Colby learns to clap....

So, Colby learned to clap a few days ago and he has not stopped clapping since!! It is so funny and he is so proud of himself when he does it. Here's a little video capturing the fun.....

Colby Turns 9 Months Old....

Colby turned 9 months old last Monday. He has now been crawling all over, pulling himself up on everything, clapping and climbing stairs (we finally got a much-needed gate up!) He weights almost 22 lbs and is in the 70th percentile for weight. He is in the 87th percentile for height and 99th for head size. So, overall, a pretty big little boy!! He loves to eat and is eating all sorts of baby food and table foods. We give him anything we can that is not something he could choke on. He loves it all!! We are looking forward to his first Thanksgiving and Christmas coming up. He seems to change almost weekly!

Just a good ole' laugh......

Every few days or so we will stumble upon something that makes Colby laugh hysterically and we are not expecting it. It is usually just a normal everyday thing that we are doing, that for one reason or another he decides is very funny. A couple examples are....watching Maddy walk down the stairs in front of him; hysterical.....sneezing; hysterical.....etc....so you get the point.....today we came across a new phrase that Colby can't get enough of....watch the video to find out what it is!

Happy Halloween and a Skeleton too!!!!

Here are Maddy and Colby all dressed up for Halloween. Maddy is Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz and Colby is the Lion. Unfortunately, Maddy has been sick the last couple of days, so we'll probably just let her trick-or-treat at a few neighbors' houses and that is it. Colby's costume does have a head piece to it, but his head is so large, I couldn't get the head piece to fit! So, we won't be using that part of the costume :-) It will be a pretty low key Halloween around here this year with Maddy being sick, but I don't mind as it is cold and windy out, so I think I'd rather be inside :-)

I was at Hy-Vee today buying some Halloween candy for the trick-or-treaters and saw this skeleton guy on sale for $5 and I just couldn't resist! Maddy thinks he is scary, but I like him....so, I guess that is my splurge for the week!

Grandma Barb Visits!

We had a great week with Grandma Barb!! She came and visited and spent time with the kids, went to Maddy's Halloween party at preschool and just hung out for the week. She even let Jeremy and I get out a couple nights which was very nice!!! We went out and watched the Iowa game one night and then went out another night for a drink and appetizer at a local restaurant. It was a lot of fun spending time with Grandma especially since we are home so much more now....it was nice to have some company around!! Thanks for coming Grandma and for all your help with the kids and house!!!!!!! Come again soon!!!!!


Maddy's Halloween party at preschool. Of course she has to be right next to her teacher ;-)

Playing a game at her party

Grandma and Colby playing

Grandma and Maddy having some tea (and hot chocolate) in "breakable" cups :-)

Colby has a friend over......

Jeremy's best friend Jason, (whom he grew up with in Norwalk) and his wife Cari had a little baby boy, Ethan 1 week before Colby was born. It is funny to see Colby and Ethan together and how much they have both changed in the past 8 months. Jason and Ethan came over to visit the other day. Colby loved having him here and kept looking at him and laughing! It was really cute!

Colby is 8 Months Old!!

Colby turned 8 months old on Friday! I am a little behind in my posts as we were all pretty much under the weather last week. Jeremy had to stay home from work a couple days to take care of all of us sickies :-) We are doing much better now, though!! Some updates on Colby:

He got his top and bottom 2 teeth in the last few weeks. He has been waking up A LOT this past week from an ear infection and I think his top 2 teeth are bothering him. We are hoping this passes soon ;-) He is crawling all over and pulling up on everything! He seems to be about 2 months ahead of Maddy in these areas. She was over 9 months when she started doing all of this! I'm wondering if he'll be an earlier walker as well.......who, knows???!!! He is definately keeping us busy these days, but is so happy to be able to move around and get to his toys. Our next project is to get some more baby-proofing done!!