The Croslands

Monday, December 28, 2009

Colton's First Snow!!

December 4, 2009 it SNOWED in Katy, Texas!!! Yep, that's right, we got about 2 inches of snow at our home. It was a Friday, I was at work and Colton was at school. Cody was on his way to Junction to go hunting for the weekend so unfortunately he missed the snow. He did see some as they were driving out of town but didn't see it once it started sticking to the ground.

I took lots of pictures at school and took some self portraits of Colton and I.

School Playground

Jenn and I at school enjoying the snow!

Leaving school.

Our home! Dakota and Leland were a little unsure of what was going on. They are on the front porch looking at me thinking I was crazy!

It was Beautiful!

Leland was not happy that I made him go outside.

For My Marine!

Self Portrait Take 1

Self Portrait Take 2

What is that white stuff?

Mom, I'm cold. Are you done taking all these pictures?

Sunday, December 13, 2009

3 Months Old!

This month we didn't have a check-up, but we did go see Dr. Kisch for his RSV on the 14th so I was able to see how much he weighed. Time is flying by and he is getting so big!

Weight - 13 pounds 3 ounces
He was sleeping 6-8 hours at night until he got his first cold/RSV. When he was sick he woke up mre often.
He does not sleep well at school which helps him sleep for longer periods at night. At home he sleeps on his belly if he is not sick and at daycare they have him sleep on his back and we think that is one reason why he may not sleep very well there.
During the day he eats every 3-4 hours and at night every 6-8 hours. When he was sick he would eat every 4-6 hours at night.
Colton discovered his hands! He studies them very closely all the time.
He also discovered his reflection in the mirror. Whenever we look in the mirror together it takes a couple seconds but then he smiles and watches himself. In the car we have a mirror so we can see him, he loves watching himself in that mirror while we are driving.
Colton smiles all the time and has started to laugh when Mom and Dad play with him.
He watches Mom and Dad and other things around him. He focuses on many things and moves his eyes following objects.
Loves to coo and loves to hear himself make noises.

Colton's First Halloween!

It's our little pumpkin's first Halloween! Halloween day we went to Sealy to our friend's Judd and Jenn's Fall Festival at their church. Colton was dressed in his pumpkin outfit and he slept the entire time we were there. It was a great time hanging out outside with friends.

That evening we passed out candy at our house and Uncle Jay and Aunt Shannon came over and hung out with us. Colton ended up sleeping through the entire evening. We did get some good pictures before we started passing out candy while he was awake but once it was time to start trick or treating he was out for the night.

Daddy and his little pumpkin at the Fall Festival

Mommy and her little pumpkin

I see you!

Colton and Mommy's First Weekend Alone & Colton's First Time to Get Sick

It's Opening Weekend for Deer Season and Cody leaves on Thursday night and will come back home on Sunday. It was my first time to be with just Colton overnight by ourselves. I was a little nervous mainly about getting up in the morning and getting us both off to school on time! Other than that I knew we would be fine.

Friday morning we both made it to school on time. Friday night Colton started to cough a little, nothing real bad but something he didn't normally do. He was a little congested so I talked to Cody at the deer lease and tried to suck his nose with the blue bulb thing the hospital gave us. I tried to suck his nose and got what I could. He went to sleep and everything seemed fine.

Around 2:30 he woke up very congested and having a very hard time breathing. I tried to suck his nose again and didn't really get much. I didn't really know how to use it properly. To help him breathe I kept him on my chest all night. I put pillows around me and I held him the whole night and he slept on my chest while I was sitting up. The next morning talked to Cody and we learned about an electric nose sucker. It works so well!! Uncle Jay and Aunt Shannon went and bought the nose sucker for me and brought it to me and hung out with us for a while. He slept most of the weekend and needed lots of love and attention and that is what he got.

The next week he seemed ok, he never ran a fever and just had a little stuffy nose. We bought 'Little Noses' to help with his nose and it really helped us when we needed to use the sucker. Well, that next Friday evening it seemed he had gotten worse than he had been. That next morning we called Dr. Kisch, Colton's pediatrician and she wanted to see him. We met her at her office Saturday morning. His lungs wer clear which was a good thing. She tested him for RSV, which came back positive. She said that there isn't much we can do unless he runs a fever we would give him Tylenol, if he started weezing then he would have nebulizer, but we do need to have him sleep sitting up not laying down. We moved his swing in our room and he sleeps in his swing.

Over Thanksgiving he had gotten better. He didn't go to daycare for 9 days and we think that really helped him. Once he went back to daycare about mid week he started getting congested again, we aren't sure if it was because he was back at school or because the weather got much colder.

As of now, December 13th we have had no fever and no weezing! He is still congested, has a cough and sleeping in his swing. Most of the time he is in a very good mood and you can't tell that he doesn't feel well. He still smiles and laughs which is such a great thing!

