Trunk or Treat!

Last night, 10/26/12, was our Ward Trunk or Treat.  Colton dressed as Tigger and I just threw on a wig, glasses, and Halloween shirt.  I was basically a Halloween Party!  Haha, not really but I was trying to get in the spirit of things.  We combined with the other Davenport ward for this activity so it was a bit crowded and hectic but we had a great time!  Colton did not want to sit still for one second and play any of the children's games.  He just wanted to run around and growl at people.  His new favorite thing is growling like a lion, and since he was dressed as Tigger- that worked too :)  Colton didn't really get the concept of trick or treating too well.  I had to hold his bucket most of the time.  However, he DID love all the kids and seeing all the fun costumes.  He was smiles and giggles all night!  He waved at all the people handing out candy as we left.  I have the cutest little boy ever!

Happy Halloween!

As you can see, he's struggling to get away and run around some more.

Most adorable Tigger ever!

I love my little Tigger!

Pumpkin Patch!

This last Saturday (10/20/12), we took a little family trip to Long Grove, IA to visit the Pride of the Waspi Pumpkin Patch!  (Calling it a trip is a bit of a stretch, it was only about 25 minutes away.)  The weather was beautiful and we had a fun time enjoying the crisp fall day, chasing Colton all over the place, and enjoying the fun fall festivities.  I decided that it will probably be a little more fun when Colton is a bit older and can enjoy the bouncy houses, pony rides, and other "bigger" kid activities, but it was a fun family outing.  I took Colton on the barrel train, which he loved, and we took a big wagon ride out to the pumpkin patch.  Colton LOVES the pumkins.  He could have played in the pumpkin area of the festival all day if we let him!  He also spent some time running around in the straw bales and looking at the animals in the petting zoo.  (No way he'd ever actually touch one!)  He thought the bunnies were pretty great though and got pretty excited any time they moved.  We finished the day off with some delicious cotton candy (my favorite!) and some samples of scrumptious kettle corn. 

Waiting in line for the barrel train.

On the train! We're the 2nd to last car.

All smiles!

Wagon ride out to the pumpkin patch.

Look at all the pumpkins!

Showing Colton the pumkins.

"Oh my goodness mom, LOOK at all the pumkins!"

Trying to hide.

Making friends with the pumpkins.

Fifteen Months, Fall, and Fun Times!

Colton is 15 months old today!  Wow!  It's crazy how fast the time goes!  I thought this would be a great day to update the blog with recent pictures and Colton's fifteen month personality! 

Colton absolutely loves playing outside.  He is a typical little boy and loves playing with sticks and testing out his limits.  He's a little daredevil and likes to run up and down hills, climb around any stairs he can find, and balance on anything he can balance on.  He even tries to come down the stairs face first, which has resulted in a few falls that freaked out his mother.  He knows how to come down the right way and is very good at it, he just likes to test out new boundaries.  He is still a picky eater and it's quite frustrating.  He'll eat anything that's not food (leaves, paper, cardboard, etc.) but when I try to get him to eat some normal healthy food, he hates it.  I guess I shouldn't say he hates EVERYTHING.  He loves fruit, peanut butter sandwiches, graham crackers, cereal, and some pastas.  It's just things like veggies, meat, rice, spaghetti, casseroles, cheese, etc. that he won't eat.  He loves getting into anything and everything.  Jon finally got me some baby proof locks on my cabinets so that has helped a lot but he still loves to pull out the pots and pans, and he especially loves playing in the lid drawer.  He loves baths and going for walks and pretty much anything that takes place outside.  He's not a very patient little boy but he does try to be good....most of the time.  

He sleeps about 11-12 hours each night and takes one 1 1/2 hour-2 1/2 hour nap each morning at about 10:30am.  He loves watching Clifford and Curious George and holding his Clifford and monkey stuffed animals while doing so.  He still loves balls of any shape or size and has a pretty good throwing arm!  His new tricks are spinning in circles, walking backwards, and walking around with blankets over his head.  It's actually pretty funny cause he will walk right into walls because he can't see them but he just thinks it's great.  He loves taking baths and he's learning to feed himself.  He is better than I thought he'd be but still super messy!  I think his absolute favorite thing to do is playing with daddy!  He gets so excited when Jon gets home from work. 

Words Colton says: Ball, shoes, baby, mama, dada, down, up, no, yes, hi, hello

Things he does: Point to his belly and ears when asked where they are, go get his shoes when asked, go get clifford when asked, go to the stairs when we say "upstairs", go to the door when we say "outside", give kisses, talk on the phone

His favorite toy.

Climbing on the porch.

He loves it outside!

Playing in the beautiful fall leaves!

And eating the leaves...

He loves his little leaf rake!

Happy bath face!

Cheese!!

Feeding himself/making a big mess.

He does love the independence of it!

One of the many things he's learned to get into.  When this bin is on it's side he'll climb up onto it and stand on it...

Helping mommy with dishes!

Yes, he put this apron on all by himself!