Catching Up on April and May

Hey Folks,

Here are a few pictures to catch you up on the past couple of months:

Easter 2009

Playing with the big boys

Hanging out with Mrs. Paige at Brunch

Discovering the never-ending tissue box

Emergency? What Emergency??

So my new favorite "pretend play" is to pretend that everything I pick up is a phone. I like to hold things to my ear and say "o?" (Mommy translation = "hello?"). Today I managed to get the real phone from Daddy. I love pushing all the buttons and hearing the beeps. I can even make it ring all by myself. I proudly walked over to show Mommy my treasure. To my surprise, it rang right then. Mommy took the phone from me (of course!) and said "hello?". The nice man on the other end said, "Yes ma'am, this is Pulaski County 911 and we just received a hang up call from this number. Is there an emergency?" Well, did Mommy's face turn red! She explained that it was me who called the nice man (of course!) and that we did not have an emergency. I haven't gotten to play with the phone since!!

Later,
Collin

On the Move

I thought you might like to see what I've been up to lately - check out this video!

I'm a very busy boy!

See you later,
Collin

Do I look older?

Hi Everyone,

I thought you might like to see some pictures from my birthday party. We had a great time! By the way, I LOVE cake!!!

Inspecting the loot...



Me and my new trike!!

I had such a good time at the party, I decided to start walking on my own just after everyone left!!

Whew!! Home Sweet Home

Hi Everyone,

Collin here...remember me?

This is my first post from our new house! We have been very busy putting things in boxes, moving the boxes around, taking things out of boxes...it's really very exhausting.

But, now that we're here, this place is great. I have a new room, another room just to play in, lots of hallways and doorways to check out, a whole lot of cabinet doors to open, and, here's the best part, a stairway to climb and climb and climb! Want to know something else about this place? It SNOWS here! Yep, right now outside there's snow everywhere. I don't think we had that at our old house.

So, I guess we need to catch up. Mommy says I'm growing like a weed. I've also learned a few new tricks. My vocabulary keeps getting bigger. I say "hi", "bye", "mama" and "dada", but I've had those under my belt for a while. I'm working on a few more, but you'll just have to wait for those. I like to wave a lot - watch this video:

I also really like to give everyone high fives. I crawl around a lot, but I'm not walking by myself quite yet. I like to walk around the furniture, but when I come to the end, it's just a whole lot easier to sit down and crawl. I love to hear the "BOIIIING" of the door stops when I pull them. Next to my Mommy and Daddy, I love hugging my Blue Bear more than anything in the world. I also really like to rearrange my diapers - neat stacks are just not my style! I love it when my Daddy dangles me upside down over his back...that one makes me squeal because I get so excited! I just stay really busy all the time!

Speaking of busy, gotta go. Later gators!

P.S. In case you're wondering, I had meatballs in that top picture!! Mmm-mmm!

Snip, Snip, Oh What a Handsome Boy I Am!

Today I got my first professional haircut! Mommy & Daddy thought that I was starting to look a little shaggy, so off I went to see Mrs. AJ! She is very nice and I liked playing with her combs and clips. Here are some pictures of my first real haircut:

The finished product - Don't I look great?

'Twas the Week Before Christmas

Eureka! I've been searching high and low for my Christmas present, and tonight I found it!! It was hiding under our Christmas tree!

Just as I reached it, I was CAUGHT!! Mommy came back and found me.

Mommy laughed at me and then helped me pull out my present so I could really inspect it. After I looked at it, banged on it, and chewed on it a little bit, I climbed on top of it.

I still don't know what's in it, but it sure is fun!! MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!