Wordless Wednesday

I've seen a few "Wordless Wednesday"s on other blogs and thought I'd give it a try.
Future Wednesdays will truly be "wordless"!!!

My sweet, sweet boy!

My little man has become quite the sweet little boy lately! I mean, he has always been "sweet", but now he is actually starting to show affection.  He decided last Wednesday that he could walk on his own without any help (by the way... he is officially a walker!!!!!!!) and hasn't stopped going since! He will be running around the house in circles (his favorite thing to do lol) and if I hold my arms out like for a hug, he comes running up laughing and gives me a hug! It is the sweetest thing!  He also is giving out a lot more kisses! Those were a rare thing to come across! He would just look at me like I was crazy when I would ask for a kiss, but now I get that look a little less and even get a kiss here and there!

Today we were reading an animal book (a touch and feel book that are his favorites) and we were saying the animals and petting them and learning their sounds, etc.  I told him "give the puppy a kiss" and he leaned right down to his book and kissed the puppy! Then the kitty, then the bunny! It was so stinking cute! I hope he stays this sweet or keeps getting sweeter and sweeter!!! He is such a good boy! We are so lucky! :)

Bedtime Laughs

Since Koleton turned 1 year, we no longer use bottles. He got some new sippy cups for his birthday and they have since replaced his bottles.  Before he goes to bed or down for a nap, I still give him his milk and rock him to "sleep". That is next to go lol It is much rarer now that he falls asleep with me and I have to go lay him down.  Now he gets his milk, rocks for a few minutes, and I go lay him down to fall asleep in his bed.  Lately, he has been "needing" a laugh before bedtime haha  It started with him taking his paci out and trying to give it to me, while laughing! His laugh is so contagious! I really tried to hold it in, but I couldn't do it! Next thing I knew, we were both just laughing at each other for no real reason lol We laughed for a bit, then I went and laid him down and he went right to sleep.  Now I will tickle his foot by kissing it (I think that the pulling of his leg upwards actually kind of tickles him because it doesn't have the same effect unless I pull his leg up lol.  He even, now, just lifts his leg toward me waiting for me to tickle him! His favorite FAVORITE thing to do now is to pick my nose. Yes, you read correctly, my son thinks it is funny to pick my nose!!! He was trying to get his finger into my mouth for me to "bite" but I closed it so he couldn't get it in...then his finger wandered up my face and found itself in my nose! I looked at him and said "Hey! Pick your own nose!!!" lol Now he thinks that is the funniest thing ever! He takes his middle finger (of course) and puts it in my nose and just waits for me to say something! I have tried ignoring it... like it isn't a big deal that his finger is in my nose. That doesn't last very long! It's almost like I can sense his anticipation waiting for me to tell him to get his finger out of my nose added to the fact that it is actually IN my nose! I start cracking up and then so does he :) We go on for a few minutes and then he goes to bed :)  I love that we can do that and have that little silly time together and still he goes to sleep without too much trouble! I love my silly son!!!!

Superhero Night

Chick-fil-a out here had a Superhero and Princess night last week.  They had cows dress up like a princess and a superhero and had other characters in costume for the kids to get pictures with.  Lots of fun things for kids to do like a video game trailer and, of course, some inflatable bounce houses.  Koleton is too young to really get into any of these things, and too shy to care about the characters, or so we thought.  Mr. anti-social himself actually didn't cry when the cows came by our table, and he actually gave Mario (from Super Mario Bros.) a high five!!! The reason we went (other than to get out and about) was because if your child was dressed as either a superhero or a princess, they got a free kids meal! Well since Koleton has no superhero gear, I had to throw together a quick cape for him. He became "Super Koleton"! haha It's not the best work ever, but I think it turned out super cute, and Koleton looked adorable, of course!

 Here he is trying out the cape at home... a shot from the back

The finished "superhero"! Complete with cape, "goggles", and Super Grover t-shirt!

Happy Birthday!

One year ago today we welcomed our little bundle of joy into this world! I can't believe time has gone by so quickly! On the other hand, I can't imagine my life before Koleton... it just seems like he has been here all along :) Happy Birthday to our precious baby boy! We love you more than words can express!!!

Baking cupcakes

So since we made Koleton his BIG cake for his pictures yesterday and he didn't get into it in true "smash cake" style, we decided to make some cupcakes and turn one into a smash cake for him on his actual birthday :)  Of course Koleton "wanted" to help ;) and try the batter! This was TOO cute not to share!

 Daddy let me try some

 Like this, Mama?

 Pro baker already :)

 The counter needs a little over here.... haha

 Mixing the batter with my Daddy :)

Mmmmm

 The best part!

 So yummy!

Messy, messy boy!

He had so much fun :) And still went to bed on time :D lol Sometimes I wonder how we got so lucky to have such an amazing son!!! And tomorrow he will no longer be a "baby" but ventures into toddler-hood! Such a big boy now! 

Picture Day

Yesterday we got Koleton's 1 year pictures done with Abby Reed, the same lady who took his 10 month pictures.  Last time we had his pictures done, he was so sleepy since it was right at his nap time.  Since it is so so so hot outside right now, and to hopefully not interfere with his nap again, we scheduled them at 8:30am.  Well my little alarm clock decided, of course, to wake up over an hour BEFORE I needed to wake him up.  So he was Mr. Grumpy-pants again :(  Plus he is also somewhat anti-social AND we decided last night that he is cutting a couple new teeth. All makes for a horrid photo session!!! She posted a few of the pictures last night and surprisingly they look AMAZING!!! She is so great :) Here are the couple she posted, and of course I will post the rest when we get them!

That is his cake Brad and I made :)  It's a monster truck! We think it turned out SO cute! It was kind of melting since we took his cake pictures last :(  It took a lot of blue food coloring to get the frosting to be that dark, so we figured that since he was going to just dive right in, we didn't want him to be blue for the rest of his pictures. Except he didn't dive in haha He ate a couple pieces of the cake crumbs and Oreos that were acting as dirt on the bottom and had a little frosting and then was done.  I think because of him being so grumpy and plus we set him on the grass he just wasn't into it.  He is not a fan of grass.. he just isn't sure what to do with it lol

I'm hoping his pictures turn out good... but of course they will! Abby is amazing, and Koleton is just too stinkin' cute for them not to! :D

Spaghetti Monster!

So we all know Koleton LOVES food. In fact I can't think of a food he doesn't like (yet anyway... I probably just jinxed myself into a super picky toddler! ha!) We had spaghetti the other night and of course he was chowing down! lol He was shoveling it into his mouth and slurping it back up, making "this is sooo good" smacking sounds lol Here is a video of him going to town on his dinner!

Brad and I were laughing just watching him eat! Then Koleton looks over at me, looks back at his food and does this...

We were laughing hysterically!!!! Hence the video shaking! lol It still makes me laugh :) He is such a goofy kid!