Kickball Game!!

Memorial Day Weekend 2nd Annual Stehling Ball Bash!! (Kickball Tournament) All of the friends get together at Jon and Michelle's for a kickball game!! Fun times for everyone!!! Note: Team Looking to Score WON!! :)

After the game, we had dinner and the kids had a great time swiming in the backyard! Big pool for the big kids and then a small pool for the little ones.

The kids got these fun wind blowers. I can't remember for the life of me what these are called, but I remember they were so much fun to have blowing in the wind!

Jon, Toby, Cody

Colton pretending to drive the boat. It's in the driveway!

Cody and I getting ready for the game!

Team Straight Ballin'

Toby & Stacy

Lanny & Holly

Team Looking to Score!

Team Shirts!

Good Game, Good Game!!

Holly & I

Daddy & Colton walking the field after the game. Nice shirt Daddy!! You played your heart out!! How sore were you the next day?! :)


Go Team Straight Ballin'!! Good Game!!

Diaperless and going in for a swim!

 

Swim diaper ON!! Having so much fun!!

He Loved the water sprinkler from above!

Look at that belly!!! Every time after he eats it shoots out!!!!

Playground at Little Beach!!

While we were in Rockport for Memorial Day Weekend Cody and I took Colton to the park that is at Little Beach. It was a very windy day and a great day to play on the playground!

Colton Loves sliding! Wheeeeeee!!!

Happy Boy!

YAY!!! He was so happy he climbed up by himself!

Swinging!!!! Again, the boy is always so happy!!

Hand in hand with Daddy!

Goodnight Moon

Every night before bed we read stories, talk about the day and say prayers. It is my favorite time of the day! We snuggle in his glider and read stories while he drinks his milk. Colton is so calm and relaxed and ready to read. He now has favorite books! It is so neat to see how he has grown.

At first we would just pick books and read them to him. Now he has books that he wants us to read ALL the time. Goodnight Moon is one of his favorites!! He has some animal touch and feel books that he loves too that we read a lot. Goodnight Moon is one that will never get old.

He is learning the book and all the different things they talk about. So cool to see him learning and remembering things from the book!! We point to things and he says some of the words and he Loves to say, "hush" when we get to the part about the quiet old lady whispering hush. He even puts his finger up to his mouth/nose. It's so cute!

I'm going to write the words to the book and highlight all of the words that he can point out in the book. It amazes me that he knows so much! He will also point to the mouse every page. The mouse moves around the room and he can now tell you where the mouse is every time. At first he struggled finding the mouse but now he knows exactly where he is. Daddy is the one that taught him how to find the mouse on every page. I didn't realize that the mouse moved around until he kept pointing and saying, "mouse" at every page.

Goodnight Moon

By: Margaret Wise Brown

In the great green room

there was a telephone

and a red balloon

and a picture of-

The cow jumping over the moon

And there were three little bears sitting on chairs

And two little kittens

and a pair of mittens

And a little toy house

and a young mouse

And a comb and a brush and a bowl full of mush (points to the lamp/light)

And a quiet old lady who was whispering "hush" (puts his finger to his mouth/nose and says, "hush")

Goodnight room

Goodnight moon

Goodnight cow jumping over the moon

Goodnight light

And the red balloon

Goodnight bears

Goodnight chairs

Goodnight kittens

And goodnight mittens

Goodnight clocks

And goodnight socks

(can point out the telephone and the rabbit)

Goodnight little house

And goodnight mouse

Goodnight comb

And goodnight brush

Goodnight nobody

Goodnight mush

And goodnight to the old lady whispering "hush"

Goodnight stars

Goodnight air

Goodnight noises everywhere.

After reading 2-3 books we hold hands and say prayers. We usually start with his prayer bear that says a prayer. 

"Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep. The angels watch me through the night, until I wake in the morning light. Amen"

He has to put the bear back by his lamp, that is his job! We then say our own prayers holding hands for most of the time. He always says, "Amen!" And then he wants to always turn out his block night light that I painted for him with his name. 

Old posts if you want to check them out...

I've been doing A LOT of blogging lately. If you would like to see what we have done in the past year check it out. I neglected our blog for a few months but we are almost back on track. I will do another post like this once everything is blogged. Check them out if you would like and Enjoy!!! Posts are in order from the oldest to the newest.

Grand Dude & Nana Visit/First Babysitter

First Time to the Zoo

Rockport waterpark

4th of July

NASA & Kemah

Big Beach "Port Aransas"

1st Steps

1st Birthday

August 2010

Dewberry Farms 2010

Pumpkin Patch 2010

1st Haircut

Halloween 2010

October 2010

Zoo with Jenn, Bailey & Campbell

Vegas, "YES!!"

Catching Up!!

