sandbox= no fun for Colby

So last night we went out and bought some sand a small box so that Colby could play. I am not really big on actual sandboxes because they seem as if they wouuld get so nasty. I figure this way there is a lid so it can be closed up and its small enough and we have so much sand that whenever this gets yucky I can just replace it. Its also to try out in Sunday School because that was one of the ideas for the kids to do. So Colby has never really played with sand. He was 9 1/2 months old the last time we were at the beach. He wasn't too fond of it then but I figured he was still young. I really think now he would like the beach. But I figured this would be a fun, new experience for him. Since I get to stay at home with him I try to do creative things with him.
So today after his nap I got the sandbox out gathered up some appropriate toys and set him in the yard with it. Well all he did was throw toys into the sidewalk. He only even touched the sand once and when he did he was like oh yuck. He doesn't like to be dirty which I am not sure if I created that monster because I never let him get dirty or what! So basically our little adventure ended after 5 minutes because he wanted to just walk down the sidewalk. Oh well maybe another day! Now my next crazy idea is painting! I'll let you know how that goes!

Exciting Night

Well our evening has been very eventful to say the least. Well it began with us going to eat Trashy Mexican. We hardly ever go out to eat on week nights...I mean like never since Colby was born. Just because I feel its more of a hassle then anything. But he's finally to the point where he can eat off the menu most places so I had a craving for mexican. Plus our house is clean so I really didn't want to mess the kitchen up making my own mexican fiesta! So we ate which Colby was really good he ate a ton of beans and rice. He loves mexican! I just think its funny because I ate so much of it when I was pregnant with him in fact I ate at that place the night before I had him! It was my last meal so to speak! So afterwards we decided we would go in Home Depot! Austin mentioned they had the Christmas stuff out and we wanted a light up snowman for our yard plus I needed playsand for Colby. This is going to be my experiment this week...Colby and sand watch out!
Well we came home and found Allie barking her head off. We thought she was barking at our neighbors. So Austin went to check and she had something fluffy in her mouth. We were worried it was a cat and she had killed it. So we put her up and went out there. Turned out there was a possum in our yard playing possum. Needless to say 5 minutes later it was gone. He probably won't come back! Well the next part is we had Colby bathed and ready for bed ...his milk was heating. Well he was walking around with his blanket in tow...and he tripped and fell head first into the door. Not the flat part of the door but like the open part! OUCH! Well he bawled and his forehead quickly became a big gooseegg. It looked pretty bad. But 2 minutes later he was back to playing and walking around. I think he is ok. It even looked better by the time he went to bed. But I guess we will still look for signs the next couple of days. But he was squealing and playing even during his bottle. But man is he tough I swear I have never seen a tougher kid. Not much knocks him down. I think he is going to be a football player for sure. I will try to get a pic tomorrow of his lovely bruise if its still there and I'm sure it will be! I didn't get one tonight I was too caught up in the trauma!

Hurricane Day and Gymrompers

Monday Tropical Storm Ida passed by New Orleans. It really turned out to be nothing though. Which I am very grateful for. But it just seemed like the news and everyone got hyped up for nothing. Everything I saw from the news kept saying it wouldn't be bad but yet schools closed and I even had a friend who was like freaking out about it because she did have school. Anyways we didn't do much all day because they kept saying the weather was going to be bad. So a trip to Petsmart was about as exciting though as the day got! But I am thankful there was no damage or power outages.

Today we had Gymrompers. Colby is getting to where he doesn't participate much in circle time. I kinda think part of this is due to the large class. I think it is almost too big for him. Like there is so much going on and so many kids playing that he can't pay attention. Because the last time we went to the small class he did great. But I like having him around that many kids because he has to get used to a lot of kids so if next year he goes to Mother's Day out. Plus these kids are his age. He is also getting very distracted with my parents there. They like to go and watch him which I am cool with and I know they like seeing us and seeing him play but its getting to the point where I think it causes him to miss out on some stuff. Finally today they stepped outside because all he wanted to do was run to them. He really hasn't connected with any certain kid in the class which is typical for this age. I guess I would like to see him kinda interact with another child but for the most part he stays his distance. He doesn't seem as intimidated though by the big class as he used to be. Today he was right up in the middle of them grabbing puppets and instruments which was good. I can tell all the exposer from church, this and MOPS is really helping his social skills! Now maybe in another year he will have a friend =)

Food, Football, and Friends

Well yesterday was a great day! We started out by going to church. I ofcourse was in Colby's Sunday School class. It was a little dull because Broc slept the ENTIRE time and Colby was a little cranky. I think he is teething again. He just seemed easily aggitated not sure what his deal was. Well Austin had him in extended care and he said he was mostly fine just a little clingy and always wanting to be on daddy's lap kinda deal. I really wish I could have been in there. There were 2 two year old girls, Broc (who again slept the whole time) then Glenn Paul. I would have just liked to seen Colby interact with them. I wish Glenn Paul would come for Sunday School because they are the same age so they would probably have more in common. I worked with the three year olds. It was fine we only had 3 kids. But I guess I favor more working with the toddlers. I guess now having Colby I feel like I can interact with them better. But I can't be Colby's Sunday School teacher and extended care teacher that would be crazy!

