Cole at 17 Months

Wow - is it ever hard to get a picture of a toddler when they are constantly on the go?! I remember the days of sitting Cole wherever I wanted and taking 1,000 pictures. Now I chase after him making funny sounds just to get 1 or 2 shots that are decent! I guess that is part of the fun though!!!!

Cole is now 17 months old and is doing so much. He can say almost all of his animal sounds. He also says many other words - our favorite being "please." He loves to be outside. So much so that after he wakes up and has his milk in the morning he runs to the back door to go out. We love it too but it can be tiring at times! He is obsessed with fish and trains. He will walk around the house pumping his arm yelling "choo choo." He has a favorite cartoon....Miss Spider and The Sunny Patch Friends. He loves it and would watch it 24/7 if we would let him. Cole really likes to hold hands when he walks now (unless we are somewhere where we want him to hold hands...then he hates to do it). He loves playing ring around the rosie and still loves to sing Old McDonald. He can do the motions to The Itsy Bitsy Spider and The Wheels On The Bus. Cole has 16 teeth. He is eating everything and anything. He loves Mexican and Chinese food the best! I know that does not sounds healthy at all but I promise, on most days, he eats very balanced meals including lots of fruit and veggies. Cole still would eat fruit over anything else in the house. He is taking about a 2-3 hour nap in the afternoon and sleeping 11 hours at night. He is finally starting to like holding his blanket - something I have wanted him to do. I feel like then he will have another comfort thing when the pacie goes "bye bye." Cole can walk up and down stairs well and always says "bye bye" and waves to Mason whenever we leave the house. Cole can point to every one of his body parts and then points to ours. He loves to climb up on the furniture and sit and look at books like a big boy. When it is time to eat Cole goes and gets his own bib and cup out of his drawer. He uses a plate very well but we are still working on silverware. I feel like he learns something new everyday and that he picks up on things so quickly right now. We love to sit back and just watch him figure things out on his own. He gets so proud of himself!

I think that is about it! We go to the doctor next month to be weighed and have a check up so that will be fun. I always love to see how much he has grown. We are having so much fun with Cole. We are totally exhausted at the end of the day but it is a good feeling. He is so much fun to be with!