9 months old

Well, hard to believe, but Cole turned 9 months old yesterday.

Today he went to the pediatrician and learned he now weighs 18 lbs, 12 ozs and is 27 1/2 inches tall. Growing like a weed!

Here he is on his birthday yesterday, rapidly overtaking Iceland (not too much longer before he can kick Portugal!):

Here he is demonstrating his impressive crawling abilities (all the way to South America!) which will make taking these pictures much more difficult from now on:

And, since we didn't post them earlier, here are his pictures from:

8 months

7 months

And for earlier months, click here and here.

Daddy freaked out

Cole had his first experience with the ED.

No that does not stand for erectile dysfunction (thank you Pfizer for popularizing that one) I am referring to what was formally known as the ER – (ED is the PC term and stands for Emergency Department for all those non medical non get hurt people).

Anyways, I noticed a white patch on Coles’ tongue and freaked out thinking it was a freak genetic mutation or a large wad of paper that was stuck on the back of the tongue that would surely dislodge and restrict his breathing making him a living smurf. It wouldn’t scrap off, so I played the parental freak out card for the first official time (official meaning actually going to the hospital).

Long story short – we brought Cole to Children’s Hospital Oakland and after a two hour wait (it was actually very well handled – CHO is a great place) I was able to ask a doctor “what is the white spot on my kids tongue?” Answer: “A white spot”.

No fooling that was the answer, nothing plastered there, not a freak limb growing, just a white spot that could or could not be one of three things, all very minor and nothing to worry about.

Damn – I used up my first freak out on a freakin white spot.

Until next time

On the Theme of Food

Cole's definitely a kid with a good appetite. The fact that he still frequently wakes up every 3 or 4 hours all night long, despite being almost 9 months old, is proof of that.

He also makes his tastes well known. So far, he has tried the following foods:

THE ONES HE LOVESCarrots
Peas
Mangos
Peaches + Yogurt
Cantalope
Apricot + Apple + Pear + Vanilla
Corn


THE ONES HE'LL EAT HAPPILY
Pears
Apples
Apples + Pears + Cinnamon
Acorn Squash
Plums
Sweet Potatoes
Apricots
Peaches
Summer Squash
Kasha Cereal (not the brand Kashi...it's roasted buckwheat)
Beets
Butternut Squash
Black Beans + Yogurt
Chicken
Halibut
Kidney Beans + Brown Rice
Parsnips + Carrots


THE ONES HE HATES HATES HATES
Zucchini
Broccoli
Avocado
(Notice a green theme?)

Quake

Cole has lived through his first quake that was able to be "felt" by us and he slept right through the slight rolling from the 4.0 (the big red dot).

A true sign of a CA born and raised.