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The new best part of my day.

Now that Cole is older and well past the swaddling point, the new hotness of cool things for first time dads to experience is smiling and/or laughing in the kid’s sleep. Considering how much time I spend with him, I don’t get this as often as I sort of expect. Maybe it’s something that will become more common over time. Either way, these moments when I get to insert myself into his dream a little and make him smile is pretty much the greatest thing since ever.

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PS- A nerdy side note: This video was shot on my new iPhone 4, edited together very quickly with the ReelDirector App, and uploaded to Youtube directly from ReelDirector. Look for more of these in the near future, hopefully I can get more complicated with them and have them be slightly more interesting than a sleeping baby.

Video fun!

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Because I have a very busy life at the moment, Cole will continue to do the heavy lifting with his cuteness. Here are some recent baby developments captured in moving pictures (with sound!)

First, we found the tongue ejection button on Cole:

Then we tried to rot his brain with our iPad and the Uzu app.

So far, Cole has survived these early tribulations, and thrives as the most popular thing ever to hit Colombia (Or so you would think by the reactions of women, children, and the occasional street dog.)

Hump Day Baby Fix! Cole flashes some Blue Steel

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Trying to get really good video of this kid is like trying to get footage of Sasquach. Or Al Gore being charismatic. Cole is typically mesmerized by the camera, he will just stop what he’s doing and watch it, halting all screeching, pterodactyl-like laughter dead. I swear I will get good footage of this one in a laugh. It’s gonna happen.

Cole and Dad go outside

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For some hardcore standing.

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Hump Day Baby Fix – Cinco De Mayo Edition

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Our little man is two months old today. I didn’t think I would be the sort of dad who took special note of things like this, but here I am, all sappy and stuff.