Ninety Seconds Of Cole Boy

January 24, 2008 ·  

Cole is quite a fun boy to be around. Since I run my business mostly from home, I get to take Cole breaks during the day to play with my son. I consider it one of the best perks of my job.

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Cole has four things that fill up most of his day:

  1. Jumping Around: A few weeks ago we bought a jumper for Cole and he loves it. Prior to it arriving, Cole would sleep about 9 hours at night. But immediately since the first day of jumping, he’s now pushing about 11 hours. He definitely wears himself out in this chair.
  2. Shoulder Crawling: Cole is just on the verge of crawling. He’s at the stage of getting on hands and knees and just bouncing back and forth. But, when he needs to get somewhere he finds a way. Right now, it mostly consists of balancing on his left shoulder and pushing with his right big toe. It’s strange, but it works for him.
  3. Assisted Walking: His absolute favorite activity is to grab two fingers of whomever is around and just start walking. He is so proud of himself when he does it. When I’m sitting at my desk, he’ll come walking around the corner with a huge smile on his face so excited to show off for me. It’s great.
  4. Beat Box: Ever since I can remember, I’ve always loved teaching little boys how to beat box. Maybe it’s my way of bonding. I’ve had a lot of good students thru the years, and Cole jumps right up there on the list. He’ll drop a beat anytime and anywhere and it makes me laugh.

Since all of these activities give me such joy, I thought I’d share them with everyone else. I’ve put together a ninety second video of Cole doing his thing. You can see it here.

Comments

9 Responses to “Ninety Seconds Of Cole Boy”

  1. Stacey on January 24th, 2008 11:32 am

    Oh I loved the shoulder crawl and the beatbox. He sure is getting fat! I remember you teaching Tyler the beat box 6 years ago.
    (Oh, and I use the same technique on Emma. I just bought her a mini trampoline so she can wear herself out since it is too cold outside!)

  2. JUSTIN LUDLOW on January 24th, 2008 1:21 pm

    Hey Brian,
    This is Adrianne(yardley) Ludlow. My husband went on his mission to SF with you. We found your blog and he wanted me to say Hi. I also went to Cimarron but I was a little younger, I think a year behind Rachel. Anyways your little guy is cute! Come check us out at ludlowlife.blogspot.com

  3. Candace on January 24th, 2008 1:41 pm

    He is so fun and interactive. You are a wonderful an involved father.

  4. Rachel on January 24th, 2008 4:44 pm

    I never knew it was called “beat box.” I can’t exactly pinpoint what I thought it was, but I didn’t know it was that.

  5. Amanda on January 24th, 2008 10:29 pm

    So Cute!!! Matt said you do work for our buddy Greg! He is so nice! We just went on a trip with them in December.

  6. Kevin Miller on January 24th, 2008 10:52 pm

    Brian, I think it is wonderful that you and Candace find so much joy in the simple life of your little boy. Thanks for sharing.

  7. Stacey on January 25th, 2008 8:36 am

    True Rachel. I thought it was called “Be-Bop”

  8. jamie on January 28th, 2008 4:34 pm

    I have watched this a couple of times but realized I never commented! How come everything he does is so dang cute?

  9. Brian on January 28th, 2008 4:49 pm

    Thanks for the nice comments everyone!

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