Wednesday, August 18, 2010
On The Move
Casey is officially on the move. While he has been making great progress while on the floor in steamrolling around to gather things he had been struggling with "scooting". He would push off with his legs and push his little backside up in the air but didn't quite get the arm movements to go along with it resulting in his face being buried in the carpet and not getting very far. That is now in the past. Over the past week, Casey has put gotten the engine in line with the caboose and found that his arms act as a great asset when trying to move forward.
Now Casey can roll, spin and scoot. Next on the list will be crawling (but we are in no hurry). This weekends project will be pulling the gates out from the garage and setting up the "Scooting Quadrants".
Here is some video captured at school via iPhone.
Much more to come to the new www.ColeandCasey.com
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Enjoy your day and as always, feel free to drop us a line or leave a comment below (where is says "comment"... who'd a thunk it)
Now Casey can roll, spin and scoot. Next on the list will be crawling (but we are in no hurry). This weekends project will be pulling the gates out from the garage and setting up the "Scooting Quadrants".
Here is some video captured at school via iPhone.
Much more to come to the new www.ColeandCasey.com
As you may have noticed some of the previous posts are no longer showing up on the main page here. To view older posts click on the archive links to the right. They are broken down by month.
Enjoy your day and as always, feel free to drop us a line or leave a comment below (where is says "comment"... who'd a thunk it)
Sunday, August 08, 2010
It's The Great Pumpkin Cole Black
On May 31st Cole and Momma planted some pumpkin seeds in front of the house to see what might happen to grow where other plants did not survive in the past.
To say that the seeds took to the soil would be an understatement. Everyone is very excited by the prospect of pumpkin pie, pumpkin cheesecake, baked pumpkin seeds, pumpkin souffle, pumpkin bread, pumpkin ice cream, pumpkin scones and many other pumpkin treats because it looks like we will have no shortage of pumpkins within the next few months.
Here are some pics of our pumpkin progress.
We will provide more updates in the weeks to come... that is unless the pumpkin patch overruns the house and takes us all hostage... Feed me Seymour!!!!
Much more to come to the new http://www.coleandcasey.com/
As you may have noticed some of the previous posts are no longer showing up on the main page here. To view older posts click on the archive links to the right. They are broken down by month.
Enjoy your day and as always, feel free to drop us a line or leave a comment below (where is says "comment"... who'd a thunk it)
To say that the seeds took to the soil would be an understatement. Everyone is very excited by the prospect of pumpkin pie, pumpkin cheesecake, baked pumpkin seeds, pumpkin souffle, pumpkin bread, pumpkin ice cream, pumpkin scones and many other pumpkin treats because it looks like we will have no shortage of pumpkins within the next few months.
Here are some pics of our pumpkin progress.
Cole's Pumpkin Patch
Cole with his pumpkin patch on July 8th
Pumpkin patch on July 8th
Pumpkin patch on July 31st (3 weeks after the above pic was taken)
Pumpkins on July 31st
Pumpkin Patch August 8th. It keeps growing
Pumpkins getting bigger
We will provide more updates in the weeks to come... that is unless the pumpkin patch overruns the house and takes us all hostage... Feed me Seymour!!!!
Much more to come to the new http://www.coleandcasey.com/
As you may have noticed some of the previous posts are no longer showing up on the main page here. To view older posts click on the archive links to the right. They are broken down by month.
Enjoy your day and as always, feel free to drop us a line or leave a comment below (where is says "comment"... who'd a thunk it)
Tuesday, August 03, 2010
Casey @ 6 months
Casey is 6 months old today! Summer is upon us and Casey, who seems to really like the outdoors, is having a good time. At his last doctor appointment he weighed in at 14lbs 12oz and measured 26 inches long, but that was a month ago and we are pretty sure that some good growth has taken place since then. We’ll know next week when he goes to his 6 month appointment.
Casey is a work of perpetual motion. Rolling over is so 2 months ago! He is trying very hard to crawl but the coordination between arm and leg movements hasn't been made yet. In the mean time, he is pushing around like crazy with his legs (often meaning the face goes right into the blanket, carpet, etc.) and rolling around like a little steamroller ready for action.
To fuel all of his movement, Casey is a good eater. He has probably tried all the "stage 1" baby foods and does well at meal times. Most of the time he will finish all of his food and is good to go until the next bottle or snack. It is early to tell for sure but he seems to be an efficient eater like Cole - he'll eat at meal/snack times, doesn't spend too much time on it and then moves on to the next thing on his agenda.
