When we decided on the name Cole, it was just one of those names we went yeah, that just fits. We really didn’t know any kids named Cole at the time and it seemed like a pretty common yet unique name. How wrong we were. Since his birth, we have ran into so many people who have named their baby Cole. In fact even our quarterback has just named his kid Cole (what a wanna be). The same thing goes for Paige. We thought we were all sly coming up with not so common names. I guess this just shows us we don’t get out of the house very often and we don’t have a lot of friends!

Cole has been eating better and better each day. His daily intake is slowly rising to more respectable levels. We have a long way to go before we hit his target intake, but we are definitely moving in that direction. We’ve found we can get some good feeds in him when he is semi-awake, so that means less sleep at night for us. They are usually long feeds as his suck isn’t that vigorous and we have to be extra careful to make sure he doesn’t choke. As Hannibal from the A-Team was fond of saying “I love it when a plan comes together“. We think Paige is going through a growth spurt again. She recently just started taking huge bottles again. She had a 7 ounce feed today, which is huge considering how thick we have to make them.

Both babies personalities are starting to shine. Okay, that’s kind of a lie since Cole has been Mr. Personality from day 1 (I think the pictures say it all). We’ve had numerous people who had previously seen Paige a few months ago and then again just recently comment on how much personality she has. She loves to talk and smile all day long. Her favorite activity is lying in the play pen grabbing at hanging rings. Cole now loves to be on the floor on his belly. Even though he was kind of crawling last month, he has stopped going forward and only crawls backwards now. He’s mastered rolling on both sides as well. He’ll usually roll until some obstacle blocks his progress. If we leave the baby zone for less then a minute and come back, Cole is usually in a different spot in the room. Paige just recently started rolling on her side and belly. If we put her on her belly, she hates it, but if she does it, she loves it. Kids, go figure.

The babies have also picked out their favorite toys. Is it the woozit? The singing turtle? The musical snake? The fake keys? The lamb? The bunny? The monkey? The singing Ernie? Or any of the other 100 toys we have in the baby zone? Nope, they love daddy’s hands. Hands are the most fascinating toy to them. So I’m thinking about pitching a new toy to Babies R Us. It will be an exact replica of my hands (it will even have the scar from my pet rat, Ralph, biting me when I was young lad, but that is a story for another blog). The hands will be life like, hairy, and very flexible. What do you think? Am I on to a million dollar idea? Will pregnant mommies jump for joy when someone at their baby shower gets them “Man Hands (for infants 6 month to 1 year)”?

We had another OB appointment today. We are almost at 13 weeks. Even though I was at the appointment, I have a hard time believing we are pregnant again. It’s like that movie “Groundhog’s Day” where Bill Murray lives the same day over and over again. “What you’re pregnant?” The next day: “What you’re pregnant again?” The next next day: “What you are pregnant again? Weren’t you just pregnant? It’s like you have been pregnant for over a year.” The baby checked out fine on the ultrasound. Up till this point we thought we were having a boy. Today the baby was so chill on the ultrasound. Reminded us a lot of Paige. Maybe it’s a girl? Tobie says it’s a boy, I say it’s a girl. It’s the only way we can’t be wrong. We will find out the sex in about 5 weeks. Of course we are going to find out the sex, we aren’t one of those crazy parents that wait till the birth (and of course I mean crazy in the most flattering sense of the word)! Just kidding, but you know who you are.