New Adventures!

Colton's 7th month was full of many milestones and now that we've begun the 8th month he's not slowing down!  He is crawling full speed ahead, pulling up on things to stand, easily going from sitting to crawling and back again, there is no where he can't go!   He also now has 4 teeth, which he's been an incredibly good sport about getting.  He chatters all the time and loves to chase the cats although they are now a little freaked out and run and hide.  He loves to play with daddy and make growling noises at each other but is definitely going through a mommy stage. He doesn't want me to put him down most of the time and reaches for me as soon as I come in the room, which makes me feel good that he wants me but is a little hard on daddy:(  He still loves to go to daycare and Grammy's house and enjoys playing and exploring there. It's all going much too quickly! I love every new staged but am sad that the last one is over each time. Some may say I'm spoiling him but I love our Saturday afternoon naps with him snuggled on my shoulder, we won't be able to do it forever. He is just so much fun and I'm loving everyday with him. 

6 months, almost 7:)

Well, life with a 6 month old is busy so I haven't been able to blog as much as I'd like. Colton is wonderful, so much fun! He rolls from back to bell and belly to back now and can scoot around a little on the floor, not quite crawling yet but I believe it will be coming soon and our house needs some babyproofing!!!  He is very fascinated with the cats and that usually gets him moving in their direction quickly. He eats fruits and veggies and baby cereal now, loves sweet potatos and pears, is not such a fan of green beans and peas. At his 6 month check up he weighed a little under 15 pounds. He's still kind of a little guy. His personality is so much fun, he's generally very happy and smiles alot, he thinks his Aunt Jenny is hilarious and laughs out loud at her singing and silly laughs. He loves Sir Mix a Lot Baby Got Back, which I guess she'll have to stop singing to him once he can repeat things:) Gramma Kae just went home from a week long visit, they had fun playing and singing and we took him for his first swim with her and aunt Jenny and mommy.  He loves his new exersaucer that our friends the Harley's loaned us. It has lots of great baby einstein toys on it and he just spins in a circle checking out each one.  

I keep thinking I'd like to post more often but keeping up with my life and spending any spare moments with Colton and Bobby hasn't lent much time to the computer. So here's my monthly update and hopefully I can get back before 6 months!

My baby is growing so fast! He is so full of laughs and smiles. He loves to watch people and take everything in.  He loves to watch ceiling fans, gives lots of smiles to his daddy and still loves to snuggle with mommy. I hope he never stops that.  He can roll from his front to his back but not quite from back to front. He sits up with a little help for balance. He loves watching all the kids play at daycare but gets a little frustrated if they're too loud. He spends a day or two with his grammy and loves laughing at her silly faces and voices.  We are looking forward to a visit from grandma Kae in June. She hasn't seen him since January so she will be excited.  I had a great first Mother's Day, Bobby got me a very nice card signed by both he and Colton, with his handprint, and I picked a pretty hanging basket of flowers for the front porch.  Colton has been eating rice cereal for about 3 weeks now and we're starting some veggies this week!

4 Months Old

Colton is 4months old now, it seems like we've always known him and yet like it was just a few weeks ago he was born and now he's 4 months old! It definitely feels so much faster since I've been back at work, I feel like I miss so much with him but I am happy with his daycare and he usually spends atleast a couple of days a week with Bobby's mom. I found out today he started rolling over at daycare a few days ago and I still haven't seen him do it yet! I live for our evenings and weekends and sometimes look forward to him waking up in the middle of the night so I can see him, as crazy as that is! He's generally sleeping through the night, sometimes waking up once to eat. He weighs 12 pounds 3 oz and is on the "petite" side as our pediatrician says. He's getting longer but not much chubbier. The pediatrician said to go ahead and start rice cereal now, Colton is not too sure about it and makes funny faces. He is very easy going and full of smiles and laughs. He still LOVES his baby einstein activity mat with the star that lights up and plays music. We have one at our house that we send to day care too and one at Grammy's house because he loves it so much. He starts smiling at the light up star as soon as he sees it. Thanks to Laurie and Sarah for getting us that gift and Angela and her family for loaning us their's for a while:)
In other news Kira, the cat, is doing well and I'm enjoying every day we have with him. Bobby and Colton and I have been attending a church here in town Bobby grew up attending and have really enjoyed this together, we attended a class together last weekend and plan to become official members at a ceremony next week.

3 Months old

I LOVED being home with Colton for 12 weeks and as much as I love my job and it brings me a lot of fulfillment, I get so much joy from being a mom. I've always thought it was such a big part of GOD's purpose for me and everyday I know this more and more.  I went back to work 2 weeks ago and it was sooo hard to leave him!!! I cried several times but the worst seemed to be when I was getting ready to leave and when I got home (which Bobby thought I'd lost it a little) but it was these times I realized how much I'd missed of his day and it made me so sad. It's gotten better gradually and he has a great time at daycare part of the week and with grammy 1 or 2 days. I want to be with him but I'm grateful at least that he's happy and sleeping through the night which is awesome!  I cherish our evenings and weekends and maybe some day we can get out of debt enough that I could be home more.  Work has been going very well and I enjoy it while I'm there, I just miss my guy.  Colton smiles all the time now and loves to watch everything. It's so much fun to watch him bond with Bobby more now that he is more interactive.  Colton's a bit of a stinker when I'm taking pictures, he'll smile and laugh and then I go to take a picture and he stops, I'll catch more soon:)

2 months old

I'm about a week late in posting this but Colton is 2 months old now and I go back to work in a little more than two weeks:(  I actually miss work a little but am having  really hard time with the idea of leaving Colton at day care for 10-11 hours a day. I want to be the person who gets to see everything he does all day!  He had his two month shots on Monday and was a pretty good sport about it. I think it was harder for me to watch.  We are having so much fun together, he wants to see everything and is full of smiles and of course I love just cuddling with him. 

Colton's Dedication

Sunday during our regular church service Colton had his dedication ceremony. Some good friends of ours Tracy and Tara gave us the cutest little suit and Bobby's mom helped with some minor alterations. A big thank you to all of you. Colton was so cute in his suit and slept through almost the entire ceremony. He gave pastor Phil a couple of squeaks at the end but overall did very well.  Bobby grew up in this church and I have been attending with him for quite a while now so it was nice to share this with Colton and have the congregation support us and Colton in our spiritual journey.