Easter Weekend

Brian, Colton, and I spent Easter weekend with some of my family in Illinois- we got to see my mom, dad, and sister. (We missed you, Dyson and Hannah!)

When we travelled for Thanksgiving and Christmas a few months ago, Colton did a great job! And by that I mean he slept about 99% of the car ride. This time, however, was a different story.  He still slept for some of the trip, but he also made it clear when he was ready to be done in the car. He did this by yelling and by trying to escape from his car seat. (I'm pretty sure Colton thinks that if he can push himself up, he'll break through the car seat restraints. So far the car seat is winning.)

Off to Grandma's! 

Colton got to spend a lot of quality time with his Aunt Emily

Colton logic: why look at the book when I can grab your face? 

Colton had met our family's dog, Bailey before. But this time he was more interested in her. Bailey didn't seem too interested in him yet. :)  Surprisingly, they didn't get into each other's toys to much. (Except for one incident involving Bailey and a stuffed monkey)

Photo credit: These are both from Emily.

Emily and Colton also enjoyed sitting together and looking out the front door. Colton loved watching Bailey and spending time with his aunt. 

Is this not the cutest photo you've ever seen? Look at his little hand on her leg. He loves her.

On Saturday afternoon we enjoyed some time at the park. 

Colton and his grandpa

Colton is REALLY GOOD at not looking at the camera 

Colton's first time on the swing! Isn't this the cutest thing you've ever seen? Adorable. ...He didn't really know what was going on. 

He was a little too small for the swing and kept falling forward, so we propped him up with a blanket. 

Later we found an infant swing. He still had no idea what was happening. 

On the tire swing with Auntie Em

What?! A picture that DOESN'T have Colton in it?! Emily and I had to get a picture at this park- we played here a lot growing up and had a lot of fun memories. Yes, we did play while we were there. On a side note, I learned that I am no longer very good at monkey bars. However, we DID dominate that balance beam.

Colton as a tiger

One last photo with Grandpa

Once we got back to Des Moines, I wanted to take an actual Easter picture of Colton. We sat him outside on a blanket- he was too busy looking at everything to smile for us. 

Look what I can do! 

Thank you, Mom and Emily for sending me your pictures and letting me put them on here! 

7 Month Update

Baby Colton is 7 months old! 

We recently had family pictures taken and they turned out wonderfully! I didn't put the post on Facebook, so here it is in case you missed it: Family Pictures  - This has the link to our full photo session, as well as my favorite pictures. 

And here is a quick update, lots of photos, and a couple of videos on our favorite little baby man.

• Colton is almost crawling! He is so close. He can push up on all fours, or into a push-up plank position. He is slowly learning to bring his knee up to start crawling. For now, he can push himself backward, or turn side-to-side. 
• He continues to love food. He has tried more and more different solid foods, and he has enjoyed it all. We have yet to find a food he doesn't like. 
• He's also an excellent eater- he gets excited when he sees the spoon coming his way. Surprisingly, he isn't a very messy eater. I don't always need to put a bib on him. (I'm sure that will change once he gets control over the spoon). 
• Sleeping during the night is going much better. He normally goes to bed between 8 and 9, and sleeps until 5:30 or 6. He still wakes up a few times during the night, but goes back to sleep once we give him his pacifier. 
• He loves to reach and grab for anything and everything. It's amazing how much damage those little hands can cause, and how quickly he can get into something! 
• Colton is still the cutest little baby in the whole world :) 

7 Month Pictures

More Random Pictures

Reading with Daddy... You read books by eating them, right? 

Toys!

More time with Daddy

Just thinking 'bout my toys.

Colton managed to scoot all the way around his toys and backward...

He continued to scoot backwards until he got to the entryway closet, where he found a shoe. 

Happy boy

Mornings with my little man.

He was NOT feeling post-bath time. 

Picture Day!

Playtime with our friend, Whitney

He scooted backwards and got stuck under the chair!

Taking his stroller ride very seriously. (those lashes though)

Awww that little face

Look at that little smile.

Don't mind me, just rolling onto my toys. 

Playtime with Baby Clive! These little guys are only two months apart. 

10 points if you can spot the baby.

Another picture in the "Colton scooting backward and getting stuck" category

Videos

Look how close he is to crawling!

And this one is just so cute because of his little squeal at the end