Saturday, December 17, 2011

New teeth!

Colin has sprouted 3 new teeth in the past week! His lateral incisors and left 1st year molar. He has 9 teeth now. He was a bit fussy this week but he did pretty well and still slept ok. 9 down, 11 more to go!

Friday, December 16, 2011

Lately...



These photos are from our Mom's group holiday party this week. The hostess,Liz, had her stepdad dress up as Santa for the kids. As you can see, no tears again with Santa, he was quite intrigued.

I have finished most of my shopping for Colin's Christmas and birthday presents. Of course I realize he won't remember, but I've gotten him a few things that I think he'll enjoy over the next year:

A radio flyer wagon...I think this will be great to have for trips to the beach next year. ( thanks Grandpa Marc for this one)
Melissa and Doug wooden tool box set- to help Daddy.
Melissa and Doug cardboard alphabet nesting blocks
A tumblekins car
A step stool that spells out his name in wooden block letters that can be removed ( I remember having one when I was a little girl). I think this will be a nice way for Colin to learn how to spell his name and great for when he starts standing to climb up to brush his teeth.
A ball pit to play in....his friend Kyler has one that he played in and he loved it.


Still on the wish list...A push walker.
Colin is not walking yet, but he HAS in the past week started to stand unassisted. It only happens for 3-5 seconds, but it is progress! I'm assuming standing is the precursor to walking, but I don't know if Colin will be walking by his 1st birthday, which is 2 short weeks away!!

I've been busy planning his party, I hope it is a fun day to remember!

Another new thing is Colin now says "mama". A week or so ago we were at Pottery Barn and I was distracted talking to the sales lady, Colin was fussing in his stroller and since I was distracted I didn't tend to him right away...well he decided to get my attention by shouting a very clear "MAMA!" boy did that get my attention! Since then, he now babbles mama quite often, it is nice to hear!

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Happy St. Nicholas Day!



When I was a little girl, my Mamour would have us over to her house to celebrate St. Nicholas Day. This is a holiday celebrated much more in Europe, it is the day that St. Nicholas aka our Santa Clause comes and visits the children to determine if they've been naughty or nice for the year. My brother and I would go over to her house and decorate and have Christmas snacks. I think occasionally we'd get a present.  I think it'd be a nice tradition to have here in the USofA...maybe I can do something special for Colin when get gets older. I can make St. Nicholas day the day we go to visit Santa!

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Saturday was a beautiful day

We spent the afternoon outside at yet another birthday party, this time it was baby Jackson's turn
The balloon is far more entertaining than looking at the camera



Colin enjoying a snack of blueberries on mommy's lap