Hoppy Belated Easter...

On the Saturday before Easter, we went out to eat with Papaw and Karen at El Fenix. They brought Colton his first Easter basket (shaped like a basketball) and filled with eggs and goodies. After dinner, Colton had a fun time playing in the bed of Papaw's pickup truck.

Here we are on Easter Sunday at Bunny's house. We had the yummiest Easter lunch and Colton even had a taste of mashed potatoes!

Dad and Colton on Easter!

A Day in the Life of Colton...

Pulling up on the ol' couch and feeling pretty proud of himself.

Hmmmm...someone found the treadmill... Notice how often we've been using it :)

Sweet boy... Already wanting to help Mom with the chores.

Cute close-up... I had fun playing with the special effects.

Here are a few more pics of our fun day at the Arboretum. Pheobe's mom knew she would really enjoy the picnic so she removed her "picture perfect" outfit before we began the feast... I'm so glad Colton and Pheobe got to meet. BTW, my friend Jenni showed me how to use Picasa to make this picture collage. It also has a "Blog This" feature that should make uploading photos a LOT easier...hopefully it will help me get caught up on my posting.

Hide and Seek

Where's Colton....? He was here just a minute ago.















Is he in his tunnel? He's still hiding...














Here he is!

How does that garden grow?

This past Spring Break was my first "Spring Break" with a kiddo... I loved being home with my little man but it definitely made me redefine the term "break". Colton woke up around 5:30-6 a.m. every morning ready to play that week! Thankfully, he has now gone back to his "normal" 7 am wake-up call...woo-hoo! We had a fun, low-key week. The highlights were a visit from my sister-in-law, Paige, and her precious little boys (I'm going to do a cousins post very soon!), a birthday lunch for Javi and Jenilee at Chucky Cheese (I have pics for that, too) and a trip to the arboretum (pictured below). We went on Good Friday with everyone else in Dallas, but the crowds weren't too, too bad and the weather was perfect! Colton and I met up with my dear college friends, Jordan and Stephanie, their sweet kiddos plus Jordan's mom and sister, Carrie.


Colton on the lush, beautiful grass! At one point, he looked up at me with huge eyes as if to say, "Mom is this for real?" He love, love, loved crawling on the grass! It really was wondrous grass... We've talked about it every day since...
I am this big!
Mommy and Colton amongst the tulips!
From left: Lincoln, Stephanie, Eli, me, Colton, Pheobe and Jordan... It was so fun to spend time with these friends and their little ones! We had a fun picnic (that Pheobe can eat!) and enjoyed lots and lots of attempts at Easter pictures - much easier said than done!
My favorite photo of the day!

This is a random tangent... but since our visit to the Arboretum I have been obsessed with grass. I guess seeing it through Colton's eyes made me appreciate the wonder of it a little more. So now as I'm driving to and from work or walking around the neighborhood - I keep noticing the green and not so green lawns...and am having serious grass-envy. I would love to have lush green grass like the Arboretum, but I don't think I have the green thumb nor patience for it... Oh well, I can appreciate it from a distance. It also makes me marvel God's amazing creation - only He could have made something so simple, yet so beautiful and inspiring. This experience even stirred me to look up a few quotes celebrating the green stuff....

The moment one gives close attention to anything,even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome,indescribably magnificent world in itself.- Henry Miller

The grass may be greener on the other side of the fence, but you still have to mow it.- Anonymous

Ahh - there's the rub and the dose of reality I need to snap out of my nature-induced stupor... I'll cut the ad lib and just post pictures next time... Happy Spring everyone!

The wisdom of a child...

Hear No Evil...
Speak No Evil...
See No Evil...
Instead..."whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things." Phillipians 4:8

Have a good week everyone!

Hoppy Eight Months, Colton!

Now that he's mobile, it is quite an undertaking getting his "block" pictures done. Oh well, I guess it captures his true colors!





I must have something in my hands at ALL times. Can we say "hands-on" learner???!!!


I'm outta here, Mom. This photoshoot is over!

