Sunday, December 19, 2010

Colin's First Christmas!





We are enjoying Colin's first christmas. We have played in the snow, visited Santa, and made cookies. He seems to be having a lot of fun and I know Brian and I are. Funny how having a little one around makes the holidays so much more fun! Hope you all enjoy the pictures!

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Finally


Hi everyone and Sorry!! I am ready to get started on blogging again. Colin is doing great!! He is almost 8 months old :( He now has two teeth and just spent the last week being sick for the very first time. It was hard for all of us! It is no fun seeing your baby feel sick. Despite being sick, Colin never slowed down haha He is a mover. He goes and goes until he falls asleep. He has been known to pass out in the middle of playing on the carpet! I am adding a picture from his 6 month pictures! Hope everyone enjoys! I'll be adding more soon!

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

It's been to long

It has been a really long time since I updated this but I am going to try and get back to it! I lost my camera for awhile and it made it difficult to get pictures on my computer. Colin is now 6 months old!! He is sitting, crawling, and starting to pull himself up on things. Hard to believe! We have had such a great summer. We didn't do too much but we did go to the lake for the weekend a couple of weeks ago and Colin loved it! He loved going on the boat. He yelled and laughed when the boat was going slow and would pass out as soon as we went fast. He looked so funny in his life jacket. Colin also went swimming a couple of times and I'm pretty sure he is going to be a water baby! I am looking forward to keeping up with the blog from here on out. Hope to keep it updated with lots of pictures of Colin!

Saturday, April 17, 2010

doctors visit

We went for our two month visit today!Colin didn't mind the doctor at first. he got to be naked which he loves!!! we first went get weighed and as soon as the diaper came off he peed everywhere :) We found out he weighs 12 pounds!! This double his birth weight! The doctor said most babies don't double their birth weights until 4 months. He said since he was small it was easier for him to do it. He also grew 4 inches!! Our baby is getting big!!
He really didn't mind laying on the doctors table as you can see. he was squirming and stretching. We asked about his sleeping on his side because that is usually how Colin falls asleep. mid wiggle :) He said it was fine!!
The first thing the doctor said was look at those blue eyes!
Finally he got his first vaccine. Brian and I decided to go with a delayed schedule so he only got one poke today and only cried for about 30 seconds. This is his first band-aid :(

Friday, April 16, 2010

playoffs

Colin is ready for the playoffs!!! Loves sitting in his new chair and looking at his feet

Look how strong I am!! lifting his head up!!
This baby LOVES being naked. Most nights when he starts getting grumpy we take off his clothes and we have a happy baby!
Funny face!

Friday, April 9, 2010

Easter and more

Little man loves tummy time. He likes making the toys swing above him. He just laughs when he does this!! Love this shirt to. It is so true.
He is starting to kick his feet a lot. He throws them up in the air and laughs.
Colin got to meet his cousin Owen. Owen was excited to feed him. He kept saying "baby" He was really gentle with him. What a good cousin!
Allison got to hold Colin and feed him by herself! It was pretty cute. she was a really good helper while I was there. She made sure Colin had everything he needed.
Colin on Easter! He got him bumbo seat which he is really starting to like and some photo albums that we need to fill with pictures so we can look at our family every night!
Sorry this one is sideways. This is Colin and his Aunt Erin. I LOVE the smile on Colin's face.
Sweet sleeping baby!

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

looking good

My cute smiley baby!
Colin and dad playing video games
Colin sporting his new baby legs from Grandma Larkin. They are great for when they start moving around on the floor so they don't get carpet burn. They are also nice because unlike pants, you don't have to take them off for diaper changes. As you can see Colin loves them :)
Colin looking good in his new hat. It was beautiful today and sunny so we had to wear a hat. Super cute!

Monday, March 29, 2010

the flirt

We are still going for our walks as often as possible. We usually get stopped by someone to talk about Colin or Tracker! colin stays pretty warm in his camo fleece from Aunt Mary and Uncle Brad. We were out the other day and the neighbors wanted to see Colin. The neighbors are two blonde women. As soon as Colin spotted them, he started smiling and flirting. When we got back to the house Brian said "Good Boy" and I said what did he do? Brian said he saw blondes and started flirting. haha He is starting pretty young.
He totally looks mad in this picture but I promise, he isn't! He was smiling up a storm so I got the camera out aand this is what I captured. haha Colin is really starting to interact with you when you talk to him. He loves it when you make funny noises. He turned 8 weeks this weekend. I can not believe how fast time is going. Thank goodness I have spring break next week and can spend lots of time with him. I can't wait until summer and three long months with my baby!
This was colin right before we went to visit the Easter Bunny. He didn't even scream when the bunny was holding him. I will have to see if I can scan the picture so I can post it on here! We are looking forward to Easter since Colin will be meeting many of his aunts, uncles, and cousins.
This is Colin and Brian's new trick. I screamed the first time I saw it and then made them do it again so I could get a picture :) Colin went to his first hockey game this weekend. Brian's team played in the afternoon so we took Colin with. He actually looked like he was watching it. He must have liked all the colors flying by. I took him into the "bar" (not a real bar but its what everyone calls it) to feed him. He spit up a little and some of the hockey players told him not to worry about. He wasn't the first to throw up in a bar. He got to wear his hockey skates again. Everyone loved them of course.

sorry

sorry about the lack of posts.  Working full time and having a baby takes up a lot of time!! I plan on adding some pictures very soon.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

a happy chubby baby

Happy St. Patrick's Day, one day late! Colin rocked his new bib and green cloth diaper.. very irish :)
A friend actually bought him a st. patrick's day outfit that I saved until St. patrick's day just to find out it was a newborn size and he didnt fit in it anymore:( I put this outfit together on the fly! love the bib though. it has his name. I love anything with his name on it haha look at that chin!!
Colin was in a very good mood tonight and I caught some smiles with the camera. Enjoy!

