15 Month Check Up

Friday (5/18) was a good day! We had Colin's 15 month check up in the morning.  He weighs 30 lbs 1 oz, he's 32.5 in tall and his head is 19.3 in!  He's a big boy still and in the 90-97 percentile for everything!  He had 3 shots, but was fine once I gave him some Gold Fish.  :-)  Then we headed over to Uncle Josh's apartment to meet up with him, his girlfriend Courtney, and Gamma for lunch.  We had a lot of fun.  I really enjoy seeing Colin with family.    While at Josh's apartment, Colin played with Josh's pet rats.  They both loved Colin.  Even one that never comes out to see people came out on her own to check him out.  Colin loved it!  He's been in such a great mood the past few weeks and sleeping really well.  I think 15 months is a good age for him.  I just hope this good attitude lasts for a while!! 

Opening the blinds

Knock knock!!

Spinning the Dr. stool!

After his shots..

Gold Fish make everything better!

Dr wore him out!

Colin LOVED Uncle Josh's rats!

15 Months Old!

15 Months Old
It has been 15 months since our little baby boy was born!!  And 2 YEARS since we became pregnant!  It's so crazy to think how fast time is flying by.  It's amazing how he's only been in our lives for a short time, but it's like every moment before he was born was just a dream.  It's hard to imagine our lives without him now. 

Allergies
I think Colin may have some seasonal allergies.  His nose has been a bit runny lately, but not sick-runny.  He may have a slight allergy to strawberries as well.  I'm not sure though because his skin doesn't break out around his mouth, he just gets a diaper rash.  Hopefully it is just that they are a little acidic.  He can have one and he's fine, but if I give him several, they burn his little bum.  His nose has also been a little runny at night time because he has 3 molars cutting right now.  He's been pretty calm with it until the last few nights.  Nothing a little Tylenol doesn't help though!  :-) 

Current Events
One of his favorite things to do right now is put the caps on his cups.  He will set the cup down, and put the cap on when he's done.  He likes to be helpful!  I was cleaning the patio doors the other day and he grabbed the paper towel from me and started wiping the window like I was!  He also likes to help me feed Diesel.  Even if he does it one nugget at a time! 

Yesterday my mom came over and when I put Colin's car seat in the car, I decided to let him sit forward since we weren't going far.  I know a lot of people face their children forward at 12 months or 20 pounds, but all the recommendations now say they should stay rear facing until they are 24 months or 35 pounds.  Anyway, I put him in it forward and he LOVED it!  He was smiling and happy and kept trying to get our attention.  I think I may go ahead and switch him to front facing in our car now.  He's about 30 pounds and tall.  So I really think he will be OK.

Finally, about a month ago we weaned Colin completely off formula.  We slowly weaned him because he was so picky at first.  We were down to 1 oz formula in 7 oz of whole milk when we tried a cup of just milk and he drank it all.  It's SO much cheaper!  He's still picky about it needing to be warm though. He will NOT drink it cold! lol

Once we run out of the size 4 diapers we have now we are going to buy size 5 diapers.  Size 5 diapers are for children who weigh 27 lbs and up, so they should fit him very well!  :-)  I need to start buying new jammy's for him as well.  He has grown out of all his 12 month pj's, and fits perfectly in his 18 month jammy's, so I guess I need to buy some 24 month ones.  His legs are short though, so in regular clothes, he can still wear some 12 month pants, but he needs 18-24 month tops! 

Well, I think that's everything!  Colin has his 15 month appointment on Friday morning, so I'm sure I'll update again then!

Mom and Josh on Mother's Day

Trying to open the door with his keys!

Bumbo was out so I could take it down to he garage and guess who found it??

Mothers Day!

Sitting forward in his car seat and eating emergency fries!

Playing Catch Up!

Easter
This year was Colin's SECOND Easter!  I can't believe he's had all his first holiday's already.  It's crazy how fast time flies.  We tried twice to get his picture taken with the Easter Bunny, but that was impossible.  He never wants to sit still anymore, and forget about him sitting in a "strangers" lap.  It's weird because some people can come right up to him and he's fine, while with others, he clings to me and won't let go.  Kevin's parents went out of town for Easter, so we had my mom and brother come over for a little bit and then we headed over to Kevin's Uncles house.  We ate dinner over there and Colin "searched" for eggs with his cousins.  It was super cute because we would point out the eggs and he would pick them up and put them in the basket.  Then he just wanted to play with them by throwing them out of the basket and putting them back in, over and over.



Colin is really his own little person now.  He chases Diesel around the apartment and wants Diesel to chase him.  When we chase him, he runs into his room and starts screaming with excitement!  He loves to make noises and pat his mouth at the same time.  He likes to give daddy high fives, then look at me, wait for me to clap, then he starts clapping.  His favorite toy is the broom!  He climbs on the coffee table and dances, and stomps around, then he gets nervous and starts to cry because he can't get down...  He LOVES to be outside and climb the stairs, so much in fact that he will scream and cry when I pick him up to bring him inside.

Colin just brings to much joy into our lives.  When he wakes up in the morning, he gives us such a big smile and when he sees his cup of milk he squeals and holds his hands out! Then he will stomp around the kitchen drinking it.  I'm already so proud of the little person he has become.  His new favorite word is "Um."  He says mama all the time now.  When Kevin comes home, Colin hears the key turn in the door and he jumps up saying "Daddy" and runs to the door!  What a wonderful life we have with our little boy!  :-)