A Bump in the Road: November 2011

Although not a huge fan of Halloween, we couldn't let Cohen miss out on his very first one! Even though our participation only consisted of ordering the desired costume, stuffing him in it, taking him to his grandparents', taking a few pictures, then getting him out of it before he had a major meltdown! You see, we knew before he was born that we wanted to get a costume to play off his name. We also knew it would only work this one time since the true and actual "cone" part could be worn only as a semi-non-mobile infant. As it is, Cohen is pretty active and not excited to have his legs tied up for any length of time. So, we (or I ) really wanted to get a red hat as cherry to complete the ensemble, but those are really difficult to find and since we sensed a huge lack of cooperation on Cohen's part, we scrapped the hat. But, he did have sprinkles-arguably the best part!

Cohen is clearly thrilled about his festive outfit!

Still excited!

We didn't bother to Trick or Treat since Cohen can't eat candy and we really don't need it for ourselves. We also didn't hand out candy since a sleeping baby and three dogs plus parading costumed kiddos were a little much.

As far as other developments, Cohen is so close to crawling! He gets up on his knees and rocks. He is also enjoying standing up with help. His voice and laugh have changed. He is "talking" more with more syllables and his laugh is heartier. He attempts several conversations with the dogs and our cat every day. Cohen has decided he does like his activity center since Chris fixed his twirling bird and he can no longer pull it off. I have made peas and bananas and he likes the latter not so much the former. Cohen absolutely loves the baby oatmeal and looks forward to it every morning. We are excited to experience his first Thanksgiving and Christmas together. We'll need to figure out what Santa will bring this year to such a perfect baby boy!