The Wood Worker

So, someone is very comfortable standing up now. We go in to get him in the morning and often find him standing in his crib. Along with this he has decided to do some word working on his crib. We were slow to put the crib guard on the front and he started gnawing on that....but we caught it pretty early. We just didn't put much on the side. As you can see, he moved to the side rail last night. Notice how he avoided the chew guard and went right next to it. Yeah, pretty cool.

He is quite proud of his standing ability.

Happy 9 Months!

Cole has just turned 9 months old. Wow. Time is flying.

We spent the day at Legoland yesterday with Connor and Aidan. Everyone had a blast. This was our first trip to Legoland. Below are a few photos from the past week.

Check out the last one from Legoland....What was Aidan saying about me at Disney???

Welcome William Burns!

Our friends Mike, Leigh and Caroline welcomed a new addition to their family this week. William Burns was born in London. Everyone is doing well and from the pictures they look happy.

Congratulations to everyone!

Disneyland

Mike, Deb, Connor and Aidan are here for the week and we are having a blast. We have gone to the aquarium, on a whale watch, hit the beach and on Monday we spent the day at Disneyland. Disney was a great time and we rode a number of rides. Cole is still a little too small for such a long day, so he stayed home. As you can see we hit Splash Mountain. Somehow John managed to ride up front on both trips. We thought the photo was pretty good. As Aidan puts it, "John...you look like you are screaming like a little girl!"

Mike's family is off to Palm Springs for a couple of days and then back in our area on Friday.

Easter at the Beach

Cole had a great 1st Easter.  He had a great time finding all of his special Easter eggs and loved his basket.  He especially loved his new fuzzy bunny!!

We also went to the beach today.  Cole was fascinated by the sand.  He is having a great time with his uncle Mike, aunt Deb, and cousins Connor and Aidan.

Bedtime silliness

Cole thinks his Daddy is the funniest person on earth.  As you can tell, he's discovered his "voice"!  :)

Cole Laughing

We got a new Flip today (a small video recorder) so we can capture fun moments like this - Cole laughing.

We had a great visit with my parents who are now helping Brian and Lauren get settled in their new house.  After that - they head to Iowa to see Jim, Julie, Nic, Devin, and Ian.  

We are also very excited to have Mike, Deb, Connor and Aidan visit us next week!!