Eating and First Tooth

We have our first tooth!  It is razor sharp!  I can't get a pic of it, but here's Cole enjoying his high chair, playing with toys.

 

And here's Cole enjoying some squash, he absolutely loves it!

This morning

Happy guy this morning!

5 Months Old!

I can't believe our baby is 5 months old!  Where has the time gone?  He has just recently gotten to the point where he enjoys being in his exersaucer or johnny jumper for longer than about 5 minutes.  Here he is in the johnny jump up, eyeing his crazy zany zoo toy.

 Here he is enjoying the exersaucer.  This pic is from a week ago.  This week when he's enjoying this toy the book is gone and his feet reach the ground, I swear he grew about 3 inches in the last week!

 And here is his monthly picture with the lion, don't you love that grin!  He's growing way too fast!

This last week also had a couple more milestones that were not documented with pictures (we need to get better at bringing our camera places!)  My 26th bday was on the 7th and this last Sunday was my first Mother's Day!

Hanging with Avery

Last night we celebrated Cinco de Mayo with some margaritas and Mexican food with our friends Rachel, Joe and Avery.  Avery is 9 months old and this was the first time the kiddos had seen each other since Cole was about 5 days old.  She is a doll and it was neat to see where Cole will be developmentally in the next couple months!

Here is there first sight of each other.

 They decided they were happy about meeting each other!

 Cole chilling in the nap nanny, Avery wanting to see what's going on.

Avery was interested in Cole, but she was very much into Ryan.  She was even batting her eyelashes at him!

These kids are cuties!

Trying Solid Food

This week we started solid food!  We decided to start with rice cereal.  After checking out the baby food aisle and looking at the ingredient list on the packages for rice cereal, I decided we would be making our own.  As an early birthday gift my mom got me the Baby Bullet.  This thing is cool, I never thought I could be so excited about pureeing rice mush!

Here Cole is right before getting started.  I like this picture b/c it looks like he is saying 'give it to me now!'

 Excited to try it, making sure I get the spoon in his mouth.

 You might say this baby takes after me in the gagging department.

 Unsure but optimistic.

 And we're through.

We tried a couple times this week and decided that we may not be quite ready for solids (although, after sampling rice cereal I'm not sure I'm any more of a fan than Cole).  We'll try again next week.

April: Part 2: Trip to MT

Right after Cole and I returned from Alabama, we all headed up for a trip to Montana.  Cole is certainly becoming a well-traveled baby.  He can now add Colorado (lay-over in Denver) and Montana to his list of visited states!

Here is Cole and his Great-Grandma Feller

 Cole and cousin Kylee

 Cole and cousin Michael

 Cole and cousin Bentley

 Cole and Great-Grandma Rickett

 Cole and cousin Natawna

 Cole and cousin DeAnna

 

Cole and Ryan's cousin Shelbey (she looks like she might be saying 'excuse me, you're touching my leg' haha)

April: Part 1

We have been out of town the last SEVERAL weeks.  I attempted to update the blog via email, but every time I tried it failed.  So, the post I'm adding right now was actually written April 21, let's pretend the post date is April 21 and not May 4.

 Time has flown by since our last post. We've had a couple milestones in the last few weeks I wanted to share. Cole went on his first (and second, third and fourth plane ride)!  We flew to Alabama to visit my mom and brother. Even though Cole looks a little frightened in this pic, he did fantastic!  He loved people watching. We connected in Houston, so we can now say Cole has been to Texas! (These pics are from my phone so they are not the best quality.)

 

 While in Alabama Cole had his first Easter!  He got new clothes and lots of books!

One day we were there we drove over to Ocean Springs, Mississippi and headed to the beach. Cole wasn't a fan of the chilly water or the sand but we did snap this pic.

 

Cole turned 4 months old on the 12th, so here is his 4 month picture!

 

And two days ago, I was doing laundry so I laid Cole on his back on the floor mat, when I came back into the living room this is how I found him!  He's such a big boy!