SchatzeVonRapalje: February 2014

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Just a Normal 5 Minutes in C's Life

Yep. ALL of that.. In five minutes. Whew. This kid is all over the place.

Just a normal Wednesday

Colton playing with himself in the mirror

Hanging out in cute sweaters watching the snow with Ben

Our crazy afternoon walks where people stare at us like we are a circus act. 4 dogs. 2.5 babies. The usual.

...Aaaand projectile vomit all over Dad.

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

37 weeks old

...and a new pair of overalls for the photoshoot :)

there's no stopping him now. all he wants to do is stand up and walk!

i swear i think he's trying to play peek-a-boo with himself.

hanging out with his friend ben everyday. they crack each other up :)

Monday, February 24, 2014

Chubs

Because we must always remember this adorable wrist fat :)

Sunday, February 23, 2014

Sunny Saturday

Soaking it all in before the cold front and snow this week.

Friday, February 21, 2014

On Tuesday (Beau Walker Rapalje's birthday - YESSS!!!), exactly 36 weeks old, just over 8 months old, Colton figured out how to MOVE FORWARD!!! Go Colton! He is very proud of himself (me too!). I think maybe I've been unintentionally holding him back by keeping him in pants and booties (in my defense, our house is cold, it was built in 1860 and it's winter!). The second I took his pants and shoes off, bam, forward movement. It's only been since Tuesday, but he's already gotten faster. He still doesn't need to do it all the time, only when he sees something he REALLY wants (of course, something he shouldn't have - iPhone, a cord, glass of wine, etc).

With the army crawling also came even more of a personality... and trouble. At Bailey and Ben's yesterday, he immediately crawled over to the cat food/cat water and tried to eat it. Yesterday morning he was kicking the closet doors upstairs and they were making this loud clunking noise. I moved him away. He crawled back to do it again. This happened three times. The diaper change ninja moves have also begun. He is also pulling up on EVERYTHING now (he used to only pull up on his basket and on my legs). It's like he started crawling and then became a dare-devil. Aaaand yesterday when I got him from his nap, he was standing up and eating the side of his crib (yes, you were right Mrs. Rapalje!). My friends kept warning me that I didn't want a crawling baby, but I just think it's so much fun to watch him, see what he's interested in and figure things out for himself.

On a different note, when I put him his 8 month old picture, I forgot to mention two things that I don't want to forget - 1. his obsession with rubbing his toys on his head. It is hilarious. I think maybe he gets this from A who rolls the car all over C's body/face/head. 2. His ability to turn in circles around on the floor (on his belly) to get places. Of course, now he can crawl and does that instead, but it was pretty clever and adorable to watch him circling around to get places. He was especially fast when he combined the circle turn and roll.