Like I said in the last post I am going to be doing some Catching Up on Blogging. Quite a few months went by where I didn't blog anything. Looking back at the pictures I can't believe all the things that happened. I'm so mad at myself for not blogging, but not to worry it is catch up time! Enjoy looking back at what The Crosland's have done the past few months and even more!! :)

Mother's Day

My 2nd Mother's Day! My boys are the Best!! I got some beautiful cards from both boys and a gorgeous peridot drop necklace in yellow gold!! WOW!! I was not expecting that at all! I was wanting a necklace with a charm that said Colton's name but Daddy and Colton went way above that. Thank you boys!!

I am so thankful to be a Mother! God blessed me with the most amazing job ever! I cherish every little thing about being a Mommy. Some days are more difficult than others especially when he is testing me, but I don't let it get to me. I've been reading lots of blogs lately and following some families and their children are very sick with cancer. I thank God everyday for our healthy boy and reading these stories makes me grateful for our lives. When he is pushing our buttons I really am for the most part positive because it could be so much worse. I know I just went off a little but I had to get that out.

Here is an email that I received for Mother's Day and I absolutely love the words they bring such joy to my heart! The words are so true and it brings tears to my eyes every time I read it.

Before I was a Mom,
I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby. I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous. I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom,
I had never been puked on. Pooped on. Chewed on. Peed on. I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts. I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom,
I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests, or give shots. I never looked into teary eyes and cried. I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin. I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom,
I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put her down. I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt. I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much. I never knew that I could love someone so much. I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom,
I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body. I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby. I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child. I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.

Before I was a Mom,
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay. I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom. I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much, before I was a Mom.

I received a card with beautiful words as well.

To one who bares the sweetest name. And adds the pleasure not the gain. Who shares joy and cheer when sad. The greatest friend children ever had. Long life to her for there is no other can take the place of a dear MOTHER.

Big hugs from my sweet boy!!

I Love my sweet boy so much!! I Love being your Mommy little buddy!!

Colton's card he made me at school finger-painting. The petals are his finger tips!

Inside of the card.

Cards from both boys and a beautiful bouquet of flowers! Thank you boys for making me feel so special on Mother's Day!

Crawfish Boil

Mother's Day weekend Lanny, Holly, Reese & Riley came up for a visit. We had a great time as always. We didn't do anything big just hung out and let the kids play! We bought some crawfish and had a boil at our house Saturday night. The kids had a great time seeing the mudbugs crawling around. Reese & Riley even picked some up. Colton stayed a few steps back but was still very curious!

Riley & Colton

Riley & Colton checking out the mud bugs.

Riley poking the mud bug with a stick and Colton watching very closely.

Reese picking one up and Colton watching thinking she is crazy!

Colton & Riley playing with the hose.

Way to go Reese!!

Riley a little unsure of this.

Way to go Riley!!

Colton clenching onto his tater tot container not wanting to come any closer.

Monkey See, Monkey Do

Colton got hand, foot and mouth disease, Again. He got it from someone at school. Once again his case was very, very mild! We seem to luck out! Hand, foot and mouth is a virus where they got blister type sores on their hands, feet and inside of their mouths. He has only ever had spots on his feet and hands.

He had to stay home from school for two days and miss Campbell's 3rd birthday party. We didn't want to expose the other little kids there and we were just trying to have his few sores heal. He stayed home with Daddy because Daddy can work from home much easier than I can. While they were home Colton helped Daddy pay some bills. He saw Cody on the computer and have the checkbook and calculator out.

Fast forward a week laster. Tonight this is what we found him doing...

Writing in the checkbook with the calculator out just like Daddy was doing.

 He's got a good memory!! It was so cute seeing him do this and he was so serious!

Babes on the Bay 2011

Babes on the Bay Fishing Tournament in Rockport!!! This was our first time to be in this All Girls tournament!! With so many friends down in Rockport there were many of us at the tournament. This is the largest all girls fishing tournament in the country!!! 

Jon Stehling was our boat captain. He did a fabulous job and we had a Blast!!! The fish weren't there because of a huge storm that came by two days before. It didn't matter though, because we all had a great time!

Team All Hooked Up!!

Michelle, me, Stacy, Lori

Michelle, Lori, Stacy, me

The girls and Captain Jon!

Stacy's trout

My two trout that I caught!!

Yummy!!!

I had my boys take a picture with me. Colton seems a little confused why the fish are not swimming!! :)

Mmmmm, Vitamins!!

Colton loves taking his vitamins! Such a good boy!! We have the gummy vitamins so really he just thinks they are a snack. It doesn't matter I'm glad he doesn't fight us to take them. He gets two everyday and we have been working on him counting 1, 2. When you ask him if he wants them he starts jumping up and down and smiling like crazy!! Then we ask him how many he gets he says, "two." He says it so cute!! Keep it up boy!!

Cheeeeseeee!!!

Sweet boy ready for his vitamins.

one, two!!!!

YAY!!! I have my vitamins!!

Look Mom, two vitamins!!

Yummy!!