Thursday, February 28, 2013

Lately...and a 26 month update

I'm going to try to cram a whole bunch into this post since its been a while!

This past Monday we packed up all our stuff and headed to Madeira beach! We rented a little 2 bedroom house here while Evan is working at a nearby hospital. It's been nice to be so close To the beach and as you can tell from these pictures Colin is enjoying it too. I think I will enjoy it even more when the weather warms up. I'm a little out of my element here..at home we have such a good routine so Im trying to find a new routine out at the beach. I already aquatinted myself with the local y, found a library story time, a rec center with a heated pool with a splash park and a gymnastics center with open play time for toddlers...so I think we will do just fine!

Before we came here this week, Colin and I, along with Rachel and Charlotte, took the train down to south florida to visit the Schad family and my brother. It was our first time on this train and the kids loved it! The mamas loved it too because we played and we somewhat relaxed(ie treated ourselves to some beverages from the bar cart) and enjoyed not having to drive.

As usual it was great to see my girlfriends and see all the kiddos playing together. Anna's son Clark is now 16 months old and almost as big as Colin, which I think this confused Colin a bit as he kept wanting to rough house with him but Clark's not quite there yet!

In other news, here's what Colin has been up to. It's helpful for me to do these updates as I like looking back at certain ages and what he was doing, so here what Colin is up to at 26 months old...

Still eating pretty well. Favorite foods are : yogurt covered raisins in the mornings, milk in the morning, bananas,avocados with olive oil and salt, pizza or to Colin "peetz ah",any berry fruit, cheese,French fries,chips off daddy's plate and pretty much anything I'm eating off my plate...sometimes to get him to eat I will put his lunch on the same plate I'm eating off and then he eats it all! He also has a major sweet tooth and really loves cookies, in fact every time we drive by our publix he points to it and says "cookie" bc he knows he gets one when we go there!

Favorite things:
Dinosaur train tv show,Elmo, trains, playing with his matchbox cars on the race track, playing outside with his balls, riding in his car while patting the seat next to him and demanding I ride along, belly bumps, doing everything himself "Caw do"( instead of saying Colin he just says "Caw"), helping mommy with everything, reading books, showers with mom or dad, going to the bounce house wih Grandmary, and so much more!

Language: his vocab is slowly and steadily improving, he's started to put words together like "all done" " over here" "Colin do"" mama help" "mama car" he understands everything you say to him and still responds "oh Kay!!" Instead of yes...still doesn't say "no", (no rush on that word!! ) just shakes his head no instead, oh and I love the way when I ask him something he'll respond "ooookay mom"..so cute!! He also now says "Yay!" A lot and claps his hands at the same time when he's excited about something.

Ok I'm tired so ill stop for now, but now that I have an iPhone again ( it was stolen last week), I will tag to get better at posting more!!







Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Dear Colin,

This morning, you and I raked and bagged leaves together. I was tired of seeing so many leaves on the ground in your play area so I got out the rake, shovel and garbage bag and got to work. And you were there right along side me. You picked up your own "yehwoah" ie yellow rake and "bwoo" ie blue shovel and got to work with me. Each time I picked up my rake,you would pick up yours, and when I would switch to the shovel, you'd do the same. You were there helping with bagging the leaves too. It was a mundane task but it was made so much more enjoyable to have you by my side, that I couldn't help but smile. You're my little sidekick and I love it! I'll never tire of this stage, I hope it lasts a while!
Love,
Mama