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| These sunflowers greeted us in the parking lot |
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| spider hay |
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| Buds |
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| water racing |
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| he loved climbing the hay stacks |
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| building and knocking down blocks |
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| he loved feeding the goats and chickens |
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| milking the cow |
Thursday, October 25, 2012
A morning at Sweet Fields Farms
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Colin update at 21 months
Before we know it December will be here and this baby of mine will be 2 years old! I'm treasuring every day and love seeing his development.
Eating:
He seems to eat alot at breakfast, his hungriest time of the day. In the first couple of hours in the morning he usually has a cup or two of milk, a pack of raisins, applesauce, a yogurt,small slice of toast and either a banana with peanut butter or breakfast sausage. Lunch time seems to be light these days but his appetite at dinner is good. He LOVES the squeezy pouches and would prob eat 5 a day if I let him.
Sleeping:
Lately Colin wakes up around 7:45am and plays in his crib about 15 minutes before I hear "Maaa"over the monitor to let me know he's ready to start his day. One nap from about 1:30 to 3 or 3:30. Down for bed at 8:15, and part of our new nighttime routine before bed is singing him a few lullabies before I put him in his crib, which is nice cuddle time for us :)
Communication:
He says about 20 words, his most recent being "okay" and "up". It's so funny to hear him respond to me with "ok" me: "do you want to go to Gymboree Colin?" him: "oohhkay!"
He still doesn't say no or yes but has a very long exaggerated head nod for yes. Although at this point his vocabulary is small, I believe he understands everything so I talk to him as if.
Funny/amazing things he is doing:
When I get him dressed, I guess I've always told him since he was born how cute/handsome he looks, so now after he's dressed he'll stand back with a big smile and expectant look while I enthusiastically exclaim "how cute" or "how Cool" he looks.
He brings me flowers from his walks with Pauline or from the yard with a big grin on his face.
He loves taking showers with me or Evan and the second he hears the word he runs to the shower ready to get in.
He still loves his binkie or "b" as he calls it, we only let him use it in the crib or carseat and now insists you wash it off before bedtime.
He likes to build pretend boats with his Lego blocks
Loves being tossed around, thrown on the bed and is always asking to do it "again again"
Likes to help Opa, for example will bring him his slippers or walker when he needs them.
He really remembers things now. We were at the library and he remembered the week before I'd shown him a display of Lego boats in a different part of the library, so he wanted me to take him back to see the same display a week later.
He loves all his stuffed animals, I'll see him pretend with them like today when he pulled out the chair at his table to have his frog sit with him.
For a few months now he's been able to complete the board puzzles pretty easily.
Im sure there is so much more that I'm not listing and I'm really looking forward to the next year as his communication skills continue to grow.
Eating:
He seems to eat alot at breakfast, his hungriest time of the day. In the first couple of hours in the morning he usually has a cup or two of milk, a pack of raisins, applesauce, a yogurt,small slice of toast and either a banana with peanut butter or breakfast sausage. Lunch time seems to be light these days but his appetite at dinner is good. He LOVES the squeezy pouches and would prob eat 5 a day if I let him.
Sleeping:
Lately Colin wakes up around 7:45am and plays in his crib about 15 minutes before I hear "Maaa"over the monitor to let me know he's ready to start his day. One nap from about 1:30 to 3 or 3:30. Down for bed at 8:15, and part of our new nighttime routine before bed is singing him a few lullabies before I put him in his crib, which is nice cuddle time for us :)
Communication:
He says about 20 words, his most recent being "okay" and "up". It's so funny to hear him respond to me with "ok" me: "do you want to go to Gymboree Colin?" him: "oohhkay!"
He still doesn't say no or yes but has a very long exaggerated head nod for yes. Although at this point his vocabulary is small, I believe he understands everything so I talk to him as if.
Funny/amazing things he is doing:
When I get him dressed, I guess I've always told him since he was born how cute/handsome he looks, so now after he's dressed he'll stand back with a big smile and expectant look while I enthusiastically exclaim "how cute" or "how Cool" he looks.
He brings me flowers from his walks with Pauline or from the yard with a big grin on his face.
He loves taking showers with me or Evan and the second he hears the word he runs to the shower ready to get in.
He still loves his binkie or "b" as he calls it, we only let him use it in the crib or carseat and now insists you wash it off before bedtime.
He likes to build pretend boats with his Lego blocks
Loves being tossed around, thrown on the bed and is always asking to do it "again again"
Likes to help Opa, for example will bring him his slippers or walker when he needs them.
He really remembers things now. We were at the library and he remembered the week before I'd shown him a display of Lego boats in a different part of the library, so he wanted me to take him back to see the same display a week later.
He loves all his stuffed animals, I'll see him pretend with them like today when he pulled out the chair at his table to have his frog sit with him.
For a few months now he's been able to complete the board puzzles pretty easily.
Im sure there is so much more that I'm not listing and I'm really looking forward to the next year as his communication skills continue to grow.
Monday, October 8, 2012
Flowers
When Pauline is here she likes to take Colin for a walk down the street and Colin has started bringing me back flowers. Now if only his Daddy would start doing that :)
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Weekend favs
Life is all about the small things...here is a list of my favorite things from our weekend, in no particular order.
Mid day naps with Evan= heaven
Gator bombs and margherita pizza at our new favorite place.
Our morning at the beach.
Girl chat and drinks on the balcony with my girl Natalie.
A really random but suprisingly enjoyable Saturday night movie.
Chipotle chicken Fridays
Breaking in my new jeans
Looking forward to cooking this soon!
P.S. Let me note this date in history that today was the day I sent Evan to the grocery store and he did not buy anything that was NOT on the list :)
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Currently...
Colin's likes...
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| Holding up his finger to say "one more time Mom" |
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| "drawing" ie scribbling |
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| Building with his blocks, ie knocking down his blocks |
The natives know...
the best time to go to the beach is now!
With October almost upon us, it's easy to want to think about trips to the pumpkin patch and Halloween costumes, but the reality is in Florida it's just not feeling like fall yet. September and October are the best times to go to the beach. The Gulf was at a perfect tempature,and there are no big crowds. I'm so glad my mom thought to make a trip to the beach this morning. We treated ourselves to a few chairs and umbrella at the Don Cesar hotel and enjoyed playing in the sand, splashing in the water and root beer floats from the pool restaurant. My water baby had a ball.
This made me excited for our trip next month to Boca Grande. It will be our first time there and I'm so looking forward to staying in this beautiful hotel, taking rides on our boat, and having some more beach days like today!
This made me excited for our trip next month to Boca Grande. It will be our first time there and I'm so looking forward to staying in this beautiful hotel, taking rides on our boat, and having some more beach days like today!
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| He loves his floaties! |
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| Colin and Grandmary |
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