Thursday, February 28, 2008

creepy crawly and brahms




cole is on the move! yesterday, he was creeping around the floor pretty good (backwards all the way) and is now into marathon log-rolling. hey, everyone needs a hobby... last night i had him on the floor in the bedroom; i ducked into the closet for five seconds to get a shirt and when i came back out, he was a good distance from where i'd put him. apparently, sometimes rolling is far more efficient than creeping. the movin' round is cute. the ear-piercing shrieking, not so much. i'm hoping he outgrows that REALLY soon!


well, we tried the johnny again today...cole jumped! not very much, but some. it was basically a bit of bouncing spaced between long bouts on twirling- bounce, twirl, bounce, twirl... he got really excited when he discovered that bouncing gets major attention from mommy, which sent him into some rather speedy spinning. he was incredibly proud of himself. as he should be...he also learned to turn on the music on his crib aquarium all by himself. he was quiet all night, and when kelvin's alarm went off this morning, we simultaneously breathed a sigh of relief that the night had been uneventful...and then were quite puzzled by the faint sound of "brahms lullaby" coming from the living room. hmmmm... seems that cole had been awake before us, but politely occupied himself until we woke up too. what a big boy! i'm hoping that this means no more clumsy midnight strolls to the crib to push that silly seashell button!


one more thing- cole is SO ready to crawl. he now buries his face in the carpet or blanket, whatever he happens to be on at the moment, and pushes himself onto his knees. he looks like a little yogi, arms out and head down, diapered butt in the air. kinda cute... anyway, he knows that a bigger and better world awaits, just out of his grasp, and he's got no reservations about voicing his frustrations. wow... he is one cranky kid! of course, teething doesn't make matters any better. it shouldn't be long before we see that first chomper- i hope. makes me realize just how far he's come; looking at his pictures from 6 months ago, it's hard to believe that he was that tiny AND that he's grown so much. blows my mind...

4 comments:

Heather T said...

Hey there! Just found out you were in AZ....hope you're enjoying the lovely warm weather!! This snow and cold isn't even for the birds!! Cole is growing so fast...hard to believe he and Logan are getting so big already! Logan hasn't started crawling yet...just occasionally a little bit backwards, but nothing too exciting. Thankfully!!:-) Hope all is well & take care!
Heather & Justin & Logan

Melissa said...

Awww, what a big boy already! They grow up WAAAAY too fast, don't they? Such a handsome little guy you have there!

Ashley said...

I love the tongue hanging out. :) He is too cute. I hear you about them growing TOO fast. I feel like I blinked and the yr is gone. But they are so much fun to watch changed and explorer new things. We are thinking the beginning of April. Like the 5th-12th. We are also going to go over to CA and see my cousins while we are there and spend a day on the BEACH. I'm so excited. I we could spend a day or two by you guys before we fly out on the 12th. I will let you know for sure when we get the flight booked and every thing is more certain. Miss you guys and can't wait until then.

Ashley said...

I don't think Heather has a blog, Yet. :) We will have to talk her into do one. Sorry I can't help more.