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!

Well, he is doing it! Finally, Koleton is gaining the confidence to walk... and he is pretty darn good at it now! (Must have been all that practice walking circles around the house lol) We went to Jumping Party today for a playdate and he wanted to walk holding my hand.  I finally turned around and started walking backwards and let go of his hand and he would "chase" me trying to get to me :) He was laughing and laughing and laughing too lol I think he was kind of proud of himself for doing it and I'm sure it was fun for him, too ;) Won't be very long now before he is too "big" to even want to hold my hand and I'll be chasing him round and round the house lol

Koleton is so so so funny! He seems to be laughing most of the time now! He LOVES when you make silly faces at him and will just laugh forever! Some of the faces might even be considered "scary" faces, but he loves them just the same haha  He also loves being scared... like when I put him in his high chair and go to microwave his dinner, then pop back around the corner with a "boo" he just thinks it is hilarious! His laugh is so contagious too lol I'm laughing sitting here just thinking about it! Brad made a video of Koleton going on and on and the dinner table, once he sends it to me I'll put it on here... he is such a goofy, funny kid!!!

We set up a little play yard for him (technically its a dog pen lol but we weren't going to use it like we had planned, and Walter ate the box so there was no returning it... so now we have a play yard for Kole lol) He plays in there with all of his toys now when I'm trying to get something done, or am eating breakfast.  Lately he hasn't been taking his afternoon nap, so he is awake and fussy when I'm trying to make dinner, which makes it rather difficult! Browsing through Netflix we discovered Koleton likes Blue's Clues! I don't know what it is about that goofy guy and his computer animated puppy but it holds Kole's attention! lol So, now when I'm making dinner I put Koleton in his play yard and put Blue's Clues on my PC and he stays in there happy as can be while I make dinner! It is so perfect!

My sweet little baby isn't such a baby anymore :( And he has his moments of non-sweetness now too!  I had him in a shopping cart and the belt was riding up under his arms and just didn't look comfy, plus he was trying to take it off which he normally doesn't, so I took it off of him and kept my hand on him so he wouldn't fall out or anything.  Well, apparently he didn't want me touching him cause he started swatting my hand away and just being kind of ugly! I told him to knock it off and that he needed to be a good boy and stop being so ugly and he did lol He left my hand alone after that.  Today at Jumping Party a couple of the mommies went to touch him (like hold his hand or something) and he started swatting them away too! Mr. Attitude already! lol I have a feeling that since he was (and still is most of the time) soooo good that we are in for it when he hits his "terrible 2s"!!!

Round and round and round

I believe last post I had said that Koleton was walking! And yes, he CAN walk, can being the operative word here haha I think he has fallen 1 too many times and knocked his head so now he won't walk unless he is holding my or Brad's hand.  He will grab our hand with both of his, then get a good grip with one hand and take off :) His favorite thing to do is to walk.... around the kitchen, the living room, back to the kitchen, to the dining room, in circles all around lol If we are in the back part of the house in his room (which is blocked off with a baby gate to keep the dog out of there) we will just pace the hallway haha Round and round and round lol We went to a splash park here this last week and once he got used to being there we just walked all around :) He likes to push shopping carts too.. that is too cute! We just went grocery shopping yesterday and made the "mistake" of letting him walk around for the last half of the trip lol He didn't want to be held or put in the cart, he wanted to walk! Soon he'll get his confidence back and will be running away from me at the grocery store haha I can just see it now.... ;)

This is a walking attempt BEFORE he decided against doing it on his own for now lol 

Koleton has also found his voice, and he apparently REALLY likes hearing... and likes hearing it LOUD! lol He gets so silly when he starts to get tired and just about everything is funny to him.  The other day he was so tired and he was sitting in his high chair while I made him some food. He just started screaming lol Not like anything was wrong, but just screaming for fun lol I came around the corner and he just started cracking up, like I had scared him and it was funny :) So I went back and popped out again, kinda screaming back at him and he would laugh and scream lol It was a pretty fun little game for a while til hunger took over lol He will just start talking at random times too.  Almost like he is joining in the conversation :)  Lately he will start out just talking and then his voice will get louder then go back to normal.  I think it is too cute how he is experimenting with his voice like that...not sure everyone else does though when we are out in public! ha!

He recently started clapping too! He looks at his hands like he is trying to figure out exactly what he is doing while he does it, but it is so cute! When we play "how big is Koleton?" when "Soooo big" comes, instead of putting his arms out or way above his head, he just puts them on his head lol Kind of by his ears but toward the back of his head haha It is so funny :)

Baby food may be very quickly becoming a thing of the past.  He is not fond of being fed anymore! He wants to feed himself! Luckily they have little ravioli's now that are stuffed with all kinds of good for him stuff :) In case what we have for dinner isn't baby friendly ;)  Our menu may be soon changing though! Almost 1 year old and he is eating mostly "real" food, about to start drinking "real" milk, and ditching the bottle! Where does the time go?!

Fishy Face (...and poop!)

I have written before about how rather than actually giving kisses (Koleton's not a big fan of this yet...) he will just make the kissy sound.  He still does the kissy sound back, but now he makes a fish face along with it! Brad came home from work one day and Koleton was all about the fishy kisses! I grabbed Brad's phone (it was the closest picture taking gadget) and snapped a couple pictures :)

 Kisses!

Reeeeaaaalllly BIG kisses! :D

This was just too cute :) I'm glad Brad had his phone on him... otherwise we most likely wouldn't have gotten pictures. Generally once I go searching for a phone or camera Koleton grows bored of his new "trick" and I don't get a good picture.  

Here's an embarrassing story.... one of those I'm sure we'll bring up when Koleton brings his girlfriend over to meet the family ;) haha His bathtime is anywhere between 7 and 7:30, depending on when he woke up from his afternoon nap and how grumpy he is.  Well, if he needs a new diaper a little before then, rather than waste a diaper (he is known to not leave a dry diaper dry for long!) I let him run around naked until bathtime.  I figure he could use a little "air drying" every now and then! haha Well, one of his absolute favorite things to do is to go stand at the glass door and just look outside.  Tonight was no different.  I bring him out to the living room in just a t-shirt, no diaper and start walking around with him.  He headed straight to the door. Walter (our puppy) was outside the door and Koleton likes to talk to him and "play" with him through the door lol I didn't care, I mean 1. he is a baby and 2. our neighbors can't see him anyway.  I was sitting on the arm of the couch next to Brad watching Koleton when I hear him peeing on the glass door lol Brad and I started laughing :) It was so funny.  I turn to watch something on tv and Brad had went to another room, when I turn back to look at Koleton he has poop hanging from his bum!!! OMG apparently he wasn't done! I am running through the house to get SOMETHING, ANYTHING to get it before it hits the floor!!! "Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!" I kept saying over and over as I ran to get some paper towels. Brad comes back in wondering what the heck is going on! I, still chanting and praying, come running back into the living room to clean him up! He was oblivious!!! Just kept playing with Walter! lol Thankfully he got cleaned up without much of a mess! Brad and I were laughing hysterically! I went to throw the paper towels away and Brad picks Koleton up and holds him away from him and takes him to his room to clean him up. That was the funniest minute of my whole day!!! Maybe it was one of those "had to be there" type deals, but I figured I'd document it anyway :)

Here's a cute way to end this blog... we went grocery shopping today and look what we found!!!

My handsome little man couldn't wait to get into them! ;)