Colton's a walker!

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We went to a birthday party yesterday and Colton was having a ball hanging out with the kids and WALKING all over the place!! He was doing great!!!! I can't believe that he's almost one!!

The latest...

Here we are playing paintball


Our Greasy Sunscreened boy at the Botanical Gardens in June...


I love these pictures. They were taken at the park down the road from our house.


I've been so bad about blogging lately... Things have been super hectic. We moved back to Colorado at the end of March and are so happy to be back! Its been awesome to be around old friends again, and to make new ones... It's so nice to be around family again and I hadn't realized just how much I missed everyone out here and the state in general until we were back. Why did I ever want to leave?

Colton is doing great! He's saying Mama, Dada, Bubu (bottle) and every now and again he pops out with DoDo (doggie) and Byebye. He loves talking on the phone with his Daddy and makes sure to call him every morning so that he can tell him all about his Banana's and Waffles. He is a crawling phenom and is quick like a panther. He's started walking and will take up to five steps at a time so he'll be walking fully anytime now.

We took him to Chatfield Reservoir Swim Beach today and he loooves the water! It was a bit chilly, so I put just his feet in so he could feel it and he took off!! While hanging on to my two fingers, he walked in all of the way up to his armpits and wanted to go in farther. We sure have a water baby!!!

Kevan starts a new job tomorrow and we're so excited! He's going to work for our college friend Adam and Kevan is beyond excited to be working in the installation side of the business again. It's also going to be a really nice change to be working residential again and not be working for as large of a corporation. He will be getting a company truck which means that I get my Escape back... literally!! It's going to be so nice to be able to go grocery shopping during a weekday again instead of with everyone else in the world at night or on the weekend. I sure won't miss those crowds!!

I'm still working on my Medical Transcription Course. It's a lot harder than I expected it to be, and I got off discouraged for a while, but I'm back on track now and just plugging and chugging away..

We haven't been able to take many new pictures lately because our camera is broken and we haven't gotten around to fixing it, but thats going to happen real soon... But my girlfriend Christy is a professional photographer and she has taken some pictures for us. I hope that you like them!!

I'm no longer using Dropshots because I have too many pictures there, so now I'm using Flickr. Let me know if you need the link and I'll get it to you...

Life as we knew it is over.... he's crawling...

So we took Colt to the park this weekend and he had a ball on the swings!! It was soo much fun to watch him... He thought that it was the coolest thing in the world!! Everyone in the play area was laughing along side him because his squeals of joy were so contagious!!



When we got home from the park, we needed a new outfit because he was just soo excited that he pooped his pants... (yeah, thats it...) So since it was still in the high 60's, we went out and sat on the front lawn and played for a bit. I can't believe that he's 7 months old already.







oh yeah, and did I mention that he's crawling??? its the pits...

I wonder what Cowboy boots taste like...

So once again, I am bad with updating pictures, but we've been super busy lately. We just got back from Oklahoma from an awesome weekend and we had a ball with Kevans family. The night before we left for our trip I had a little photo shoot with our little cowboy... Aunt Steen says that he looks like he is getting ready for his Playgirl shoot in this next one... Whatever.. :-)

Is this not the cutest smile ever!!

Colton was trying to prove that cowboy boots are yummy!! I'm not sure if he proved his theory or not, but he sure did try!!

I can't believe that he is already over 6 months. We had a great birthday and I can't believe that we're as old as we are. 26 and 28 seems so far out. At least Kevan is closer to 30 than I am. yuck!! I am dreading that birthday tons, but oh well. It'll happen... So Colton still has his two teeth, but is working on his top two teeth also. Our flight to Oklahoma was pretty uneventful, it was so nice to actually have a direct flight though, I understand more of why Christine refuses to have a connection anymore. I had the same conversation that we have every single time that we fly...Random Traveller: "Awww, is this babies first flight?" as they are grabbing for his clean hands with their own dirty, nasty germ-filled hands.Me: "Ugh, no, this is actually his 17th flight..." while trying to get those grubby hands away from my precious baby. Random Traveller: "WHAT? Wow, I, uh, guess thats good, uh, thing?? Do you think thats, um, safe for him??" as they finally understand that I don't want their nasty hands on my child.Me: "Well YOU'RE flying, so I guess the modern world has evolved enough that I feel safe leaving my stone hut with my child before he turns three... Now get your stinkin hands OFF of his before he puts YOUR germs in his mouth!!!"Colt rode his first bull on his first day in Oklahoma, it was awesome.. He stayed on for over 8 seconds and here are some pictures of it... Here are some more pictures of our trip...








