Hudson Update: 16 Months

Yikes! Sorry Huddy Buddy, it’s been so long since I’ve written at length about you.

·         Age: 16 Months Old

·         Weight: 33 lbs. (but you’ve been trimming down since you started RUNNING)

·         Height: Ummm, good question. You’re tall

·         Teeth Count: 8^th one just poked through

·         Diaper Size: 5

·         Clothes Size: 24 month/2T (or Cole’s clothes if dad is dressing you in the morning)

·         Nap: Just one a day; typically around 11:30/12:00 and for an hour + 30 minutes

·         Bedtime: 7:30pm and you sleep until around 7:00am (THANK YOU!)

·         Food: You eat EVERYTHING and ALL THE TIME! Your favorites are raspberries, but any fruit will do. You love pasta and pancakes (not together). You slam milk like no other and you get VERY angry if we don’t feed you quick enough.

·         Talking: We’ve figured out a few words (tractor, dad, mom, dog, car) but it’s still a little tricky to understand. But you do talk all the time… full sentences. Non-stop!

·         Walking: This should more say “running” as you are always sprinting around the house. You never stop moving when you’re awake.

·         Other things:

o   You love your brother and want to play with what he has. If he’s on timeout you will go sit with him. He’s pretty awesome with you too… gives you snacks and shares his cookies on “cookie Friday” with you.

o   You are obsessed with your Monkey stuffed animal. Won’t sleep without it and carry it around with you. You also eat his nose.

o   You bite! I’m not sure if you do at school, but you love to take chomps out of mom and dad! And then you giggle your head off after…

o   Mosquitos and you do NOT get along. You’ve had some appendage swell-up every week (currently it’s your foot) due to mosquito bites.

o   You laugh in the face of authority. No, you really do. Any time I tell you “no” you laugh in my face and do it anyways.

o   You’re love to wrestle with your dad… actually anyone who’s on the ground is fair game to you.

o   You are stinking cute and SO happy! You’re always smiling and have the ladies at daycare wrapped around your finger.

o   You’re silly and love making faces… you growl and roar all the time, blow raspberries and just cause havoc around the house.

Dad and I love you tons, even though you get into everything and eat us out of house & home! Can’t wait to watch you get older and see what a little bruiser you turn into! 

Cole - 15 Months

A short update and some pictures:
Cole...
Has molars on top and bottom... both sides!
Is starting to talk more and more: cracker, hockey, milk, mama, dadda, tractor...
Loves to read books
Constantly asking "whas dis"
Loves dogs
Makes animal noises for snake, dog, hen, sheep, cow...
Goes to bed on his own at 7:00 and sleeps until 7:00am
Is in the toddler room and is doing SO well
Gets at least one accident report a week (lots of bumps and bruises)
Is a bit of a bully at daycare but we're working on it
Lasagna is still his favorite food but the kid isn't picky
Gives hugs on command and likes to wave "bye" at everyone
Carries hockey sticks all over the house and outside (see pictures below)
Loves to take B-A-T-H-S (can't say it out loud or he's running to the tub)
Is super smart but I'm probably bias
Is a big kid (starting to outgrow 2T pajamas) *we'll have official stats next week
Has had way too many ear infections and is now a champ at taking his meds
Now does the signs for milk, more, thank you and please (also says it while signing some days)

Loves other kids... there's nothing better then dropping him off at daycare and watching him run and laugh with friends

Home Alone

Rolling around with Mom

show-off

playing hockey outside... in March

still carrying his hockey stick

happy boy

helping pick-up sticks

no more snow!

It's Crazy...

It's crazy how much Cole has changed over the past few months. I didn't think it was possible since the first year was SO full of changes... but everyday J and I are more amazed at Cole.

He's so smart. He's just sucking up so much information everyday and is able to apply it. You ask him where his nose/tummy/head/ears/eyes/mouth are and he points to them. You ask him to go pick something up and bring it to you and he does it. You say "lets go put jammies on" and he starts climbing up the stairs to his room.

He's becoming more vocal. Yes, the new found glory of his scream makes him giggle... not so much with us. BUT he now imitates words. As he's signing "more" he's trying to say it. He yells "goal" or at least it really sounds like it. He tries to say words after you... net, up, thanks, hi...

He's running. Gone are the days of attempting to walk and falling down. Now Cole runs all over the house and where ever else he has the room to move. This also applies to dancing. The boy loves his music and will drop it like its hot!

