Christmas Time

We've been having so much fun getting ready for Christmas and Colton is definitely in the spirit! Buttons the elf joined our family after Thanksgiving and reports to Santa at the North Pole every night about how good Colt has been that day. Every morning we find Buttons in a new spot and hang a new ornament on the Advent calendar. Colton loves looking at the Christmas lights and eating candy canes...or candy corns as he calls them. We've been talking about Santa a lot, preparing Colt for his trip to sit on Santa's lap. We were a little unsure on the reaction we were going to get, but were so proud of him when he walked right up to Santa! Colton had so much fun sitting on Santa's lap, he of course told him he wanted a candy corn for Christmas and was presented one on the spot! He left giving Santa a hug and a high five and wanting to go back for more!

2 Years Old

What a big boy! In the last year Colton has gained more than 6 pounds and grown over just 3 inches. At his two year check up he weighed 27 pounds and was 33 1/4 inches tall...still a little on the small side, but what he lacks in size he makes up for in cuteness! Colt got great reviews at his check up, he's healthy, talking up a storm, running everywhere and is even getting his two year molars. We're so lucky to have had another blessed year, and can't wait to see what the next one brings!

Snow Day!

Today Colton played in the snow for the very first time! The winter Colt was born we had a bad snow storm, and this was the first time since that we've had enough snow to play in and we took full advantage. Colton and Cooper had a ton of fun playing in the front yard...Coop wore himself out running around with his ball and Colt had fun just throwing the snow up in the air. What a fun day!

Happy 2nd Birthday!

Wow...talk about time flying, last weekend we had Colton's 2nd birthday party! He doesn't officially turn two until this Friday, but we had a lot of fun celebrating early with our family and friends. Colt had fun playing, opening presents and eating lots and lots of cake! He got a special present from Mommy and Daddy...a new aquarium for his room with three fishies! Click here to see some more pics from the party!

Family Photo Time

Well Colton is about to be 2 years old and we'd never had any real family photos taken so we thought it was about time! We called up our wedding photographer Clare Marie, and she met us at the Arboretum on a beautiful October afternoon to chase us around. She did a great job and the pictures of Colt are just adorable! Here's a little sampling...

Happy Halloween!

What a fun Halloween weekend! It started off with Jake and Colton carving a pumpkin for the front porch. Colt was so excited about carving the pumpkin, but when it came time to clean it out he would barely touch it because it was "ucky!" Besides cleaning it out, Colton loved helping his Daddy.

On Halloween Colton put on his Nemo costume and was the cutest little fishy walking around! While we were out trick-or-treating or "punkin tweeting" as Colton likes to call it...he was the hit of the neighborhood. Colt had so much fun going door to door and watching all the big kids run around in their costumes, we can't wait to see what he does next year!

1st Potty!

Today was a big day for Colton...he went potty in his potty this morning! We've been trying every night before his bath and decided to start giving it a shot in the morning. He sat down and a couple seconds later there it was! We're so proud of our big boy, and he was so proud of himself!

Colt and Coop Part 2

Colton and Cooper are still getting along great...or should I say Colton is getting along great with Cooper and Cooper just puts up with it! Colt really loves his doggie and especially loves giving him hugs and kisses and now has started trying to ride him. Thankfully Cooper doesn't mind it much and every once in a while shows Colton how much he loves him too!

Pumpkin Patch

Halloween is right around the corner so it must be time for the pumpkin patch! This year was Colton's second trip to the pumpkin patch and we were laughing when we thought about how different this outing was compared to his first trip last year. Last year Colt couldn't walk and would just sit and look at the pumpkins...this year he was running around like crazy, picking out pumpkins, pushing them around, looking for bugs and playing in the dirt! He's such a little boy!

We finished off our weekend with some kettle corn, Halloween decorations - which Colton refers to as "pooky" aka "spooky" - and homemade chili...what a great weekend!

Colton Does the Puyallup

Colton "Freed his Glee" at the Puyallup Fair this year and had a great time! We checked out the pigs and the cows, the giant pumpkins, and the petting zoo. I think Colt's favorite thing by far was the petting zoo though, he had so much fun chasing around the goats and the sheep and making animal sounds! To top off the night he tried a bite of Jake's monster burger...it was the size of his head!

Aloha!

We had a GREAT vacation in Hawaii! All the worrying before we left about how Colt would handle the flight was for nothing because he handled it like a total pro...thank goodness for Cars and Toy Story!

This was Colton's first visit to the beach and although he wasn't all that thrilled with the actual ocean, he had a great time playing with his bucket in the sand. Some other favorite things Colt discovered on our trip...trains and fishies! On our sugar cane train trip all we heard was "All Aboard!" and "Choo Choo!" At the aquarium he was amazed by the sharks and loved all the koi fish around the hotel property.

With all the new things for Colton to discover his favorite thing by far was the pirate ship in the kiddy pool. We spent most every afternoon at the pirate ship and by the end of the trip Colt had mastered both the slides!

Our first family vacation was so amazing and we just can't wait to go back!