Curious Colin

This baby is into everything lately. It's amazing seeing things through a babies eyes. Colin can spend several minutes entertaining himself with things like playing with the beads on the lamp shade or like this morning.... playing with the water jugs.

 I also of course think he is a genius. Yesterday, he grabbed the ipad charger that was on the floor and tried plugging it in to the outlet! What a genius! Now I only need to teach him he can't put it in his mouth and slobber all over it before he attempts this!

Improvising

I didn't pack any baby food, diapers, or formula for our trip last week. I figured we'd get some at the closest grocery store to the resort...
Well, turns out, the ONE local grocery store in Hot Springs, VA DID carry formula and diapers but DIDN'T carry baby food. We'd have to backtrack 25 miles to the closet super walmart. That meant going back over the mountain on the windy road that made both Evan and I pretty queasy. So we improvised.
Colin survived on apple sauce for his morning breakfast and I improvised at lunch and dinner. One day it was some of my corn chowder soup, other days it was asking the chef to puree some sweet potatoes since I saw them on the menu. Colin usually eats 3 solid meals a day but with no baby food he didn't eat as much as he usually does. Fortunately his main source of nutrition is still from the 4-5 bottles he has every day and we had plenty of formula.
Now that we're back home and have a pantry full of baby food, he's back on schedule.

The Hot Springs, VA grocery store didn't carry our usual LUVS brand of diapers, so we tried out the Huggies Little Movers in the Jeans pattern...pretty cute!

Anna and Anna Maria Island

The best way to end a vacation is with another mini vacation. After a 4 hour delay leaving Virginia, as soon as we got home, I packed up and left for Anna Maria Island for a quick night at the beach for my friend Anna's baby shower. It was a fun night of catching up with old friends followed by a morning of sleeping in and a luncheon to honor the upcoming arrival of baby Clark.

Anna( the Mom to be), Me, Jennifer, Daniella, Rachel & Adriel

Evan stayed home with Colin. This was the first time Evan had Colin on his own for the night. I came home that afternoon to a baby still in his pjs, but to two happy guys. They had a great time together and Colin went easy on Evan- slept 12 hours at night,  and had 2 good naps on Saturday. We had a wonderful time at the Homestead in Virginia, but it is nice to be get back to our routine after 5 nights away.
As soon as I get some pictures from our trip, I'll post a summary of what we did!

This week...

We are enjoying some vacation time! Evan has this whole week off so we've traveled to the homestead resort in hot springs, Virginia for a getaway. Colin did great on the plane and we are awaiting grandma Lydia and uncle Kurt to join us.

Goooo Gators!!

Toys, toys, toys

Now that Colin is mobile, I've created a dedicated play area for him that blocks him in ( so he can't get out!). I've filled this space with some great toys that I've scored some great deals on...will I ever pay retail again?

However, Colin's favorite "toys" continue to be...

Yes, the wipes...anytime I change his diaper, I can hand this to him and he'll play with it long after I'm done. Must be the crinkly noise or something.

                                            And he still loves when I let him get his hands on these

"Yummy keys!"

Center of Attention

Recently I took Colin to a 90th birthday party of one of our family friends. I never even think about how Colin will behave in public places or at parties such as this...he always just seems so happy and observes everything around him. I often get comments from strangers in the grocery store or restaurants about how good he is.  Aka wow your baby hasn't cried at all, he's so good. Because that's what defines a "good baby" right?!

So anyways, there were 2 other children at the party who instantly were in love with Colin and enjoyed playing with him and tickling him on his tummy and toes! He just stared at them with his big blue eyes and goofy smile. I constantly wonder what he's thinking, I know I'll find out one of these days when he starts talking...MAMA will be his first word, I'm sure!