Catching Up

Liam LOVES to eat cereal lately.  I honestly think he has more fun drinking the milk in the bowl with a spoon.  He thinks it's neat.  He's also still very obsessed with yogurt and eats two in a day, or sometimes more .  We have to limit him.

The other day. I was drinking coffee in my Goofy mug and Liam came up and said "Mickey Mouse?" and was looking for him on the mug.  I said no it's just Goofy, then he turned to me and said "I like Mickey".  Apparently he did not approve of my mug. 

This little guy got a quick bottle the other day because I had just gotten back from running.  He can hold a bottle pretty well!  He just never really has too.

I also captured a bath picture of him as a big five-month-old!  He enjoyed playing with the choo-choo train.

This sweet boy has been trying really hard to roll over from his back to stomach lately.  He can roll from his tummy to back but won't do it all the time.

Wednesday was a beautiful day outside so we picked up Great grandma and went to the park.  Liam had a blast going down the slide.  He even made his momma join in on the action a few times :)

Colin and Great Grandma cuddled together

It was still nice the next day so I was opening windows to let some fresh air in.  Liam's window is missing the screen but Blue and Liam don't seem to mind.  Liam stood on his chair and patted Blue.

Liam enjoyed playing with Colin's playmat

Colin has discovered his toes.

He has also enjoyed eating sweet potatoes this week.   Daddy couldn't feed him fast enough!

We have discovered that if we put Colin to bed about 6:30 we can avoid a screaming fit.  We have been getting him ready for bed, then reading to him, feeding him, and putting him in his crib by about that time and he has done very well.  He has a very narrow time frame so if we are 5-10 minutes past 6:30 he loses it!  So far we have had to read books that have pop-ups or some type of movement, but the last couple nights he has done well with other books!  He is such a sweet little guy!

Liam joined in on the reading

Friday Liam was CRANKY!  All morning he would get angry and throw tantrums.  We were stuck at the house until about 11:00 because we didn't have a vehicle but once we got my car back from the shop I took him to the train park in hopes of him being in a better mood.  We even got a kid's meal from Carl's Jr so he could eat lunch on the choo-choo.  He was VERY excited about the train and enjoyed climbing on it but he still was a little cranky.

He tried to steer but the wheel is fixed in place and Liam turned to me and said "Momma, it's broke"  Poor kid he really wanted to drive.  

Once we left he came home and crashed for a pretty good nap and then woke up in a slightly better mood :)

This little guy has been working on his sitting up and doing a pretty good job on his own for a few seconds at a time.  He is actually holding on to a hanging toy to help him balance here.

Friday afternoon Liam enjoyed taking pictures!  He would come up and say "say cheeseburger"  It is super cute.

Liam has had a few funny little sayings lately.

One night I was preparing a bath for him and he walked in, looked at me, and said "Not too hot momma" as he shook his finger at me. It was hilarious!!  I have never made his bath too hot, and I have no idea where it came from!  He also likes to put people to bed.  He will make us go in his room and he'll cover us up with a blanket, turn out the lights, and say "goodnight, I wuv you" and shut the door, and sometimes he'll even sing a little bit of "Twinkle, Twinkle" or "Hush Little Baby".  In the morning when he wakes up he will come into our room and some mornings he goes up to Colin's crib and says "Morning brofer"  It makes me very happy!  Although one morning he turned our big light on and said it while Colin was asleep which was not cool. Luckily, I got Colin back to sleep!!

Balloon Festival

Sunday we went to the Hot Air Balloon Festival in Lake Havasu.  It was a GREAT time!  The weather was gorgeous, it was about 70 degrees.  When we first showed up there were just a few balloons up in the air.  They launched a bit earlier than we arrived.  As we were walking in we saw about eight people jump out of a perfectly good plane and sky dive.  It was awesome!  Here are few getting ready to land.

Hot air balloon, I was trying to get mountains in background too but my angle was all wrong.

Balloons

They even had a balloon turned on its side so you could walk inside .  Liam LOVED it. 

He ran around and enjoyed every minute inside the balloon.  They are HUGE!

Family Photo

There were train rides and Liam was VERY excited about that!  He rode the train with Daddy, Colin, Grandpa and Grandma

Choo Choo!

Colin enjoyed his day also.  He was so happy and content all day.

There were carnival rides for the kiddos and Liam immediately wanted to jump on the carousel.  Aunt Sadie and Grandma Snay arrived a little later and joined in on the fun. 

Colin checking everything out.

Liam and daddy riding some cars

Liam went down the big slide with me and LOVED it.  I know the video is sideways but I have no idea how to flip it.

Here he is going down again but with daddy.  He had the biggest grin on his face the whole way down.

