Family Photo

We met my brother & sister & their families for a group photo op in Sterling over the holidays. The kids did pretty well and we got some cute shots.

Christmas Tour 2008

I've been slacking on my blog entries, so I'll have to catch up.

We had a wonderful Christmas morning at home in Annapolis, and then we hit the road to visit our family. This was Colby's second Christmas, but it really felt like his first since he was so small last year. Colby had a great time playing with his cousins and seeing everyone. We went to Nana's, then to Harrisonburg to see my grandparents, then to Pa's, and then to Grandad & Grandma Brigitte's house. It was a whirlwind, but we enjoyed visiting with everyone.

Tiger Winters

For Grandad:

Party

We had a great time at Colby's birthday party this weekend. Colby loved seeing everyone and is enjoying all his great gifts. Thanks to everyone who helped us celebrate.


 
 
 

Birthday Boy!

Today is Colby's 1st Birthday! We can't believe how fast this year has gone by. He's grown and changed so much since we brought him home.


We took this video this morning as we went into Colby's room to get him.
Please ignore the terrible singing!


Here he was 1 year ago:


Our little baby boy

1 year later:

Wagon Ride

My brother, Adam, Niki & Jacob came up for a surprise visit with Pa. We took them for a wagon ride to the playground across the street. The cousins had a lot of fun playing together!

Attention

Colby has learned how to get his daddy's attention when he's working on his computer in the family room. He climbs up on the lever of the recliner and bangs on Jason's keyboard or his arm.

Grrrrr!!

Colby's 1st Halloween was lots of fun. He dressed up as a cute lion since he loves to growl at us all the time. We took him trick or treating down our street and met up with some neighbors. He didn't know what to think, but he liked looking at all the lit pumpkins.

Lil Pumpkin

We took Colby to the Green Meadows Petting Farm this weekend. He loved seeing all the animals, especially the goats. His daddy was not too thrilled with letting him touch them though. We also got a photo op with all the pumpkins.

We have a walker!

Colby amazes us everyday! Tonight he walked all by himself.

Jason's Birthday

We had a lot of fun for Jason's birthday.

Colby finger painted his daddy some great artwork. He wasn't sure what to do at first, but he got the hang of it.



We took daddy out to dinner at Harris' Crab House. Colby didn't have any crabs, but he had his first taste of corn on the cob.

He couldn't get enough of it!

Then, we watched the Skins beat the Eagles! Go Skins!

Oh, and Jason got a new car! We traded in my Cougar. Hard to believe I had that car for almost 10 years. It was great, but we needed a 2nd car with 4 doors and a car that gets better gas mileage. So, Jason got a Toyota Camry. Photos to come.

September Birthdays

We spent 2 weekends in a row in Northern Va with Colby's grandparents.

Sept. 15th was Grandad's birthday. We went to a bbq at Matt's to celebrate.

Sept. 22nd was Grandma Gigi's birthday, so we went to her house for a bbq and to watch the Redskins beat the Cardinals. Go SKINS! :)

This is Grandma Gigi's cake that we made out of cake balls. I found the recipe online, and it's been a hit so far. This lady's website is so fun! I love looking at all her creative creations!

Jason's birthday is next!

Taking Steps

Here are 2 short videos of Colby taking steps tonight. The past few weeks he's been getting more and more adventurous. He's taken a step here and there, but mostly he's just lets go of the couch and dives forward. Tonight he let go and took two little steps. He was very excited about it, and so were we!

9 Months old

Colby is 9 months old now. We go for his 9 month checkup in a couple of weeks. I can't believe how fast time is just flying by! He's pulling up on everything, cruising around the room holding onto any piece of furniture he can get his hands on, walking around holding 1 of our fingers, and almost ready to walk on his own. These past 9 months have gone by much faster than the 9 months he was growing inside me. Our little baby is growing into a little boy who will be 1 in just 3 short months.

Labor Day Weekend

We spent Labor Day Weekend out in Norther Virginia visiting family members. Pa was nice enough to ride around with us while we car shopped. We haven't bought anything yet, but probably soon.

Grandad & Grandma Winters told us all about their trip to France & Russia. They brought Colby back some fun souvenirs too.


We also enjoyed our al fresco dinner with Nana.