Wild Child

Yesterday was another reason I am happy to have started this blog... I was in the kitchen making lunch, came to the living room to find Brody following Cole up the stairs!  I could not believe he was 4 steps up!  By the time I got the camera and got to snap a pic he was back down to the stairs.  Last night when Bill got home Cole wanted him to see what Brody was up to, so he started playing bouncy ball on the steps again, and sure enough, Brody followed him up there!  Bill followed behind to see how far he would go and that little stinker was up them stairs in nothing flat!!!  Guess it's time to keep the stair gate locked from now on!

Daddy saves the day!!!

I just can't accept the fact that our litle "baby" will be ONE in a few short weeks.  Where has this whole year gone?  It just seems like yesterday I was spending long boring days home on bedrest, and in and out of the hospitals trying to get him here!  He was well worth all the struggles, but boy this is going way too fast for me.  I have my moments where I wonder if we made the right decision by me getting fixed, but then I look back on all the problems I have had getting the 2 we got here, and decide right away that I would not ever want to put my life on the line again.  We have a beautiful family, we just all seem to "fit".  I wouldn't have it any other way.  I love my boys! 

I am trying to decide if Cole was a tad "slow" or if Brody is just super "excelled" because  the difference in the two is like night and day.  Cole didn't crawl until he was right at a year, he started walking about 2 weeks later.  Brody has been crawling for almost 2 months now, and is pulling himself up to things already and climbing the stairs!   Basically what it boils down to is Brody has this Big Brother he idolizes and wants to follow everywhere.  He sure does his best to keep up with Cole!  It really cracks me up how Brody follows him all around. 

 Cole, bless his little heart is the BEST Big Brother ever!  He truly is a gentle soul.  I see a lot of my father in Cole.  I see his patience, understanding, kindness, gentleness, and love.  Cole has such a BIG heart for such a little boy.  When we lost our baby 2 years ago, Cole was truly hurt.  He wanted nothing more than to be a big brother.  When we finally got pregnant again and gave him that brother, he was the happiest kid ever.  I have never seen such acceptance and love come out of a kid for another child.  Cole just has such a big soft heart.  He is so helpful, he has the patience for interacting with Brody, it's so sweet to witness the compassion he has towards him.  They already have a bond that nobody can ever take away from them.  It's just going to break Brody's heart to have Cole go back to school in a couple weeks.  Poor Kid. 

I think today we will go shopping.  I need to buy Cole's school supplies.  He wants to pick out his own bookbag.  I remember last year school shopping, Bill had to wheel me around Walmart in a wheelchair because I was on Bedrest but demanded to go get my boy his school supplies.  We managed, but it was the worst trip ever shopping for me.  I hated every second of it.  I wanted nothing more than to do it on my own, and so this year we will!  Supplies alone will add up to more than $50 I am sure.  That list is LONG for first grade!.....yep FIRST GRADE... I have a FIRST GRADER!!! YIKES!!!!