Dancing Cucumber...Dance, Dance...Yeah!

So um hum, I've been listening to an obscene amount of Veggie Tale's Silly Songs with Larry as of late, as Cole loves it. You'd think that he might be too young to appreciate it--au contraire, whenever it comes on, he starts jammin'. No lie. He particularly enjoys a Spanish song about the merits of a dancing and singing cucumber (aforementioned Larry), who simultaneously belittles translater (who happens to be a tomato, Bob) who is not nearly so gifted in the performing arts. It's really quite entertaining. As is the song about lips. Did you know (and I'll bet you didn't) that "oousta" is Polish for lips?

Anyway, Cole is doing wonderfully. He's reaching and grabbing for things, and subsequently shoves every item into his cake hole. Oh, and he's recently discovered his feet, which is a riot. He looks at them quizically, but he's starting to figure out that they do indeed belong to him. Strangely, he has one stinky foot. I know, that sounds bizarre, but it's oh-so-true. The left one. Really smelly, while the right one is fine. Go figure. So mommy sings, "Go tell it on the mountain," replacing the line about Jesus' birth with, "that Cole has a stinky foot." He seems to enjoy that. As he enjoys a book about a hippo's love for his belly button (also known as a bee-bo). We read that one everyday; I have it entirely memorized.

That's all for now; am going to post some pictures here, taken in the last week or so.

Recent Pictures

Coley Poley's Modeling Debut

Hey guys,

This is super important. Jed has entered Cole into a contest, held by Evenflow bottles, to win a 10,000 dollar college scholarship. Voting is done online--the more votes, the better. You can vote once everyday, so please, please, please go to the site and vote for our little guy as much as you can. The voting starts on August 1st. Here's the link: http://www.evenflo.com/Homepage/BYAS/tabid/210/photoType/ViewPhoto/PhotoID/5617/ContestID/4/Default.aspx

Anyway, what's new? Well, nothing particularly exciting (at least to anyone but Jed and me). Cole continues to smile and babble. He loves to look at himself in the mirror, thinks it's the funniest thing ever. He can almost roll over completely now, and his favorite time to do so is during a diaper change (inevitably a dirty diaper). He's also swatting at his toys now, and can hold some of them. He's just now starting to bring things to his mouth. We think he's barely begun teething, as he's a drool machine, grumpy grumperton, and loves for something to rub on his little gums.

On another note, we've begun serious dog training with Franklin "Terror" Fraser. He seems to really like it, though. He is doing much better, although he'll still steal your pizza if given half a chance.

We went tubing last Sunday on the Green River, and Harv's mom watched the baby (she said he was wonderful). Jed and I got pretty beat up, bruises and cuts and such, but it was a great time. Lots of beer, sun, and water. What could be better?

That's all for now. World Cup finals are on, and we're in overtime. Go Italy!