Nine Months!

Cohen is now nine months old!  The past month has been a busy one for him.  He has been busy teething and has cut 3 top teeth, with another one ready to poke through any moment now.  Cohen has also started playing with his toys differently.  He's purposely trying to figure out how to use them (instead of just putting them in his mouth and enjoying the lights and sounds when he accidentally pushes a button).  He rolls his train across the floor, shakes his shaker and spins things that are meant to be spun and purposely presses buttons.  It's been amazing to watch him figure out all of these things.

Cohen has finally decided that he wants to move.  His main motivator is Molly.  When he sees Molly beyond his reach he starts trying to figure out how he can get to her.  He can roll around on the floor and spins himself around while on his belly.  He's trying to figure out how to get into the crawling stance from a sitting position, but he's not quite able to move where he wants yet....but I know it will be soon.  He also LOVES to stand and walk when aided.  He walks when someone is holding his hands, or behind his push walker (with a little support from Mommy or Daddy for stability).  He's also standing at his activity table now without help.

The other big milestone that Cohen hit this month was with food.  Over the past two weeks he has slowly started to eat the solids that I've been offering him for the past three months (yay!  finally!!).  He enjoys feeding himself puffed rice cereal, cheerios and shredded cheese.  He's also a big fan of yogurt.

What an exciting month it's been for our little guy.  We continue to be amazed by him every day!

All Ready for Easter

Early Spring

Thanks to global warming, we've had a super mild winter and an early spring.  The pictures below were taken in our yard in March...we usually don't see blooms until May.  I know global warming isn't a good thing for the planet in general, but so far it seems to be treating Canadians pretty well.

Baby you can drive my car

...and maybe I'll love you

Molly's Ready for Dinner

Maple Festival

Yesterday we went to the Mountsberg maple festival with the Hungates.  It was really good and the kids got to enjoy a horse-drawn wagon ride, tour of the sugar bush with tastings, a birds of prey show, play barn, farm animals and of course, pancakes with syrup.  Cohen loved watching the animals in the barn (especially the goats, who were very playful) and enjoyed watching and playing with Cole and Meghan.

Daddy's Obsession

Those of you who know Mike well know he's obsessive over cycling.  He's been talking about getting the baby and Molly into a bike trailer since the moment I found out I was pregnant.  The trailers are not meant for infants younger than one year, but Mike purchased and set up a trailer and has been itching to try it out.  He rides around with it behind his bike sometimes even though there are no occupants.  Here is his first attempt at putting Cohen and Molly in the trailer (this was just a dry run in the garage, Mommy won't let him go out until Cohen is big enough).

As you can see, Cohen wasn't too impressed.