Well, it's been a while since I've posted. We're just super busy all the time. Time is just flying by. I can't believe my sweet boy is almost 9 months old. He's taking steps and so proud of himself when he does it. He shows so much of his personality. It's so fun to watch. We go next week for his 9 month shots and I haven't made an appt with the surgeon. He wanted to see us sometime in May... whoops. He hasn't had any problems related to his condition so I really think he's fine. But we'll go this summer just to make sure. This is my last week of school. I can't wait to spend the summer with him. We've been swimming a few times. He doesn't really cry or smile. I think he's still trying to get used to it. I'm just glad he doesn't cry. I can't wait to go swimming everyday! I'm babysitting a little girl in my class for a few weeks after school so we'll have lots of fun entertaining her. WEll, i'll update in a few weeks when we go to the Dr. I'm really curious about his weight. I'm guessing he's at least 23 pounds. He's a bigggg boy!


okay had to add a few more pictures

Taking a few steps


sweet smile


laughing at T.J.



Watching Daddy play ball


hey mom


being silly


He can climb now. We're in trouble!


Wearing Wilson's hat



My friend Landon at church. He's only 5 weeks younger than me


swimming with the fam

funny video

I know you can't see his face but turn up the volume. It's so funny

Mothers Day

We had a good Mothers Day. Colt drew me a picture at Mrs.Pat's house. It's beautiful! We spent the afternoon with my family and the evening with Jared's. We also spent some time outside fishing. I didn't fish but Jake and Jared did. Colt experienced some "firsts" too. He rode on a John Deer tractor. He seemed to enjoy it. He also rode with Jared and I on the four wheeler. Of course Jared went very slow and we held on tight. We really just rode it from the car to the pond (which wasn't very far). But he still got to ride on it for the first time. Overall we had a great day. Colt is all over the place. It's hard to keep up with him. He's starting to be a fast crawler. We are really needing to baby proof our cabinets and everything else very soon. He's also started letting go and standing on his own. I can't believe how fast he's growing. I'll let the pictures speak for themself.






Eating Uncle Charlie's hat

Feeding myself

My cousins



We had a great time eating dinner at the Harbor with Brandon and Sara



laughing at my mommy

Trying to drink Daddy's mountain dew

I got away!!


Trying to get away


Naked boy trying to get away


Reading the paper with Mrs. Pat

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