Messy eater!

Mom's been letting me experiment with feeding myself a bit lately.....
I am a messy eater but I sure have fun eating!!

8 months old and CRAWLING!!

Wow has it already been 8 months since Colt was born? Time is going way too fast, I can't believe its almost spring and he will be one before I know it. Colt had alot of milestones this past month. At the beginning of the month he started pulling himself up on his crib, I would walk in to get him in the mornings and he would be standing there waiting for me. He is now trying to pull himself up on everything, his crib, the couch, his bookshelf, dresser, the dogs, our legs...pretty much anything he can reach that is taller than him he will try to pull up on. He also mastered going from sitting to all fours, to rolling on his back and then back to sitting again. Its funny the process he takes to get there but it works.

I was beginning to think it might take awhile for him to crawl because he had this technique down where he would sit, then get on all fours lunge forward, go back to sitting and repeat until he reached the place or toy he was working towards. However, yesterday morning before church I had him playing in our bathroom while I was getting ready and he just started crawling towards me. Since then he has just progressed in his crawling skills, he especially loves to crawl over to his dresser and pull his clothes out of the drawers:). I left him alone for 30 seconds today and when I came back he had crawled over to his dresser, pulled himself up and was pulling his clothes out of the top drawer. I know it was naughty but I had to laugh! He also knows who is dad is and is not afraid to tell everyone!! He sees Dave and immediately starts yelling "Dadadadadada." I am convinced he is now saying Dad though Dave has thought that for quite awhile now.

With spring almost here spring sports officially started today at the high school. I am coaching track this spring and we had our first practice today. Its going to be a tough transition but I think once we get on a schedule I will adapt to it. My mom is basically picking Colt up from daycare everyday and watching him until Dave or I get home. Most nights I will be home around 6:30 but there will be some nights when we have a track meet that it could be as late as midnight. Once we start going to track meets we usually have on average 2 a week and sometimes there will be 3. Because of the way we arrange our coaching staff all the coaches go to all jv and varsity track meets. Track season goes until Memorial Day weekend so basically for the next three months this will be our schedule. I can't tell you how excited I am for summer to get here:) I have more pictures to post and I am going to try to upload the video of Colt crawling if I can figure it out. Hopefully I can get that done this weekend!

Hanging out in the sink.

Dave put Colt in the kitchen sink this morning while I was washing dishes. Colt was interested in putting his hand under the water until I turned it off. Then his attention turned to my new birthday present....
....... and him using it to pull himself up.

Sorry no pictures after this I had to put the camera down so I could grab him and my mixer before they both toppled to the ground:)

My Birthday

I turned 27 today, the first date Dave and I went on was exactly 8 years ago when I turned 19. He came into our Nutrition class and said lets skip today and go get breakfast. So he took me to Starbucks for coffee and food. Hard to believe its already been 8 years since that day, so much has changed and all for the better!! Dave has always been really good about making my birthday very special, whether its buying me nice gifts or just treating me really special. This year was no different. Friday night my parents watched Colt and we went out to Sushi then walked to my favorite little candy shop here in town called Brights and then to the movie "Vantage Point." The last time we went to dinner AND and a movie was the night before Colt was born so it was nice to have some time to ourselves. Saturday morning we got up and drove to Kennewick so Dave could help his dad out with the landscaping at his office building. Kenzie, Camryn, Colt and I went shopping because my parents had given me money and gift certificates for my birthday. His family took me out to lunch and gave me a KITCHENAID mixer for my birthday. I was very excited as I have been wanting one since we got married but they are too spendy to buy myself! Then we drove back home, Dave made steak tacos for dinner and my parents came over for dinner and a movie. My mom made the yummiest white chocolate lemon blueberry cake that was excellent. Its one of those cakes where every part of it is made from scratch and it tasted like it. It was amazing! I had a wonderful day and appreciate all the calls and posts on the blog (Randi thanks for remembering!!).

Tractor riding

It was such a nice day out, it felt like spring all day long! Dave was driving a tractor all day so we let Colt try it out.....
he was very into driving it.
Colt is steering and Camryn is doing all the shifting
Fun times!

