Colt's 2nd Birthday!

Last week, May 11th, was Colt's second birthday.  I didn't want him to turn two but it happened and it wasn't that bad.  We didn't plan a party this year, we decided that we would start the parties when he would actually remember them, not sure when that would be?  Anyway, because we didn't throw a party, I worried about what to do because we HAD to do something for the little guy.

Well, it all started that morning...first we got a picture with Daddy before he was off for a long day of work:

 After Daddy left, Colt and I took our time getting ready for school.  I wanted him to know it was a special day.  I texted my "somewhat boss" and told her I would be a little late.  We went to Publix to get some cupcakes for Colt and his classmates to celebrate during daycare.  I would have made the cupcakes, but my bunko friends hassled me about making them.  And there was no time to make them because the night before I hosted bunko and barely had dinner ready on time.  Anyway, we were off to Publix and while we were there we got a big balloon so everyone would know it was his birthday.

I headed up to the CDC at lunch time so I could come sing Happy Birthday and watch the kids eat their cupcakes.  They are SO funny to watch.  I never go see Colt during daycare because he cries everytime I drop him off at daycare and I don't want to do that to the teachers, but Miss. K told me not to worry about it and to come.  This is a picture of the kids before Colt realized I was in the room...they were all asking Miss. K to eat their lunch. 

Once he realized I was there, he was DONE with his lunch and in my arms.  I don't know what to do about this!  Anyway, once the cupcakes came out he was back in his chair...he will do anything for sweets!

He was so sweet!



These are actually two classes mixed together.  Notice all the boys?

Sam, Colt and Wagner

 Mary Kathryn and Ethan

 Colt and Wagner

 Ethan and Sam

 Mia - she is allergic to eggs:(

 Josh, Blue, Ayden and Mary Kathryn

 I think this picture is so sweet with all their legs hanging down.

Colt probably said "Hey Mommy" about 100 times, no kidding.  He was so pumped that I was there.  THEN I had to go.  I tried to get him to go to sleep, but all he did was say "Hey Mommy" over and over again, stuck his little hiney in the air for me to pat it and wiggled around the whole time.  It was really sweet and funny, but I really needed to go back to work. I said bye to a very upset crying boy.  Miss. K said she took him out of the room and they rode the elevator several times to get him calmed down before he took a nap.  She was on break, so she stayed just for him:)

I picked him up right after work at 4:30, we went to Sonic to get a slushie then went to Miracle Park Playground and Julie and Alex were there!  They were everywhere so this is the best shot I got:

Here is Colt showing some mad climbing skills...this is a little high and the first couple of times he did it I was right on top of him, but he showed me he could handle it on his own.

After Julie and Alex left (it was extremely hot), Cara and Tucker show up!  How did they know it was Colt's birthday?!?

Around 6:30 I got a text from Josh saying he was on his way home and wanted to know if we wanted to go to Pizza Castle...HECK YEAH!  No party...but we're going to fit everything in today!  We asked his friends' parents if Canon and Luke could/would come and surprisingly they did...Wednesday night at 7:15...aww they love him...or it was just something for the Dad's to do with their wild toddlers.  Nana and Pops also came last minute too!  They had an awesome time playing with the big kids toys.  Here are some pictures of the night:

Happy Birthday Colt!!

We finally got home after 9:00 pm and Colt was pooped!  I hope he had fun today because we sure did and I felt satisfied after the day was over that we didn't have a party:)

Night night little 2 year old.

Mother's Day Beach Trip

This weekend we went to the beach and stayed at my in laws place in Blue Mountain.  Ed, Leslie, Harper, Kyle, Mandy and Luke also came.  Well, they were planning on going and our decision to go was very last minute.  The last time we took Colt to the beach it was more work than anything and Josh and I decided we would just deal with it this time.  We were totally wrong about him being a lot of work!

