Have you heard? It has been a thousand degrees here in Texas and so we basically have been locked inside for a month. I am so stir crazy and cannot WAIT for fall! Come on sweater season!!
Well, it seems that I have blinked and all of a sudden I have a toddler!
He has grown so much (as my arms can testify!)
Colin is still a picky eater. Some days he simply refuses to eat solids and will only take a bottle and on other days, although rare, it seems that he has remembered that real food tastes much better than smelly old formula! I don't get it. I try not to worry, because the child is obviously not starving, but feeding him is so frustrating!
Notwithstanding his selective and annoying eating habits, this kid keeps me laughing! He has so much personality bundled up in his little body!
Here are some of my favorite Colin-isms:
When he wakes up, he loves to talk to himself, roll around, and make little gurgling noises. He also likes to kick the music box over, and over, and over until we come and get him. I have to laugh when I hear Brahm's Lullaby restarting every 5 seconds!
When you walk in the room to get him from his crib, he quickly rolls onto his stomach, pokes his head up, and gives you the biggest smile. Melts my heart!!
After I pick him up from his crib, his body goes rigid and he gives this little wiggle because he is so excited!
When he is Facetiming or Skyping with his grandparents, he tries to grab the screen and give slobbery kisses!
When I am changing his diaper after a nap, he closes his eyes, squeezes his mouth shut, raises his chin, and makes this little mmmmm noise...
He also likes to not only roll over on the changing table but change directions...it is getting impossible to change his diaper these days!
He is extremely ticklish...tickling him is a sure fire way to get him to stop crying!
He still likes to hold on to his car seat with both hands like he is afraid of being dropped...still haven't dropped him, but he's ready just in case!
Colin still prefers to stand on his toes. We like to joke that he will be a ballet dancer when he grows up. Well, I should say that I joke about it. Kevin doesn't find it very funny!
He isn't crawling yet, but he gets on his knees and rocks, scoots backwards and pivots on his tummy...it won't be long now before he is moving forward!
One thing I love about this little guy is his red hair. Kevin is still getting used to it, but I think it's adorable. It never fails that when someone stops us in the grocery store/Panda Express/Costco/Target/church, etc that they comment on his red hair. In fact, this is usually the first thing people say: "He sure has red hair, doesn't he?" "Wow, that hair is red, isn't it?"
They may not all be complimenting it, but I don't mind either way. I just find it interesting that we have such a dearth of redheads that people feel a need to comment on it.
He gives the biggest laughs to Kevin. He just loves his daddy!
He has this funny habit of saying "da da da" when I am home, and then "ma ma ma" when Kevin is around!
He will still cuddle with me...I LOVE it!! Nothing is better than a hug from your little man!
Last, but not least, he is getting two new teeth! Watch out Renesmee! Colin is the resident vampire baby in our house!