Colt and Camryn

Dave and I went to Kennewick on Saturday so Dave could help his dad with the landscaping at his office building. Kenzie and I had the kids so we hung out a bit in Mike's office where he has a great little playroom set up. Colt and Camryn had so much fun playing with the train set.
Colt was very into all the trains and was doing very good at standing and playing with them without anyone having to help him. He was even able to pull himself up with no help at all. In the past week he has gotten very good at pulling himself up on things. They still do not quite understand the concept of sharing yet.
Cute little Camryn, she has the funniest expressions!!

Boise Part 2

Dave making Colt laugh after the girls basketball game.
The family stopping for a quick picture before heading back to the car.
Colt got the biggest kick out of looking at himself in the mirror at my sisters house.
As you can see all the kids are having a lot of fun together. The girls are so good with Colt and love to play with him. Lucy is more interested in Dave though, she had him doing this all afternoon....
Weeeeeeeeee!!!!!!
Marni loves to work with Colt on his skills, she was trying to help him crawl AND walk all day long.
The girls thought it was pretty funny to put Colt in this chair and throw the excercise ball on top of him. He kept trying to hit it off of him then it would come back down. This kept him entertained for quite awhile.

We made it!!

Lucy, Emma, Elena and Colt

We are in Boise this weekend seeing my sisters Amy and Marni.  We got here last night around midnight, Colt as usual was great in the car sleeping the entire way! This morning we got up and met Amy, Lucy, Emma and Elena at Elena's YMCA basketball game. Colt loved all the action and is having fun playing with his cousins.

Madelyn and Colt. 

Mads had her basketball game at the same time as Elena's so my dad and Andy went to her game. She scored two baskets, this was the first time she had ever scored in a game. She was very excited.

I will post more pictures later this weekend. I love three day weekends. I think every weekend should be 3 days!!

Happy Valentine's Day

Memah bought me this cute outfit for my first Valentine's Day. It was a fun day. Mommy got Valentine's day cards for all of my playmates at daycare. We had a party and I even had a folder with all my valentines. I got a valentine from each of my friends and even one from a girl!!! Joyce (my babysitter) made us sugar cookies and dipped them in chocolate, she crumbled up some of the sugar cookie for me and I picked out all of the chocolate pieces and ate them first. I am just like my mommy... I already LOVE chocolate!!

I'm Gonna Miss This

Driving home tonight this song came on the radio. The lyrics made me cry, for some reason I have become much more sentimental since becoming a mom. This song really touched me though because I can remember going through those same emotions in high school, college and when Dave and I got married. Always wanting time to go faster, to get to the next great thing in life. Now I just want it to slow down, Colt is already 7.5 months old. What happened to that little boy who would fall asleep on my chest in the early morning hours, the little boy who would wake me up with his sweet little moans in the middle of the night when he was hungry. While I do enjoy sleeping through the night again I still miss those times already, just knowing that it will never be like that again makes me sad and joyful all at the same time. My little boy is getting bigger but he still has a lot of growing to do before his mom will no longer be the center of his world. How do parents handle there kids growing up and leaving them? It makes my heart break to think of Colt going to school, college, getting married. Though these things are still a long way off if he continues to grow at this rate it will all go by very quickly.....
Your Gonna Miss This- Trace Adkins
She was staring out the window of that SUV
Complaning, saying "I can't wait to turn 18"
She said "I'll make my own money, and I'll make my own rules"
Mamma put the car in park out there in front of the school
Then she kissed her head and said "I was just like you"

Chorus: You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this

Before she knows it she's a brand new bride
In a one-bedroom apartment, and her daddy stops by
He tells her "It's a nice place"
She says "It'll do for now"
Starts talking about babies and buying a house
Daddy shakes his head and says
"Baby, just slow down"

Chorus

Five years later there's a plumber workin' on the water heater
Dog's barkin', phone's ringin' One kid's cryin', one kid's screamin'
She keeps apologizin'
He says "They don't bother me.
I've got 2 babies of my own.
One's 36, one's 23.
Huh, it's hard to believe, but ...

Chorus