Happy Halloween

October was a fairly eventful month.  We found out that Colin is a good traveler when we flew out to California and also that mommy and daddy are not.  The infamous Colin pouty face has been captured on film.  Colin was a turtle for Halloween and a glow in the dark skeleton and a cute baby in Halloween duds.  He is very conversational, especially when naked on the changing table.  He enjoys taking showers or baths with mommy and daddy, drooling a ton, standing up while holding onto adult fingers, sleeping for up to 5 or 6 hour stretches at night sometimes and of course ceiling fans.

Hobie is a big fan of snow and unfortunately mud.  She's gotten much better about boundaries inside the house and has learned to knock on the door to come in.  We've finally found toys that are difficult for her to destroy.  Bunny has moved outside into his bunny condo.  Unfortunately you'll have to wait until November to see pictures of the place.

Check back into the "Faces of Colin" album for a couple new additions:
Faces of Colin
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Here are the pictures this month:

Poor Colin

Yea!!!  Unscheduled doctor visit!!!

Colin is a bit under the weather with his first cold.  He's been very stuffy which isn't fun for anyone here.  Apparently baby colds can go 2-4 weeks so we've got that to look forward to.  The doctor also said that he looks good except for the congestion.  So saline up the nose it is.  Colin isn't to thrilled with that most times.  On the plus side stuffy nose baby talk is quite adorable and he doesn't seem overly affected by this.  I think we may have lost more sleep than he did. 

 

Poor Mr Stuffy

2 month checkup

Two month check up apparently means 2 shots.  The first one brought out Mr Furious, the second was a shock and that brought Mr Evenmorefurious.  He was fine 15 seconds later though.  He weighs 11.5 lbs and is 23.5 in long.  Ceiling has have been discovered and they are the greatest things since cookbooks.  He's more talkative and active.  Can't wait for laughs and rolling.  There will be plenty of pictures for Oct, just you wait.

Wiped out after having shots

2 Months and Counting

So Colin will be 2 months tomorrow.  Since we are traveling tomorrow we are posting today.  In the video you can see his 'conversational' skills are improving.  He talking to the animals on his bouncy seat.  He also getting more aware and interactive every day.  The cookbooks are old news, it's light bulbs now.  His drooling abilities have grown exponentially.  It seems he is able to drool more liquid than he takes in.  He's also developed the habit of being extremely fussy from about 5-8 or so.  On the other hand, he is getting better at taking longer sleep sessions at night.  We can't wait to see all the new things he is going to do.

Sept 2011

Things have seemed to move pretty quickly this month.  Jenny is back at work.  Brad is doing the stay-at-home dad thing.  Hobie is about the same and the rabbit (remember that we have that???) is doing pretty good having run of his room downstairs.  Colin will smile and coo.  He's building up his little muscles.  Eating and pooping oddly coincide making both difficult to do.  Riding in the car and taking a shower with mommy or daddy seem to be relaxing activities.  Colin has been able to go 5-6 hours between feedings at night, but also need to eat every two some nights.  Overall we are tired but very happy.  Here is the link for the Sept photos:

Sept 2011 photos

Happy baby

He takes some coaxing, but he'll and. coo. Ignore all that background noise.  (Sorry I don't know how to flip the video so it's straight.  Just lay down and watch it)

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1 month check up

Colin went to the doctor for his 1 month checkup even though he is 5 weeks.  He's just a smidge under 10 pounds (45th percentile) and he's grown a few inches to 22.5 inches (75th percentile).  Doctor said everything is looking good.  He apparently hates shots, as he vocalized at this past visit.  Jenny will be going back to work next Friday so we'll be doing some trial runs on hopeful feeding and sleeping routines.  We'll be able to let you know how it goes at the end of the month with all the Sept pictures.

Happy 1 month birthday!!!

Mr Handsome

Mr Furious

So Colin is one month old today.  We think he's grown a couple of inches and gained a couple of pounds.  We done some measuring but not quite as accurate as the doctor's office. 


So far Colin has:

• traveled to Ipswich, MA for some clams
• walked around Portsmouth, NH
• gone apple picking at Brooksby Farms in Peabody, MA
• cried, pooped, peed, slept
• developed a fascination with the row of cook books above the couch
• been able to pick up and swivel his head around while on his tummy
• stare and focus a bit on things
• stand, with some help (especially when he's Mr Furious)

We've been collecting pictures of things that have been happening in Sept. and will post those at the end of the month.  I guess that is all for now.

We think we are doing okay...

So it seems that there is somewhat of a routine appearing, although it's not a steady one, but it's there.  We can normally get at least some sleep at night.  Colin is doing the normal healthy baby things: poopin' eating, sleeping, crying.    We've noticed he has a couple of personalities.  He will be very cute/handsome or just furious. 

We have a couple more albums to share so take a look:

https://picasaweb.google.com/plethora3333333/RestOfAug?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCKye9ezfn7OuiAE&feat=directlink

https://picasaweb.google.com/plethora3333333/TheFacesOfColin?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCJKT0c-Wysi3zwE&feat=directlink

First photo album

We'll be posting photos and videos of Colin's progress.  They won't be here forever (we have a data limit) but I think you can download them.  We'll be keeping them on the computer so you could also ask us about the pics if they aren't here. 

https://picasaweb.google.com/plethora3333333/ColinHospital?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCNvGoaWYloqxSw&feat=directlink

https://picasaweb.google.com/plethora3333333/ColinSFirstDaysAtHome?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCK-n_fOzh6HZCw&feat=directlink

We are all happy and things are going well.  The sleeping routine is getting figured out, luckily we are both home for a while.