Eggtastic Bash

So last Saturday, my mommy group had an Easter celebration at a park out here :) It was a good time! They had pizza, cake, prizes and an egg hunt for the kiddos. Now, of course Koleton is far too  young to really be interested in an Easter egg hunt, and he really doesn't know what is going on. I thought maybe though, he'd see the bright colored eggs and at least be curious about them! Not in the slightest! I'd set him down next to an egg and he'd look at it and look at me like "and????" lol We picked him up a few cause gosh darn it, he was going to  get some Easter eggs! Once we opened them, however, and showed him there was something inside he was all about those eggs! Here's some pictures from that day :)

 He loves when his daddy does this lol

 I know there's something in here!

Cars!

Well apparently my boy LOVES cars :) Give him a car and he will start racing it around the ground saying "vrooooom vrooooom" (in baby speak of course!) It is the cutest thing! I think we may have found the "theme" for his first birthday :) Here's a video of him playing with his car at the library, and then he takes off on an escape mission!

Koleton also has become quite the little funny man! I previously posted how we all had gotten sick and thankfully, for the most part, we are all better now! However... I had this terrible cough and it's still lingering a little. Well, Koleton also has a "cough" lol He fake coughs right along with me and laughs about it! I tell him "It's not funny I have a cough! Why are you laughing?!" in a joking voice of course, and he thinks its hilarious! We'll be riding around in the car and he'll be in the back "coughing" and laughing haha He's such a goober :P

So, we all know Koleton is a BIG eater! He loves his food! He would rather feed himself his "big boy" food than have me feed him.  Dinner is almost impossible unless he has some finger foods he can eat. I'm very grateful he isn't a picky eater! I wanted him to love (ok at least like) vegetables and he does! We ordered our first Bountiful Basket (which was amazing btw!) and it had little baby cucumbers in it.... I sliced them up for Koleton and I and he ate a whole slice by himself! I was even worried a little because that last little bit was in his mouth and it was of a choking size... so I tried to fish it out, but he wasn't having it! My finger would touch his lips and they would lock and his head would turn! He would not give it up! lol

He also has been "sharing" his food lately which is absolutely adorable :D He'll take a bite of his cheeto (yes, he takes bites of them now unless he is shoveling them into his mouth lol) and then give me a "bite" :) He loves it! He smiles when I take my "bite" and then shoves the rest of it in his mouth haha He is so funny! I can't imagine loving him any more!

Crawling, Standing and "No"... Oh Joy!

That's right. Koleton is officially a crawler! He's been going strong for a little over a week now :) He is so funny cause he'll be moving right along and I'll come in the room and he tries to get away super fast - so fast in fact that he trips all over himself! haha It's kind of like I'm chasing him and he has to get away lol It is so cute.  He also decided that he prefers standing to sitting.  He pulls himself up on everything now... including his crib. Here's the "Oh joy" part! It used to be that I'd rock him to sleep but sometimes he wouldn't have it, so I'd go lay him in his bed and he would put himself to sleep. Those days seem to be long gone.  Now he almost refuses for me to rock him to sleep and then the second I put him in his bed, he pulls himself up and just stands there either talking or crying. Joy. He does seem to be getting a little better lately about this though :) It may have something to do with us fixing his DVD player and Bolt being on the tv again... haha! I asked Brad to go check on him before he leaves for work to make sure he is covered with his blanket because his room gets so cold he is just a frozen popsicle when he wakes up in the mornings. Well Brad went in this morning to do so and there was Koleton, standing in his crib just watching Bolt! Neither of us heard him, he was just doing his own thing. Mr. Independant now!

Yesterday, a few minutes before Brad gets home from work, Koleton crawled himself over to the front door, which happened to be open. He stood himself up against the glass door and just waited for Brad to get home! It was the cutest, sweetest thing :D He got all excited to see his Daddy when he came walking up! It was just like he knew it was time for Daddy to get home, so he went to greet him :) So adorable!

Now that Koleton is on the move... he has been hearing a lot of "No"s haha We have the cat's water and food in the bathroom now to keep them away from the puppy. Well, Koleton thinks those are the greatest toys EVER! Of course we watch him so he doesn't accidentally drown in the water dish... but if we are going to the bathroom and Koleton is in there with us it's "No, Koleton!" and he looks at you and gets this mischievous grin and tries to go for it again lol About the third time he stops and looks at you like "what? I wasn't going for that again... I was, uh, doing this instead!" lol He definitely understands "No" now :) Still is learning his limits, however!

