What a week!

WEll, I just realized I hadn't posted in a few weeks and alot has happened. We went on a fishing trip. It was more of a "stay indoors" trip because it was cold and rainy. But we got to get away for a weekend. Colt did great. He still slept all night in his pack-n-play. He had a great time playing with his friend, Anberlin. They're only 10 days apart. Colt got to be outside and see his daddy fishing. We all had a great time.
So I'm glad we had a restful weekend because we had a busy week. It started with Colt having a fever on Tuesday. It happened overnight. Monday he was fine. Tuesday he was running 103 fever. So Wednesday, I took the day off and took him to the Dr. All the peditricians were not there so we saw a regular Dr. She didn't really know what he had so she gave him a breathing treatment. He was not breathing good at all. So she was still not happy with his beathing so she sent us home with a breathing treatment machine and some albuterol. Well, long story short, it didn't get any better so we went to the ER. He had Croup. They gave him medcine through a breathing treatment and a steriod shot. It worked almost immediately. We had to spend the night since they gave him a steroid shot. So that was fun! But we're all better today. He has a little cough left but he's as happy as can be. He's crawling all over the place, pulling up on everything. He's so fun to watch.
So we're keeping busy. I can't wait until summer is here so I can be home with him everyday. Here's a few pictures from our camping trip and a few from today in his "big boy" outfit.














Such a big boy!

Lot's of Easter pictures

This has nothing to do with Easter but it was a funny moment. Friday Jared and I decided to let Colt stay with his aunt Jaime and Uncle Joe overnight. We planned this a couple of times but I backed out because I just didn't think I was ready to be away from him all night. So he's 7 months old now and I thought it would be a good time for me and Jared to have a whole night to ourself. We survived and I know Colt had a great time too. He slept alot longer for Aunt Jaime than he ever does for me. So right before we left the house, I decided to give him a bath. AFter his bath, I took him to his room and started to put a diaper on him but realized I had already packed his diaper rash cream. So i left him for about 30 seconds and this is what I came back too.

If you can't tell, those are a package of diapers that he's trying to grab and he had a little accident on the floor before i made it back. This all happened in about 30 seconds. This will be a great picture to show his dates when he's about 16!

Anberlin and Colt at LTC

Easter Sunday
The happy couple

me and Lex

Look at me mom


My handsome Easter outfit

I don't care what's inside the egg yet

uncle Joe and Colt

Telling mom a secret

HAHA I got out of my car seat

I'm not gonna look at the camera

I don't care how ridiculous you sound mom, I'm not looking

Okay, I'll look but I'm not taking my fist out of my mouth

7 months old!

Colt after I fed him squash. This is the first time I actually put him in his highchair.
Wow, how time flies. It's so weird... I look at clothes Colt has in his closet and I think "there's no way he'll fit that. it's way too big. But then I put it on him and it's almost too small! Just last month i bought him some cute one piece shorts outfits. They're so cute. I bought 9 months thinking he would for sure be able to wear them in Spring and maybe early summer. Well, today i put it on him for the second time and it's too small. Ugh,,, I'm not buying anymore clothes under 12 months. He's just growing too fast. Well, i really don't have many updates. He's doing the army crawl and still pulling himself up pretty good. We just got over a really bad diaper rash. We switched to soy formula and I think that helped alot. He hardly spits up at all anymore. It stinks alot worse than regular formula but I think it's better for him. Next weekend we're going out of town. I'm really anxious to see how Colt will do away from his own bed for a weekend. We're going to Lake Texoma. We're meeting Darrell and Michelle and they're 3 year old and 7 month old. It should be a very interesting weekend! I hope to spend lots of time outdoors. Pray for good weather! I hope everyone has a happy Easter. I'm looking forward to our staff egg hunt tomorrow. Our principal is great! PS: I hope you're happy mom!

Quick picture post

i love riding on Daddy's shoulders!



I had so much fun swinging at the park!



The swing taste good too!


Someday soon I'm gonna let go and take off. Then mommy and daddy will never get to sit down!

Dr. Update

We went to the Dr. Wednesday for his shots. Everything was fine there. Thursday we went to the surgeon. He finally said we could stop doing the dilation's. He thought he looked great and was happy with his progress. He wants to see us in a couple of months but I think I'll wait till we're out in June. He just wants to make sure he's still "pooping' good after eating solid foods. He is up to eating 2 jars a day. He has had peas, green beans, carrots and butter corn squash. So far, the squash is his favorite. His tooth is poking through, he's crawling and pulling himself up. I know he's just gonna take off any day now. I just can't believe he can stand up. He tries to climb up the couch or chair. He's not quite strong enough for that yet but I'm sure he will be soon. I think it's time to baby proof our house!

More pictures and standing proof

Colt is definately a dog lover. He is so facinated by any dog that we're around. This is Roxie, my brother and sister - in-laws dog.



This is how we give Colt a bath. Either me or Jared will just put him in the shower with us. He loves it and it's so much easier



This is a very common expression


auntie M, Colt and Luke


He will stand up every time i put him down in front of the laundry basket. Such a big boy!

6 Month pictures

We finally took Colt to get his pictures taken. It was so much fun and we got such good results. He did so good and smiled so much. We had a few more outfits but we realized we squeezed as many smiles out of him as we could get. He is such a big boy. I haven't posted in a while. Life has just been so busy! He is sitting up so good and so close to crawling. He can get up on all fours. I'm sure it's just a matter of time before he figures out how to move. He also did something very exciting the other night. I sat him down on the floor in front of me. There was a laundry basket in front of him. He grabbed it with two hands and started chewing on it. Then i could tell he was trying to pull himself up but I thought... there's no way he can do that yet. He's only 6 months old. But, to my surprise, he did it. He pulled himself up like a big boy! He stood up for like a minutes on his own. I was so proud of him (if you didn't notice already). So I'm sure we'll start preparing the house for crawling soon. As for now, I'm going to enjoy my Spring Break. We have 3 Dr. appts and two rooms to paint. Wish us luck!