And of course, the first time little man gets sick Cody is out of town hunting 5 1/2 hours away from home without his truck at the lease. :)

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Dewberry Farm

It's our first trip to Dewberry to pick a pumpkin for Halloween! We went with Jay, Shannon and Aimee. Dewberry Farm is just west of Katy in Brookshire. It is a great family place with many attractions. The most popular is the pumpkin patch where you go out in the patch to pick your pumpkin! During the Christmas season you can even go cut down your own Christmas tree! There are many attractions for kids, with animals around and games with a corn train, a hay ride and lots of activities for kids. There is even a corn maze that we walked through. This year was just the experience of going out there picking a pumpkin and taking Colton's pictures. When he gets older Cody and I know that he is going to love going out there.

He was wide awake but when we set him down the sun was in his eyes so he shut them but he still looks pretty cute sitting in the pumpkins!

Sorry Colton that just doesn't seem very comfortable.

I carried Colton all around Dewberry because the ground was so uneven Colton was having a very bumpy ride. Here we are in the corn maze somewhere.

The Fam in the Corn Maze.

Walking around the pumpkin patch searching for our pumpkin.

After Dewberry we went back to Uncle Jay and Aunt Shannon's house for a little bit. We put all of our pumpkins that we bought together to try and get a better picture with little man's eyes open.

Holding his head up high!

Still holding it up!

Still have it up high! He is so strong and such a cutie pie!

Candy Corn Everywhere!

We finally found the perfect costume for our little man. It is pretty hard to find a "costume" for a 2 1/2 month old. I found a great onesie at Babies R Us and it was Perfect for him!! My friend Jenn had told me about taking candy corn pictures with her daughter and I loved the idea. Of course me the picture queen I was so excited to do this! Cody and I had a lot of fun taking these pictures, especially since Colton was smiling. I Love his smile and his dimple in his cheek!

2 Months!

Once again I'm behind on blogging. We finally have the laptop up and running on wireless so I can blog anywhere and have little man with me. I have been keeping his baby book up to date so I do have all of the information and milestones he has been making.

Height - 22 7/8 inches, 50th percentile
Weight - 11 pounds 14 ounces, 50-55th percentile
Head - 15 6/8 inches, 50th percentile
He is sleeping 5-6 hours at night!! YAY!!
During the day he eats every 3 hours
Colton discovered Mommy & Daddy focusing his eyes on us. What an Amazing feeling it is to see your son stare at you! On his swing he has ducks that circle above him and he Loved watching them go round and round. When they would stop he would make a noise and we turned them back on so they would start moving.
Colton smiled when Mommy & Daddy talked to him and he would recognize our voices and turn towards our voice with a smile.
Started daycare because Mom went back to work. Colton started at Childtime and went there for 2 weeks and then he went to KinderCare. We moved him because of some management issues. We loved his teacher and hated having to leave them, but he was taken in with open arms at his new school and we are very happy there.
Colton discovered his voice! He loves to coo and hear the noises he can make. Sometimes he gets real loud. Cody and I think he gets louder because he knows he is making different noises and to get our attention. We love watching him "talk and tell us stories" as we like to call it.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

1 Month!

Every month birthday Colton has we are taking his picture in his Colton chair to see how much he has grown! We made it through the first month and it was wonderful. Parenthood came very natural to the both of us. Our mother and fatherly instincts kicked in right away. As parents we work very well together and help each other out. Being mommy and daddy has been such a blessing and we are loving every minute. Here are some things that have happened in the first month of Colton's life.

Height - 21 inches, 40th percentile
Weight - 10 pounds 4 ounces, 75th percentile As you can tell he is having no problems eating :)
Head - 15 1/8 inches, 50th percentile
Dr. Kisch, Colton's pediatrician, is very happy with the way he is growing.
3 weeks old he was put on Prevacid for his Acid Reflux. He would spit up all the time and it would be projectile at times and whenever he spit up he would get real fussy and cry. Since he has been on the medicine we have seen such a huge improvement. He keeps his food down and does not get fussy when he spits up a little. There have been a few times when he spits up his medicine after we give it to him and we see a big difference from when he is on his medicine and when he has spit it up. It is nice to know that it is working and helping him. Hopefully he will not have to be on Prevacid forever and he will grow out of his Acid Reflux.
Taking his medicine, Prevacid, he does a great job! It smells like strawberries so it must taste good. We are so thankful that he doesn't fight us when we give it to him. He just takes it right in!
Colton sleeps all the time! For the most part he knows when it is night time and does not think that he needs to be awake in the middle of the night.
During the day he would stay awake anywhere from 1-2 hours at a time.
Feeding times vary from 1 1/2 to 3 1/2 hours. Before he was on Prevacid he would if more frequently because he would always spit up. Now that he is on it he can go for a longer period.
He is becoming more alert with his eyes, they open more and more everyday.

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!