-Cole has teeth! He now has four: the front two on both the top and bottom. The last one (the front bottom-left) just showed through yesterday. He continues to eat well, without question - though he sure does prefer those sweet potato dishes! :)
-We had a very gracious and fun visit with Matt, Ashley and the newest Cornelius: Teya Corbin. :) Both kids showed their personality quite well in that circumstance: Teya is definitely more docile, reserved and contemplative; Cole is an adventurous, curious, helpful show-off. (We even joked about future dating possibilities.)
-Cole is now walking, mostly while balancing himself by leaning upon things like tabletops and couch pillows. He took his first step with me unaided last Saturday (the 29th of September). Yesterday he took one unaided step towards me early in the visit* and then a little later he took two very large steps towards me before catching my shirt. :)
-He still loves picking out books from his bookcase. (Yes, I have that many kids' books: he gets the two whole lower shelves of my wider bookcase.) He also is still quite the vocal child, and his favorite phrase seems to be some variant of "dada", which also seems to be what he says most when he is excited and/or happy.
- He is also quite musical. He's figured out a number of toys and "mechanical" things (like the clasp of my metal watch), and he spends most of his time with that which plays music for him, like a musicbox his grandpa bought for him and a drum (although he had regularly been drumming on everything). So much fun!
-We still only see each other Wednesdays and Saturdays, during the day. There's been a number of things that have delayed this process, most of them entirely unfounded or unprofessional, but hopefully that will change this Wednesday and I can finally have him spend a night in his own crib here. But, who knows anymore. Nevertheless, I try to remain as optimistic and rational as is possible, and Cole and I never have a visit that's anything but full of fun and love. :)
