22 Months!

Wow Colby is only 2 months away from being 2. In fact though he seems more like a 2 year old every day and like he left 1 a few weeks ago. He is getting so grown up and talking so much. He has learned alot of new words lately and can parrot a lot of things too. He isn't really talking in simple sentences yet but I know that will come.
He is starting to be really good at following commands though. He understands SO much. He is also beginning to "pretend" play. Its so fun to watch him learn things. One of the cutest things he did lately was "pretend" to talk on the phone while driving his car in the backyard. He loves being on the go. I try to take him places every chance I get. He only has a couple weeks left of Gymrompers but then swim lessons will start. I can't wait to see what he thinks of that. He has been swimming about 5 times so far this summer and loves it! He gets a little more brave each time! The last time we went he was wanting to just walk straight into the water. This year he wears floaties and really does good with them. He is starting to learn that they will hold him up so he lets go of us and "swims" occassionally.
He still hasn't been to the doc and unless he gets sick he won't go until July for his 2 year checkup. I still have no idea what he weighs but I would guess atleast 30 lbs. He wears a size 5 diaper still and size 2T clothes. I am hoping he will be in size 2T until next spring. That would be great. I mean I will still have to buy winter clothes but a lot of his shirts atleast he can wear through the winter too. I am hoping we can work on potty training...right now he isn't totally interested and I don't want to force it and discourage him. I know boys are usually closer to 2 1/2 anyway before they are ready so we'll see.
All in all he is just a healthy, active little boy and I love him!!

Storytime

Today we didn't have anything happening and I saw a few of my friends post that they were going to Storytime at the library. I decided I would take Colby. We had gone when he was a lot younger but not lately. I kinda forget about it plus we get so busy we can't always make it weekly.
I was so glad we went. They had like redone the children's part of the library. Its really nice...it has a castle the kids can climb and play in and all kinds of new tables and chairs. Colby had a blast. He even made a couple friends. There was this little girl who was 3 sitting at a table and they sat down together and she just talked to him and he just sat and listened. It was precious!
He really liked the song portion of storytime he even did the motions and danced. He wouldn't sit down on the carpet yet but I hope if we keep going he will get to that point. He got antsy and wanted to run around. They also close the castle during the storytime which is good b/c I wondered how they would ever get all those kids out of there. I hope next time to get some pictures. They even do an art project at the end. Colby at first really wanted to do it before it was time but by the time they finished the story he was ready to go. I brought the project home though so me and him can do it later. Its a kitty puppet. Anyway I am glad we went and that gives us something to do this summer!

FLOOD

So yesterday we had some torrential rains in the Nola area. It had also rained bad Saturday. I woke up Sunday though and it was dry and not raining so I figured it would be alright to go to church. Plus my parents had Colby so I had to go and pick him up anyway.
So I headed out not thinking anything of it. By the time I got to the Superdome I could barely see in front of me. I haven't driven a lot in bad weather like that so it was kinda scary. Everyone was going really slow and had on their emergency flashers. Some areas of the streets were already starting to flood I was so scared I would get stuck somewhere and I was by myself. I had to drive through some pretty deep stuff to get to church. Luckily I arrived safely. We knew with the rain that there wouldn't be many people at church.
So in Sunday School it was just Colby and Cade. Cade wasn't too happy most of the time so he ended up going back and forth taking walks with people. I think he wasn't feeling well and tired. Colby did really well though. He is such a big boy now. It amazes me how grown up he seems. Him and Cade are 10 months apart but there is such a difference...they grow up so much in that 2nd year. I also had to do extended care for Colby's age 1-2s. Again Colby was the only kid. It was a little dissapointing especially after driving through the torrential rains I was just there to basically keep my own kid. I know there probably would have normally been someone else there but with the weather most people stayed at home.
After church we decided to skip eating out since it was still raining. But it had stopped for awhile so we figured all the water had gone down. We were so wrong...we got down Airline and almost got stuck the water was so deep. I hopped the curb in my little honda...that was my only option that or get stranded. We went out a different way and made it home without any issues thank God! The rest of the day was mainly just relaxing. We played outside for a little bit yesterday afternoon but it was pretty wet still. Austin had a Deacon's Meeting too so by the time he got in it was time to bathe and put Colby to bed!

