Year 2, Day 64

Colton was up bright and early to head back to the babysitter's house (12 days left, but who's counting?!?).  He had a good day there, but all the fun of the weekend must have caught up with him by the time he got home because he was pretty fussy for most of the afternoon/evening and fell asleep as soon as dad put him down in his crib!  On a side note, check out the fun Colton had with his chicken nuggets tonight at dinner.  Mom had stepped outside for a minute to turn off the sprinklers and came back to find Colton's lineup...

Year 2, Day 63

After two days spent in the hot sun, Colton made sure to spend most of the day inside today.  Thank goodness, though, he does seem to have inherited mom's skin tone (as opposed to dad's paleness) as he does have a pretty darn cute tan going on these days.  But back to today...Colton spent his day playing with the iPad, helping mom and dad set up his new playroom, and playing in his sandbox  (yes, there is actually sand in there now!).  For dinner, he joined mom and dad at Wild Wing and then came home to a surprise visit from his great grandfather and Judy.  

Year 2, Day 62

Colton had another fantastic day today, spending most of it at the beach again.  He joined Meme, Papa, Uncle Ryan, Aunt KC, Aunt Genna, Jenn, Kristina, and Davy for a day of fun in the sun.  It took him a little bit to warm up to the water again, but once he did, he was very happy to be there again.  As the day wound down, Colton headed up to a cookout with everyone and a few others, including dad, who had arrived just for that part of the day. 

Year 2, Day 61

Although the day started off cloudy and rainy, Colton still made his way over to Meme and Papa's house, confident that the sun would eventually shine through and he could enjoy a beach day.  Well, luckily he was right...it turned out to be a perfect beach day and Colton LOVED every minute of it.  He played in the sand, splashed in his pool, and even grew very fond of the ocean (in fact, he is becoming a little dare devil) by the end of the day.  After the beach, he went for a quick swim in the pool with Meme.  He liked it in there as well despite the fact that Meme missed the deeper water and almost dropped poor Colton in the water (no worries, she kept him up and Mom was there to help out).  After a nap and a bath, Colton met Uncle Ryan, Aunt KC, Aunt Genna, and Jenn for dinner out in Norfolk.  Two separate people stopped to comment on how cute our little man was...it must be his newly sun-kissed skin!

Year 2, Day 60

After the babysitters reported that Colton was in a bad mood today, mom was a little worried, but Colton was just fine once we got home.  Mom even whipped out Colton's new pool for a little impromptu splash session.  He loved the pool, so much so we even had to take off his diaper and allow him to do some skinny dipping.  

Year 2, Day 59

Colton had another normal, fairly uneventful day.  The highlight is that he is now waving bye-bye to mom when she leaves him at the babysitter's...well, he has done it 2 days in a row now, so we're thinking it's going to be a consistent thing.  After a nice day, Colton quickly hit the grocery store with mom to replace some of the groceries that were lost from all those hours of no electricity.  Then, he came home to play, eat, and spill a whole box of baking soda.

Year 2, Days 57 and 58

Colton had quite the eventful day yesterday.  After leaving the babysitter's house, he stopped by the JCC with mom.  While there a MAJOR storm came out of nowhere.  Power went out at the JCC and Colton had to evacuate the babysitting room with the other children and sitters.  Mom met him in the lobby where they waited out the rest of the storm.  Once home, they were not happy to find out there was no power at the house either.  So, Colton loaded back into the car and went to meet dad for dinner.  Unfortunately, there was still no power when he got back (or for the next 7+ hours for that matter), so Colton had to go to bed without a bath.  Luckily, today was much more normal.  Colton went to the babysitter's house, back to the JCC, and then home for dinner, playtime, and a much-needed bath.