This and That

Happy Friday and Happy May Day!

Things have been busy around the Hobson house.  Cole has been fighting a cold for about a week and is just now starting to feel better.  He had the start of bronchitis and the doctor put him on medicine.  She was shocked when she realized he was nine months old before we had to put him on any medicine.  We have been very fortunate.  

At Cole's 9 month appointment everything checked out well.  He added a whopping 6 pounds since his last check in and increased his head size considerably.  She was very happy with his development and his weight.  

Cole is a crazy man right now though.  Never a dull moment when he is awake...which unfortunately has been a lot lately.  While fighting his cold he wasn't really excited about sleeping.  No naps and he wanted to be up most of the night.  Needless to say mom and dad were dragging a little and are just starting to catch up on sleep. 

He has also decided that he can stand on his own spending most of his day wobbling while holding onto his play table or the coffee table.  Mom and dad spend most of their day with a had near Cole waiting for the fall and trying to protect his head.  There have been a couple of falls that were doozies.  

Just recently he has begun "talking" a bit more.  I believe that his first words were "dada".  He has said this often and says it when he sees me.  Mary feels that is not correct.  We shall see what word ends up being officially his first word.

We just love Cole's personality.  He finds himself very funny.  And he is very curious.  Always checking things out and taking it in.  He uses his single finger to feel everything.  Also, we have noticed him recognizing things lately.  At story time the other day we looked at a large cut out of Clifford they have on the back wall.  Today when we went he got soooo excited when he saw Clifford.  It's just a really fun time.  

Cole is a big fan of story time because he gets to see all of his neighborhood friends.  He is quite fond of some of the ladies.  He is especially fond of Molly who is a couple of months older.  It's pretty cute.  We have been trying to get him to wave, but he refuses to mimic us on anything.  We know he can do things, but he just chooses not to.  Today Molly waved goodbye and to our surprise Cole waved goodbye back.  

That is about it.  Another exciting Friday night here where most likely we will be in bed and asleep before 10pm.  Oh what an exciting life we lead!  :)