Day 75

Colton spent the day with mom in typical fashion: going to the JCC and then to run errands. He did manage to give mom a tremendous surprise while out shopping though: Colton's first giggle, and honestly, it has to be the cutest thing ever. Mom spent the remainder of the shopping trip, and day for that matter, trying to illicit more and more giggles, and when dad got home from work, he tried the same thing. Luckily, Colton obliged a few times:) Aside from the fun with giggling, Colton also surprised Chipper with a trip to the dog park today, his first since the family moved in February. Colton was a good sport at the park, letting the dogs lick his feet and watching Chipper play and sniff. In general, it was a fantastic day:)

Day 74

Colton awoke from a wonderful night sleep (yay...two in a row) and joined mom for the usual trip to the JCC. After getting home, it was time for a visit from Aunt Genna as she headed back to Northern Virginia. Once Aunt Genna left, Colton ran a couple of errands with mom before going back home to relax for the afternoon and wait for dad to get home.

Day 73

Colton woke up to a nice surprise this morning: not only was it 7AM (yes, he slept until 7AM...that partying must have worn him out), but Aunt Genna was here to play with him as she had spent the night. After playing with her, Colton was off to meet Meme and Papa to go out on the boat for the first time. He had the perfect outfit, courtesy of Aunt Erin, and loved being on the boat. Truthfully, he slept for the whole boat ride down on the bed in the cabin and even managed to hide out while Papa had a near "incident" while parking the boat, but he is looking forward to the day when he is being pulled on a tube behind the boat! After a day on the water, it was out to dinner with Mom and Dad and then home to get ready for another busy week, hopefully filled with plenty of sleeping through the night nights.

Days 71 and 72

Colton spent his 10 week birthday working really hard with mom to get ready for his housewarming/meet Colton party on Saturday. He helped mom clean, cook, and set up all day Friday and Saturday morning. Colton was very excited, though, when guests began to arrive and he got to meet so many people. He slept through the first part of the party, but was up for the later part to entertain his guests with cute noises and smiles. He had a lot of fun and already can't wait for his next party!

Day 70!!!

I guess time really does fly when you're having fun...I can't believe our sweet baby boy has been with us for 70 days! Josh and I both marvel daily at how blessed we are to have this handsome, healthy, happy child in our lives. He brings us (and our families) pure joy...holding him, kissing him, watching for one of those heart-tugging smiles. We can't wait to see just how our little boy will continue to grow over the next 70 days (and beyond).
Colton spent his 70th day getting ready for his party some more. Today involved cleaning (well, Colton slept while mom cleaned; in fact, he even managed to sleep through Chipper barking hysterically at the vacuum cleaner!) and going to the grocery store and Party City for supplies.

Day 69

Colton spent his morning in typical fashion: at the JCC. He got a compliment on his wonderful sense of fashion and how well-dressed he is each day...mom was very proud! After leaving the JCC Colton began getting ready for his big party this weekend. He has invited everyone over to the house to see it and him, so today he helped mom pick out some more stuff for the patio and then clean the old furniture. After all that hard work, he spent some time on his play mat, where he is now able to hold his chest off the floor, almost like superbaby!

Day 68

Colton and mom had a busy day of errands to kick off his first June! After going to the JCC in the morning, it was off to the grocery store, Target, One Hour, and Babies R Us to get a monitor for Colton's room. The monitor is actually really cool and mom is fascinated with watching Colotn in his crib via the monitor...too bad he seems to have forgotten how to sleep through the night (hopefully temporarily). Anyhow, Colton was up and smiley for the vast majority of the day and is proving to be a wonderful shopping companion for mom!