Before and After the Cranial Band

Here are some pictures of our little man in January before the helmet and in May after the helmet. It's amazing what a difference was made in 3 1/2 months. I love the picture on the top right (after). It looks like a baby mug shot :)

I think the bottom row of pictures is the most dramatic. The right side of the back of his head was the most flattened area. You can really see how it rounded out.

The bottom row of pictures in this set show him laying flat on a table looking up. What may be hard to notice is that the right side of his face (if you're facing him) was actually assymetrical (lower) than his left. In the right picture you can see how this was totally corrected. He hasn't seemed to miss his helmet at all and thankfully hasn't had as many head bumps as we feared. When you graduate from wearing the helmet they give you a cast of his head "before" treatment. What's funny is that they attach it to a pipe so it looks like a head on a stick. Colton wasn't quite sure what to think when I showed it too him. It is a little scary :)

Did I do that?

I didn't do it, Mom! So this morning, all before 8 am mind you, Colton had pulled all of the kleenex out of the box, splashed around in the toilet and finished his rampage with a little toilet tissue unwinding... We are in for a fun summer!

Any votes for a 2nd haircut for our little guy?

Swimming in his new Froggy Pool. He loved it!

Picture Post

Colton did not like his chicken and vegetables at first. I tried it, too and can't say I blame him. Jar o' meat = not yummy!

Colton has adjusted really well to not having his helmet! I received some great before and after photos from the clinic. I just need to scan them and will post them soon. We are really pleased with his little round noggin!

Colton has his hand in the air 50% of the time. I guess its his way of pointing and telling us what he wants. It makes me laugh because it always looks like he has a question. He usually wants whatever we have right NOW!

Our new favorite pasttime! And he's not even walking yet... We call him "The Shredder".... Seriously, if you have any important documents that you need to shred...he's your man!

Happy Birthday Papaw!

Happy Birthday, Papaw! I hope you have a wonderful day!

A few weeks ago, Colton and I headed to Downtown Dallas to visit Papaw's office.

Papaw is very handy! He helped Mom and Dad resurface their patio and while he was at it , he put up my new swing. I love it! For Mother's Day, he sneaked over to our house and planted some beautiful flowers in our back yard to surprise Mom. She loved them.
Helping Papaw finish up some e-mails.

I love my Papaw!

Here are a few videos! In other news, Colton got his helmet off yesterday!!! Yeah! We are so excited to be finished with this process. I'll post before and after pictures soon.

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day, Mom! I am so thankful for you! This Mother's Day is especially special as I feel so blessed to share the title of Mother with you. I am humbled everyday as I realize what a huge responsibility and joy it is to grow a little person. Thank you for being such an amazing mom and now, "Bunny"! Thank for giving me life, a godly example and the precious gift of faith in God. I am so incredibly blessed to be your daughter! I love you MORE! :)

Happy Birthday Grandma!

Today is my Grandma's birthday. I just wanted to wish her a very special day. I love spending time with her! Grandma has already taught me a lot of things like fractions, reading and counting. I also love when she sings to me! I love you, Grandma!

Cousins Post #3

Over spring break, Aunt Paige and the boys came up for a visit. We had a great time but it was way too short.

Here is Paige with her sweet boys. She is a wonderful mom and a great friend. I'm so blessed to have her for a sister-in-law!
Here we are at a park near our house. Thanks for coming to visit us! We hope you'll come back sometime especially since we gave you all the stomach bug as a parting gift.

Cousins Post #2

Yikes, it's 11:50 pm and I'm blogging. We're staying up late watching the Stars in their 2nd OT and I like to multitask while I watch sports :) I really only like to watch the end of games. That's when the most exciting stuff happens anyways. I think it drives Jack crazy.

More sweet cousin lovin... I think these three boys are going to have a lot of fun when they get together!

Baby Henry and Grandma

Beautiful Brittany and the boys... I love Wilkin's expression in this picture!

We love our Brittany!

They're Cousins...

I've been meaning to do a cousins post forever! This is from early March in WW. I'll have to do three installments because Blogger is only allowing 4 pictures at a time right now. Colton loves his cousins!

I'm sure they will hate us for this picture later, but it was too precious. Here are the "older" boy cousins, Wilkin and Colton giving each other a sweet kiss.

Grandma and Colton - Colton loves his grandma too!

Colton didn't want Baby Henry to feel left out so he gave him a sweet kiss too. Isn't it funny how babies just gravitate towards each other? We were reading a magazing the other day and when I turned the page to a baby, Colton immediately kissed it. Too sweet.

Grandma reading "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" to Henry and Colton.

A Hard Days Work

What?!! People do these jobs for 40+ hours a week? I'm glad I'm a baby!

Is it 5:00 yet? It's been one of those days.

Who thought of this tie thing anyway?

What will you be someday, little man? We pray that you will hold on to Jesus as you grow into the man God has created you to be! We love you, buddy!

9 Months Old!

I love being 9 months old! It's a great job!

Just crunching some numbers. "See, Mommy, having a baby isn't that expensive!"

Very busy!