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

picture catch up

Since its been awhile since I posted any pictures I decided to post a lot! We had a mini photo shoot tonight :) the first one I love. You can really see his blue eyes and the binki is so funny. if you can't tell its says kiss me I'm Irish! It was a gift from his great grandma and great aunts. Perfect for us since we are a very Irish family. Then of course a picture of the best buddies. They were both laying on Brian' s lap. Tracker at one point even laid his head on Colin's lap. it was very cute!
Colin's grandma bought him this shirt in Ireland. Since tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day, i thought it was a perfect time to break it out. I think he looks great in it! I tried for about 10 minutes to get a picture of him smiling but of course he wouldn't. He did smile as soon as I put the camera away. He is stubborn. Yesterday was my first day back to work and as soon I picked Colin up when I got home, He gave me the biggest smile and kept smiling like that for a couple of minutes. Talk about the best feeling in the world! It was almost worth it to have to go to work to see him smile at me like that!

Another shot of the buddies hanging out together. Brian has finals this week and today he only had one in the afternoon. When i left for work he was still in bed. next to him were Colin and Tracker. All three were snuggled together on one side of the bed. I was very jealous!


I don't know if you can tell but colin is smiling. Brian sat him up like this right next to tracker and tracker was giving him kisses. Colin thought it was great!
Colin in his camo! Trying to be like dad!

A picture of our BIG baby :)

Monday, March 15, 2010

Back to work

Today was my first day back to work :( It was not easy and I think I cried about 4 times trying to leave the house and when I got to work.  It did help that my students were really excited for me to be back.  It did not help that my students did not get all of the material that I left for them and we have testing next week.  Its going to be a stressful week at school trying to catch them up but I refuse to stay late and will be leaving at exactly 3:15 everyday so I can get home to my baby!!I have been kind of behind with pictures but promise to add some very soon. We are looking forward to St. Patrick's Day! Lots of fun stuff for us to wear!

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

best friends

colin and tracker are slowly becoming buddies! Yesterday I put Colin on my bed while I went to brush my teeth. Tracker was also on the bed and instead of jumping off the second I put colin down like he usually does, Tracker stayed on the bed! I went to grab my tooth brush and colin started crying so I ran back to the room. I found Tracker right next to Colin trying to lick his face to calm him down :) What a good puppy! Colin stopped crying before I made it to the bed. I was telling Brian about this last night so we put them on the bed together again and this is the picture we got!!
Tracker, Colin, and I went for a walk by ourselves yesterday! Colin slept for most of the time but Tracker stayed right next to the stroller the entire time. He also tried to pee on every tree, stump, and bush we passed. He was trying to show those other dogs who is boss and not to mess with us!!
This last picture is pretty funny. This is Tracker's front paw. Brian wanted to see the comparison with Colins head and as you can see, Trackers paw is bigger!!

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Tummy time!

Colin is really starting to enjoy tummy time! We usually start on his back because he likes to kick and make the toys swing. I taught him this the other day and now he just lays down there and kicks like crazy! so cute!!
We try to do tummy time a couple times a day for at least 10 minutes at a time. He is really starting to pick up his head and look around. He really loves to do tummy time on Brian or I's chest. I think he likes to look at us :)
I finally caught a smile with the camera!! Colin loves to be sung to and this is what we were doing and I had the camera ready hoping I would get a smile!! As you can see, He is feeling much better today!

Monday, March 8, 2010

not feeling good :(

Colin isn't feeling too good today. He seems to be spitting up a lot and crying. We are trying to take it easy so hopefully he will start feeling better. Its so sad to see them cry like that. He is sleeping right now so maybe he will be in a better mood when he wakes up! Colin has discovered the mirror in his bedroom :) He likes to look at himself and me while he is getting changed. Brian noticed this after their night together on Saturday! It is so funny to watch him smile at himself.















I was trying to get a close up picture so you guys could see how blue his eyes are getting! I was kind of hoping that he would have brown eyes but I really don't think thats going to happen. They seem to be getting lighter and lighter!

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Colin is in cloth!!


Our family went on our first walk together. We have a half mile track behind our house and we have always taken Tracker out there as often as possible. It has been way too cold to take Colin out but this weekend it got up to 50 degrees!! It was really nice to get out and to get Colin out even though he slept the ENTIRE time. He falls asleep as soon as you put him in his car seat :) We are hoping it stays nice outside (even though we know it won't) so we can go on walks more often. Tracker kept sticking his nose in the stroller making sure Colin was ok. What a good puppy!


I knew before Colin was born that I was going to use cloth diapers with him. They are so much better for his skin, we can save tons of money (families spend an average of 3500 dollars per child on diapers) and we are helping the environment :) I didnt get any of the newborn sized diapers and never learned how to fold the prefold diapers, so until now we have had to use disposables. We were down to our last 2 today and I really didnt want to have to buy anymore so I tried one of the cloth on and it fit!! It is a little big but wearable! I am so excited and he looks so cute! People don't know this but cloth diapers are so easy and super cute. You can buy covers in all kinds of fun colors and designs instead of the boring white that disposables are. We also hit another milestone! colin is wearing 0-3 size clothing!! It is totally because of the new diapers but that is fine! I'm ready to pack up the newborns. I'm a little sad but I have to say I love seeing his personality come out as he gets olders and seeing all of his smiles so I'm ready to back the newborn stage up!

Brian and Colin spent their first night alone together last night. Brian's sister Kelly is getting married in April and she came home for her bachelorette party and met them out for awhile. I was gone for 7 hours!! It was not easy for me but the boys did pretty well. I came home at 10:30 to find them both passed out on the couch!