November 2011

Another busy month.  After Colin turned 3 months he seemed to decide to do a few things.  He made his first laugh, he rolled over, and grabbed at toys and he figured out how to move his feet forward while standing.  He haven't been able to see the rolling or get laughs consistently but they happen.
We had some visitors this month.  The Cockrells came for a few days and we were able to see a bit of Boston but mostly just hang out which was nice.  Sean and Daniel came up for a week and although their sleep schedules were almost the opposite of ours we were able to spend some time together and have a belated Thanksgiving.
Now we are gearing up for Colin's first Christmas, he's not excited but we are.

If you click on the slideshow below you'll be able to see the captions for the pictures in Picasa.

Holiday traditions?

We're trying to come up with some ideas for annual Christmas gifts for Colin.
So far we've come up with:
Legos sets
Guinness book of world records
different collectors items
Year summary book

Got any other suggestions?

3 Months

Colin is now 3 months old.   He's been able to get up to 7 hours at night now, so that is nice.  We've had a pretty consistent week of Mr Furious around dinner time which is not so nice.  We are in the middle of a visit with the Cockrells so you'll have to wait until the end of the month for those adventure shots.  We did Christmas pics and hopefully we'll be motivated enough to send those out in a reasonable fashion.  We can always hope.  We are looking forward to some firsts soon like rolling over, laughing and Thanksgiving.

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
For those of you that don't see the slidshow below click here

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.