The Croslands

Saturday, December 12, 2009

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!

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