Happy Birthday Colton!! WOW! A whole year since we first met our wonderful son! Seems like he just got here and now he's already moving into toddler status!!
Things Colton is doing these days:
Still not walking on his own (still 'cruising' everywhere holding on to things just barely) but will stand up from seated position and stands for a while on his own. Will even squat down to pick up something and stand back up. He will walk if you hold is fingers but takes this hilarious GIANT steps.
Chatting all the time but not speaking English just yet. :-) Colton will say "Mum" when he is upset or hungry and sometimes will say "Poppa" if prompted, but doesn't usually call out to us on his own. He also seems to be saying "Uh-oh" randomly as Brigette's mother apparently says that to him a lot.
Still pointing at everything and wanting you to tell him all about it. Loves to speed crawl away from you and have you chase him. He will turn around and see if you are coming and might even just fall over so you can get him! He likes to crawl to the hall bath and then peak back out to see if you are looking. When he is eating in his chair, sometimes he likes to put a puff down by his leg and giggle like crazy. He might drop the puff on the floor for fun OR yank his hand back up and eat the puff and giggle even more.
It is SO wonderful to come home either from work or being out and see his excited face and his speed crawl over anything in his way to great us when we return to the house.
His new favorite book (birthday present) is Eight Silly Monkeys. Brigette sings it to him at night before bed and he starts dancing along, laughing and waving his hand in the air (he likes to 'raise the roof' all on his own). Another favorite book is Cuddles the Cow and he loves to point out the sun and the cows. He really seems to enjoy reading and we love to read to him!
Things Colton is doing these days:
Still not walking on his own (still 'cruising' everywhere holding on to things just barely) but will stand up from seated position and stands for a while on his own. Will even squat down to pick up something and stand back up. He will walk if you hold is fingers but takes this hilarious GIANT steps.
Chatting all the time but not speaking English just yet. :-) Colton will say "Mum" when he is upset or hungry and sometimes will say "Poppa" if prompted, but doesn't usually call out to us on his own. He also seems to be saying "Uh-oh" randomly as Brigette's mother apparently says that to him a lot.
Still pointing at everything and wanting you to tell him all about it. Loves to speed crawl away from you and have you chase him. He will turn around and see if you are coming and might even just fall over so you can get him! He likes to crawl to the hall bath and then peak back out to see if you are looking. When he is eating in his chair, sometimes he likes to put a puff down by his leg and giggle like crazy. He might drop the puff on the floor for fun OR yank his hand back up and eat the puff and giggle even more.
It is SO wonderful to come home either from work or being out and see his excited face and his speed crawl over anything in his way to great us when we return to the house.
His new favorite book (birthday present) is Eight Silly Monkeys. Brigette sings it to him at night before bed and he starts dancing along, laughing and waving his hand in the air (he likes to 'raise the roof' all on his own). Another favorite book is Cuddles the Cow and he loves to point out the sun and the cows. He really seems to enjoy reading and we love to read to him!
Birthday details:
For his actual birthday, Brigette made carrot cake muffins with sweetened whipped cream on top. This was the first time Colton had anything like this, both the muffin and anything sweetened with sugar. He did eat a little but had more fun just playing with the muffin and icing and making a mess! At one point he started trying to put the muffin back together, which was pretty funny!
Aftermath:
Opening gifts (notice the new outfit since this is after dessert)
Uncle Eric gave him this neat Buzz Lightyear toy and everyone is excited to watch it!
Opening gifts (notice the new outfit since this is after dessert)
Uncle Eric gave him this neat Buzz Lightyear toy and everyone is excited to watch it!
We had Colton's birthday barbeque party at Stone Mountain Park. It was warm out but actually one of the more mild days we have had lately so we were really lucky with the weather and didn't melt too badly.
Love his "1" shirt!!
Love his "1" shirt!!
Brigette made a carrot cake with cream cheese frosting for this party. Might as well have put the icing on a box as he never even touched the cake due to the awesome melty cream cheese frosting (a bit warm outside for icing)! I wish we had videotaped Colton enjoying his birthday cake at his party because it was HILARIOUS! But these pictures show the majority of what was happening.
How we ended up with icing in the hair. Thanks Poppa!
The action shots:
Taste test:
We tried to take the plate away once and he got very mad and held onto the plate with both hands, pulling back and grunting! So we just let him have the cake until he knocked it onto the ground.
The After:
Love this face while striping the frosting clothes off:
Why am I the only one without clothes? (check out the cream cheese mohawk)
Opening gifts (done prior to cake for obvious reasons):
The Y grandparents and grandkids!!
Colton wasn't too sure about the pine straw on the ground and would crawl to the edge of the blanket and check it out.
We are a bit off with posting, as per usual. Too many photos taken this month that we had to weed through and upload to share. We have all been sick this month also and that has certainly been slowing us down a bit.
Random fun videos
Fun with the laundry:
Random fun videos
Fun with the laundry:
First taste of sour cream:
Other fun pictures:
Crazy sleeping baby:
Enjoying the bubbles with Uncle Eric:
Why can't you update the blog faster?! I will have to whip out some baby gang signs!
Please keep my dear friend Meaghan and her early arrival, sweet baby Bella in your thoughts and prayers as they wait for her to come home. Check Bella's progress here:
