Cole's Adventures in Snacks and Snoots

Keeping Cole cooped up in the house was boring. Actually, boring isn't quite the word for it, but we knew that his presence had so much more potential. Now that it's not freezing outside, and Cole's getting a little bigger and stronger, we figure we can start venturing out into the world with him at our side. When I say "the world" what I really mean is "our favorite food joints."

We always take him out in the proper attire:


And he likes to stay close to us:


Sleeping through burgers, fries and shakes at Four Burgers:


Pondering Nachos at Uno's:


Mastering cutlery at Uno's:


Mesmerized by soda at Uno's:


I also took him to his first car gathering where he witnessed a sweet '67 Ferrari and didn't appreciate it:


We love dogs. Dogs are awesome! Hopefully Cole will love dogs too, and you can't love 'em till you're exposed to a bunch of cute snoots. So we brought Cole to rub noses with some friends.

Alex and Meghan's French Bulldog Lola:


Gathering affection from some retired racers at a Greyhound Welfare open house:


I'm just going to slip this one in here; this is the pup Cole now spends time with every day -- our new foster dog, as yet unnamed:

Upgrades

I know it shouldn't come as a big surprise or anything, but Cole is totally growing! He's getting bigger and fatter, and slowly learning things like eye contact and how to use his hands (kinda). We're trying to teach him hugs and the cabbage patch.

Physically, one of the things that is fun for us to see is that he's growing eyelashes and eyebrows. They weren't really there before, and now he's a doe eyed boy!



Cute.

As the weather gets better and Cole grows older, we're starting to venture out into the world with him, step by step. Kate takes him to Whole Foods and we've taken him to exciting places like breakfast and pizza joints. No photos of that, but trust us, it's the truth.

We're also trying to teach him to read, and so far he's starting to grasp looking at pages. It's a start!




I know you can't believe it, but we have a bunch of photos of him doing random stuff.







And I know that this is like, the most clichéd baby picture on earth, but I like to post it to show how big his hands are getting as a barometer for his overall growth.



Look at that! He's at two whole knuckles now! Remember when his hands were no bigger than my fingernail?

Nuts.