But yeah, so Colton has now gone on 18 flights and this last one was the worst yet, it doesn't help that he isn't a little comatose baby anymore. Now that he has his own ideas and know's what he wants he's a lot harder to keep under wraps. Especially now that he has figured out that high pitched squeeling is the coolest thing in the WORLD...

I'm a bad blogger

I'm such a bad blogger... I haven't blogged in forever!!! Bad Lindsay...

Things with us have been really hectic to say the least. We had an amazing Christmas in Florida and it was so great to spend time with Dad. There is something so special about watching your child play with your father. Its so special. It was pretty hectic though. We flew into Tampa on Dec 22nd and then drove the next day down to Boca Raton since Nana couldn't come up to see us. On Christmas Eve we had a huuuuge Crab Legs fest and it was awesome!! Kevan and I proved that we are the star crab leg eaters!!
Here are some pictures of us at the beach























After our great trip to Florida, Colton and I headed off to snowfilled Denver to hang out with my Mom and sister (and their respective Clans...) It was so fun to have the kids together and although it was reallllllllllllllllllllly small quarters for all of us, we had a ball. We were got over 30 inches of snow while we were there and built an awesome sledding track right in front of the house. Jim took the best pictures on his amazing new camera, but I haven't gotten my copies yet (hint hint....)
Here is a picture of Kevan and Roger doing down the track on New Years Day...

Just to give you an idea of the insane amount of snow that we had, Colton is pushed into the snow so that he is standing up... Everyone thinks that he is laying down, but nope, thats a loooot of snow!!

I love this face!!! How Cute!!




I'll post our pictures hanging out with everyone and at Hoppy's wedding soon, but Colton just woke up and needs me!!! I hope that everyone is well! Talk to you all soon (and if you live in Colorado... we'll SEE you soon!!!)

We have big plans for this month, Colton turns 6 months on the 4th, Kevan turns 28 on the 5th, I turn 26 also on the 5th, we go to Oklahoma on Feb 9-13th and then I have my final schnoze surgery scheduled for the 21st. I cant wait to get it corrected again! its going to be awesome to have a straight nose again! its been a couple of years.... I am sooooooo excited!!!!

Gobble 'till ya Wobble!!!

We left for New York thinking that it was going to be a nice six and a half hour drive to my Mom's house for Thanksgiving... Boy were we ever wrong!!
Colton's first long car trip was not something that we were really excited about, but he is such a good flyer that we were hoping that he is just a natural traveller and will enjoy travelling around as much as we do (especially since we have such a hectic couple of months coming up...) He actually did rather well with the drive, I think that Kevan and I were worse off than he was... That nice trip ended up taking us 12 hours... Yes, thats right, I said 12 hours... I hate stupid drivers. I can't wait until we are out of Virginia. I have to say that the worst drivers on the road, no matter what state you are in ... Yup... You guessed it... VIRGINIA Drivers.... They don't understand that the left lane is for passing and they dont understand the speed limit is a guideline...

The worst is that everyone in VA drives to NY to visit their relatives so the entire way you are dealing with stupid Virginia people... I don't understand it.. It might be that they are NY transplants taking this slooow way of life a little too far...
We had so much fun on thanksgiving and ate such amazing food. Mom really outdid herself... She never ceases to amaze me. Here she is, with a broken neck, still pulling off a Martha-worthy feast. She is the most amazing person and I am just so thankful this year that she is not only still alive, but still able to walk around... How lucky is she!!!

We had a nice dinner the day after Thanksgiving with two of Dave's sons, Brad and Terry. Terry's girlfriend Sabrina was also there and she is just so sweet. Colton really likes her and flirted with her a whole bunch!!

Kevan and I went out Friday night and left Colton with Grammy... We had fun, but it was a sad reminder of how we are just too old when we were both very hungover on Saturday.... Not very uplifting...

Its so weird to think about how a year ago, we were already pregnant. It's so fun to share the holiday season with Colton and we love having him around soo much!!

We have big travel plans for the rest of the Holidays: Florida for Christmas with Dad and Nana, Colorado the day after Christmas until after New Years and then we are going to Oklahoma in January so that Jim and Justin can finally meet the little man.

Colton is growing up so fast and he is smiling up a storm and loves to giggle. He is starting to enjoy tummy time as he has figured out that he can watch Football when he picks his head up... He has started eating rice cereal and that has been a blast to watch him try and figure out what to do with it once its in his mouth. He actually does very well with it and most of it does end up in his belly. He's getting better every day with it. When we took him into the Dr. bc he had a cold last month, he weighed 14 pounds... We go back to the Dr for Colton Dec 11th and I can't wait to see what he weighs then!!! He is such a big boy. He was 25 inches the other day when I measured him.

