Cole is 10 Months Old!

 

 

Cole is in the double digits in months!!! I just can't believe how fast his first year is going. Maybe because he is my second so I'm super busy with two kids. I don't remember Gracyn's first year going by this fast! Cole weighs 19.4 lbs, which is up from last month, but barely over where he was at 8 months. The doctor is not worried about that though, since he is still in the 50% on weight and isn't losing. Pretty sure it was those pesky stomach bugs. Cole now has 6 teeth!!! Two on the bottom and 4 on the top. Poor guy pretty much had them all come in at once. He was a trooper though. Cole is still breastfeeding! I can't believe we have made it this long! He does not like it when I feed him his food. He wants to do it himself. I have to give him a spoon to hold in order for me to feed him with the other spoon. It's gotten easier for me to just give him little pieces of real food and let him feed himself....he loves peas and corn! It won't be long before he just picks up a rib and eats it! HA!

 

This poor puppy....he just gets wallered all over in pictures.





Sleepovers!

We love our sleepovers with our bestest friends! Cole and Brooks had their first sleepover a couple of weeks ago, then we had a weekend visit with the Gladstone's in Little Rock!

We know Gracyn and Caroline enjoy their sleepovers, but this time was a little different. They actually got to sleep in the same room! We put them up in the playroom and they LOVED it! Cole and Brooks need to have a little more practice at the sleepover, which is why we are having one this weekend!

We had a blast spending a weekend in Little Rock with the Gladstone's! We made a trip to the Museum of Discovery on Saturday afternoon. We spent some time tinkering with mechanics, we checked out the human body, then made our way to Tornado Alley! We all had a great time! We then headed to Big Orange for lunch. I would be a very happy girl if they ever came to NWA. The lemon icebox shake is amazing!!!

We loved spending time with "Baby Will" as Gracyn calls him. He is so much fun! I can't wait to see him and Cole grow to be friends! Clint seems to think Will is going to be the ring leader and get the boys (Will, Cole, and Brooks) into lots of trouble. If these boys are anything like their daddies, they are ALL going to be trouble when they get together!



Cole's First Easter





A few pictures from Cole's first Easter. We all woke up to find that the Easter Bunny had dropped off some gifts in Gracyn's and Cole's Easter baskets! Grayn got PJ's and a lot of My Little Pony goodies! Cole got some PJ's, a bunny, some legos, and a book! Later that morning, we met Ma, Peepa, and Aunt Jeffie for brunch at Goldent Corral!

NWA Heartwalk

Northwest Arkansas holds an annual HeartWalk to benefit the Heart Association and JB Hunt is a big money raiser for them. CDP, the department I work in was able to raise over $3000 this year. We were excited to go this year to represent JB Hunt in the fight against heart disease! We actually had a really good time. We started off with about a 2 mile walk. Then we walked around the ball park to all the vendor booths. The best part of it was that Gracyn had a blast! That is, until she ran into a tree branch on the way out of the park.

Getting ready for the walk!

Look at her go!

Cole decided he needed a nap. It was a perfect day to take a nap outside!

This was after the tree branch incident. She was still upset.

Cole is 9 Months!

 

Look at this handsome little guy! Cole weighs 18.5 lbs. He had a slight drop in his weight, which the doctor said was perfectly normal! It didn't help that he was getting over a stomach bug at the time of his check up.  He is 50% for his weight and height so in other words...he is perfect! He is crawling all over the place now and pulling up some. This little boy will be 10 months before I know it! (He'll be 10 months tomorrow...I've been awful at keeping up with this blog lately!)

 



A Day at Devil's Den

We've had some really crappy weather lately. Snow, ice, snow, ice. Every couple of weekends will have a beautiful weekend. One of those weekends we decided to take the kids to Devil's Den. We just wanted to get out of the house and enjoy the day!

Last summer I was pregnant when we spent a day at Devil's Den. This time, I got to lug this boy around in the Moby. He loved it!

She thinks she has to stan this way for her pictures now. Goodness.

She perched herself on this rock and said, "Take a picture!"

Cole loved being thrown into the air!

Gracyn loved being able to push Cole in his swing!

Cole is 8 Months Old!

 

 It's another "I can't believe Cole is this old" post...but it's true! Time is going by way too fast! I've been terrible at posting updates. I'm several weeks behind on this one...he will be 9 months old this weekend! OOPS! Life is definitely a lot busier with two kids than just one! So we'll pretend this update is from February 22. Cole weighs 19.2 pounds! He still isn't crawling, but he is close! He is now eating crackers and puffs! He loves to grab fistfuls of puffs and try to shove them all in his mouth at once. We have discovered something he doesn't like...avocados! I do know one thing....these monthly pictures are getting harder and harder to take! Stay tuned to his 9 month update, which I'll hopefully get around to doing next week!