I swear this kid is just growing too fast! I was going through my videos of him because I switched PC's and seeing him when he was first born... so tiny and helpless and dependent and CUTE! Now, though he is still CUTE, he is becoming more and more independent each day! And hitting milestone after milestone! With the way he loves standing, I bet it won't be long before he is walking :) Then we are all really in trouble! haha

Soooo big!

Man it has been a hectic couple of weeks! We had such a good time in AZ! I wish there was more time so we could have seen more people, but poor Koleton was done haha He was so tired of being tied down, not able to crawl around, going from car seat to his stroller and back to his car seat. We ended up staying an extra day and just hanging out at my mom's house for the most part so he could chill and not be stuck in his car seat in hopes that the drive home wouldn't be a miserable one! All in all he did great though :) He got a little fussy on the way back but nothing too bad.  Once we got home we had to unpack... which we had got Brad some more clothes which wouldn't fit in our dresser so I sent him off to buy us a bigger dresser! Well we have been needed to rearrange the rooms in the house and since the new dresser wouldn't fit in our current room that lead us to start switching the rooms around lol So funny how a couple extra pairs of shorts and pants can cause the whole house to be rearranged! haha

Everything finally got moved and things started to get put away then Walter (our new puppy) got sick from either the move or his new food then Koleton got sick and now I'm sick! One thing after another and the house is still a mess :( Hopefully we can all start feeling better so I can start getting things put away!

While we were in Arizona, Koleton learned "soooo big!" It was so cute! He was sitting in his high chair at my mom's house and he would just raise his arms up in the air and when you ask "How big is Koleton?" he would just laugh and kind of wave his arms around for the "soooo big" part :) He also learned how to wave! Of course, he is MY son and stubborn as all heck so he only waves when he wants to lol But if you can catch him in just the right mood his little hand starts waving back at you :)

He is so cute! And the little stinker CAN crawl! I saw him do it! We moved the cat's food and water into the bathroom so the dog doesn't get into it and I will set Koleton on the floor in the bathroom while I am using it. Well, he found the water dish haha I set him as far away from it as I can and he just goes from sitting to crawling position and his arms AND legs were moving to get him closer to the dish :) Of course he was also trying to stand up while crawling and I'm sure he won't just crawl around the house (I mean, it's so much easier to have mom or dad carry you around!) but the point is he CAN do it! lol He is also standing pretty well now holding onto something. And he has been pulling himself up from sitting to standing, on me of course lol He hasn't yet figured out how to stand up in his crib... but he doesn't really need to since he can see his tv from laying down haha He will just lay there and watch his movie completely content for 30 minutes or more before falling asleep or calling us to come get him when he wakes up :)

With everything that has been going on, I have neglected to take pictures like I should! Even while on vacation! I didn't get pictures of him with hardly anyone :( I just simply forgot! I need to get on it though cause he is changing every day! Tomorrow, if I am feeling better I am going to just follow him around with my camera ;) haha

Standing and Packing

4 days left to get ready for our trip to AZ!!! We are so excited! Kind of nervous about the road trip with an 8 and a half year old BUT I'm sure he will be fine :) We have lots of things for him to do in the car... and hopefully he sleeps for a good chunk of the trip! So much to do while we are there... so many people to see! Hopefully there is enough time for it all! We have lots of "plans" but only one day is definitely planned... a day with my mom :) We plan on going to the zoo with my best friend and her kiddos, maybe a spring training game with my brothers, and visiting family and friends. It will be a very full week, but a very fun week! I miss my friends and family so much... it will be good to go back home and see everyone!

So Koleton is being stubborn about crawling (I wonder who he gets that from lol) so we have moved on to standing on his own. I found a play table at Goodwill for $4 a little while ago... it just needed some cleaning and it works great :) Saved us like $40!!! Anyhow, yesterday I stood him up at it and he kept leaning his butt back to make sure I was there. And turning around grabbing me, just to make sure he wouldn't fall. Today he stood there, balancing and catching himself when he would start to fall :) He just caught on so fast! I couldn't believe how great he was doing! We've also started "walking" him ;) I hold his hands and his little feet just move! He "walks" everywhere... especially to go see daddy.  He may just skip crawling all together... but if he wants to get somewhere, he can :) Mostly he looks at me like "ummm mama? A little help here?" lol He would rather I carry him to where he wants to go than crawl lol He will be up on his hands and knees and if he catches sight of me, he drops to his tummy and his legs and arms start going. I've said it before, but he is a little stinker! I couldn't love him more though!

