The Bonds of Brotherhood

These two little guys are tight. It's clear to me that once Colton gets up and running, they're going to tear this house apart together. They understand each other on an innate level. Occasionally I find them laughing, about what I do not know, perhaps hatching some sinister brotherly plot.

Micole was home today with the boys. She turned her back for just a minute and Cooper had given Colton a corn chip, which was firmly trapped in his teethless jaws. Micole pried the chip away, while simultaneously avoiding a heart attack. Both of the boys laughed the entire time. If she hadn't been on the verge of cardiac arrest, Micole says she would've grabbed the camera so that we could properly photoblog the event.

Cooper is constantly talking away. I'm not always sure if he's saying anything, but I'm catching more words. I got him to say "Colton" yesterday, which sounded a little bit like "Cotton" if you were to fill you mouth with cotton and say "Colton". I think he just said "downstairs" when Micole asked him where he was or he may have just burped. I'm not sure. Understanding his words at this stage is more of an art than a science and I'm not an artist. I'm sure he's reciting his doctoral thesis and I just can't understand him.

We didn't go trick or treating this year, but the boys did get dressed up. We went over to our friends' house while they gave out candy to the trick-or-treaters.

Cooper went as Sir Elton John.

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Actually, he was a dog. The breed of his costume appears to be a Swiss Bernese Mountain dog.

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Colton, of course, gets Cooper's hand me down pumpkin costume from last year. Thankfully, it still fit over his sumo wrestler physique. Barely.

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Good times.

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We had some professional photos taken this past weekend that have to be included here.

I think this one is on the Christmas card.

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Uncle Mikey won't like the fact that Cooper is in a sweater vest for his Christmas pictures again this year.

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Colton's getting pretty good at sitting up on his own.

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Cooper has a new tantrum where he closes his eyes and pretends he doesn't hear you. He'll peek out though and see if you're still looking at him.

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His hair is growing back in and redder.

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I like the fact that we get to keep all of the pictures, even the ones that don't get printed.

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