Saturday, September 5, 2009

Game Day--Geaux, Tigers!!

The Tigers are playing in Seattle this year. Can I tell you how much that stinks? We would have paid big money to see them play up there while we were there, and 2 years after we leave, they play the Huskies, when we have a new baby & getting up there is darn-near impossible. Oh, well. What can you do except dress up in your LSU gear & wait all day until Pacific Time is appropriate game time?!?!!

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NUMBER ONE!!!

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And, Daddy roughhousing with the big boys while the LSU fight song plays in the background:

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More Tiger Fans!

Later in the day, Daddy put his jersey on, too, & William wanted to take a picture of us. Check out his photo-taking skills! I think he did a fabulous job. (And, it's not a bad picture of the two of us, either!)

 
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Friday, September 4, 2009

Colin update

So, the little man is now 4 months old & working on all kinds of new tricks. He's trying to roll from his back to his tummy, and is back to pushing up onto extended arms while on his belly. He's found his arm coordination & is reaching for objects easily now and starting to play with them. He's now putting himself to sleep in his crib & isn't wanting me to rock him much anymore, which is just too sad for me :( But, as a result, he's napping much better and sleeping much better at night. He's even gone all the way through a time or two! Enjoy the videos, but please excuse my running commentary. I apparently find it impossible to video without talking the entire time, imagine that!!

Here's a video of him rolling all the way over to his side trying to look behind him. If he'd kick his top leg over, he'd flip:

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Here he is grabbing for his teething rattle & batting at the toys hanging down from his play mat:

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And, one of him trying to sit up. He'd been sitting for a while (check out the pics below the video), so he was a little tired, but he's in his boppy pillow, which doesn't give him much support, so he's doing all of the work himself. Pretty impressive for a just-turned-four-month old!

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And, the sitting up pictures:

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And, we've been "posing" him in various hats around the house, so just some random Colin hat cuteness:

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Cute close-up of his intense stare at the toys hanging from his playmat:

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And, Colin and Mommy gardening today. He's finally big enough to get on my back! Yay--no more "in the way" baby. Disneyworld, here we come!

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Monday, August 31, 2009

Random August Cuteness

Just a few random cute snaps from the past month that didn't quite fit anywhere else!

The big boys taking turns blowing bubbles in the backyard:

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Cowboy Colin:

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And, in a baseball cap:

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A close-up of the boo-boo staring earnestly at the animals hanging from his Baby Einstein play mat:

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And, one of his new trick--putting EVERYTHING in his mouth:

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The big boys swimming at Dawn's house with Shelby & Luke. Dawn was outnumbered that day 4:1 as Drew was in school and Colin was napping at our house. Aren't these too cute??

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And, another dinner with our kiddos and the Simmons kids around our table. Colin is in his favorite spot--in the middle of all of the big kid action!!

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Sunday, August 30, 2009

Old Friends

Some good friends of ours from our Columbus, MS days (WAYYY back when) came to visit us this weekend. They have gotten out of the Air Force & are back home in Minnesota, which is about 9-10 hours from here. They took a road trip over to IL to see us & we were so happy to see them. They have a little girl who is 2 years older than William & a little boy who is William's age. The kids all played so well together all weekend while the adults got to catch up. I took a few pics, but Lisa has promised to send me the ones she took, so stay tuned for more adorable kid pics. As usual, I managed to forget my camera the day we hit the park & the battery died at Monkey Joe's!!

Addy & William racing big wheels:

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Daniel doing his best to catch up:

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Pretty girl!:

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Addy & her daddy, Jay, making the pudge-a-licious giggle:

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Check out those rolls (and, no, I'm not talking about Jay ;-) )

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Hopefully, we'll get up to MN to see them soon!

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Colin's Baptism

Since my parents were here & 2 out of Colin's 3 godparents were in town, we finally scheduled his baptism for today! All three boys were pretty darn good in church, I must say. Colin got a little fussy just after Mass (otherwise known as he wiggled a lot!) because it was past his naptime, so when I took him so we could start the baptism and Father Nick started to speak, he promptly fell asleep! He slept through the entire thing, only stirring a little when they poured the cold water on his head. What an angel-baby!

The Honoree and Mommy:

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With Daddy:

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With "The Godfather" (aka Corey):

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With one of his godmothers, Dawn:

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Whole family--hard to get us all looking good at the same time!

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Us with Father Nick:

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Corey (godfather), Scott, Father Nick, me and Colin, Dawn (godmother), and Lea (stand-in for Katie who couldn't be here)

The actual baptism:

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Us with Nana and Grandpa Sam:
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Colin with Dawn (godmother) and Corey (godfather):

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And Nana with her three grandsons:

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Overall, it was a very nice day. Everyone came back to our house after the baptism for hamburgers and hot dogs as well as some yummy cake. Lots of corn-hole was played, lots of kids ran around like wild men, and the weather held--what more could you ask for?