Day 221

Happy Colton's first official Halloween! Although Colton was not old enough to participate in the trick-or-treating, he was excited to celebrate the day. After sleeping until 8:15 (mom was really excited!!!), Colton woke up to play with Aunt Genna for a little bit before going to breakfast with mom and dad. After errands and some more visiting, Colton was ready to come home and relax for the afternoon and evening. Meme and Papa stopped by with his treat for the day, but other than that excitement, the day was spent just hanging out, which was actually a much-needed change of pace! Colton went to bed upset he was going to have to miss the Steelers game, but hoping they could pull this one off.

Days 219 and 220

Colton has been a busy boy this weekend. On Friday, Aunt Genna picked him up early from the babysitter and brought him by mom's school for one more visit in his hot dog costume. The first graders really loved Colton and his costume, and were particularly thrilled when he "read" them a Halloween story. After the visit, Colton was off to Meme and Papa's house to surprise Papa. After taking his nap at their house, he came home to spend the evening with Aunt Genna, while mom and dad had a much-needed date night. Saturday morning began early with a trip to the boardwalk to watch One Hour sponsoring the Wicked 10K run. Colton was a little over his hot dog costume at this point, but graciously sported it anyway. After running a couple errands, Colton rested up for the evening which was spent at Alexander's on the Bay for Papa's birthday dinner. Baby boy was fantastic durning dinner, but passed out on the way home for the evening!

Day 218

Colton had a big, exciting day today. After spending most of it at the babysitter, mom and her friend Kristina came to pick him up and take him to run some errands. He was so excited to see Kristina there too that he spent the whole ride to the mall staring and giggling at her (what a flirt!)! After errands, he grabbed a quick dinner with the ladies before getting ready for the highlight of the evening: mom's school's Halloween party. Colton was so excited to debut his costume, and was even more excited at all the attention he attracted in it. Let's just say, he was a huge hit! When he got home, he was even more happy that Dad and his Aunt Debbie were here to see him in costume as well. Told you...big day for baby boy!

Day 217

Colton had a lovely day spent at the babysitter, JCC, and then out to Mexican with mom and dad. He even got to have his first taste of beans at the Mexican restaurant. In fact, his picture shows his messy reaction to those brown things:)

Day 216

Colton is 7 months old today (Wow, huh?!?). At 7 months old, here are some of his highlights:

• Colton is officially off and crawling, managing to get into anything he wants to; one of his favorite things to crawl too, though, is mom...if she's on the floor, he's coming!


• Colton loves his baths; as soon as he hears the water turn on, he's squirming to get there, and once he's in, he splashes nonstop


• Colton is quite the wiggle worm. Changing him has become a real challenge as he twists, turns, and crawls all over the place


• Cheerios and Colton are new BFFs...he shoves as many of them as possible in his mouth


• Speaking of BFFs, Colton is totally fascinated with his brother. He tries to play with Chipper as much as possible, but Chipper is not quite interested yet


• Colton is officially a Steelers fan. To prove it, he grabs at the emblem on jerseys, shirts, anything
• Colton is very what his babysitters call nosey...we call it being inquisitive
• Colton is still very much the best thing that has ever happened to his mom and dad; they couldn't be prouder or more in love with this little boy

Day 215

Well, life is certainly different around here with a mobile baby!!! In just a few hours at home, he managed to get into the computer wires, climb the bricks, and climb into the middle of the coffee table...whew! He seemed to be having fun doing it, though! On a sadder note, Colton suffered his first rejection today at the babysitter. After triumphantly crawling his way to another little girl and tapping her foot, she burst into tears (she's going through a "phase" supposedly). Upon seeing her tears, Colton burst into them himself...enough to break mom's heart and want to take him home for the day:(, but he perservered!

Day 214

Well, it was a stressful Sunday, but a successful one nonetheless. Colton enjoyed his time at Meme and Papa's with Uncle Ryan and Aunt KC watching the Steelers edge out the Dolphins. He showed off his crawling skills for everyone, getting all over the place, and then came home to hang out with mom, dad, and Chipper for the night.