Happy Cows make Happy Cheese...

Pam came out to visit us the end of end of October and that was so much fun. I have been threatened with dismemberment if I show pictures, so I will just post some family portraits that she took of us while we were out walking...

















I went back to NY with Colton after Mom broke her neck to hang out and help out. I ended up taking Megan and Colton trick-or-treating and it was soo much fun! Megan was a Dragon and Colton was a bumblee Bee during the day and then a Chick-fil-a cow that night...

It would have been better if anyone in NY knew what Chick-fil-a was, but it was still worth it...

September - October...

so there are so many fabulous things that I need to blog about that I'm worried that I won't be able to unclutter myself....
I think that my vacation will be divided into parts...
Hold your breath... here's part one... even choosing a title is difficult...

Reunions...
So you know how you get so excited when you are going home and you are just filled with that warm, cozy feeling and are just so excited you can hardly breathe?? Me either... haha. But really, I was so excited to go home with Colton and hang out with the fam. Colton was faaabulous on the flight and no worries... then the trouble begins... (I must say that it was even sooner than I thought it would be...) Soooo we land at JFK and are all ready for the joyous reunion when I get informed that I need to meet Mom and mom's friend Janet curbside. My delightful mother must have been having momentary insanity since she obviously has forgotten that I have her sweet grandbaby with me in his stroller. So there I am pushing Colton and pulling the baggage cart behind me. But therin lies the problem. I have these massive suitcases with me and the luggage cart only works if you are either pulling the handle up or pushing it down. Otherwise it is all locked up... It was drama. I had people laughing at me and then to my utter shock, I actually had New Yorkers offer to help me... I was floored!!! (They must have just been tourists...) So I finally make it out to the curb to meet up with Mom and Janet. You bet that Mom and I put the base to Colton's carseat in backwards after the 20 minutes it took us to install it in the first place. That was not very fun...

I had dinner with Sara, Katt and Barbarann at Rosies in Danbury one night and that was a blast. I wish that the night had lasted longer, but it was great to bond a bit...














Barbarann got married on 9-30-06






"Take my drunk picture!!!" or... "I'm going to get blogged about, aren't I..."
Then there was the fabulous day that Mom, Colton and I kidnapped Dave and watched the Yankees play all day and Mom got waaasted. It was simply hilarious... She hadn't really eaten anything because she is on a new kick, "Thin people have to eat like birds..." So there she is downing double vodka tonics in a nyc bar at lunch time... After hours and hours in this bar, we walk outside and my drunken mother is trying to convince me to let her push Colton so that she has something to hold herself up with.. Hmmm, I'm going to let you push my infant son around NYC bc you can't stand up straight.... GREAT IDEA!!! Mom was so much fun drunk though, I thoroughly enjoyed it... The best was when she stopped suddenly in the middle of the sidewalk near Times Square and informed me that I MUST take Drunken Pictures of her.. My mother then started to Pose in her fabulous new Brooks Brother shirt while people are desperately trying to get out of the way of the flailing arms... I think that I need to get her drunk more often... It was a classic moment, especially when she stopped mid-pose as her mind cleared a bit and she realized, "Oh Shit, I'm going to get blogged about..." YOU BET!!! Oh and I am completely NOT going to mention a certain someone puking that day... Not going to mention it at all, not even a litttttle bit... Lips are sealed.... (And I sweeear it wasn't My Dear Mother that threw up on the sidewalk... Not at all...) But Mom was trying to convince me that she got drugged.. I had to remind her that she got DRUNK not DRUGGED.... To this day she swears some lusty bar patron wanted her....

Nana's 90th Birthday Party
I finally left NY and met up with Kevan in Atlanta on our way to Boca Raton, FL for the weekend. We celebrated my Nana's 90th Birthday party and it was a blast to see my cousins... We might have stayed up really late one night eating Tiramisou... Did I even spell that right?? Not sure, but my hips loved that cake!!! Dad took a great self-portrait... And then we tried to get a family portrait, but after all the beer, wine and food, it didn't quite work out the way that we wanted... Sweet Maggie didn't really make it into the picture...








Back to NY...
I ended up having to go back to NY with Colton the following month after my Mom had a really scary accident and broke her neck while Foxhunting... She is fine now, but all the Dr's are in awe that she isn't paralyzed.. Talk about dodging a bullet... Very Scary stuff...