We headed down Friday afternoon just to make a little daylight time at the beach.  It was very chilly actually, so we only stayed for a few minutes.  Here is a pic of me and our little guy:

The whole weekend was perfect!  The weather was great, company was awesome and Josh watched Colt a lot so I could sit with Mandy and Leslie and relax:)  Colt was great, I'm sure it helped that his little friend Luke was there and he's older so he can do more on his own (like play in the sand).  Here are some more pictures from the weekend.

Playing with Luke

Building a sand castle - where is everyone else?

Hanging out with Daddy

Harper hung out with the girls under the tent - she had a rough weekend:)

Kyle trying to convice Luke that the ocean is not that scary, Luke thought otherwise!

Leslie and Harper

Ok, so I got in the water a little bit too...Colt loved it so much I couldn't be left out:)  AND he wanted me to go with him:) 

Digging a big hole.  

I think by this point Colt was worn out!

Colt loved hanging out with Luke, he would copy everything he did, like jump on the couch, run down the hallway, climb the stairs and brush his teeth just like Luke.

Notice he is playing with the same foot Luke is...hah!

When it was time to take a nap or go to sleep, Colt was worn out!!

On the way home...poor thing.

It was a great Mother's Day Weekend!

20 Week Appointment

I guess I'm half way there!  I had my 20 week check-up and ultrasound last week.  The ultrasound went great.  I've only had one other ultrasound where they take all the measurements to make sure the baby is growing properly and they don't see anything unusual.  I think this time I was a little more worried that something could go wrong - maybe because I know more now than I did the first time.  There was a student in the room while the Ultrasound Tech was making all the measurements of the baby.  It was fun to actually hear her thoughts aloud.  Although, I sort of wanted her to preface with the results of each measurement.  For instance "the length of this baby's head is normal"...then go on with what she was doing and describe what it would look like if it wasn't normal.  Instead first she explained what she was measuring and what she was looking for, then when she was done she would say everything was perfect.  I did mention it to her that it was a little nerve racking (in a joking manner - sort of), not to make her feel bad...then when she mentioned the cleft (sp) palate...she prefaced with "this is how a normal baby would look" then went on to say what it would look like if the baby did have a cleft palate.  I wasn't nervous or anything but she did calm what nerves were bothered by saying that I had a "text book baby."  Thanks:) 

After she was finished with all the measurements and confirmed once again that we were having a girl - although she was being very shy...they did get a little glimpse of her business:), she turned the screen toward me.  I am so in love with this little girl!  I think my feelings are different about my connection with this baby more so than Colt because I know what I'm getting at the end...I know the feeling...it's unbeleivable!  With Colt I didn't know what to expect or how I would feel, but when he arrived I was hooked and could stare at him ALL day long.  Now I get to do it again!  She was too precious, moving around, yawning (please be a good sleeper!), and all her body parts were so cute!  At one point she was laying just like I was on the table.  I had my right arm behind my head (so I could see better) and she was doing the same:)

The appointment with the doctor was uneventful again...good blood pressure, etc. etc.  I was out in no time.

Up to this point everything has been great.  I have been feeling really good lately and finally have more energy (it's about time).  I have had some swelling so I've increased my water intake and reduced my salt intake (booooo!!).  My ankles have looked much better since!  I haven't been keeping up with my exercising like I wanted, but there's just not enough time in the day with Colt and now Josh is in the middle of Spring Training.  Oh well.  I really need to get motivated so I'll bounce back once this little girl arrives.  I'll definitely need the energy then!  AND my belly button is already poking out...what!  It didn't poke out at all with Colt.  I'll have to stock up on some bandaids!

I finally took (Josh did) the first picture of this pregnancy at 20 weeks.  This picture makes me look smaller than I am (and definitely smaller than I feel).

Happy Easter!

