A Weekend of Firsts

Colton had a busy weekend. His first Thanksgiving was spent sleeping most of the day while he fought off a low fever that we figured was teething. Turns out the fever was actually the start of his first time being sick, with the culprit being strep throat. His first time on medicine turned into his first allergic reaction. Turns out our little man is allergic to amoxicillin just like his mom. We got him a different med and now he's feeling much better; and Aaron and I are looking forward to a good night's sleep.

There was one good "first" this weekend. Colton took a nice long nap this morning trying to catch up on the lost sleep from last night. When I went up to get him from his crib this is what I saw....

Yep! He got up to sitting all by himself...for the first time!

We also had the first snow of the season. We woke up Friday morning to a beautiful white blanket on the ground! The first words out of Clara's mouth were as she spied out the window were "Mommy, can we go play in the snow?" She was so excited, how could I say no. We threw some pants on over her jammies, her winter coat, and rain boots! I haven' gotten to the store yet for snow boots. She played outside for a few minutes before deciding it was time for breakfast. But, she was so excited and loved every minute of it!

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas!

I love it! Christmastime is here! And I'm determined to enjoy this Christmas as much as any other and not let what's going to happen in January (Aaron deploying) dampen my spirit. Clara is old enough now that she's really getting into the excitement of the holiday and I love sharing my enthusiasm with her.

We were busy this weekend decorating the house, playing Christmas music and getting our tree up.

Clara insisted on putting the candy canes on the tree, here's a pic of her festive decorating!

Aaron did a fabulous job, as always, with the outside lights. Now our house is the prettiest in the neighborhood...so far!

Merry Christmas to all our family and friends!

Fabulous Fall!

We are loving this weather! Fall here in Kentucky has been absolutely beautiful! Mild temperatures, beautiful, sunny, and just gorgeous! We ventured out into the yard yesterday to play in the leaves and we walked away with some adorable pictures.

We are gearing up for Thanksgiving on Thursday. Michelle, Scott, and the kids are coming over, along with several soldiers from Aaron's company. Should be completely crazy, delicious and the start to a fabulous 2010 Holiday season! Happy Thanksgiving to you all!

Little Man is 6 Months Old!

Are you kidding me? Six months old? Really? Man, I guess everyone knows what they're talking about when they say time flies by even faster with the second child. I can't believe how quickly this first six months have gone by.

Colton is such a happy little baby. He loves playing, laughing, smiling, and watching his big sister. It's nearly impossible to nurse him while Clara is in the room because he becomes more interested in watching her than eating. Colton is loving his baby food. So far he's eating avocado with cereal, sweet potatoes, banana, and butternut squash. He starting to drink water from a sippy cup. Colton is learning how to scoot and is motivated most by his play mirror, chewy giraffe, and Bailey! He still loves when I sing "Itsy Bitsy Spider" to him. He's got two bottom teeth and looks so cute when he smiles. Our biggest challenge right now is that he's been pushing his bedtime up now and it's starting to conflict with dinner at 5:30. Hey, if that's our big problem - I'll take it! This little guy is such a joy and it's so fun watching him grow!

Rise and Shine!

Colton is such a happy little guy! He usually wakes up from his naps all smiles. I took the camera up to his room with me the other morning and snapped these pics...but I couldn't pick one favorite so I decided to share them all!

Hey Mom!

I'm ready to get up now

Little Devil

Our sweet little baby boy!

First Big Boy Bath

We had the pleasure of treating Colton to his first "big boy bath" last week. Colton has learned how to sit all by himself and I decided it was going to be easier to do one bath instead of two. Of course, Colton was just along for the ride while Clara was the one who was super excited. She couldn't wait to take a bath with her baby brother; she loves helping give him baths in the sink and now she can do it in the big tub. Our little boy is getting so big!