And he's off!

Cole has been walking while holding on to our hands for quite a while. Then, Cole started taking unassisted steps about 6 weeks ago - - then he fell and decided walking wasn't worth it. Now he is up and walking, all by himself!!

Cole is 17 Months Old!

Today Cole celebrates being 17 months old! He went to the doctor last week and weighed in at 21.5 pounds :) He has gotten so big! Last week Cole came down with a virus, so he was quarantined to the house for a whole week. I bet he will be so happy to go back to his normal activities this week.

Cole is still loving going to MyGym and swimming lessons. His favorite toys are books! It seems that each week he has a different favorite book that he carries around with him at all times. Over the last couple of weeks he has been especially attached to Bobby Bunny, Mommy's Best Kisses, The Icky Sticky Frog and The Poky Little Puppy. He just loves having the books read to him (over and over and over . . .) and he babbles away "reading" the book back. He also loves to point out all the pictures in the book, we just ask him where something is and he finds it and points it out (i.e. "Where's the cat?" and he points to the cat in the picture). Cole also loves watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, especially when he is tired and just wants to wind down. It is so cute to watch him do his version of the "hot dog dance" :)

Here are a couple recent videos. Sorry for the quality, I wasn't using the "good" camera:

Here are some recent pictures:

Play date with his friend, Jacob

Eating his favorite - sushi!

Sick boy! Just wanted to sit in his chair and watch Mickey Mouse.

Reading the Sunday morning paper with Daddy

Feeling better and ready to watch the 49ers first preseason game of 2012!

Capture California

Over the last couple of days we have been trying to pick up some more points for the Capture California game - - - we had really been slacking! The picture of adventure #16, "Hug a Tree" was just so cute that I figured I would post it here too. Enjoy!