A Bump in the Road: March 2012

It is difficult to believe Cohen's first birthday is quickly approaching! It seems like yesterday and yet a lifetime ago that we were putting the finishing touches on the nursery, I was waddling around, and we could hardly wait to meet our little boy! But now Cohen is at such a fun age. His emerging personality is amazing to watch each day. We have been able to do so many fun things recently. Cohen has experienced many firsts as of late; his first haircut, his first Sesame Street Live show, and his first trip to the zoo to name a few.
First of all, I learned the hard way not to leave Cohen in his crib for even a few minutes if he is at all in a disgruntled/mad mood. A few weeks ago, I came back only to find him with dark brown flecks speckled around his sheepish grin. I attempted to stay calm while I searched for the source, fearing it was dried blood somehow. Luckily and not so luckily, I quickly found teeth marks on the side of his crib. It really didn't bother me too much, which surprised me. Maybe motherhood is mellowing me out, yet! When I told Chris of the matter, he just laughed and said it adds character to the crib.

Anyway, he has only done it once since and he was pretty mad.
February 25th was also a momentous occasion! Cohen had his first haircut. It was a little sad, but his hair was so long and Cohen was even getting food in there, so we gave in. Chris held out a little longer than me, but finally caved when I pointed out how it is always in his eyes and we were finding oatmeal and other traces of meals in there. Cohen was so intrigued by the goings on around him that he sat fairly still on dad's lap.

Before (Completely thrilled)

Snip, snip!


After! (Still thrilled)

We weren't too sure what Cohen would think about Sesame Street Live, but decided to go ahead and buy tickets. Cohen has seen a little bit of the show, but not much. We thought in any event it would get him accustomed to crowds and would be a fun family outing. Unfortunately, Cohen has recently adopted the habit of waking up earlier on the weekends. So by the time we got to the morning show he was tired and ready for a nap. Cohen was pretty solemn about the whole ordeal. Pretty sure he didn't smile once. But, I think he was taking it all in and thinking about it. He even watched quite contently until intermission when we decided to go. The funny thing is, Chris refuses to pay to park by the arena. So, of course he called around to see if the shuttles were running and they were. We were the only ones to ride the bus from the baseball stadium! So, our bus driver was ready and waiting to take us back to our lone car in the parking lot at intermission and was pleased to call it a day early!

First Bus Ride

Not sure about this!

Cohen's friend is way more excited and Cohen is more interested in his friend!

Hanging with Oscar

We are in the nest

Watching


Happiest on the way home

Next, we went to the zoo on a nice day a few weeks ago. Chris took off from work early. Cohen was definitely taking it all in. At this stage, it is a challenge to point out the far away animals, but he enjoys the close up animals. His favorite would be the otters, because they came up really close to the glass while he could pound on it. He also enjoyed the free-walking geese as much as anything! The really neat thing was the bears were down in the water fighting up against the glass. Chris and I were more interested because it was at the very end of our trip and Cohen was ready to go home. Fortunately, Cohen received a family membership as an early birthday present so we can go back any time!