Spencer Cole's News

Cole was being sweet and cute tonight (and quite helpful, I might add). First, he helped me put away laundry, which took 3 times as long as it normally would (which I'm finding is a quite the theme with a toddler). I love this picture because Lucy always hangs around with Cole, no matter where he is. Here, she's laying right in front of the door to his bedroom. I tried to grab the camera when he was laying on her, it was a sweet moment, I love that he is growing up with a dog, even if that means I vacuum her hair up every day.

Not the greatest picture (and sorry for the blurrr) but this is us after his bath, looking in the mirror, making silly faces, which seems to be a favorite!

After his bath, Cole loves to run around with his towel on his head trailing behind him like a super-hero. I remember doing this as a child but instead of a cape, mine was princess hair! I would tie it in rubber bands and pretend to have hair down to my butt! Oh, the days. This towel is my favorite, it's a frog with little buggy eyes at the top and it seems to be Cole's favorite, too. Now, it's a struggle to get his pjs on before bed! I don't know what it is about kids being naked, they must love it!

We had a super fun day today with our friends, Brady and Leigh. They invited us to the "Jump Zone" to play. I have often written these places off, thinking they would be more suitable for older kids. I was surprised to find they had the cutest toddler area, with jumpers their size! It was perfect for the boys and they had a blast. Cole even wanted to go down one of the huge slides! We met lots of new Moms and babes,too. It was the perfect outing for such a cold day, it's been cold here in Nashville...brrrr.

Cole really DID want to go down the slide, I didn't just drop him, which might be contrary to what you believe.

1. His feet are exact replicas of Marc's and even were at birth.

2. He HATES to have his diaper changed (and always has), screams bloody murder- even though he's been through about 2,000 of them and everything turns out fine afterward.... I'm finding that when friends change him, he's fine...just when Mom and Dad do, does he throw a fit.

3. He loves musical instruments. He plays the tambourine, drums, maracas, triangle and we're working on the guitar. He's having a bit of a struggle with the finger positions.

4. Eating is his favorite hobby. I think he consumes more calories than I do, in a day's time. He is also a great eater and tries anything, the only things he really doesn't like are: milk, bananas and tomatoes. (which, ironically, Mom doesn't like either!)

5. He is a great sleeper- we wouldn't have thought that the first year of his life...but now he sleeps until 9am and still manages to take a 2 hour nap!

6. He loves to read books. His favorites right now are Goodnight Moon and a Cheerios book with monkeys (duh, it has to do with food!)

7. His pacifier is permanently affixed to his mouth. Mind you, the 0-3 month one- (for those of you who know, pacifiers "grow" with kids and you're supposed to get bigger ones as the child grows, he hated this big ones and still likes the newborn ones)

8. He has a contagious laugh that makes me happy.

9. (had to do one more) He wants me to get these boots to keep my feet warm, but they're on backorder until Feb 8...

I guess tagging people is a fun thing to do so, I tag: Summer, Kari, Maggie and Karissa

Well, I guess my clorox skills need some tweaking. Took Cole to the doctor today to find he has a sinus infection! He had a fever last night and all the other lovely symptoms that include wiping his face 10 times a minute. He seems to be feeling fine, kids are so resilient. His one comfort: his glow-worm. At the doctor, he managed to say "booger" several times to the Dr. (I think I've been saying that too much lately!) So, here we go again! If I manage to stay healthy through all of this, I"ll be amazed!
Good News: we might get snow this week!! Yippee..

Check out the cool Elmo slippers:
New Ride...he's still a little short to sit and scoot, so he stands over it and manages to ride it all over while standing, it's so funny because he is so proud! He also loves ringing the bell. On Christmas morning, he saw it under the tree and said "BIKE!" it was a pretty priceless moment...

Our sweet little family. We were excited that Lucy actually cooperated with us!

If you were wondering...
We've been so busy and I haven't uploaded pictures yet.
New Year's resolution: better blogger (amidst a few others)

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