Just For Fun

And because it's one of his most favorite-est things EVERRRRR :) 

This Week

Obsessed with this book 

Soccer star 

Seeing dad at work!

Date with Jackson 

Fat kid falling asleep with his hand in the snack cup :) 

Kisses for maddie at port discovery. I thought they were newfound bffs but today he bit her.. Gahh. 

This kid... 

Is ready for this forecast!!

Another Snowy Day

Cleveland, OH

Thanks for having us! So happy to visit with the Rapaljes and meet Beau! 

the Tag

We recently (in the last 6 months) noticed that Colton immediately reaches for the corner when we put him in his crib - whether it is nap or night time. He's always kinda slept in the same corner, but the reaching is (relatively - again, last 6 months?) new. Turns out, he's reaching for the tag attached to the bumper. That tag is WORN down and soft from all the fondling. Cute, right?

Well, it was cute.. until I went to Blacksburg to visit my Mom and brother and sister and Colton had to sleep in the pack 'n play... WHICH HAS NO TAG IN THE CORNER. He did not go to sleep happily.. he cried when I put him down (very unusual for him) and it took him a bit to quiet down and fall asleep (again, very unusual). In the middle of the night, he started crying. I was in the room with him, but thought he'd just had a bad dream, so let him fuss for a few. When I went to check on him, he was on his hands and knees, eyes closed, crawling corner to corner LOOKING FOR HIS TAG. I settled him down, put him back to sleep (although I think he was still sleeping) and he fell back asleep.. only to wake up again and again throughout that night. Let me tell you what a spoiled brat I am - I was EXHAUSTED the next day. Colton has not woken up in the middle of the night since he was a very teeny tiny newborn. He is my sleeper. Well, poor guy, he has to have his tag. I thought all along it was his thumb (which is as shown above still important), but turns out, it's both. 

I'm not quite sure how to break him of this habit. While it is cute, it is difficult to travel (by airplane at least) with his crib bumpers. We have tried a few different blankets, letting him choose a stuffed animal, putting him in a different corner, etc. to no avail. We're heading to Cleveland this weekend... C will obviously not be sleeping in his own crib, with his own bumpers, with his own tag.... dun dun dun. 

Anyways, just wanted to document this super sweet (hopefully not too long lasting) habit of Colton's. What a sweetie. 

19 Months Old

I may be a few days late, but it's true, this adorable, chunky, smiley, happy, super fun and friendly little boy is 19 months old - closer to two than one!

Snow Day!!

An hour and a half after we went out, I had to drag Colton kicking and screaming inside! Cold didn't bother him one bit :) I'll place my bets on having to go back out after nap! 

Christmas 2014

It's taken me a bit to put up pictures from Christmas... surprisingly I didn't take a million :) Got a few good ones though!

C had a great time at Christmas. Was obsessed with the tree until the very second we took it down. So cute to walk down the stairs with him and pointing and saying 'wooooo,' every single time! He loved opening presents.. loved the boxes the presents came in even more (surprise)... and got a bit overwhelemd/didn't finish opening til that evening.

Here was our weekend.. in no particular order.

3D glasses from Nina - they made the Christmas lights look like snowmen/gingerbread men

LOVED this talking Rudolph who reads along with the book!

Christmas Eve walk

fixing the vacuum with Dad

This series of photos just cracked me up. Christmas Eve dinner.. and I may or may not have said s*** - Colton copied me for the first time (whoops) and just started DYING LAUGHING. Of course I caught it on camera.

Thank you for the amazing picture blocks, Aunt Bet!

Dad's shoes!

Christmas lights in Hampden - the Miracle on 34th

Thanks for the basketball hoop, Grammie

opening presents

loving the box more than the toys!

opening his stocking

cooking and tell me it's 'hoo hoo' (hot)

playing outside in the amazing weather before the rain!

Dad cooked duck. DELISH.

obsessed with this zoo book from Aunt Sarah - thank you :) 

Christmas Day walk - look how amazing it was out!

Fixing the reindeer with his new tools...

and I just can't get enough of these Santa jams.

Just relooked - I guess I did take a million :)