Lucky 7's and Fall

Let's see what I can do now

Tag, found it!

Today Cole is 7 months and Papa is 70! So it is the Lucky 7's for us.

Cole is just getting to be such a big boy! He loves people, smiling, "talking", jumping, shadows and grabbing. Yes grabbing! Anything that is close to him he is grabbing, so watch out. He must check it all out :) Everything is so new to him. I LOVE watching his face as he discovers something new. Shadows are something that are pretty funny to watch too! He looks at it and just laughs, then he gets serious and really concentrates on the shadow to see what it is, then he will try to touch or grab the shadow. The other night he was "pawing" at his own shadow when I was feeding him dinner. I think he was part cat that night. Casey and I were laughing so hard. He could not figure it out. It was pretty priceless. Cole is also a fan of tags. If it has a tag on it he will find it and play with it and/or put it in his mouth. We have noticed him with toys and  blankets especially always finding the tag. It will keep him occupied for quit a while sometimes. He is still not crawling, but he rocks and scoots all over the place. He has also started this new things where he gets up all on fours in a plank like position. Not sure what that is all about, but he is pretty funny doing it. Well, according to the pediatrician last month this is the month Cole will crawl and 10 1/2 months he will walk. Guess we will see. I am not sure if I am ready for all that yet? :) He sits up really well now. He started sitting up right before he turned 6 months, but it would only be for a short time. He sits and plays now for quit a while sitting up like a big boy. He also sits in the shopping cart at the store. He looks like such a big boy.

It has been so beautiful here lately with all the fall leaves and colors. We were going for a family walk last weekend and took some pictures.

Just hanging out with Bella

This is my dog, Bella

What did you say Bella?

I love Bella!

Happy Fall Yall

Cole showing off daddy's Tough Mudder head band

The "7" guys :)

After lunch for dads 70th birthday

Uncle Brad is so much fun!

My new toboggan. ROAR!!

Ok, so I mentioned last month that I thought these pictures were going to get harder and harder to take, boy was I right! Cole was such a little goober while trying to get a picture. I still do not think I got one I love, but he was sure making me laugh. He was grabbing the bear, messing with the sticker on his onesie, trying to stand up, just everywhere :)

why are you always in the picture too?

Mom, can I stand like this?

Ok, so what are we doing exactly?

Alright, I will do it!

Is this the smile you want mom?

Cole's 1st Halloween

Being a big boy!

...was so cute and so much fun! I found this cute pumpkin outfit at Target. Casey was not a huge fan of it. 1. because it is orange (not a UT fan-dislikes them very much :) and 2. he said he looked like a girl in it (no he didn't!). They had a trick-treating day at school, Thursday October 27, where they went around to the church offices and got treats! It was so cute. Although Cole couldn't eat anything quit yet, he will soon. They gave the babies puffs and gerber snacks. Apparently it took a while to make it around to all the offices and it cut into Cole's nap and eating. They were laughing and calling him the angry pumpkin. I took a picture of the little book that his teacher, Mrs. Darlene made him. In the book she put his angry pumpkin pictures. I had to show off my cute little pumpkin as well though.

Our cute little pumpkin

Cole 1st Art project

Cole's buddy Harold "the turtle"

Cute Halloween book Mrs. Darlene made

The pictures inside of him being an angry pumpkin

My happy pumpkin before leaving for school that morning.

6 months! Where does the time go?

What a joy he is....Cole is SO funny! he makes us laugh everyday. He has changed so much this past month as far as things he does. He LOVES to jump in the exersaucer, yell and talk as loud as he can, rock back and forth on his knees, stick his foot in his mouth and scoot backwards and in circle motions. He has also realized we have a dog, Bella. He thinks she is so funny. He just laughs when he sees her. Sometimes you will see him looking around for her and when he spots her he just laughs. It is so cute! He is all boy and tough as can be. He loves sleeping with a blanket now too! At first I was scared about him having it. He pulls it straight up to his face and sucks his tongue. This is how he goes to sleep everyday and for naps as well. He also is eating more solid foods. At first he was hit or miss, he would really want it or not really be interested. I am wondering if he has seen the kids at school eat it and now he is more curious. He has eaten rice,oatmeal, carrots, green beans, apples, pears, bananas, and blueberries. So far he has been a fan of them all.

See it does go in my mouth

I love to jump

 I love seeing his cute little smiling face every morning :)

Exhausted after a fun day at school

Hanging out with my mom

 Here are the sticker 6 month pictures. I can tell that these are going to be a little more difficult to take from here on out. He kept wanting to roll over, grab the bear, or eat the bear. We were just laughing the whole time we took these pictures.

This is SO exciting!

Nice bear...nice bear...just petting him mom :)

Still looking cute, maybe they will not notice if I get the bear

I cant take it, must grab and put bear in mouth

Ok mom I will put him down

Slowly getting bear back, but smiling to throw them off :)

A visit from Aunt Beth and Grandmother

Cole and Grandmother

That would be Cole's Great Grandmother and Great Aunt Beth. This is Casey's mom, Karen, sister and mother. They came to see Cole this past weekend from Georgia. It had been way to long since we had seen them. It was so nice to just hang out and visit all weekend. We met them Friday night for dinner at Longhorn and then on Saturday morning we met over at Lincoln and Pam's to hang out for the day. Of course the guys had to watch a little football in there as well. Arkansas had a big game vs. Texas A&M, which they pulled through to win, coming back from being down by 18 points at half time. Needless to say it got a little loud in the TV room at times :)

Cole and Uncle Lincoln watching the game

Grandmother and Beth thought Cole was just the best little thing, which we agreed. We also talked about how much his Grams would of loved him. It was a little bitter sweet. Aunt Beth and Karen resembled each other a lot, but more than resembling each other they sound so much a like. I feel like if I close my eyes I would think she was talking to me. It is hard to believe that this month it will be 6 years that we lost her. It just so happens that Cole will turn 6 months on the 6 year anniversary of her death, October 13th. We miss her dearly, but know that she is watching over us and so happy that Cole is in our lives.

Casey, Cole and Grandmother

The Coggin men with grandmother

Showing off on the carpet

5 months and Meeting Great Grandmother

Yep, Cole is 5 months old. Tuesday was the big day. Being back at work it just makes everything seem so much faster. He is such a mess, but such a sweetie. He is making SO much noise these days. He definitely wants to be heard. I am not sure where he gets all his facial expressions and need to be loud?!?! hahahaha. I feel like I say this every time, but Cole is just SO much fun. Everyday seems to be something new. Like his hands... If you would have asked me when he noticed his hand I would say...not sure? he has been sucking on them since the day he was born, but this last week I think he has truly discovered them. It is so funny. You will just see him with his hand in front of his face, moving it around, like "where did you come from?", "what can I do with you?" His little face and the looks he makes are priceless. We really do just try and enjoy everyday with him. He is such a blessing. Now that he rolls and flips, he seems to be a tummy sleeper. Pretty much every morning I go to get him he is on his tummy. He usually flips immediately to his side the minute I put him in bed. Here are his 5 months pictures from the crib with his sticker...and pictures from this past weekend when we went to Perry Co. Linden, TN for Cole to meet his great-grandmother, who is 91 years old. We had a good afternoon. Here are a few pictures from that day...

I am a big boy!

Oh guys....you are so funny!

Cole with his great-grandmother, Lorene.

4 generations

Cole and Papa P

Looking so sweet and innocent :)

Adjusting well and falling into a routine

Hey! What is this thing always doing in my face?

So going back to work and Cole starting daycare has been an adventure, an exhausting adventure, but I see light at the end of the tunnel :) I love that I am able to take Cole to our churches daycare (Creator's Kids they call it). It just feels like taking him to a friends house. I know that has been a huge thing for me, dropping him off in the hands of familiar faces and taking him to a building I have gone to for 25 years. He loves his teachers, especially Mrs. Darlene. He just smiles every time he sees her. We did have adjustments of not eating well (to many distractions I guess and someone new feeding him), then he was not napping well (to many noises). Which meant I came home to a whiny, hungry and sleepy baby. My 3 or 4 hours at home with him, he was in my arms. I thought where is my sweet, happy go lucky baby? Each week has gotten better. I feel like now we are doing 90%. Yesterday he ate WAY better and even took a 2 hour nap at daycare! We had our happy little boy last night :) He has also gone back to his 11-12 hour stretches at night, which is WONDERFUL!
Here are a few pics from the last two weeks and some at daycare...

Woke up with a rash one morning-went away with a little Aquaphor

Holding my bottle!

So serious before school

Had bad diaper rash. It made me act like this

Hanging out with the ladies from class :)

Harold and I in deep conversation on our wagon ride

I am a big boy in my blue jeans.