November Photos

1- Swinging at the park!
2- Harper hanging out in the sun "warming up."
3- Little Hawkeye!
4- Riley roller skating!
5- Harper "warming up" by lying on the heat vent. (Apparently she thinks she's a cat these days)
6- Cole standing up!!
7- Yum!
8- Riley's makeup job. Pink eyebrows!

Leaves

The kids had a blast playing in all of the leaves this year. Even Cole got in on the action!

Cole Carlson: 11 Months Old

What a busy month we've had! Now that we've reached Cole's 11th month it is hitting me that my baby boy isn't going to be a baby for much longer. I try to steal more snuggles from him, but he's more interested in moving and eating things off the floor! Here's what he's been up to:
* I'm not sure of his exact weight, but a couple weeks ago he weighed in at just under 18 pounds.
* He's wearing mostly size 12 month clothes. 12 month pants are still quite a bit big for him, so we've still got his 9 month pants in rotation.
* He's learned how to throw a fit complete with throwing himself to the floor. Its still at the cute phase for a little while longer.
* He want what he wants, and he wants it now! He is very impatient!
* He's eating more foods. We literally give him what we make for meals. He loves most foods. His favorites: bread, pasta, cheese, meat, peas, carrots, white potato, yogurt.
* He is transitioning to one nap. He was taking a long morning nap and then fighting an afternoon nap until 45 minutes before we needed to pick Riley up from school. Then he wanted to sleep around 6. So, I tried holding off his morning nap and so far it has worked.
* He is sleeping better. We've been sleep training since he recovered from his RSV. Now he stirs around 1:30, but goes back to sleep until 4 when he wants to eat. Then he's back to sleep until 6-7.
* He is crawling, standing unassisted for a few seconds, walking behind things, and cruising around furniture.
* He loves balls, bowls and spoons, musical toys, and anything he can put in his mouth.
* He still just has his bottom two teeth. The top two are still ready to pop through.
* He makes the cutest faces and has the sweetest smiles.
* He high fives, waves goodnight and goodbye, and claps.
* His favorite song is kumbaya. I'm pretty sure I've made up most of the words, but it is the one song that will always calm him.
* He is now screaming at the top of his lungs, just for fun. He loves standing up in his crib and shaking the side.
* he's transitioned to a convertible car seat. He likes being more upright, but still hates getting into it.

Sick Little Boy

Poor Cole baby was a sick little boy last week. It started out as a cold on Sunday. By Tuesday night his nose was a constant flow of snot and he was super congested. That night Brett and I took turns staying up with him and started giving him some nebulizer treatments. By the morning he was wheezing. We took him in to the doctor and from there it was straight to the hospital.  His final diagnosis at the hospital was bronchialitis. He needed oxygen and nebulizers around the clock for two days. He was still sick for about a week after we came home, but is back to his sweet little self now.

October Crafts, Pumpkins, And Activities

October was a busy month!

Pumpkin Patch 2013

It was Cole's first trip to the pumpkin patch. It was a great day and the kids had so much fun!

Cole Carlson: 10 Months Old

Cole Baby is ten months old!  Hard to believe that he's going to be ONE so very soon.  He is on the move every minute that he's not being held or in his walker or booster chair.  Here's what he's up to:

• He has his two bottom teeth.  He is going to get his top two soon.
• He is clapping and waving all the time.  He claps for everything and gives us a big grin!
• He loves his sisters, even when Harper is tackling him to the ground.  I am just waiting for the day he's bigger than her (which will be sooner than later!)...I don't think she'll be tackling him anymore.
• He is wearing size 9 months and 12 months clothes. 
• We haven't bought him any shoes yet, but will need to soon! He is pulling up on everything and has made it all the way up our stairs. He hasn't attempted to stand on his own or walk yet.
• He is weighing in at 17 pounds 7 ounces.
• We are still battling his eczema.  I'm going to try coconut oil next. Poor little guy has spots on both ankles, arms, and his ears.
• His hair is filling in and sometimes curls in the back. 
• He has the longest eyelashes! Like the girls, he has beautiful blue eyes.  His eyes have a little of my hazel in them...at least that's what I say.
• He is now eating everything that we eat.  He totally skipped the whole baby food phase.  He refused everything until we finally just started feeding him whatever we had.  Now, he's a great eater.
• We are learning that he is persistent and has a bit of a temper.  It's fun to see bits of each of his sisters' personalities in him.  When he's mad, he screams!
• He hates getting dressed and is constantly trying to roll over and kick his legs.  It is even harder to change his diaper. No matter how hard we try to distract him the little bugger is trying to roll away.  Before we know it he's crawling away and we have poop all over our hands! Seriously, it's gross and when we can we always have two people on diaper duty.
• He loves to jump, bounce, and dance. 
• He is drinking water from a sippy cup.
• He is drinking 5 ounce bottles.  We can't get him to eat any more than that, and sometimes he only eats 3 ounces.
• We are trying really hard to get him to sleep through the night.  He always wakes up at least once.  Some nights we can give him a paci and turn his glow worm on (which we keep on the floor under his crib) and he will fall back asleep until 4:30.  Other nights, we feed him one ounce and he's back to sleep.  We are struggling with this.  Riley was a terrible sleeper (up every 3 hours) and we eventually  had to let her cry it out.  Then Harper came along and was a great sleeper.  Now we have Cole who really needs to just cry it out, but his room shares a wall with his sisters.  The last thing we want to do is wake the whole family up when we can just give him an ounce and head back to bed.  So, we'll see what happens in the next few weeks.  We may just suck it up and give it a go.