Off to the Races!

I spent this past weekend in New Orleans with my firm, so Crystal and Cole got a break from me for a couple of days. As it turns out, Cole decided to make the best of my time away. As my plane landed at the Memphis airport from New Orleans, my phone buzzed, letting me know that I had a voicemail. While I was in the air, Crystal called to tell me that Cole had taken his first steps.

I got home Sunday night at about 10:00 p.m., so Cole was already in bed when I got home, and I didn't get to see his new trick. Before I left for work, I asked him if he'd take a stroll for me, and he put on his walking boots. I didn't have time to video tape it all before I went into the office, so Crystal and I decided that we would record the milestone for you all this evening.

So, now that I've built up your anticipation, here he is, in all his walking glory. I have a feeling our lives are about to get a lot more...active.

My Eyes Are Really Blue

As I was sitting in my office today, dutifully doing what lawyers do, my cell phone made that chimey noise indicating a text message had just arrived. I checked the incoming message to find out that Crystal had just seen Cole stand on his own for the very first time. She said that she was holding him up and let go of him and that, though he didn't realize it at first, he was standing without anything to support him for approximately 10 seconds.

So, this evening, after I got home, we decided to try and get him to do it on video. As you'll soon see, it didn't go so well. But he's cute anyway, so I thought I'd still post the effort. Enjoy.

Been a long time...

Sorry the posting's been a little light. We've been super busy lately. Here's a quick update and a few pictures to catch you up.

We spent Thanksgiving up in Nappanee and Cole really enjoyed seeing his cousin Riley. She loves playing with "Baby Cole".


Cole is getting very big and is pulling himself up and crawling and is very close to standing alone and walking.


(Don't you just love that little chubby face???)

Last weekend we went to the Irvington Business Christmas Open House and Cole got to see Santa. He didn't really have any idea what was going on. It was still a great photo opportunity.


(Is it just me or does Santa seem a bit intense?)

Anyway, that's all for now. Except this one last picture.

Crawling Cole

Look out world. Here I come!

(Sorry the video is so blurry. My dad recorded it with his phone.)

Trick or Treat

We took Cole to the Indianapolis Zoo's "Zoo Boo" this weekend. We enjoyed eating his candy. We also enjoyed seeing all the cute little babies in costumes. Cole was a lion and we like that the lion's mane is reminiscent of how Cole's hair stood straight up for the first five months of his life.

Apparently he was a little freaked out when we took him to face off with the real lion. But he's definitely the more cuddly of the two.

We had a great time! It's fun dressing up your kid before they have a say in what they wear. It's so much cuter being a cuddly lion than a power ranger.

When the frost is on the punkin

Cole is now 8 months old. He's been hitting quite a few milestones. He has pushed two teeth through those bottom gums in the past week and also constantly repeats his first, and only, intelligible word: "Da-Da". He is not a master of the classic crawl yet but he maneuvers himself all over the living room by laying down and sitting up and rolling and sitting and somehow he's all of a sudden pulling on the cord of my laptop before I even notice he's there.

As Halloween approaches, Cole is gearing up to be a little lion. We've been trying to get him to learn to roar but it seems that he'll be the little lion that says dadadadadada. Our little lion will be helping us give out candy to trick or treaters on Halloween night and will also be making appearances at the Irvington Halloween Festival, my office, and the Indianapolis Zoo's "Zoo Boo".