Little Known Facts about Cole

Some you already knew, some you didn't.

• Cole gets more food in his lap at the end of a meal than in his mouth. I sometimes wonder if he ate anything at all. 
• He leaves a trail of food bits after I've set him down from the high chair.
• Cole loves hummus and goat cheese.
• Cole can say "Dude." And sometimes he says it like "Duuude." It's entirely too cute. The other night he woke up, so I made a bottle and let him cry in the crib for a few minutes. When I got in the room he was like "Dude" and pointed at me as if to say "Dude! Where were you?" 
• He can also say door and dog. Trouble is, these words sound the same.
• He now shushes.
• He hates to sleep and fights it at all costs. He will even slap himself awake. 
• Cole digs music and can sometimes be seen dancing to music
• He is very determined to take apart/open/close/pick up stuff he's not supposed to (i.e the new safety lock for the toilet bowl.)
• Whenever I open the door to the backseat (if he's awake) he lights up and smiles, excited for whatever new place I am going to take him.
• Cole hugs and kisses the cats now, and they don't seem to mind. Even Clem has come around. Keith says it's because Cole makes sense to her now. Meaning: he walks so now he seems more human. Either that or she was getting tired of hiding in the closet for months at a time.
• Cole likes to put his head on big pillows and pretend he's going to sleep (he had us fooled the first few times he did this).
• Cole can walk very quickly now. (Still not sure how I feel about this)
• Now that he can, Cole loves to close the door to the nursery, the bathroom, the hall closet, the bedroom (you get the drift).
• Cole sometimes throws himself on the floor when he gets upset (usually if we've taken something away). Methinks this is the beginning of tantrums.
• Cole loves to wave to strangers and say hi, especially when I'm about to put him into the car seat. I think he's just avoiding the inevitable: sitting in the cat seat, which he is not a big fan of. Guess why? Yep, because he falls asleep. Did I mention he fights sleep in the car too? Those are always fun rides home.
• Cole is a master squirmer when it comes to diaper changes. I have resorted to putting his diaper on in the crib. For some reason, he doesn't squirm as much.
• His 8th tooth has been threatening to cut through for at least a month. It's like the tooth that never was.

Cole at a recent meal.