Dr Visit and "Baba"

Colin has been learning and growing so much!  I need to go shopping for him because he doesn't have any warm clothes for the winter.  The other day (Sept 21) he started saying "Baba".  I'm pretty sure he's not referring to anything in particular.  He basically will just lay there and say "Bababababababa".  It's pretty cute.  He will even imitate it when I say it to him first!  Now I'm just waiting for him to turn it into Mama!!  His 2 bottom teeth are almost all the way in and look super cute!!  I love it!

Colin pulls himself up onto his knees now.  He holds onto the coffee table and does it, so if I want to leave him alone for a minute, I have to make sure he's no where near the table or else he will pull himself up and possibly fall.  He can only do it from a sitting position though.  He has also been getting up on his hands and knees.  He doesn't go anywhere, but he will stay like that for a little while before he falls back onto his tummy.  He wants to move SO bad!  I can tell he gets frustrated because he can't get every place he wants to.  I know he will probably start crawling soon though... so I need to start baby proofing the place.  He already gets into stuff and all he does is roll!

Pulled himself up onto his knees!

Gets up on his hands and knees, but doesn't go anywhere!

Dr Visit

Colin started getting a nasty cough last week and then this weekend he lost his voice.  It's so sad when he cries because he can't really get much sound out.  It's nice that it doesn't hurt my ears like usual, but it still makes me feel bad for him.  I took him to the Dr yesterday and she said he has a mild case of Croup.  Basically we just have to watch him and make sure he is breathing ok.  Especially at night time it could get worse.  I also had her look at the rash he has had on and off for a while.  She said it is eczema...  She gave me suggestions on what creams to use to keep his skin from getting too dry and said that he should grow out of it.  It's not bad and doesn't seem to bother him so that's good.

Bath Tub

I think it's time to put him in the actual bath tub for bath time.  The last few days he's been pulling himself forward in his little tub.  I've been putting it off as long as I could because I like standing up to wash him and I know he prefers his little tub.  I'm sure if I get some bath toys, he will be ok with the big boy tub!

Spit up and Sleep

Depending on the day, Colin only spits up a few times now!!  Occasionally he will spit up a lot, but for the most party it's down to only a couple times after eating!  Sometimes he doesn't spit up at all after a bottle!  It's great.  I don't have to change his clothes as much! Or mine!!  :-)  He's also sleeping so much better.  The past few nights he's only woken up once and cried and last night he didn't cry at all.  I hope it continues like this because I'm enjoying the sleep!

That's all I can think to mention right now.  I need to start updating more often so I don't forget important things!  Here are a couple pictures from the weekend.  :-)

Yummy french fry!



SFA Rugby Alumni

Two weekends ago we drove to Nacogdoches.  Each year, Kevin and I attend the SFA Rugby Alumni game and the alumni play a against the current SFA players.  It's a lot of fun to go and see a lot of our old friends that we spent SO much time with when we were in Nacogdoches.  Colin did really great during the game.  He enjoyed being outside even though it was a little hot.  Kelsey was there with August so I got some pictures of them together in the matching shirts Kelsey made them!  I can't wait for them to get older so they can run around and play together!  By the end of the game Colin was exhausted.  I left him with Heather while I went to take a picture of the players together and when I got back he was sound asleep.  He woke up when we got to the hotel though and ended up staying up until bedtime!  I can't believe Colin will be a year and a half old by the next Alumni game!

Hanging out with daddy at the hotel.

Waiting to meet up with Auggie!

Colin, Kevin, Tim, Auggie
(don't mind the horns coming out of Kevin's head, Kelsey has a better picture!)

Colin and Auggie in their matching shirts!

"I'll take that!"

Colin and Ashley

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7 Months Old!! (Lots of Pictures)

7 months have gone by so fast.  I feel like it was just yesterday that I was pregnant and waiting for Colin to get here!  Now he's 7 months old and is the sweetest little guy in the world!  He has me wrapped around his little finger though. It's so hard when he's crying to not pick him up because he starts to smile so big when I walk in the room!  Sometimes he will be crying so hard and I make him wait a while before I pick him up.  When I finally do pick him up, he gives me the biggest hug and smile.  I just can't resist it!  He is started to tolerate being on the floor alone for a bit longer.  About two weeks ago he FINALLY rolled over from his back to his tummy.  He did it three times in a row that day and hasn't stopped since.  Now when he's on the floor he will roll from one side of the room to the other.  I think that may be why he's ok with being on the floor now since he is able to get around a little easier!

What's out there?

Colin is a pro at holding his bottle now!  I lay him down and give it to him and he grabs on and holds it until it's all gone.  Sometimes he pulls it out and looks at it, but he puts it right back in his mouth and continues eating.  He also has a preferred sleeping position now.  He likes to sleep on his side snuggling his monkey.  When I put him down for a nap or at bed time I put his blanket on him and give him his monkey and he grabs it real tight and rolls to his side.  It's so sweet.  He does not like to sleep on his tummy because I never let him because of the "back to sleep" rule to help prevent SIDS.  So if he rolls onto his tummy at night he doesn't like it very much!

About a week ago I noticed Colin's cheeks get real rosy and stay that way through the night and into the next morning.  I thought right away that it was probably his teeth bothering him but I still couldn't see anything under his gums.  Then on Thursday of last week he was real fussy and chewing on everything aggressively.  (more chewing than usual)  He was screaming and I just happened to look in his mouth and there were 2 teeth right underneath his bottom gums!  On Friday the left one had poked through and Monday they both had made their way through the gums!  Now they are slowly moving up.  I can't wait for them to come all the way in!  His smile is going to be so cute!  My poor baby doesn't do anything easily though.  With his teeth he has had bad diaper rashes, pain, and a runny nose!!  Poor little guy can't catch a break.  I pray that the rest come a little bit more easily...  I know doctors like to say that those symptoms aren't caused by teething, but it sure would be a coincidence for everything to happen at the same time!!  Especially since the day after both teeth broke through his nose cleared up and his diaper rash is getting better. 

We've been having a lot of fun with friends the past few weeks.  We went to dinner with Charise and Luke a couple weeks ago and this weekend we went and hung out with April and her kiddos!

Colin and Luke



Hello Mommy!

Making new friends!  (She's a year old)

Excited to see Braxton!

7 Months, 9 Months, 12 Months

Then on Saturday we went to the Plano Balloon Festival with Shannon!  Although we didn't get to see any balloons go up... Oh well, it was still nice to get out.

Right when we got to the Festival

Bad hair day...

Working on those teeth!

Grass!

Looking more like his daddy!

Leaving the festival.  Shannon gave me a break and pushed Colin on the way back.  You can see him holding his bottle!  When he was done he threw it on the ground!



Eating his Mum Mum's!



First trip to Kohl's