Goodbye September

September was a good, busy month for us. Colten and I went to New York for Labor Day weekend with Val, B, GP, and my mom & dad. We had a wonderful time visiting with my dad's family. They were in LOVE with Brooklyn, Colten, and Gavin. The youngest few in their families are 15 years old, so babies are very fascinating to them :) Unfortunately, the drive home was pure terror. 12 hours long due to traffic & stopping to eat/nurse/use the bathroom.. and Brooklyn and Colten cried at least half of the time. I thought I might die on that drive.. if I didn't kill one of the babies first. Yikes.

Yay, daddy is home!! Andrew had TWO trade shows this month, along with a few other work meetings on top of his normal, super busy work schedule. We missed having him around.. I know we only have one baby, but being alone is the worst. I get nervous when Andrew is gone & lock me and Colten in our bedroom at night so no one can kill us. I'm a little crazy, I know...

                                                                        



 Colty and I go to the park at least 3 days a week while babysitting.. sometimes we go five days!! It's 100 times easier to watch 2 children for a long period of time if we get out of the house and hit up the playground. We have 2 really nice playgrounds within a half a mile of our house, so we're really lucky. Colten actually enjoys the swing now which is cute!

We finally got most of our place painted, and it's 90% decorated. We haven't painted Colten's room yet, but we did get his crib put together. This was his first (and last) night in the crib. Ha! He sleeps in a nap nanny & loves it, so for now I'm sticking to that. He still sleeps terribly at night for a 4 month old. A great night is when he only wakes up twice.. it never gets better than that. Sometimes, he's still up 5 times. He wants to eat, and I am not all about that. So, last night we tried rice cereal for the first time. He loved that stuff and was really good at swallowing it, but he had an absolutely terrible nights sleep. Praying tonight is better!

Yes, he is on the counter in a bumbo seat.. don't judge :P I didn't leave his side, so he was safe!

 Aside from the last 3 days (he got his immunizations on thursday) and from the 4 days after I ate an entire container of Ben & Jerry's (C has a milk allergy/sensitivity.. I don't eat any dairy.. other than that blessed day), Colten is such a joy. He laughs and laughs and laughs all the time. We love every bit of our 17 lb boy :) Woot woot, my birthday month is here!! Time to celebrate!

PS- I STILL WANT ANOTHER BABY. (pretty please, babe???)

PPS- Can you believe I actually went to the beach at 41 weeks?!?! I was a massive whale!!! Hahaha!

Baby hungry..?

Recently, I have been feeling a bit baby hungry. Colten is almost 4 months old & I LOVE this age. I love the giggles, raspberries, and constant talking. I keep thinking that he needs a little sister.. I mean, if I got pregnant now he'd be WALKING already when baby #2 comes along! Andrew is trying to keep my sane & reminds me often of how much I hated being pregnant (& how terrible it was having a cray cray wife :P). He definitely is right about that one.. maybe I can wait... 9 more months?

Watching a little Nemo with Juliet :)

Colten and I did another overnight at Juliet's house last weekend. We had a great time! We went to 2 parks, watched some Nemo, went for a nice walk, and played lots with Juliet's Finding Nemo toys. The weather was perfect & both kids were great :)

Here are a few pictures from yesterday morning. When Colten wakes up around 7am, I feed him in bed and he usually falls back asleep for 2-3 hours in our bed. Yesterday he decided it was much more fun to stare at and talk to daddy. He was babbling loudly for at least 20 minutes before Andrew noticed. Colten even whacked him in the face a few times, and Andrew slept through it :P I love my boys.. even though one wakes me up a ton at night & the other just sleeps right through it <3