you sweet Cole!

This is what you looked like during most of our little photo shoot...