Wow, where is time going? Cole turned 3 months old just a few days ago, and Aiden had his 2nd birthday almost a month ago now. They are both growing so fast. I have really noticed huge leaps in Aiden's development lately, especially in speech. He has gone from speaking in fragments that only Jonny and I understand, to speaking full, clear, and sometimes funny sentences. The entire week before the 4th of July, Aiden, Daddy, Papa and Uncle Kenny would light off a few fireworks a night. The first night, he came home after watching the fireworks, and he just could not get the words out fast enough to tell me all about it. He said, "Daddy say stand back, Kenny hold Aiden! Fireworks go boom really loud! Parachute go up high, go boom, fall down! Tug boat go whoooosh! Car go vroooom! Boom really loud!" It is so funny to see him get so excited and actually be able to tell us about it. We hear about the fireworks every night before bed. He is definitely a little Chretien man in training! We have been working on potty training, and he has been doing awesome! I think I have had to change one poopy pull-up in the last 2 months. He has been dry every night this week, too! Diapers are one part of babyhood that I don't think I will miss! He had his two year checkup last week and is doing great. He is 30 lbs, 6 oz, and 35 inches tall. He lost over a pound, and grew 5 inches in the last 6 months! He has pretty much looks like all boy now, no sign of baby anymore! It makes me sad! He is such a cute and sweet kid, though. We are very lucky. Since Cole has been born, he has definitely had some issues with adjusting. He seems to be coming out of a phase right now, cross your fingers! His favorite things to do these days include playing golf with daddy outside, playing with playdoh, bubbles, riding his bike at Grandma's, riding the carousel at the mall, reciting Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See by memory, and saying Hiiiiii babbbyyyyy Cooooollle every 5 minutes!
Cole is living up to the nickname Mommy gave him, "Cole-ossus". He is all beefcake! At his two-month checkup he weighed 15lbs, 10 oz! He was 23 inches long, in the 75th-95th percentile for both! He is SUCH a happy and sweet baby! As long as he is rested, fed, and clean, he is good to go! He is rarely fussy for no reason, and is a great sleeper. He has been sleeping 6+ hours a night since he was 3 weeks old! Lately, he will sleep anywhere from 8-12 hours straight. Mommy loves this! This past month, he has become very animated and engaging. He loves to be talked to, and gives smiles easily to anyone. He hasn't quite laughed yet, but rather gives a screechy squeal when he is excited and happy. He loves talking to and looking at Mommy and Daddy, but Aiden is by far his favorite. He gets so excited when Aiden is around, and just smiles and squeals at everything he does. Aiden loves having such a captive audience, and is more than happy to give Cole lots of attention. Not to say that Aiden hasn't been having a bit of jealousy issues, but he hasn't had any of that directed at Cole at all. It is very obvious that Aiden is so anxious for Cole to be able to run around and play with him. Lord help me then!! Last night, I had Cole propped up on a pillow in an attempt to take a picture of him. Aiden came in, and I decided to have Aiden try to hold Cole up so I could get a picture of them together on my phone. I got them all situated, with an extra pillow behind Cole for support. Well, when I put my phone up to take the picture, Aiden leans in and hams it up, saying, "cheeese!!". In doing this he lets Cole go, and Cole goes flying backwards.... but he thinks it's hysterical! The picture I caught was priceless: Aiden hamming it up right in front of the camera and Cole flying back behind him, with a HUGE gummy smile. Those little stinkers If I can figure out how, I will try to get the picture on here from my phone!