Casey seems to have been teething quite a bit over this past month. However no teeth have made their grand entrance yet. Cole got his first two bottom teeth right at his 6 month mark, but we’ll see what Casey’s plans are. Of course, everything Casey gets his hands on goes right into the mouth so all that drool might just be the result of wanted to get his toys, hands and feet nice and juicy.
His progress with the Doc Band is going very well. He has been sporting his fashionable head gear for 5+ weeks now and the progress is visible. We don’t know how long he will be wearing it but likely we are around the half way point already.
Wishing everyone a happy summertime!
Here is a glance at Casey's progression over the past 6 months
And finally... a look at Cole at 6 months next to his 6 month old brother
Much more to come to the new http://www.coleandcasey.com/
As you may have noticed some of the previous posts are no longer showing up on the main page here. To view older posts click on the archive links to the right. They are broken down by month.
Enjoy your day and as always, feel free to drop us a line or leave a comment below (where is says "comment"... who'd a thunk it)
Casey is a work of perpetual motion. Rolling over is so 2 months ago! He is trying very hard to crawl but the coordination between arm and leg movements hasn't been made yet. In the mean time, he is pushing around like crazy with his legs (often meaning the face goes right into the blanket, carpet, etc.) and rolling around like a little steamroller ready for action.
To fuel all of his movement, Casey is a good eater. He has probably tried all the "stage 1" baby foods and does well at meal times. Most of the time he will finish all of his food and is good to go until the next bottle or snack. It is early to tell for sure but he seems to be an efficient eater like Cole - he'll eat at meal/snack times, doesn't spend too much time on it and then moves on to the next thing on his agenda.
Casey seems to have been teething quite a bit over this past month. However no teeth have made their grand entrance yet. Cole got his first two bottom teeth right at his 6 month mark, but we’ll see what Casey’s plans are. Of course, everything Casey gets his hands on goes right into the mouth so all that drool might just be the result of wanted to get his toys, hands and feet nice and juicy.
His progress with the Doc Band is going very well. He has been sporting his fashionable head gear for 5+ weeks now and the progress is visible. We don’t know how long he will be wearing it but likely we are around the half way point already.
Wishing everyone a happy summertime!
Here is a glance at Casey's progression over the past 6 months
And finally... a look at Cole at 6 months next to his 6 month old brother
Much more to come to the new http://www.coleandcasey.com/
As you may have noticed some of the previous posts are no longer showing up on the main page here. To view older posts click on the archive links to the right. They are broken down by month.
Enjoy your day and as always, feel free to drop us a line or leave a comment below (where is says "comment"... who'd a thunk it)
Sunday, August 01, 2010
Cole's 4th Bday Party (better late than never)
We are a good 5 weeks late on this one but things have been busy on the homestead and we didn't want to not post about Cole's wonderful 4th birthday party that he had at the Burbank Nature Center.
This was the first year that Cole invited his school friends along with some of his other (read: out of school) friends. It was great to see Cole with all his buds and to have them enjoy all that the center had to offer. We were also lucky enough to have Cole's great aunt Pat come down from Davis to help celebrate.
The nature center is geared towards kids and families, lots to touch and explore. The kids were even treated to a nice little hike before they had some snacks. Below are some pictures from the gathering.
Much more to come to the new http://www.coleandcasey.com/
As you may have noticed some of the previous posts are no longer showing up on the main page here. To view older posts click on the archive links to the right. They are broken down by month.
Enjoy your day and as always, feel free to drop us a line or leave a comment below (where is says "comment"... who'd a thunk it)
This was the first year that Cole invited his school friends along with some of his other (read: out of school) friends. It was great to see Cole with all his buds and to have them enjoy all that the center had to offer. We were also lucky enough to have Cole's great aunt Pat come down from Davis to help celebrate.
The nature center is geared towards kids and families, lots to touch and explore. The kids were even treated to a nice little hike before they had some snacks. Below are some pictures from the gathering.
Cole and his annual birthday balloon
The bridge leading to the nature center
The nature center's inhabitants
Cole, Casey and great aunt Pat
Cole exploring... nature
The kids on a hike
The kids having fun
Much more to come to the new http://www.coleandcasey.com/
As you may have noticed some of the previous posts are no longer showing up on the main page here. To view older posts click on the archive links to the right. They are broken down by month.
Enjoy your day and as always, feel free to drop us a line or leave a comment below (where is says "comment"... who'd a thunk it)
