Thanksgiving

What does the word "No!" mean?  I hear my father saying this very odd word quite loudly sometimes.  For example, I was crawling around the house yesterday and when I was under a table I reached up for some fun looking wires.  They looked fun to play with but when I went to grab onto them this "No!" kept repeating.

Matthew was absolutely no help with helping me find out what it meant.  All he did was laugh and repeat "Colin is in trouble!".  So does that mean "No!" is bad?  All I know is the repeating stop when I let go of the wires and crawled away to something else.  Who knows and who cares right?  I probably won't hear that again anyway!

So Thanksgiving is going to be amazing this year!  I am heading off to my Uncle/Aunt and cousin's house in Texas!  The whole family is off for a visit and my mom, dad, and Matthew get to see them again, but I get to meet all of them for the first time.  Matthew has been counting the days until we leave for the last few weeks, so I think he is excited.  He has been there before and knows how much fun it is!


We also had a Pre-Thanksgiving Thanksgiving!  On Monday the Bears were on TV and we decided to have a family Thanksgiving early since my grandparents won't be in Texas with us.  Everyone watched the game (Pop left in the 1st quarter because they were losing) and ate a delicious meal, oh wait... I had Gerber's "Turkey Dinner"!  I am going to assume that my dinner wasn't as good.  Judging by how everyone was enjoying their meal and how I didn't.  You would think that a person with 7 1/2 teeth would be offered something!  Pumpkin Pie?  No.  Mashed Potatoes?  No!  Something!!!  Nope!  Maybe next year!

So I think I like this Thanksgiving holiday, but Christmas is coming and I am told I will like that even more!  Matthew keeps asking about a tree in our house and lights going up outside?  Can't wait to find out what that is all about!


With Love,
Colin

1st Blog in a while!

So it has been a long time since I have written and there has been so much going on and to talk about!

I am officially 8 months old.  I am crawling (with arms only) around the house and getting into absolutely everything. Some of my favorite places to go are under tables, under my highchair and next to any heat register.  Those little openings are so much fun to stick my fingers into, but for some reason my parents aren't too keen on that idea??  Matthew and I play quite a bit since I have been mobile.  He and I like to play with my toys and different balls that roll.  My favorite is a squishy apple that I can roll.  It seems to always roll away from me and I have to chase it down.  But that is the fun part!

So my grandparents left a few weeks ago and my dad is around the house during the day.  He is currently on paternity leave from work is playing "Mr. Mom".  It is cool and all to have the old man around, but I do miss my "Yaya"!  I saw her the other day and truly loved having her around.

When my grandparents were here we did so much!  They took Matthew and I places and we spent every waking moment together.  I was held too much, kissed too much, and given way too much attention :)  It was great!  Matthew was totally right about being spoiled rotten.  When they left "reality" hit.  And it hit hard!  No more gentle diaper changes, extra cream, and even warm bottles!  What I gotta go through now with the parentals!  It is back to business, but I am told that only a few weeks and they will be back for something called Christmas.  I am hoping for even more attention and extra care... especially that first feeding of the day when one of them feeds my bottle to me while the other every so gently changes my diaper!  Now that is service!!!!!

So sleeping is back on schedule.  Ever since my 6th tooth came in I have been sleeping 10 hours a night.  I get up once in a while only if someone doesn't do a good job with the diaper and it leaks, or if I take the occasional break from sleeping to talk for a bit.  Outside of that sleeping isn't an issue and thank goodness because I have seen an improvement in moods in everyone since I got back on track!

As I mentioned above I am starting to "talk".  I pretty much have "Dada" down, and I am ever so close to saying "Mama".  I love to light up with the biggest smile when my mom walks into the room and make any and all sounds when she does.  Maybe in a week or two I can get Mama out.  Matthew wants to talk to me so very badly and thinks that if he speaks slower and much much louder (and if you know Matthew or my parents, volume is NOT the issue) that I will be able to speak back to him... poor guy needs to wait a while longer!

Well that is about it for now.  Sorry I have not written in some time.  I should be on a regular schedule from here on out!  I hope to show you pictures of the fun things in store, because there are many more planned.  I am headed to Texas later this month and like I said my grandparents are coming back!

With Love,
Colin


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