our little gorilla

Keli is fond of saying that Cole was born a little monkey (covered in hair and a bit wild from the very beginning) and now he's a little gorilla, which is oh so true. I had to laugh the other morning when I realized that he was wearing his monkey pjs and eating a banana.

what IS that all over his face?

Cole has been an eating machine these days. He's been loving most everything that we put in front of him. Here's his recent encounter with black beans.

Mmmmm .... black beans.

These are good!

You want some?

Oh, man, they're all gone!

On to the crackers. Now these are a bit harder to get with my spork!

The end result. A messy, but satisfied, little boy!

vocabulary

These days it seems like Cole is learning a new word, either a sign or a verbal word, every day. Yesterday I asked him if he wanted a cracker, and he said, very clearly, "cracker." His list of verbal words includes uh-oh (not sure if that can be counted as a word, but he says it all of the time), duck, da-da, and cracker. He signs milk, eat, water, bath, cat, dog, monkey, gentle, more, tired, hat, hot, and touchdown Beavers (both hands up in the air). I love that he is able to communicate with us and can tell that he loves it, too.

one year check-up

On Thursday we went in to see the doctor for Cole's one year check-up. He's a healthy and growing boy!

Height: 32.75" (99%)
Weight: 25 lbs (81%)
Head: 19.72" (99.8%) -- this one cracks us up!

@ work

Here's a cute picture of Megan and Cole at our office. That day he was really into the Pantone fan and ribbon.

spork!

Tonight after dinner Cole came to sit on my lap and ended up helping me clean my plate. He started by picking up tomatoes and black beans with his fingers, and then reached over and began using my fork. I was surprised when he was able to get a bean on the fork and then almost into his mouth ... and almost into his eye. Cory quickly pointed out that it wasn't a good idea for him to use a regular fork, so we got him a spork. And he went to town!

clean teeth

Cole is really into brushing his teeth these days, especially now that he has his very own cool Tigger toothbrush, thanks to Aunt Lorrie.

Can you imagine getting this excited about a toothbrush? It's the little things in life ...