After some rides Liam and Sadie wanted to get their faces painted.

Aunt Sadie

We were going to go up in a hot air balloon where they took you up a little ways but you were still tied to ground, but they started taking the balloons down right when we finished face painting.  I don't know if there was a new activity they had to head over to or if the wind was just picking up too much.  Oh well, maybe next time!

Liam was pretty exhausted after the morning events so we went to Red Robin for lunch and came home.  It was an awesome day!  This little guy stayed awake the whole way home and was super talkative!  I tried videoing but of course he stopped every time I hit record!

Colin's 1st Feeding!

Friday was a pretty awesome day.  I didn't realize how great it was until just now as I was loading pictures, HA!  Colin actually went down for a morning nap and during that time, Liam and I enjoyed some craft time.  We started out painting.

Liam was pretty pumped when I handed him the paint.  He kept wetting the brush, and putting it in the brown paint and then he would put the brown paint in all the other colors.  He barely painted on the paper.

He also got it all over his hands!

We also used markers, crayons, and stickers.  It was a good time.

Later in the afternoon these boys played the maracas together

Liam has been really into handing toys to Colin lately and it's awesome.

Then he had Colin attempt to play both of them

I was holding Colin in a standing position and Liam just came up and put his arms around him for a hug but when I took the picture it almost looks like he is choking him.  Liam really likes his little bro

Liam let me play with his hair too.  We put some gel in it.  I purposely took this picture and sent it Chris, but no worries we didn't leave his hair like this :)

Friday night Colin tried some rice cereal and was pretty excited about it!

First bite!

He likes this new stuff on a spoon.  He kept trying to grab my hand with the spoon and shove it in his mouth.

Here's a little video.  I had no idea Chris was filming so please ignore my obnoxious voice

Liam wanted to feed Colin too

He thought it was pretty cool.

Even dad got in on the action!

His first feeding was a success!!

Saturday Liam had a play date.  He made a new friend Logan.  They are only two months apart.

Minuet and Liam hanging out. 

It was so nice to have a little play date for Liam to go to.  I was so happy that he was able to play with some other kiddos.  Thank you Megan for inviting us, we had a GREAT time! Plus you make amazing cookies ;)

5 Months Old!

Our sweet baby Colin is five months old!  I swear it goes faster and faster every day! Colin is 26 1/2 inches and weighs 16.8lbs! I am so happy he got his weight back up.  When he first got sick and we took him to pediatric office on the fourth he was 16.9lbs and then dropped to 15.8lbs on the tenth and was 15.4lbs Monday the fourteenth when they checked again!  The doc wasn't too concerned about weight on Monday because he at least held steady and he was breathing so much better, she knew he'd start eating better.  SOOO happy he is feeling better.  He also received his four-month shots on Monday and did really well!  Our boy is still very happy, sweet, and smiley.  He has also become VERY vocal some days! I LOVE it!  He is still drooling a ton but no teeth yet! He chews on everything! Colin has also officially been given title of worst sleeper.  I guess I jinxed everything when he was sleeping so much as a newborn and I called the pediatrician with worry.  He was sick the last couple weeks so I will give him the benefit of the doubt but he gets up every 1-2.5 hours.  He isn't necessarily hungry but can't seem to comfort himself back to sleep.  It's hard to believe he slept the night through on Thanksgiving!  He also screams at bedtime.  I will say the last couple nights have been hit or miss. Colin has a VERY narrow time frame of getting to bed.  If you start early enough you may avoid the screaming but if not he will scream for an 30 minutes to an hour before falling asleep.  Even though nights are EXTREMELY frustrating and rough we LOVE this boy so much!  Naps are difficult, too, basically because he will not fall asleep.  He doesn't scream just won't stay asleep.  I have been trying to get him on a schedule hoping it will get better soon.  When Colin sleeps he likes to kick both feet up in the air and then drop them down in his crib.  He has also been just holding his legs straight up in the air, usually when getting changed. There is a little video at the end of this post.

Sweet boy

Back side

Tummy time!  His hair is still crazy but there is just no way to comb it/part it and keep it calm in the back unless I gel it which I don't feel like doing yet.

My little peanut

Half smile

Trying to sit up.  He can sit up for seconds at a time before toppling over.  That is with assistance to a sitting position of course!

Check out his baby thighs.  They are chunky and rolly and I love it.  

His thighs actually are a tight squeeze for the bumbo!

Colin is also starting to laugh when tickled and it is awesome!

Chillin'

Five month old baby feet!

Colin likes to stand (with assistance) usually with us holding him with two hands so this photo was quite difficult to take by myself!

Colin loves the elephant in this video.  Sometimes we snuggle it next to him to get him comforted to sleep.

You can see how he holds his legs :)