The Rainbow Connection

Cole has a soft spot for the song Rainbow Connection.  We were in a store the other day and someone was a bit fussy.  Mary walked by one of those end cap displays with music and this song was playing.  He instantly calmed down and zoned out.  So we tested this a bit by walking away and coming back.  Yep, this song is like an off button for him.  Needless to say we purchased the cd and have it loaded on all iPods and keep a copy in the car.  Pretty cool.  

Hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas and are taking it slow this next week as we all ease into 2009. 

Merry Christmas!

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas!

Cole had a great morning playing with the paper. He loves his presents as well, but was taken by the crinkle of the paper grabbing it and putting it in his mouth.

He is currently taking a nap and mom and dad will follow shortly.

It will be a quiet day around the house and staying inside most of the day. It has been raining off and on, so we have the fire going and are just lounging around. What a perfect day. Later today we have a good friend coming over for dinner.

Check out the photo from last nights gathering. We had friends over for goodies. He was able to see little Sofia as it was her first trip out of the house to see friends and her 0 birthday. She was born early and has been growing like a weed. We were so happy to see her out and about.

Cole was rocking a tie last night looking very dapper.

Sleeping Champ

We are now sleeping from 9pm to 6am on his own.  We keep moving his bedtime up a little and he keeps sleeping longer.  Yeah!

Many Updates - Sleeping, Eating Baby Boy!

Lots of exciting happenings in the Hobson House as of late.  We are in full Holiday mode and Cole is loving it.  We put the tree up early this week and he enjoys looking at the lights and the decorations.  He opened one present early this week and as is typical with kids...the paper was fascinating!  

This weekend we were trying to get our Holiday Cards ready and needed to get a photo of Cole.  Let's just say the photo shoot was pretty funny and he wasn't really enjoying what mom and dad had as our artistic vision for the picture.  We were able to get a couple of great shots that will work for the card.  

Cole has recently started eating solids.  He has been a very good eater and for the most part has enjoyed the experience.  Water is not his favorite, but the food is great.  He loves his sweet potatoes and is not very fond of carrots.  The carrots have grown on him, but it was a tough start.  We have to be careful as he is like a goldfish...he will just keep eating and eating and eating.  As with any food change there comes changes with the output.  Wow.  

And the biggest news of all is Cole is sleeping in his own bed all evening long!!!  We finally hit the wall and all of us were ready for the move to his room.  The first night was really tough.  He maybe slept an hour and a half.  But the second night he was a champ!  Went to bed and basically didn't wake up until the morning.  We knew we shouldn't get too excited so we waited for the third night and again success!  Very little waking in the night, but he is doing one thing just to freak us out.  He has decided that he would rather sleep on his stomach learning how to roll from his back to his belly.  At first we thought it was a fluke and just flipped him over.  Nope.  Almost instantaneously he flips back over and goes to sleep.  Oh well.  He is strong enough to lift his head and to roll over from his belly.

Each week is packed with activity.  I hope everyone is finding some time to enjoy a little down time during this hectic period. 

A candid of the talent from the photo shoot.

Hanging in his chair in one of his dads childhood outfits.

The family out to get the Christmas Tree.

What!?  I like food!

Let me help you. Faster mom, faster.

Happy Holidays!

Hi everyone!  We just got back from getting some photos of Cole and he was a champ.  Haming it up and enjoying himself.  Grandma has been in town for a long weekend and Cole has been really enjoying spending time with someone other than mom and dad.  I think Grandma has really enjoyed spending time with Cole as well.  It was a quick trip, but a very good one.  

Things continue to be busy around our household, so apologies for not posting more often.  Things with Joppel continue to go well and we are getting great feedback from users and from the press.  Please keep sending along all of your good information and thank you for your support.   

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