Well after church we went to PF Changs with our friends Josh and Laura. It was really yummy we haven't been there in quite awhile. We enjoyed the food and visiting with friends. After we came home changed clothes and rested up for a bit. Then Josh and Laura came to our house to watch the Saints game. Oh and my parents had Colby during all of this. It was fun having a girl to chat with while the boys watched the game....usually I get on Austin's nerves b/c I am wanting to talk in the middle of a big play or something! After the game Laura and I went to pick up Colby. We then visited some more then the guys went to get dinner. We ate with them then took Colby and Allie for a walk. They went home around 8:30. It was so fun though! They are some great friends and people we can hang out with as a couple. We don't have many couple friends so this has really been a blessing! We want to make it a weekly thing I think it will be good for us all! Colby was very good at my parent's house they say...then he was also great once he got home so I don't know what the mood was in church...who knows! Well it was a busy fun filled day! I think we were all tired but had a blast!

such a big boy!

Well I know I have said it before but I realize more and more how big Colby is getting. There is really not much "baby" left in him. I guess the reality has hit even more now that I have 2 good friends with newborns. Looking at their pictures and seeing them in person I am like wow Colby is so big but it feels like yesterday I was there with that newborn baby. I think every stage has been my favorite and I try not to even say I can't wait till...b/c I know those days will come all too fast. But I have been looking back at pictures and seeing where we were last year. And granted I miss my baby from that time but gosh this year with the holidays I think will be even more fun. I mean he was so young last year he didn't get the holidays at all and really they were even somewhat stressful with a young baby. This year he still won't get much of the point but he's gonna have fun as we have already seen with Halloween. I discovered today he really knows what a pumpkin is...we were outside and he was out by the sidewalk and I said Colby where is your pumpkin go get your pumpkin and he trotted up the driveway to the front door and picked up his baby pumpkin! It was just amazing that he has learned that just since October. Before then he had no idea what a pumpkin was. But I guess he saw so many and we talked about them so much he has learned. He also is saying truck, kitty, easy, blankie, those are his new words. He is walking so well he hardly ever falls. In fact I would say he is almost running. His new game is when you say Colby come here he takes off in the other direction and he is pretty quick!

Well the rest of our week has been fine. Friday morning we went to my parents house which was really fun. I love being back "home" around the holidays. We walked over to the park and hung out. It really brought back memories of me growing up which is going to be so fun to take Colby over there the older he gets. He had a blast as well. Today we didn't do much. We kinda thought we were going to go to the park today with a friend to feed ducks but I woke up with a headache and got a slow start to the morning and really wasn't in the mood to rush off with Colby. We have had a pretty full week so it was nice to stay at home. Although usually by the end of the day I am saying to myself we should have gotton out! Oh well I guess it was good for us to rest and stay home. Because tomorrow will be busy. We have Sunday School then church which I am in the nursery for both then we will go eat with my parents, then they are taking Colby home and we are having friends over to watch the Saints game. So it will be a packed day but fun! So hopefully I will have more to say about the rest of our weekend tomorrow night!

Our week so far and visit with Baby Jax

Well this has been a good week so far! We have had gorgeous weather! I am loving this fall weather now I am hoping though it gets a little colder close to Thanksgiving. Last year it was hot on Thanksgiving so I hope this year its cold. Anywho...so far this week we've been pretty busy. Tuesday we had Gymrompers. Colby did pretty well he got a little aggitated towards the end and acted like he was ready to go...I don't think he does as well in the bigger class I dunno? I think he is more distracted and doesn't seem to pay as much attention the teacher. I guess it is a little overwhelming. But I do like the variety of kids he gets to see so I guess we will stay in that one plus the teacher is better. Yesterday we went grocery shopping that was our big outting for the day. Today Colby and I mainly just hung around the house for the first part of the day then we got out after his nap and went to visit Casee and baby Jackson. He was so cute and so little. I swear I don't remember Colby ever looking that little. I guess he really wasn't because Jackson is 7 lbs and the smallest Colby ever was was 7 lbs 9 ounces. Colby did really well. I was a little nervous about how he would act at someone else's house and around a newborn. But he did well he was mainly distracted with their dog Roux. He is a black lab just like allie so he felt right at home with him. I love that he isn't scared of animals at all. He let Roux get all close to him and didn't even flinch. I got to hold Jax a couple times and it didn't seem to bother Colby I am not sure that he really realized that Jackson was a real baby he gets more jealous with kids his own age I guess...I guess they seem more of a threat? Anyway we had a good time visiting. I hope Colby and Jackson grow up as friends. Casee and I grew up our whole life together so that would be kinda cool! They are 15 months apart but once they are older that really won't mean much! They will be 2 grades behind though but still I think thats ok. Well tomorrow we are going to visit my parents so I will try to take pictures of Colby over there!

Saints and Dinner with Old Friends

Well tonight Austin and I got to do something we rarely do! Go out to eat with friends! We went out to Chili's with our friends Josh and Laura. They moved back to New Orleans about a month ago. We have been wanting to hang out with them for a few weeks but our schedules have been so crazy! So tonight we finally go to go! My parents came over to watch Colby. It was nice to sit at a restaurant with adults and talk about stuff that didn't have to do with kids. I love my lil man but we rarely get to do stuff like this. Its rare that Austin and I even hang out with friends. I mean he has his friends at work and I have my friends that I mostly talk on the phone to but its rare we go out with another couple. So this was a treat! We came back to our house and my parents had already bathed Colby and put him in his pjs. That was a treat too b/c then all he had to do was drink his milk and he was off to bed. So Laura and Josh stayed and watched the first half of the game with us. We hope to do this once a week with them. I do think Austin and I need to make more of a point to do stuff like this. Its good to get out ya know and like I say we rarely do it. We are both homebodies and it seems like we get so into our routine of coming in after work and just dealing with Colby that we forget to have a life. So it was a nice refresher for us. Tomorrow though is back to mommy time. Colby and I have Gymrompers which I am excited to have him back to his big toddler class. Anyway I will close with a picture of Colby from a year ago and one from recent!