We started Easter off by going to the Grove Park Easter egg hunt on Saturday.  Grove Park is the new neighborhood that we moved into that houses lots and lots of young families with kids.  We were to bring Easter eggs filled with candy or prizes to one particular house and some residents were in charge of "hiding" the Easter eggs for the hunt on Saturday.  I filled 12 plastic eggs with goodies like snickers, twix, and milky ways and dropped it off to the designated house a day late...but after talking to some people they didn't take ANY Easter eggs, so I didn't feel bad about that.  I read later that we were suppose to fill the easter eggs with any candy BUT chocolate:)  You know chocolate melts!

Before we went, I knew Colt would MAYBE leave with 1 Easter egg, I pictured him just standing there and watching the other kids rather than fighting to grab up an egg.  Once we got there, the announcer said that there were 1100 eggs "hidden" in the park.  The 1-4 year olds were to find the eggs in the park and the older kids were to find eggs at a couple of the larger homes near the park.  Ok, 1100 eggs...Colt will definitely leave with more than one...MAYBE:) 

So, the hunt began.  I persuaded Colt to pick up the first egg, so he did and I praised him, then I convinced him to run and get more eggs.  He started running as fast as his little legs could go.  But, if you put a 2 year old with a 4 year old who is basically a pro at this egg hunting thing, the 4 year old is definitely going to win.  It was the saddest thing in the world, watching Colt running with his arm held high so he wouldn't drop his Easter bucket and going for an egg, just to watch an older kid snatch it up before he ever had a chance.  He did manage to pick up 3 eggs.  It didn't seem to bother him in the slightest especially when he found out that there was candy inside!  Yes, we ate all the candy...not that there was much but it didn't last long.  Here is Colt with his hand held high:) (as you notice there are no eggs in sight)

And here he is after he discovered the candy inside.

That afternoon our friend Deborah came home to enjoy Easter at her own home (she's been at UAB with her premature baby since February).  We hung out in the park while Colt and Canon played in the water at our house.  These pictures were taken by Josh...pay back!

Scene 1 (Canon should really move)

 Scene 2 (yep should have moved!)

After this happened, pool time was over!  We had dinner over at our house and called it a night!

Easter morning, Colt discovered that the Easter Bunny came to visit!  He packed his bucket from last year with some goodies.  He got PJ's, playdough, matchbox cars, 2 new sippy cups and of course candy.  He loved everything, especially the Pez:)

Easter day we went to church and sat with Barry and Deborah.  There were several times when I wanted to talk to Deborah but I kept quiet...1) because it's Easter and the service was really good so I wanted to keep focus and 2) Deborah hasn't attended her home church in a couple of months, so I knew she didn't want to be bothered:)

After the service, we went to the Moss's to have our 3rd Annual Pot Luck Easter Lunch.  According to Deborah, the first was at our house (she had to remind me of this) and last year we had it at the Moss's also.  Everyone brought over some delicious food!  I'm thinking about making this a monthly thing??  Colt had fallen asleep shortly after we got home from church, so we left him in his bed at our house and used our iPhones as a monitor while we walked a couple houses down to Barry and Deborah's house.  Hope this is not child abuse...but it sure was nice to enjoy lunch with our friends (who were chasing their toddlers around...haha). 

Later in the day, after Colt woke up and all the other kids had their nap, it was play time again with the water.  Here are some cute pictures of the boys playing.

From left to right: Colt, Jack, Canon and Luke

Looks like Josh was trying to talk some sense in these two, they are ALWAYS bickering with one another!

After the kids were done (somewhat) with the water, they had their own Easter egg hunt...this was turned out a lot better than the community one.  All boys were under the age of 2 1/2, Colt was the smallest (as usual), but he held his own and did great (with the help from me:).  One of the older neighborhood boys, who is only 6 hid all the eggs for the toddlers and did an awesome job and was so sweet about it:)



We did manage to get a family photo this year - yay...but I don't like it.  I'm not really sure, I think it's because we look old, there are shadows all over our faces and Colt looks mad.  MAYBE next year:)