Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen

Colin's new thing is to take his pacifier and run it along his crib when he wakes up in the morning and in the night. It reminds me of the man in jail running his tin can along the bars in the jail. It is pretty funny. He is also really saying his "Ba's" and "Da's". Yesterday while driving I heard him say "DA DA" I don't think he knew what he was saying, but still pretty exciting.

Colin is no longer the youngest Hughes Baby. Allan and Korrina had a little girl early this morning, they named her Haylee Mae. Everyone is doing well.

Colin and Mr and Mrs Claus!

(This is an unusual site, so I thought I would capture it!)

Colin had his 6 month appointment on Friday. He did really well. He is 20 lbs and 29" long!!! Very tall for his age. He also showed off for the doctor and sat up for a long time while there with no assistance. He got 4 shots and just cried for a second. I was very proud of him.

Yesterday Colin met Santa and Mrs Claus for the first time. He just laughed at them just like he would anyone esle, they didn't scare him at all. It was a long day at Hughes' Christmas. Colin had to wake up from a nap to go and Santa came right in the middle of his second nap.

FOOD!!!

Well, we are trying new foods with Colin. We started with the rice, now we are on to fruits and veggies. He loves all the fruit but the veggies have to be mixed with his rice, until now! Carrots are a new favorite. Colin finished the whole bottle tonight, which is a first for the veggies. He is also sitting up a lot more and not so flopsy. We go for his 6 month appointment on Friday. My predictions are as follows: 28" long and 22lbs.

Matt just headed out for the rest of the week. He is going to be all over the Midwest for the next 4 days. We are hoping that he misses the big ice storm that is heading our way.

Getting Ready for Christmas

Hello everyone. Today has been a sad day - I feel like I have been glued to the tv watching the news on the the shooting at the mall in Omaha. It is certainly a little close to home, so to get my mind off of that, I gave Colin his first haircut...then made Savannah mad by putting reindeer ears on her. I laughed for a long time. She wouldn't put her head up, so this was the best shot I got. The other picture is of Colin's friend Ellie from Denver. Ellie is just of a year and loved Colin's toys and Colin loved watching Ellie.

Johny Jump Up

Colin got a new toy...well Matt got a new toy. Matt has been waiting for the day that Colin was big enough to get in a Johny Jump Up. I found one this week and so we thought we would try it out. A little pre- Christmas gift to both of my boys. Although Matt was really excited to put it up and see Colin in it, you can see that the excitement for Matt wore off pretty quickly as I caught him taking a nap on the doorway.

Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving we headed towards Minnesota on Wednesday. We ran into a snow storm in Des Moines and ended up staying there. That afternoon we received a sad call, Matt's grandma had passed away. So Thursday morning we headed toward Wisconsin. This is the grandma that we had just went to see in October. We are so glad that she was able to meet Colin and Matt got to see her just a month ago. Great Grandma Stellmacher was 91 years old and had a wonderful life and it was obvious to me that she was loved by so many. She will be missed greatly!

So here are a couple of pictures from the weekend. Colin was sure glad to get home - back to his normal routine today....lots of naps and not so many new faces to check out.

Excer-Saucer

Colin really enjoys his excer-saucer. He loves standing up now. The toys on it keep him really entertained. This morning I caught him trying to advance himself and reading a book. He is such a self starter.