Jeff's "mini me"!

above: Cole in his crib, loving life a little more since we discovered the Ortho Pro pacifer!!

below: one of Jeff's baby pictures

Since the day he was born, it was pretty easy to see Cole's resemblence to Jeff. The other day though looking at Jeff's baby pictures (one posted directly above) the similarities are even more evident. (he does have the deBoer chin though!)

Cole's been missing his Grandma since she left 2 weeks ago.. (me too!) so we're all happy that she was able to come down today. He's also really looking forward to meeting Alison and Aunt Sarah (coming all the way from California to meet her nephew) ...both are coming to visit before the end of the week.

We've found our sanity again with using gripe water! Cole has developed a few colic symptoms over the past couple weeks. Gripe water and switching his pacifer to one he can hold in his mouth better have helped.

Cole has been putting more of a strain on our arms carrying him around the past week. So much so, that to satisfy our curiousity of his current weight we invested in a digital scale. He's now weighing in at 11 lbs 6 ounces!! Almost a pound per week gain since he was born. He's already outgrown some of his clothes... they sure don't stay little for long and we're trying to enjoy every moment even the night-time ones that seem like they won't end!

taken at the start of last week, doing some tummy time, he's gotten really strong!