He's a funny kid. He tries to wink (it looks more like a hard blink). He likes to climb all over J when he's laying on the floor. Loves to play hide and seek. Loves to bang his head on things. Ok, he's a little odd sometimes. He giggles all the time. Is very ticklish under his neck and on his feet. Loves animals and other kids. LOVES to play hockey (I'm working on basketball) and has a hell of a throwing arm.

He's HUGE! I don't know exact height or weight but he can now easily reach anything on the kitchen table, door knobs, the cable box and just about anything under 4 feet tall. He's rocking 2T clothes, size 5 diapers and size 6 shoes (he's like a lab puppy - huge feet).

Here's a few pictures - I'll try and be better about getting more and more videos.

Walking around the mall

checking things out... notice Big Foot

such a little boy now

New chair!

Nap time

Oh - and SUPER excited for Ash and Andy who are expecting their second munchkin and to Joe and Franny who are expecting their first! Also, congrats to Linds and Gary on their new baby girl AND Aaron and Berit on their lil' man!

Update and Pictures

Good morning and Happy Labor Day weekend! Hope everyone is enjoying themselves - Jason and I went to the State Fair on Friday night... ate WAY too much... I won a stuffed animal playing carni games... went on some rides that made our feet go numb... Great time!

Quick updates:
Cole now has 5 1/2 teeth (one is almost through from what I can tell)
Is close to mastering putting yogurt bites in his mouth
Consciously says "mama and dada" to the right people... ok, he says it to others too but I think he actually gets it now
Has mastered the two small stairs and now wants to attempt the large flight
Doesn't like crawling in the grass
Is learning to stand on his own - I've caught him doing it a couple of times... I'm betting he'll be walking by Thanksgiving if not sooner
Cries when I say I "no" and mean it (awesome.)

Now for some pictures:

Climbing the stairs 

Such a ham

His favorite new toy - goes straight for it 

Oh you know, just eating some grass

Helping dad in the yard last weekend

Showing off those teeth

Again... such a HAM!

Seven Months!

It's crazy to think that Cole is already seven months old... But its also hard to remember life without him! 

He's still growing like crazy and this past month we've seen so many developmental changes: 

-  Saying mama, dada, baba... Mama usually only comes when he's sad/tired... 

-  Sitting-up with very little tumbles 

-  Army crawling short distances 

-  Eating three baby-food meals a day and four bottles a day 

-  Size four diapers! 

-  Goes to bed around 8:00 and sleeps straight until 6:30/7:00 

-  Picking things up with his fingers... and then passing them back and forth between his hands

-  He's also taken a liking to "car seat yoga" where he attempts to put his feet in his mouth while I drive... I envy his flexibility! 

Cole has such a fun personality... He gets these really determined looks when he's playing with toys... he's a tremendous flirt... Is fearless (dogs, people, boats, pools)... and loves to move. I'm convinced he's going to be super musical as well. 

Enjoy the pics (seven month shots as well as rough housing with daddy):

Movie Star

We decided to take some video of Cole making this cute, VERY high pitched squeals... we didn't expect him to even notice the camera... we were wrong.

Shake It If You Got It

It's pretty blurry but here is a video of Cole moving and grooving Friday night... He's got the whole kicking and talking thing down! 

Hope everyone had a great weekend - Enjoy the Oscars tonight!

Chatting with Alfred the Elephant

Cole LOVES his elephant. We put him in his big-kid chair and set Al in front of him and he just sits and chats away. It's very cute but also frustrating if you've been trying to get him to talk to you for the past hour! 

Bragging Rights: Cole slept from 11pm - 6:00am last night! He had two night cries which I woke-up to but nothing big enough to get me out of bed! I know I'm jinxing us by writing this but I can't help it... I'm just so excited! 

Not-Bragging: I have to go back to work next week. I'll be writing a longer post later in the week about this but to say I'm sad about this would be an understatement. I get completely teary-eyed every time I think about it... 

Chatting With Dad

Its time for another episode of "Chatting with Dad" starring Mr. Cole Bridger Rogowski and Mr. Jason Rogowski... enjoy!

A big CONGRATS goes out to Meghan and Ryan Bahr - they added a baby girl to their family this morning!!!

We've Got a Talker

Cole is starting to "talk" more and more these days. Most of the time I remember to grab the flip too late but last night I grabbed it in time.

Here is a snippet of Cole talking to J:

Note: After watching the video (after posting it) I noticed that half of the screen is cut-off... sorry about that... will work on editing later!