PARTY time!

Cole had a SMASH CAKE on his actual birthday so we could get some good pictures of him eating his cake.  He got into it but lost interest pretty quickly and kept looking at us like "is this okay?"  It was FUN and I'm glad we did it before the birthday party so Todd and I could really enjoy the moment with him without a audience. 

Second Smash Cake at his birthday party! 

Party details.  I had so much fun making the decorations for Cole's party.  I did primary colors with polka dots and stripe accents.  It turned out really cute!

Long OVER DUE!

I have been seriously slacking on the BLOG post!  We have been BUSY BUSY BUSY since my last post in June (oh my so LONG ago)!

Here are the monthly pictures.

 

One week after he turned 11 months, this little guy finally got the confidence to walk on his own. After 2 months of teasing us with little steps here and there he took the plunge and hasn't looked back! We now spend our days chasing him around, he is 100% on his feet!

Last week was this little cutie's first birthday! 

 

Check back for a recap of the b-day party that was yesterday :)!

Making a mess is fun to do!

This little guy is into making a mess these days!!  He has found independence and wants to always hold the spoon which turns into more of a painting party than eating.  I had him in my room the other day with me while I was getting dressed and walked into my closet and right back out to find him eating the toilet paper.  Then today he wasn't interested in his bottle so Todd suggested putting it in his sippy cup...well that turned into a fun game of motor boat and smearing the formula around on the wood  floor.                                                              

But how can you not LOVE this SILLY MESSY BABY!!

Little Steps...

June 7...Cole pulled up on his lion and pushed it taking a few steps.  He has done it again several times but I can never catch him with the camera.  Hopefully, I will get a better one soon!  Crazy to see him up on his feet so much!!

Fun new Toy!

Caleb let us barrow one of his walkers and Cole LOVES it!  We aren't ready to push it on our feet yet but like to push it on our knees and practice pulling up on it.  It plays fun music too!!  Today I caught him doing a little dancing while playing with it.  Silly boy!!

Video

Here is Cole standing in the living room watching Chuggington the other afternoon.  He of course gets distracted when he sees me with the video camera :).