Pulling up on the cases of Diet Coke. We don't usually keep 4 cases at a time, but they were 5 for $10 at the grocery store so we stocked up.



We've got two words to sum up our little boy at 8 months old. He is our ENERGETIC ANGEL! We are constantly saying, "Where's Colton?" or "Come back here." because he's scooted off somewhere fast.



These are the things I want to remember about this age:

• Colton learned how to go from crawling to sitting this month.


• Colton is pulling up to standing on everything, including mommy's and daddy's legs.


• Colton gets so excited to see his friends and toys, especially his friend Jazmin, babysitter Jenilee and his toy bunny.


• Colton is starting to wave bye-bye to Daddy in the morning. It's more like a "peace out, dude" but we're working on it. I love the way he and Daddy play together.


• Colton is now going back to a sitting position from standing up. It's more of a plop, but it works for him. For a few nights last week, we were getting up in the middle of the night to help Colton get "unstuck". He would be standing up or kneeling in his crib and couldn't figure out how to get down and go back to sleep. Thankfully, (knock on wood), that has passed.


• Colton loves to feel the texture of everything - he doesn't miss a detail. Unfortunately this need to touch everything makes diaper changes a DISASTER! He is quite distracted and does not like to slow down for a second. Please tell me this is just a phase.


• Colton also likes to lick everything even the floors. I've never mopped more in my life!


• Colton loves cell phones, remote controls, laptops and all things that shine, beep or light up.


• Colton has started playing catch with us. He can kind of throw/roll a ball in our general direction. So fun!


• Colton loves bath time, being outside and eating!


• He's starting to communicate. When he wants his bottle, he will crawl into the kitchen and kind of grunt.

We are so grateful for our BUNDLE OF ACTIVE JOY! Thank you God for our precious angel boy. We love you, little man! We can't wait to see what you do next...

Time is MARCHing on...way too fast!!!

Here's our little sleepy head. For some reason he always ends up like this in his crib. They are so precious when they're sleeping.
And when they are awake... they are a MESS!!!

I love getting ALL of my toys out at one time!
Can't go around it, can't go over it, guess I'll just go THROUGH it!!!

For some reason this video didn't work last time. Here it is again. More pictures coming soon from Spring Break.... I know I've been slacking :) Have a wonderful Easter weekend! We went to the Arboretum today and got some cute pictures.

P.S.

Colton and Jazmin busy playing in their matching PJ's. Too precious.

Here are a few more photos that blogger wouldn't let me post with the last entry... I forgot to mention that we decorated Colton's helmet last week. I couldn't quite decide on one theme, so I just went crazy with anything having to do with wheels, sports or toys... I'll post some close-ups soon. He's still doing great with the helmet. We had our first check-up this week and it already seems to be making a difference and he's only been in it for 2 weeks. It's amazing how 6 oz of foam can actually reshape his head.


Daddy and Colton on a cold, SNOWY, March morning!

Mommy, Colton and Papaw at the Rockwall Parade of Homes
Getting a good look at my Papaw.
Our wonderful babysitter and her sweet little charges. Jazmin and Colton are sporting their matching PJ's. We love you Jenilee and Jazmin!

Here Comes T-R-O-U-B-L-E...

Now that I'm crawling and have my helmet on - I'm unstoppable!
Getting into Mommy's purse. Going straight for the wallet! Smart boy.
Colton's idea of helping with the laundry!
I'm seeing things from a whole new perspective now.
Colton and Daddy after our SECOND snowfall of the week! Crazy. Colton enjoyed making his first snowball.

I'll leave you with some priceless giggles from our little man.

**Grandparent Alert **For some reason, my last picture post from Feb. 29th went to Feb. 14th. Here's a link in case you missed it. http://jenjack.blogspot.com/2008/02/february-firsts.html

Seven Months Old

Here's Colton at 7 months playing with a few of his favorite things. This kid loves spoons, lids, boxes and containers! As his daddy always says, "it's the little things"!


Showing off his push-up skills!
We love you sweet boy! Don't grow up too fast!