Fun-O-Rama

We went to York Beach yesterday with Nana and Pops. I used to just take a towel and a trashy gossip magazine with me to the beach. . .man, are those days over! I needed to pack the night before to make sure Cole had everything he needed.

I also used to poke fun of those people on the beach with sun tents. You'd have a perfect view of the water and some lady with 4 kids would set up shop in front of you. . .and if the screaming kids throwing sand right next to you wasn't bad enough - they'd have one of those tents blocking your perfect view of the ocean. I'm sorry to report that we've become those people. I tried to be mindful of people with my former view of sun tents. . .but it's really tough to set up somewhere that won't block someone's view. We did the best we could. . .at least Cole doesn't throw sand. . .yet.



This is our "small" sun tent for the baby. . .honestly. You can fit about three adults comfortably napping on the beach in this thing.

Cole had a blast. Unfortunately he got a little bit toasty on his arms (I did use a ton of sunscreen!). . .but he went to Fun-O-Rama, watched mom have an ice cream (and fudge!) and took a nap on Nana.

I should be a professional photographer. . .is that shot of Pops and Cole great or what?

There's the action shot of Cole's piggies in the ocean.

We just love that fishy hat.

burritos and new toys

Big doing-s for Bill and I the other day. We went out to eat with Cole for the first time, together. Crazy to think he's almost five months old and we're just taking him out (or rather, we're just now going out with each other with him) for the first time. We were doing some shopping near Shorty's (one of our favorite Mexican joints) so we stopped in.

Overall, he was great. We ordered drinks, totally expecting to have our drinks and then needing to order our food to go. But Cole was fine. He played with his toys and his binky (so weird!).

When our meals came we ate quickly ( I think Bill took roughly 7 minutes to eat his meal), still thinking we'd need to make a quick escape when Cole inevitably started fussing and ruining others' meals. But he didn't. In fact, when he started to get uncomfortable, we showed him what we were eating. He's totally into food lately. You can't eat something in front of him without him stopping what he's doing to watch.

Here he is choosing his burrito.

Then, we got him his first stacking rings. Not a big deal to most of you, except he is getting better at grabbing things and moving them the way he wants everyday. The stacking rings are very exciting to him because he actually means to take them off the post and put them back on. . . even if he does need a little help.

Looks like he's having a staring contest with this giraffe. . .not too sure what's going on here but you get the picture.

teething rings and flea markets

We haven't had too much excitement lately. Mostly, since our visit to the doctor last week, Cole has been a drooling machine. It hasn't been worth using bibs because they are soaked within minutes. He does a complete wardrobe change about three times a day just to keep him dry!

He's also putting everything he can get his hands onto in his mouth. . . including his whole fist when he can't find anything else! We both get a kick out of it when he gags himself because he smooshed his fingers in his mouth too much, just to do it again right after.

I got him a teething ring the other day, even though I don't believe we're getting teeth for awhile. Cole really likes it, especially while he's watching his Baby Einstein. . .

As soon as he figures out how big his mouth actually is and stops slamming things into it, we'll all be much better off.

Cole, Pops, Tracy, Marc and I also went to a flea market yesterday. It wasn't Cole's first trip, but it probably was the first trip he remembers. I was worried because we didn't have his stroller, but I did have our front carrier. Cole was asleep within minutes. . .and allowed us to have a nice time walking through all the junk. . .

We didn't find any treasures, but at least Cole got to take a nap!

a whiskey for everyone at the townie concert

Bill and I took Cole to his first townie band concert tonight. Kids are just so cute when they run around in circles "dancing" to the music. . .or like one little sweetheart, just bouncing up and down to the drums.

Cole was digging it. He mostly just watched the trees overhead, until he fell asleep. Neither of us are sure how he was able to fall asleep with all that noise - but that seems to be a common theme with his sleeping habits lately. Bill joked that we should get some band music and blast it on the stereo. . .to put Cole to sleep!

While Bill and I waited for Cole to wake up, we overheard two elderly women ask a man who was sitting on a park bench,if they could join him. He said to them, "Nice night for some music." To which they replied "What?", a few times. He repeated himself a bit louder and the old lady said "Yeah, great night. I just had myself a whiskey and I'm feeling fine." Fantastic.

Seemed like Cole had himself a whiskey too because he didn't wake up until we walked into the house! Notice the binky, too. . .guess there's a first time for everything!