PARADES

Last night we took Cole to the town's Halloween Parade. Cole was dressed up as a monkey. I will post pictures later. Today at daycare Cole got to be IN a parade, his first, Halloween parade! I can't wait for next year when Cole is a little older and able to enjoy the spirit of the season more.

Thankful Wakeful

So yeah I thought last week, wowwww Im so lucky, I didnt go through the 4 month wakeful... THEN all of the sudden..... Cole decides he'd rather play and cry because nobody is playing with him than sleep. OH yeah I forgot to mention that this is on the night before my busiest day of the month at work... where I have to go in hours early and work late......Sooooo uhm thats what I get for thinking I skipped a parenting nightmare.

SO WORTH IT

MAMA

In the past few days, all the sudden, when Cole whines and fusses it comes out in the form of "ummm maaammma mama maahhmma" and I LOVE IT because I can pretend he is calling me Mamma! Oh, he even makes the sound sometimes when he's just babbling, and thats even better! :)

PUMPKIN

We got Coley his first Pumpkin and then dressed him like a Pumpkin- Happy Halloween Everyone! :)

Jas and Coley and Such

On Monday, my camera broke. On Tuesday I went out and immediately bought a new one because I refuse to take the risk of possibly missing any moments in Cole's life that I want to hold on to and be able to look back and cherish.

Cole started on Peaches this morning, he didn't seem to like them as much as bananas and pears. Next I think we will do carrots, I am very curious to see if he will like those!

Today, Daddy is at work, so Cole and I are having another day together. Right now he is taking a nap in his crib and I thought while he napped I would get some stuff done but honestly, I love watching him sleep so much. At night, he falls asleep in my arms and it is extremely hard to put him down for the night in his crib. His face is so peaceful and darling while he is sleeping. Everyone says that having a kid is the hardest, yet best thing that ever happens to you. It is the most cliche, yet true, sentence I have ever heard. It is so much work to get through just a single day successfully with a baby. However, at the end of the day, when you stare at their precious face and smile, and then they smile back, it is the biggest reward that could ever be imagined. I have accomplished a good deal in my life, at least in my eyes, I ran several associations, created and hosted a phenomenal community service project, even made a short film, I graduated college with highest honors, got the exact job I worked to get, received several awards, yet none of this, even combined, could compare to the accomplishment felt when Cole shows signs of his love for me.

Later today we are going to go work on special christmas presents for Cole's grandparents from Cole, but I can't say much more than that because they read this! I am so excited.

Cole LOVES Jasmine- Whenever he sees her his eyes light up and get so big. He loves to pet her and I think she is finally warming up to him as well. She only likes him for short periods of time but thats so much better than how she was when we first brought him home! Let's see the comparison

THEN:

NOW:

5 MONTHS

On Friday, Cole turned 5 months old. It's so hard to believe that he is already and only 5 months. On one hand, it seems like I just gave birth to him but in other ways it seems like I have known him forever. Time seems to go faster and faster the older you get. I remember feeling like time was speeding by while I was in college but now it seems like its on double fast forward. I keep having to remind myself to cherish every moment with Cole because the moments pass quickly. I love the age he is at, though, even though he is bigger , he is still just as cute and cuddly. However, now he is more interactive and really starting to develop his personality. He is stubborn, yet silly, goes from zero to hungry in a second, and loves attention- which reminds me of me, scott, aunt amy and uncle josh all mixed in one- isn't that amazing! Happy 5 months my baby boy- :)

Cole and his friend Aspen-

LETS GO PHILLIES

mommy buddy day

Today is a Mommy and Coley day- I have off work so we are just hanging out together all day and he's delightful! He ate some nanners this morning and before that he slept til 745 and then he took about an hour nap while I cleaned. I wish every day could be like today! Right now Coley is playing in his island - it's so fun to watch him, he actually plays with the toys on there now and he loves playing with his rattles and links- he throws them across the room! When we were at Nana's this weekend, he was in an old-school walker on the kitchen floor and actually was walking in it - he got SOOO tickled, I regret that I do not have it on video!



I have some new pics!

Nana bought Cole a new paci- its too funny:



Big boy sitting up again




One of my fav pics so far- Pap put headphones on Cole and he LOVED listening to the music, plus looks majorly adorable:

Roley Poley Coley AGAIN!

Today I was hanging out with Cole watching him play and he rolled from his back to his side but got stuck on his side because his toy was in the way. I moved his toy and he rolled further onto his belly! Good job baby boy. So then I grabbed the camera and this is what I got (he got stuck on his toy again so didn't make it to his belly on camera:

Saturday

Cole's Nana and Pap came to visit him today. We took him shopping and to dinner and he was a great baby in public all day. Except , he didn't nap much, so at the end of the day he was mr. fussy pants. It's so amazing to see him smile, it's my favorite thing in the whole world , which sounds very cliche but its truer than I can convey.

Update on sitting, he can sit by himself for a very long time now.. but I still wouldn't leave him sitting up unattended.. after a few minutes he tends to get tired and fall in one direction or another.

We started to feed him sweet potatoes today. He loves them, he doesn't really seem to like the taste of the canned bananas but he does like fresh bananas. As for squash, that was second to introduce and it seems to be hit or miss depending on his mood!

I am so amazed every day at the love I have for Cole .. especially after struggling with postpartum depression. When you are going through PPD, you can't even IMAGINE feeling the feelings that I now have. I'm so grateful to overcome this and have overwhelming love for my son.

Here are some recent pics:



Cole passed out on his Pap






Cole's first ride in the big boy part of the stroller- he looks so bad a$$!



We wanted to take fall pics with a pumpkin but all we could find was a watermelon: