babbling boy

Colin has turned into quite the talker. He now says dada sometimes when he sees Brent. (of course mama is also his favorite word) He has perfected what we call his "pteradactyl scream." Whenever he gets really excited his does his little yell over and over while flapping his arms. Its very entertaining. Today he did it to everyone we passed while grocery shopping. He also says other unidentifiable words that we wish we could understand because they are repeated several times a day.

They say only parents can understand what their kids are saying, well we don't fall into that category yet! It's only a matter of time! ha

a winter wonderland

Old man winter has finally hit Morgantown. I think it is still snowing as I write this. We woke up Sunday to go to church and had a couple inches of snow on the ground and being from Virginia where everything shuts down with a dusting, we decided to stay home. Everyone else we knew drove to church. I guess we'll have to learn to drive in the snow. Later that afternoon we took Colin outside. The poor boy had at least 4 layers of clothes on and could barely move. (remember the kid in A Christmas Story whose arms just sayed up- that was Colin) He wasn't sure about all the snow and plopped right down in it at first but his favorite thing was to eat the snow. I'm sure its just a matter of time before he learns to love it!


Another great(scary)scene from A Christmas story is when that one boy gets his tongue stuck on the pole! OUCH!!!!! That will NEVER be Colin. HA

Go Back to Sleep!

So here is a short story but a sweet one. The other night I was heading to bed from putting Colin back to sleep (yes, a theme that doesn't seem to be going away). I slowly get back in bed when Abigail rolls over on her back. She says in a low voice, "Colin is spitting all over me!" I then sit up a little bit awaiting another great one-liner from a sleep deprived mom. "Wipe his mouth, WIPE HIS MOUTH!" I begin to laugh under my breath wondering how to respond. Now minutes after responding to her, I just lay there trying to think of what I "should" have said to her. Basically I said what any good natured husband would say. "Okay sweetie, now go back to bed." But what I "could" have said would have been something like, "oh my gosh there's spit EVERYWHERE! Babe, get out of bed, we're all soaking wet. What are we going to do!" haha

But alas, I was not thinking when I replied to her, and the funny story ends there when it could have been even better.

My new friends

I caught this picture the other day as Colin was discussing something very important to his new friends Bambi and Dumbo. (which Bambi is a very sad movie for children to watch. I think we may have to hold off on that movie until he's 18!) But I wish we knew what he was telling them. He now has long conversations with us which usually consists of grunts, squeals and mama and dadadadad mixed in between. His new thing is to go mummmm when he eats.... only when he likes the food. If he doesnt he will whine and complain really loud to show he doesn't like the food. Meal times can be very entertaining at our house now.

Colins other favorite!

We didnt forget Colin's other favorite aunt... Here he is with Aunt Angela and AJ... he's a little blury since he always gets really excited when he see's dogs. Colin keeps asking for Aunt Angela and Uncle Opie to come visit Morgantown, and to bring that dog of theirs!

Sista-s and Colin

This is just such a sweet little pic. I know, i'm becoming a sentimental in my old.. uh ummm young age, but isn't this a great pic of Colin surrounded by him mom and 2 favorite aunties!!!!!!!

growing up so fast!

Now that Colin has mastered crawling, he is working on standing and loves to pull up on things. Our favorite is when he crawls to you and pulls up on your leg! Of course usually its to be picked up and with a face as cute as his its hard not to.

Tonight he was standing and holding onto my shoulders when he let go as if to balance himself...only he promptly fell down. (good thing diapers add lots of padding) His friend Mackenzie was learning to balance herself and walk this week and we think he's trying to catch up to her. We're not sure we're ready for him to walk but its fun to see him try to figure it out. Crawling is old news to him now - he wants to move onto bigger and better things, which usually ends in falling down!

Colins first christmas

It's been a while since we've made a post. The holiday season does that to a family. Even though things get busy, we hope everyone was able to be thankful for the blessings that they have, and to remember the birth of Christ and how he entered into this world as a baby in a manger.


Here we are at Abigail's parents house celebrating Colin's first Christmas. As you can see in the later pictures, Colin was loving the fact that there was a tree full of presents JUST FOR HIM! It didn't matter who's name was on the box, he just figured he'd open them all.





It was very fun having a 7 month old for Christmas. Colin LOVED our tree as well as his grandparents tree, and kept crawling over to it trying to eat it. He learned to use the presents to catapult himself up to reach the ornaments he wasn't allowed to touch (aparently all the shiny ornaments are breakable). He also learned to open presents that his aunt Sarah wrapped (Sarah doesn't put tape on the boxes) And I didnt teach him to do it - contrary to popular belief within the family. He had a great time crawling up the stairs at his grandparents house and met his first dog, AJ. He was very interested in figuring out what a dog is, but when he snuck up on AJ while sleeping, he promtly got bit! It didn't stop him from chasing after the poor dog all week. They are going to be great friends though, that is, if the dog has any hair left after putting up with Colin grabbing at him all the time.

Here he is next to a Christmas tree that we have no problem pulling on, down, or throwing across the room. As a matter of fact, he even chews on it. No pine needles to worry about, so that is just fine! Don't worry Angela, it will remain in great condition for years to come!