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.

Lake Gaston '08

We just got back from a great week at Lake Gaston (on the VA/NC border). My dad, Amy, Shawn, Emma, Adam, Niki, Jacob, and the 3 of us were all there for the 3rd year in a row. There's no internet or cell phone signal around, so we just enjoy the peace & quiet and the beautiful views. Colby even got us up early one morning for a sunrise boat ride on the lake. The 2 cousins had a great time together. Colby already misses Emma & Jacob.

Something fun

I found this site, wordle, where it searches your blog and finds the most common words and makes an image like this.

Sleeping

FINALLY!! COLBY IS FINALLY SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT!! We've had a few nights here and there, but he has successfully slept through the night every night this week. He goes to bed about 8:30 pm and sleeps until 7 or 8:00 in the morning. After 7.5 months, it's so nice to get a good night's sleep.

This is how we find Colby sleeping a lot.

Do we have a crawler or a walker?

Tonight Colby sort of crawled on the hardwood floors. I guess the slick surface helped! He can't do this on the carpet yet.


His most favorite thing to do right now is hold hands and walk around everywhere. He definitely likes walking around much better than being on his stomach to crawl.

4th of July

We had a fun 4th of July. We took Colby for a walk and then on his first boat ride. He had a great time, even though we ended up going in before the fireworks show. Oh well, next year!



This is so much fun!


We spent the next day running errands and took Colby to a park. He just loves to swing! We're going to have to get one up in our yard soon.