What I hope Cole was saying to Jay: "When you get bigger, I'll teach you how to draw and ride a trike and let you share my blocks."

What Cole was probably saying to Jay: "All the toys here are MINE! Even the ones I haven't played with in 2 years are still MINE. Hands off!"

After Jay had a bath, he looked so cute that I couldn't resist taking a few naked baby pictures. I think this is the one to show his future prom date!

Brothers

Now that Jay is smiling, laughing, and babbling, Cole is paying more attention to him. They will look at each other for quite a while. Whenever Cole says something, Jay will turn his head to watch him. I am truly amazed at how well Cole has handled the addition to our family. He had always been very gentle with Jay and seems to look out for him. I hope that they are beginning to be friends.

Along with the attention, however, has come some jealousy. I'm hearing "Put Jay down!" more often. Cole has also starting telling Jay, "No!" when he cries in the car. The latest scam for attention is "The Boo-Boo." Cole scraped his elbow more than a week ago and whenever I'm feeding Jay he starts wimpering and saying "I got a boo-boo on my elbow" like it is killing him. It's pretty funny!

New Trike

We decided to get Cole a tricycle after he hogged his friend Amelia's at her birthday party, shreiking "NO! MINE!" when anyone came close. In Target he was so excited and kept saying "my bike, my bike" over and over. He became a little upset when he realized we had to take it home before he could ride it. Once home he was utterly dismayed to discover we had to assemble it. When we finally got it together and working, we couldn't get him off it! I think he would have slept on it if we had let him. The next afternoon he didn't nap he was so excited. After about an hour of listening to him babble and cry, I finally let him get up. The first thing he said as I entered his room was "bike, bike." It is so much fun to see him this excited! It is also fun to watch him master a new skill--pedaling. At first he used his tippy toes to push himself along (like the Flintstone's car). Now he can work up some speed with the pedals. The goal now is to learn how to turn. The deck railing are getting beat up from head on collisions. I suspect, however, that collisions are part of the fun.