Cute Story

Colin recently learned the baby sign for "hear," and he loves to use it. Everytime he hears something now from a motorcycle going by to the cat meowing, he's letting me know he hears it. And he expects you to respond, telling him what it is he's hearing.

So last night, I ran to Target while Colin and Daddy played in the playroom. When I got back Brad told me this story:

While they were playing my husband let out a loud toot. Colin promptly made the baby sign for "hear." Brad had to admit that yes, Dada tooted, loud.

Laugh away, I know I did.

Father's Day

It's a couple of days later, but this is perhaps one of the best photos I've ever gotten of my two men, and it just happens to have been taken on Father's Day this past Sunday. Aren't they adorable?

Colin Update!

So sorry for the long wait time between posts, but I've been a little preoccupied recently. I thought I'd take this opportunity to post just a few pictures.

Some of you may have seemed to notice that I haven't posted a monthly newsletter in 2 months either. I've decided to start making them "Quarterly Newsletters," so I'll be posting one every 3 months, starting this month, which will include months 17-19.

So, for now, a bunch of cute photos will have to suffice :)

Playing Outside

Mother's Day

Aren't I Cute?!?

Big Green Pillow

I'm ready to swim, let's go!

Watching Wiggles with Dadda.

You're silly!

Can we watch Wiggles, Momma?

Mmmm, chocolate chip cookie!

Grand Easter Weekend!

Egg Hunt One: GG's Church

GG attends a small church and invited us to join their egg hunt on Saturday morning. Colin was the smallest by 3 years, so they gave him his own patch of grass and eggs. Gramma, Grandpa, Gramma L, GG, Momma and Dadda were all armed with cameras and helping hands. He saw the eggs as we were coming in, so he was ready to go! We were pretty surprised at how well he did. He went right for the eggs and after Momma showed him to put the eggs in his basket, he knew just what to do.

Egg Hunt Two: At Home

Later that afternoon, we decided to go ahead and have an egg hunt for him at home. Rain was forecasted for Sunday (Easter) so we went ahead with the hunt Saturday in our backyard. The same crew came over to help him out, and he had a grand time!

Easter Sunday: The Goods

Today all the Grammas and Grandpa came over for Easter lunch and to give Colin some goodies. He got an Easter basket from Gramma and Grandpa, then one from Momma and Dadda, and a third from GG. We hid them around the living room and he found them pretty quickly. Amongst other things he got a camera (toy) and telephone from Gramma and Grandpa, some Sesame Street figurines, and a cool book and sunglasses from GG. He got lots of goodies (candy!) that he took full advantage of. He's also been learning to use a spoon, so when eating some dessert with GG he had his own spoon, but that wasn't enough, so he stole her spoon too!

Field Trip: Fort Worth Zoo

With the beautiful weather we had on Sunday Brad and I made the last minute decision to take Colin for his first trip to the zoo. One of the few animals he can recognize, point out and say is "Lion." So we knew we had to see the lion before we left. Of course, the lion was his favorite. When we got there, he pointed right to him and and started saying "Li, Li" (his word for lion). Then we got a real special treat, the lion roared for us, and almost right in front of us!

Overall Colin did really well, he wanted to walk a lot, which slowed us down a bit, but like Brad said, the day was all about him so it didn't matter how fast we went. I'll let the pictures tell you the rest of the story:

First picture of the day; Zebra!; Posing with Momma

Elephants!; "Li, Li!"; Lady Lions



With Daddy in the bird area; Checking out a big bird; Walking with Dadda!



Colin's new stroller, and his silly face; With Daddy at the Parrots; One of his favorite things about the zoo was all the water features, lots of water falls!





Colin's Souvenirs from the zoo, he's got a funny Dada:

Elmo!

Colin is a huge Elmo fan now. We were at the store a few days ago and found an Elmo towel that we knew he'd just love. So we splurged and got it for him. We used it for the first time tonight, we showed it to him and asked him who it was, and he said "Elmo!" with a big grin. He's too cute. Daddy is pretty cute too...if you ask Mommy.

Now that he understands more of what is actually being said, we've recently started having to discipline Colin. By discipline I mean, we have to say "no" every once in awhile. He already doesn't like the word, unless he can use it to his advantage, like tonight.

Brad and I went to eat at a local burger joint called "Chapps." Colin is now eating whatever we eat, so we gave him some chicken from Brad's chicken sandwhich and a little bun. We also took some banana and butternut squash with us. Towards the end of the meal, Colin started shaking his head side to side. We thought he was just trying to not let us get to his mouth by moving his head back and forth, but he kept doing it, even when we weren't trying to give him a bite. And it dawned on us, he was saying "No." As in, I don't want YOU to feed me, I'll feed myself. Because he was still picking pieces up and eating them, he just wouldn't take them from us.

So Daddy asked him, "Colin, yes (nods his head) or no (shakes his head)." Colin stared at him for a minute and then started shaking his head too. It was adorably cute and made us giggle.

Happy Halloween!

We took Colin trick-or-treating to just a few houses of our neighboors last night. Gramma, Grandpa, Gramma L., and GG all came to enjoy the night with us. We decided for his first Halloween, we'd make it a family affair so we all dressed up together, even Henry got in on the action.

We bought Colin's scarecrow outfit from Babies R' Us. Mine was also store bought, but we made Brad's. The suit was poster board, the hat a spray painted funnel, and real bolts made up the buttons on the front. It was a lot of fun, and we are already looking forward to next year.

Getting ready to head out...

When we started out, Colin wasn't too sure about the whole taking the candy from a stranger thing, but he was happy that he had it! By the third house, he was all about picking his own.

It was a late night for the little scarecrow, but he loved to play with the candy. He just kept trying to get into that candy for his first taste of the forbidden food. And of course, by the end of the evening, he got his way (can you say, spoiled?) and had a taste of a tootsie pop. Orange. yum.

And so it begins!