VeggieTales and Bolt

Koleton's 2 favorite shows! Ok so he doesn't really watch VeggieTales YET but as soon as the tuba starts "BUM bum BUM bum BUM bum"ing he stops what he's doing and turns to the tv haha It is so darn cute! He just stares at the TV, completely mesmerized by that song! I found a video on YouTube of it on my phone and played it for him in the car as well :) We were at Sam's last night and that dang store kept shocking the heck out of me! I went to give Koleton one of his cheetos and shocked the heck out of him! :( He started crying... like screaming crying! Poor kid! I got right up to his ear (after the initial "owie" shock wore off) and started "BUM bum BUM bum"ing and singing that song and he stopped crying :) Well for a few, then he remembered he got hurt and was crying all over again :(

When we were having trouble getting Koleton to sleep in his bed at night, I tried to find the perfect amount of light in his room so he would sleep. The closet light on with the door at varying levels of openness never worked right. Then I thought... hmmmm he is used to sleeping with me on the couch with the tv on! So why not put a tv in his room and run a dvd so he has the sound and the light! Genius! haha Well anyhow, he now sleeps with the tv on (movie playing or not) and it seems to be the perfect sleep lighting for him. Not only that, but he will lay in his crib, pull the crib bumper down with one hand, and watch Bolt! I'm sure he watches it before he falls asleep for the  night and when he wakes up now it's like he says "ok, mama, I'm awake!" and then goes to watching his movie lol He is so quiet in there I have to go check to see if I heard him or not... 99% of the time there he is, hand pulling down the bumper, head barely peeking over enough to see the movie :) Then when I pick him up he tries to look around me to see it! Like I'm disturbing his movie time lol He is such a goofy kid! He doesn't sit and watch tv any other time like that.  Only in his bed before or after sleeping :)

Crawling update!!!!!
Ok so he's not officially crawling yet haha But tonight was the closest he's been! (I know I know, I say that every time lol) Obviously he keeps improving on his crawling but now he can just get up on his hands and knees no problem (before it was elbows and knees). He also can go from sitting to hands and knees.  Maybe nothing I am "offering" as crawling incentive is "good enough" for him to ACTUALLY crawl lol Tonight he went for the flashing light on my pc... a few times! I had to pick him up and move him back so he wouldn't unplug anything.  His little legs were doing the crawling motion so hopefully soon! I'm hoping he is crawling before we get to AZ! So he can show everyone his new skills :)

8 Months old already!!! Geez how time flies! Brad and I see new babies on TV and both say "awwww! Remember when Koleton was that little!" No, it's not quite time for baby2! lol We are enjoying our time with the perfect angel we have now :) While I am enjoying watching him learn and grow and trying to savor every moment... I still can't wait to see the person he will become.  I can't wait for him to crawl, walk, talk, play catch with his Daddy, read, etc! I CAN wait for the attitude, talking back, not listening, groundings, etc haha All in time!

The Bird

No, not bird the animal, bird the middle finger! haha It is Koleton's finger of choice! His index finger works just fine, but he picks things up with his middle finger and thumb to put in his mouth. Or he will just sit with his hand closed, but his middle finger out, "flipping off" the world! lol The other night I was feeding him and he took his hand, middle finger out, and turned it toward me, like in slow motion! It was like he was literally flipping me off lol Little stinker haha

I went to the doctor the other day to get a check up, and to check my blood pressure. Koleton was so good (of course) he just sat in his stroller and chilled... even though it was way past naptime. The doctor told me as we were leaving "if you ever want to just give him away... I'll take him!" lol I told her, no way! He is like the perfect baby... happy 95% of the time, sleeps through the night, puts himself to sleep, eats well and feeds himself, etc etc lol No way am I giving him away! :P

His new favorite thing to do is take the letters out of his foam floor mat, or the edges off his Cars floor mat and chew on them! I tell him "No, Koleton!" and he just looks at me and smiles, and goes back to chewing on them lol

 I think his top side tooth is coming in... I can see a little nub looking like it is coming through :) He is going to look like a goofy little vampire with his 2 bottom teeth and his top teeth to the side of the middle teeth! lol If they do break through before his top middle teeth I will for sure take pictures and put them on here! My sweet little soon to be vampire boy lol