Enjoying the spring bunnies at Tractor Supply!
"Go Go Go!!"
Running with his little shoulders up and his arms up high, so cute! Colton runs full force everywhere and goes way faster than he can control. Poor child is constantly covered in bumps and bruises on his head, face, legs, arms. Here is a CLOSE up after he ran as fast as he could to me and knocked me over, laughing hysterically (you can actually see his upper teeth here, as they are usually hidden when he smiles):
Here are a few pics of him running around the house, doing one of his favorite things. "KICK!!" He loves to kick, loves balls "BahLL!" and even likes to say and practice kicking, just anywhere: walking around the house, in the highchair...
We're on our third turn trying to get rid of a nasty ear infection. Keep your fingers crossed that this does it and that he doesnt' have to get surgery to put tubes in his ears!
Books
We read read read at our house and Colton loves it! One of my favorite joys of Colton at this age is that he will walk in front of you (if you are sitting on the floor) and then back up to you so he can sit in your lap. Sometimes he backs up from quite a bit off. It is SO ADORABLE and one of my favorite things for the past 6 months or so. He likes to do certain things with certain books, his own little spin on some of the classics:
The Little Engine that Could: He looks at you crazy when you change your voice with characters and about 1/2 through there is a toy that is in the pictures that looks like Humpty Dumpty and he starts wiggling his arms up and down and wants you to sing the rhyme. Right then in the middle of the regular story. Humpty is on about 4 pages and he wants you to sing it each time.
Just one more swim: twice during the reading he will take the book and turn it over on certain pages, apparently he does not like the provided visual perspective on those pages!
Brushing Teeth
When we first started brushing with the actual tooth brush, he thought it was super cool. These days he hates it. Refusing to open his mouth, turning away, biting the brush, almost in tears. He got this stupid book about getting clean with Elmo that he LOVES and they talk about brushing their teeth and he correlates the two, and I try to use that as why he should like it, but alas, he does not agree and mostly fights us every time. Wouldn't take so long if he would just give in! Poor child, the torture! Still has 3 teeth in the middle on the bottom, which is funny, but the matching tooth on the right side is finally peeking out (more teething fun at night).
BBQ Sauce, It's what's for breakfast...
More pudding please!
Takes after Nana L with his multiple drinks!
Tearful bedtimes
So far this year we have had a really good time getting Colton to bed at night. Read stories, several, and drink some water, cuddle/kisses, and off to bed awake but ready for bed and not a peep out of him. Almost twice this past month we ended up having to put him in bed crying hysterically til he finally calmed down and feel asleep. Without any stories or cuddling, made me so sad! But he was all hugs and giggles in the morning and all was forgiven. The "almost" other time of nighttime tears involved a library book of mine that I would not let Colton hold on his own (wouldn't sit with me while I held the book). I had to go hide it from him and he sobbed and cried hysterically, running up and down the hall to our bedroom (where it was hidden), calling out, "Boook! Boook!" Such a mean parent, denying my child a book! :-)
Didn't quite finish his nap in his crib so he wrapped it up with me on the couch. I was mostly faking it. Please ignore the hair frizzies!!
Cuteness!
Circus
Colton was able to go to the circus with all his cousins last month. I haven't been since the week before Justin and I had our blind date over 10 years ago and Justin hadn't been since maybe middle school, so we all had a fun time. I wasn't sure how Colton would do, trapped on our laps, in semi-dark for TWO HOURS but...he did great and really seemed to have a good time.
Raising a Tree Hugger! This picture was actually taken after he was running off a little steam after the circus. He was following around two little girls who were running around and doing little antics, including hugging the trees and he wanted to play along! Too cute.
Date night
Justin and I got to enjoy a fun night 'on the town' in March. We went to a fabulous Bryan Adams' concert in Atlanta (Christmas present from Justin) and had an adventurous dinner downtown Atlanta. I'll leave out the details of the adventure but it involves crazy public transit and a reminder to be sure which way you need to travel on a street if you are walking. Here we are tired on the train ride back:
Quality play time with Poppa:
Colton, the tourist!
There are all these pictures of him in this cute outfit because it was a rainy day and he was just too adorable not to photograph. Here he is going in the bathroom, shutting the door, and just hanging out in the dark hiding from me. I got a hilarious video of him slamming the door shut every time I would push it open and ask him if he was coming out. Too silly!!
Hope your spring has started off well!! We have had colds, allergies and weird HOT/COLD weather but hopefully it will all even out soon.
