Vroom, vroom!

Some pictures from this evening for you... Cole loves his car and will push himself around on it but prefers getting a ride of course.
Quick update... Sunday afternoon Cole came down with a fever and a croup cough it persisted for a couple days but Motrin really seemed to relieve it for the most part and since he had that bout of croup a month ago (where he sounded way worse) we stuck it out and figured we were in the clear yesterday when he seemed like he was getting better. This morning he woke up with a fever again though so off to the doctors we went. Thank goodness I took him because he has an ear infection. I'd been watching for any signs of one with the ear pulling but apparently they don't always do this. Now he's on two different antibiotics, one for the croup and one for the ear infection... oh to be at home with him again and have a healthy little baby:/ The odd thing is he really doesn't seem that sick, as you can see in his pictures... nights have been a little rougher of course but I'd never have guessed he was this sick. The doctor said any other baby would have been screaming. What a tough little boy we have.

A Couple Weeks Ago...

Some pics on the camera that I've finally downloaded to share. It's been BUSY since I went back to work. I'm not sure how I'm going to find time to keep up this blog but I'm gonna try even if it's just with photos!

sporting a cozy outfit

a little pose while at the patio door

Cole outside with Daddy
a saturday AM (complete with Jeff yawning!) Cole trying to get the camera

putting the shapes into his car

showing off an outfit

Cole loving an early bday present from his Uncle Matt, Aunt Miriam and cousins Caitlin and Mackenzie

TGIF

I'm so glad it's Friday. I'm not back to work until next week but this week has been tough emotionally with Cole starting his daycare visits. Pictures above and below that are from their website. Monday-Wednesday were 1 hour visits then yesterday and today he was in for 6 hour days. Next week he will be there f/t from about 8:30-5:30 through the week. He's been upset off and on through his visits and they haven't been able to get him to nap other than a quick catnap in a bouncy seat-- well, better that than nothing I guess. Thankfully his eating doesn't seem to be affected (which I'm told can sometimes happen) if anything he is eating more. He's just started eating table food recently so even though I'm fairly certain he'll do fine with their menu I've been packing a lunch for him as well. I guess he's been polishing off both lunches quite nicely... Jeff and I joke he must be an emotional eater! His teachers at The Toybox are Miss Arlene, Miss Andrea and Miss Tammy. Arlene and Andrea are identical twins and I'm having quite the time telling them apart. Everyone there is really nice and I'm glad I'm able to call to check-in at anytime through the day. I love that we're able to drop off just Cole there everyday... nothing has to be brought back and forth... diapers, sunblock, bottles, etc are all brought in and stocked there, even a spare set of clothes and if anything happens they put the clothes in the wash there. Among other things that I love about this daycare is the security system there. It was designed and built to be a daycare and is well set up with cameras covering everywhere from the parking lot to each individual room. Additionally there is a key coded entry. At the end of everyday we get a paper with the details of his day-- what and how much he ate, results of diaper changes, nap times, and a little summary of the day. Yesterday's summary was funny because along with him being sad off and on throughout the day they had written that "he loved sitting with the baby dolls!" Jeff didn't seem to find this very funny though, but I say whatever makes him happy!

above: feeding area in the infant room

below: play area in the infant room

also not shown there are 2 rooms going off behind... they are all assigned a crib where they (hopefully soon, in Cole's case) nap

above: outdoor play area

below: splashpad area for summer

Another Milestone!

Today Cole took his first steps! He seems pretty excited about being able to do it on his own after months of holding our hands to "walk". I'm hoping tonight will be a peacefully night... we'll see! I think last night was the first night in almost 2 weeks that he DIDN'T wake up during the night (due to California, i think). I'll try to post a video/picture of him in action soon. Happy Easter everyone!

Good Friday at Colasanti's

Yesterday we all headed out for an afternoon at Colasanti's. There was tons of Easter events for all the kids. We went and saw the "country" easter bunny and cat in the hat for a picture, went through the petting zoo and had a bite to eat. Cole's favourite part was probably the little goats however the first one we met was a little larger and was a little scary for someone not used to goats! A good family outing and we couldn't have asked for a nicer day.

the first "scary" goat
a couple of the baby goats... this one was trying to nibble on my watch band