Nine Months and Growing Strong

My Handsome Little Man My monkey man is officially 9 months!  I told my friend Ro how sad I was because this is his last month in single digits - ha.  I feel as if he's learning to do things in just a matter of days.  His new thing is pulling himself up onto the objects that we've creatively placed in our "baby jail" (it's a big circle in our living room that...

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No No No!

I feel I am constantly telling Cohen - "No no" and shaking my head telling him to stop.  He loves to try to climb the entertainment stand, try to play with the cords for the lamp, put the dog toys in his mouth - just basically be a typical busy little boy!   Cohen's nickname is Brutus because he gets into everything and destroys it.  However, I think Cohen...

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Tick Toc....Ew!!!

  My first encounter with a tick came about two years go.  I was getting ready to go run with Brady on a beautiful spring day.  As I pulled back my hair, I noticed something at the edge of my scalp.  Creeped out, I grabbed it and pulled it out, realizing that it was sort of attached to my head.  After calling my mom, husband, the vet, the doctor and the local nature center, it was confirmed:  Yes.  It is a tick.  No.  You most likely do not have Lyme disease.  So for the next several days I spent...

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Do the Dancey Dance!

Since Cohen was days old, he has loved music.  I'll sing to him in the car when he's crying and he stops.  We also sing as we're getting ready for bed to distract him from realizing that he needs to calm down for the night.  But lately, this kid has started moving it to the music!  The more Cohen plays and stands up on his own, the more I catch him shakin' it to music too.  I just got him this little musical table that he has started to pull himself up to (also pull it on top of himself) but when it plays...

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