11 Months!

I feel like I just did my sweet baby's 10-month post! Colin is still a very sweet little guy and his personality keeps shining through.  He can be a shy and cuddly little guy and won't go to just anyone.  Before I get into too much more I failed to post Colin's 1st meal at a restaurant.  We went to Chili's about two weeks ago and he got some mac' n' cheese.  He LOVED it.

Sweet boy

Colin is 30 and 1/2 inches and weighs 23lbs! He is wearing 18-month clothing. He loves to eat and is not too picky about what he tries.  Colin is getting pretty good at walking around the house with his walker but has a hard time turning it if he gets stuck.  He loves his sit and stand Giraffe.  Basically it is a toy that he sticks balls in the mouth of the giraffe and they spiral down and it plays music.  He is also into cars.  He likes to wheel them back and forth.  He even makes a vroom sound when doing it.  

Sweet Guy

Colin has the curliest hair and it is still hard to tame so we just let it flow.  He has four teeth, two on top and two on the bottom.  He still has about four trying to push their way through. He LOVES to be outside and gets very angry when we bring him inside.  

Happy Boy

Colin is getting more and more into reading.  He listens and likes to try and turn the pages when we read to him and sometimes he'll just sit in his room quietly looking and the pictures in his books.

Captain Colin

Colin can stand very easily and constantly will sit in a squatting position.  He continues to love water and can't get enough of bath time.  The minute he hears the water running he will crawl as fast as he can to the bathroom.

Silly face

I love this boy!

Peek a Boo

Teethers!

Our sweet 11-month-old boy has had a rough week.  I blogged earlier about how we took him to urgent care but then on Thursday he woke up with a rash all over!  I was really worried that it could have been a reaction to the Motrin I was giving him but he had already had multiple doses.  Anyway Chris took him to the pediatrician who decided they could actually see him on this particular day.  (I can't stand my pediatrician's office and plan on switching.  Basically I feel as though my child is last on their list of priorities and they can never seem to get my kids in when they are sick, so Dr. Khan here we come! AND they think working only four days a week in Kingman is perfectly fine when pediatricians are already limited!) They checked out the rash and said it was the end of a viral infection and his right ear was looking good.  So the poor little guy has had a rough week and has been very clingy and cranky.  I just hope he starts to feel better soon.

Here is what our poor little man looked like the night before his rash.  Sleeping so peacefully on his 11 month birthday.

And the next night he looked like this...

From the picture it is hard to see but he has a rash all over :(

Movin' and Colin's First Step!

We have been busy moving to a rental house so I am going to play catch up a little

First of all Colin took his very first step on July 6th! He has yet to really do it again but he is loving walking around with a walker and along the furniture.  Colin has also mastered the word "bahw" or ball. 

The poor little peanut has also been teething hard core. He has his two front teeth in but has about four others working their way through.  He has had some rough moments.  Then last Wednesday he was playing with the door to the bedroom and whacked his face.  I missed him do it but he immediately had a  mark on his face. Then later that morning his eye was a little red and by the time he woke up from his afternoon nap his eye was red and swollen.  We took him to the eye doctor and everything looked good.  He just gave us some lubricating drops to keep him from rubbing at it.  Here is our sweet boy with his first black eye :/

We got the keys to the house on Tuesday evening and went to check it out.  We decided it needed a little cleaning and painting before moving in.  Colin crawled around for a little bit and was instant proof that the floors needed to be cleaned.

The paint job was pretty terrible and streaky so we decided to paint all the bedrooms and it looks a thousand times better.  We also did the front bathroom because it was half black and bright teal with some horrid strip of wall paper.  Grandpa Casson worked hard from Thursday to Saturday to make sure it looked GREAT!  Thanks Grandpa :)

Colin did a little reading Thursday morning in the rocking chair.

Friday morning Liam and I went to get some donuts.  He was VERY excited and was a chocolate mess by the time he was done.

Aunt Sadie watched the boys Friday so I could help paint and on Saturday and Sunday we moved everything over to the new place.  Now we just have to organize which I think is the WORST part of moving.  I will say it is nice to see all our stuff again since it has been in boxes and stacked in the garage at Matt's house.  I just wish this move was more permanent and in a city we would like to be.  Ah well! 

In other news, Colin has been running a low grade fever but it spike to 103 Sunday night and he threw up.  I laid on his floor to stay close with him since he threw up in our bed on my side.  In the morning Liam came in and his first words to me were "mama, you smell awful"  Just what I wanted to hear.  I am sure I did between the sweatiness of moving all day and Colin throw up, at least he is honest!  We took Colin to urgent care and it looks like he has the start of an ear infection.  They have him a shot of an antibiotic in his leg.  He has still had a low grade fever today but I am hoping he will be feeling like himself soon.

Lastly, Liam has become more interested in using the potty.  He has gone in the potty three times since yesterday!!!  This morning he told me he had to go potty and when he sat down to go he looked up and said "It's gonna be cool". HA!  I really hope this trend keeps up!!

4th of July!

Check out these handsome boys!  Colin was standing I convinced Liam to take a picture with him.  

I love it!

The morning of the 4th the boys were real quite while Chris and I were getting ready for the day.  I went in to check on them and this is what I found.  Colin was perfectly content that he got up on Liam's bed by himself and Liam was reading.  

We took it pretty easy during the day and then went over to G&G Casson's that evening.  

Colin sporting his Fourth of July outfit

Colin's 1st 4th!

The kids quickly changed into their swimsuits so I didn't even get a picture of Liam in his outfit.  

Here is Liam directing Nate on which way he wants to go.

The boys in the pool.

Liam would attempt to go down the slip n slide and then run and jump in the pool.  He caught his Grandma a little off guard.  

The kids LOVED playing in the little house

Colin enjoyed crawling around on the slip n slide and then took a little rest with Grandma

and decided to continue on his adventures after a little bit

He really enjoyed opening and closing the door to the house.

Colin was exhausted at this point and really just wanted to be held.  Poor little guy was a trooper.

Liam found a new game later on where he would take the sliding float thing from the slip n slide and jump in the pool on it. He had a blast.

Not only did the kids have fun in the house but these three "adults" joined Liam at one point. Ha!

The kiddos played with glow sticks once it was dark enough.

Tyra brought some sparklers for everyone to enjoy.  Liam was pretty terrified at first so I stayed in the house with him and Chris brought one close to the window for him to see.  He eventually decided it as okay and we went outside to test it out.

Finally it was time for the fireworks!  The kids all sat together but once the show actually began they realized they couldn't see and we had to move them :)

Overall it was a great 4th of July!

Friday morning Liam was reading in his bed and Colin wanted up to join him so I put him in the bed and gave him a book.  They hung out like this for a little bit.  

Friday night there was a 40th Anniversary of the explosion that occurred in Kingman which took the lives of  eleven men, one of those included Chris' Grandpa.  It was a a lovely ceremony.   

Liam looking at the big flag hanging from the firetruck.

The boys did really well during the ceremony.  Liam hung out on his dad's shoulders.

First Words and Other Things

I have many things to blog about, so prepare yourself! 

First of all Colin can officially say "mama" and "dada" and distinguish between the two.  We can't really tell which one he started saying first so we are counting them both.  I do think that dada is used much more often.  He has also said "Hi" twice but he hasn't done it again lately. Colin can wave now, too.  It is pretty much the cutest thing ever :)

The other night we were playing in the room with the kids and Liam drew a picture.  We asked him what it was and he told us it was a snake.  I was impressed!

Last Friday I had to work so Sadie and Macy came over to watch the boys.  Yup, two thirteen year old girls watching the boys.  They had fun!  The did a little swimming.

and splashing

Then they all took turns with the ipad making funny faces.  Here is Liam's, ha!

Colin has been standing up on his own lately!  He probably has the strongest baby quads ever because he will hold a squat for a long time and then stand himself up.  

Saturday night Liam woke up crying in the middle of the night.  Chris got up to check on him and he was wandering around trying to find a tissue.  He got him back to bed but he was still crying so I went in to see if I could help.  I sang a song and rubbed his back and he was still crying.  Then he turned to Chris and me and said "just let me go to sleep".  It was hilarious!  Like Chris and I were keeping HIM up, HA!  Then I left the room but he made Chris stay and sing one more song.

Sunday, while Liam was napping Colin was refusing to nap. Instead he played basketball.  

Practicing his jump shot.

He wanted so badly to make a basket.

We went over to G&G Snay's Sunday night for dinner.  Colin was LOVING the slide.  He would climb up just enough and then let himself slide back down.

We also played a little baseball with Liam.  He doesn't ever bring out the tee anymore but wants us to pitch to him.  So we did and he wailed on a few of them!  Eventually, he wanted Chris and I to pitch to each other and he sat in a chair and watched.  Then when one of us hit the ball he would stand up and clap, ha! He's a silly little guy.  Here are my boys sitting on the brick wall. 

Love them!

Chris put Colin in the big boy chair and he thought it was pretty cool and started clapping.  He was pretty happy.

Monday morning Liam woke up in a GREAT mood (easy enough for him who woke us all up at 5:15 but then went back to sleep until 7).  By about 7:30 Colin was exhausted and ready for a nap, which is exactly what he did.  Anyway, Liam was so happy to have pancakes for breakfast and he ate seven mini ones.

Once Colin woke up from his two-hour nap we ran some errands.  Liam found this cool fireman hat at the dollar store.  He even wore it into the grocery store and while he was riding in his car cart he was making siren sounds and pretending to put out fires right and left down every single aisle.  People kept smiling at him as they walked by.  Then as we were checking out.  Liam started trying to climb on top of the car-cart.  I told him he needed to get down.  He became very upset and yelled "I'm doing work!"  Three different cashiers and some other customers looked over at him and some giggled.  Liam quitely slid back down.  He was a little embarrassed which worked out well for me since I didn't have to tell him to get down again.

He LOVES his new hat and pretending to be a firefighter!

This little one loves to sit in the rocking chair.  He always gets the biggest smile on his face.

Colin is super adventurous lately and loves to get into anything and everything.  One of his favorite spots is the cupboard.  He enjoys pulling things out!

Colin LOVES to climb and play in Liam's bed, especially when Liam is up there with him.  He has been trying SO hard to get up on the bed all by himself.  Soon enough he will accomplish this little obstacle. 

While they were playing on the bed Liam all of a sudden said, while pointing to the map, "This is important if you want to go right here."  Chris and I found it quite funny.

This is Liam's favorite thing to do in the bath, lay back and relax

So Chris and I have decided to rent a house here in Kingman at least through the end of January.  Basically, we are too indecisive on where we want to live and want to make sure we make the very best choice before buying a home and moving our whole family to who knows where! Ha! Secondly, we can't live with my brother forever because Colin NEEDS his own room, hopefully he will sleep in better.  We told Liam we were going to move to a new house and he said "Ya, we can do that" I love my babies!

One last note, the Hualapai Mountains are on fire.  It is very sad and I really hope they get it under control.  This was our view from the backyard on Monday night. :(