Rodeo Round 2

The week of spring break these three cute girls and their parents came for a visit.  I think without realizing it this has become our tradition to spend time with them over the break.  Or we've done it twice and now I will proclaim it a tradtition so they are forced to do it every year!  I couldn't love these girls (or their parents) more and love our time together. 

Can you believe how big they are getting?  Ugh.  Addysen got to got to Build a Bear before they came to our house for a late birthday present.  So it was late when they got to our house and Colby was already asleep.  These three couldn't be any cuter.  Once we got them to sleep the parents stayed up WAY too late talking.  And that made Saturday morning HARD to get up for... well not for these two :)

After this Shelby fed him the rest of his waffle piece by piece.  She is such a little mama!  We did head to the rodeo on a Saturday which was a mistake but we still had fun.

Despite the crowds we went to the petting zoo, ate carnival food, got faces painted, and bought (not won) carnival prizes.  Can't wait for next year!

These days...

 

Being silly with Dada after lunch

 "Hi people in the street!"

 Love to climb!

 Warmed up enough to play with the water table

 Don't tell Colby... one day Lexy visited during his nap

 Colby needed a special check of his eyes (everything is just fine).  They had to put those drops in and then we had to wait for his eyes to dilate.  Not sure if that made him nervous or what, but he then felt like he wanted to hold my finger while he explored the toys.

 Sweet boy loves to find a good reading spot

 I'm now that mom... that needs this shopping cart for a successful shopping trip!

 Always new ways to play with toys :)

This kid... :)

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

15 months!

I couldn't resist more chair pictures!  15 months is so fun.  Colby continues to surprise us everyday as he learns new things.  Here are the hilights...

He is growing so much in his communication.  He all of sudden (from my perspective) understands so many things.  Here are a few: let's eat, let's go upstairs/downstairs, let's go bye-bye, let's go inside/outside, let's change you (followed by running away :)).  He still doesn't have many words, basically mama, dada, bye-bye, hi, cee (macy), ball, and shoe.

Eating is also more fun as he tries so many new things.  On a normal day he eats 3 meals and 2 snacks.  He is obsessed with baby food pouches.  Favorites foods include yogurt, waffles, crunchies, and crackers.  He has tried some fun treats lately with the rodeo in town.  So in the last week he has tried apples with caramel sauce, funnel cake (loved it!), and cotton candy.  He still will not drink milk.  He drinks mostly water and sometimes juice added in.

Of course the ability to walk has brought the desire for independence.  So we now often see small fits when he wants to go a certain way and we say no.  He does a pretty good job listening for a 15 month old.  His main struggles are biting and obeying when he's told to sit down or get off.  He LOVES to climb and generally takes zero caution.  Eating out is also getting more challenging.  I try to bring a variety of foods but it doesn't always work.

We are now firmly in one nap territory.  I was really not looking forward to it but I really love it now that we are here.  He started that early really right after his first birthday.  But now he sleeps at night from 7:30 until 6:30 or 7.  Then he naps at 12:30 for 2 or 2.5 hours.  It makes it so much easier to do activities and for that reason I love it.

We still go to My Gym each week.  We just finished another session of music classes.  Right after his birthday Colby moved up to a new room at church.  This brought on our first round of separation anxiety.  He cried so hard when we would leave him and just looked broken hearted.  But when we would sneak back to check on him 5 minutes later he'd be fine.  The last few weeks at church have been fine so that makes us so happy!

Colby did great at his 15 month well-check.  He weighed in at 23lb 10 oz and 30 1/2 inches.  They wanted to do a vision test which they had actually already attempted once at his one year.  It involved getting him to look at this thing for like 3 seconds without looking away.  Not happening :)  So they sent us to a specialist who was able to dilate his eyes and check more quickly.  Everything looks good!

We are loving this stage and all of the new things there are to try!

Time to Rodeo!

This week we took our first trip to the Houston Rodeo with Shannon and Trystan.

We found the Turner Ranch so of course we had to take a picture.  He enjoyed fun on the farm because he got to stretch his legs.  Of course Shan and I shared our funnel cake :)

On our way to the rodeo I had to stop by my dad's house to pick up our stroller and of course he had some money ready for Colby to get a souvenir.  So we picked out his first cowboy hat and he loved it!

Colby's favorite part was the rabbits.  He watched for a while and would startle and laugh every time they hopped.  I can see how parents end up with random pets... this smile makes you want to get him whatever he wants!

It was such a beautiful day and we really enjoyed our time with our sweet friends!