Hattiesburg Wedding

Today was Austin's friend Jamie's wedding. It was in Hattiesburg. We planned a day trip because Austin had to work yesterday and has to work tomorrow too! It wasn't bad though. But since it was such a whirlwind trip and a wedding involved we left Colby home with my parents.
We dropped him off this morning. I know my parents were looking forward to this! Austin and I got to Hattiesburg at lunchtime so we decided to go to lunch. It was nice to have the trip up there and lunch just to sit and chat. I missed Colby but it was nice to not have to worry about pleasing a squirmy toddler. We then went to Target. We bought several things for Colby probably b/c we miss him.
After that we were soo tired we went to my parent's apartment for a quick nap then to get refreshed and dressed for the wedding.
The wedding was really small. It was at a golf course place in Hattiesburg. It was very quaint but small and pretty. It only lasted about 15 minutes. We then drove downtown to the Bottling Company which is where the reception was at. It was a really interesting place. It is the place where coke used to be bottled a loong time ago. I enjoyed the reception. We got to talk to several of Austin's old friends. Once Jamie and Melissa got there though and we could speak to them we headed out since we had a 2 hour drive back home.
It was strange getting in to a quiet house but nice at the same time! I miss Colby but a night just the 2 of us is nice once in awhile. Plus I know its good for him to spend time with his grandparents too. My parents say he has been really good! I will just pick him up tomorrow at church! So that was our a day! A busy but good one!

Swim Time

Well today we did our normal grocery shopping but we finished up rather early so I called my parents to see if we could just come swim. I had planned on taking Colby over there this afternoon but since we still had half the morning I figured it would be easier just to go ahead and go. I knew it would be hard to get motivated to get out later plus I am making pasta primavera tonight for dinner so I wanted plenty of time to prepare that. I think my parents were really excited about us coming too.
Colby was a little unsure of at first...that and the water is still a little cool. Its 82 degrees right now. It didn't take him long to warm up though. He did better then he even did in Destin. He let go several times and swam on his own (with floaties). He even ran and jumped in a couple times toward the end. I have a feeling he is gonna be a fish by the end of summer.
He starts swim lessons in a couple weeks and I am anxious to see what all he learns there. He loves the water and it was hard to get him away from my parent's pool. He is gonna have so much fun over there this summer. We only swam for about an hour but it was plenty enough time to work up an appetite and hopefully tire him out so he takes a long nap this afternoon! The rest of the day we just plan on chilling out at home now...praying Austin gets off by 6 too so we can all hang out tonight!

Park Friends

Today was one of those days we didn't have anywhere specific to be or anything really to do. I decided that I would take Colby to the park. When we first got there there weren't any other kids/moms. I thought it was just gonna be us which was fine Colby was having a blast anyway. Then a young mother came with her little 18 month girl. Colby was fascinated by this girl. He followed her everywhere. If one had to see saw or swing so did the other. It was really cute! Soon came another mom and her 2 kids. Her little girl was 3 and the boy was 17 months. The mom acted as if she knew me and I thought she looked familiar too. We started talking and discovered that our boys had been in the same Gymrompers class. Small world! She also asked if Colby went to Aurora Methodist...I said not yet but he will in the fall. Well same with her little boy! He and Colby will actually be in the same class which I thought was crazy. Anyway I got her name but we didn't exchange numbers hopefully I will see her again in Gymrompers and then next year when the boys are in Mother's Day Out. It was a fun time getting to talk to other moms and watching Colby play with other kids. We even had an invite to a mom's group today and out to eat at Picadilly then to another playground but we had to pass that up. I hated to but the mom's group started at 10 in Belle Chasse and I didn't want to rush off anywhere today and I would have gone out to eat with them but we already were home when she called to tell me where they were going. Colby will miss the park too with that group because he is now napping and I think they were going early afternoon. I am hoping Friday to get another playdate together too! Looks like our summer is gonna be quite busy with friends but that's a good thing!

Sprinkler Fun!

Last night Austin had been working in the yard so we decided after he finished to let Colby have some water play time. He had so much fun at the beach swimming every day we knew he would miss that yesterday. We set up his water table and the sprinkler and let him go to town. Since it was the end of the day we didn't even worry about putting him in his swimsuit so he didn't get soaked...he's not a fan of getting his clothes real wet. But he had fun and cooled off nonetheless. Believe me this will probably become a daily activity for us!