The Croslands

Colton's First Trip to the Beach!

Not only was this Colton's first trip to the beach but it was his first trip! Colton was 7 weeks old and we took him on his first trip. I was just about finished with my maternity leave so we thought we needed to take a family vacation and what better place to go to, the beach! We timed the driving after he had eaten so he would sleep all the way if not most of the way. Towards the end he woke up and we talked to him and gave him his paci and he was out again. He seems to be a great traveler! On our vacation we spent time with G-Mama, G-Pa, Me-Mommy and Great Aunt Betty and Great Uncle Roy. We spent the weekend at Uncle Lanny and Aunt Holly's coast house. We had a wonderful vacation as a family and enjoyed being with family.

Since it was our first trip with Colton we took Everything!! And I am thankful that we did because we used it and had to do a load of laundry! Although we brought the entire house with us we didn't realize that there was going to be such a big cool front. None of us had clothes for the cool rainy weather. Luckily I did bring lots of blankets and footed jammies for him. We went to Wal Mart and I bought him a blue camo fleece which came in handy.

We had lots of things planned while we were in Rockport. We went and visited with Me-Mommy, Cody's Grandmother, this was her first time to meet Colton. We also visited with Cody's Uncle Roy and Aunt Betty, also their first time to meet Colton. We had a great visit with them.

On Saturday Holly and I were planning on going to Sea Fair Days. There are many vendors for us to shop at with live music and fun food to enjoy. The boys weren't able to go fishing because of the rain, wind and cold, so we had a big family outing together at Sea Fair. We all bundled up the best we could with what we brought and bundled Colton up with lots of blankets and put him in the stroller and covered him up. We had a great time walking around shopping and listening to some great local bands.

Mommy and Colton swinging outside enjoying the cool air. He ended up falling asleep in my lap.

Me-Mommy and Colton

Aunt Betty and Colton

Colton staring up at his big cousin Riley. All weekend Riley wanted to hold Colton and play with him.

Uncle Lanny's birthday was over the weekend so Riley and I made a 2 cakes and then he and Reese decorated them. It was Riley's first cake to bake and he did a great job!

Icing the cakes

They each got their own cake to decorate with icing and sprinkles.

After decorating Cody and I deorated them!

Can you guess who is who???? Which one is Cody and which one is Lanny?? Now you can see how Holly and I mix up the boys! :)

Colton staring up at Reese

Brothers hanging out. Do you see the resemblance?

Bath Time!

Reese and Colton

Colton fast asleep with his Uncle Lanny

Sea Fair in Rockport, Texas

Had to get a quick picture and then we covered him back up to stay warm and out of the wind.

Cheering on our teams underneath our warm clothes. Family rivalry!

Reese and I

Uncle Lanny, Reese and Cody

Hot girls with our shades on!

Even though it was cold we had to take Colton to see the beach. It was a very fast photo op!

Thank you Reese for being our wonderful photographer! You are such a great big cousin to Colton.

Baby Announcement

Ok... it has been way too long since I have blogged and I am catching up on so many different things. Some posts may not be in the best order but they are on here!!

For Colton's announcement we took his picture in many different poses. I looked online and saw different poses I liked and we set up our photo studio at home and Cody and I took the pictures. We have fun taking them ourselves and it also gives us a chance to edit them the way we would like them. And of course it allows us to have all of the pictures we take on the computer! We had some people help us with some of the pictures. Thank you Uncle Jay, Aunt Shannon and Uncle Lanny. We are so happy how the pictures turned out!

Meeting some more of my family and friends!

Over the past few weeks we have had so many people come up and visit us and of course to come up and see Colton. It has been so wonderful to have so many family and friends make the drive to Katy to be with us.

Big Cousin Reese

Uncle Lanny - Thanks for loving on me with my A&M gear on!

Aunt Holly

Game Day!!! We are all dressed in our Aggie gear!

Cousins Reese and Riley camped out in Colton's room. It looks like his room is a fun place to play in.

Reese and Colton

After bath time getting ready for bed. Riley what are you wearing??

Colton's buddy Riley

Riley, Colton and Reese

G-Pa, Colton and G-Mama

Daddy and Colton with Uncle Toby and cousin Cage - Colton and Cage are 6 months apart.

Mommy and Colton with Michelle and Cole - Colton and Cole are 3 months apart.

Colton and Cole

Getting ready for bed.

Daddy and Colton with Jon and Cole

Handsome Boy!

Daddy and Colton

Jordan and Colton

My First Bath!

Colton's umbilical cord Finally fell off when he was about 3 weeks!! That was our cue for his first bath! Dad had the cameras ready and mom had the bath all ready for him. His first bath was a success and we found out that he enjoys bath time. In the beginning of course we were all getting comfortable with holding our tiny miracle while he was very slippery. Since his first bath we have gotten so much better at bath time! Colton Loves bath time and loves to be in the water. When we give him his bath at night he knows that it is almost time for bed. His bath relaxes him and he is ready to curl up in our arms getting ready to go to sleep. The routine has worked out so well for both Colton and mommy and daddy.

We discovered through some hard times that he has acid reflux. He was an awesome spitter upper and was able to launch pretty far at times! Every time he spit up you could tell he was in pain and would cry. We put him on prevacid to help with his reflux and we have seen a huge change in him. When he spits his medicine up we can see the difference and we are prepared to help him through his pain. He is so good at taking the medicine, we think he actually enjoys it!