The Croslands

7 1/2 Months & Pulling Up

Crawling happened about 6 1/2 months and now at 7 1/2 months he started pulling up. He crawled towards Dakota and pulled up right next to her. He pulls up real well but was struggling with sitting back down. One night we were with him and he was fussy and we werent' sure why. We figured out that he was afraid to sit down from standing up. He would take one hand off whatever he was holding on to and then he would put it quickly back to hold whatever it was. He did this for a few days. We showed him what he needed to do and after a few days very cautiously he would have one hand on the coffee table and lower his other hand to the ground until he touched it and then he would lower his other arm. We were able to watch him accomplish this achievement for the first time. It was so neat to see him overcome his fear and learn what he needed to do! Now he has it down but still is a bit cautious lowering himself down at times.

Dakota & Colton hanging out looking outside.

Bath Time

Colton LOVES bath time!! Whatever mood he might be in bath time makes him so happy! Cody and I call him our water baby! He enjoys being in the water, splashing around and playing with his toys. He usually bathes in the big bath tub but sometimes we will put him in the kitchen sink.

He really likes this one blue dolphin he has, imagine that he has a dolphin, Mommy's favorite! We have now named the dolphin Daphne, not sure why but that is her name.

One night during bath Colton was chewing on Daphne and he held it up so I went to bite it. He would bite it then put it towards my mouth for me to bite it. It was so neat to see him move it back and forth and give it to me. The next night we were bathing and he had Daphne and he reached up and put it in my mouth. He remembered from the night before! It was so neat to see him learning and remembering things!!

There's Daphne!!

Always smiling with that cute dimple!

He is such a happy boy and he is happy All the time!!

Family Portraits over Spring Break

The last weekend of Spring Break we went to Rockport to hang out with Lanny, Holly & the kids. We had a great time as we always do with them and at the beach!! We took family portraits while we were there. Holly and I had a great idea of taking them on the beach. We got everyone dressed and we went to the beach, it was still a little chilly and a little windy but we thought we would try. Colton fell asleep in the car on the way over and we get out and it was Freezing and Blowing 90 mph! Cody and Lanny thought we were nuts but went along with what we had invisioned. We walked down to the beach and it was way too windy and the tide was out and it just didn't look nice at all. We tried and it just didn't work like we had wanted it too. We went back to the house and took the pictures in front of the big beautiful oak tree they have in the front yard. They came out looking really nice. This summer we will try the family picture on the beach again.

Goofy kiddos!!

I Love the bond that the two of them have. It is so special!!!

St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's Day this year was during Spring Break. Aunt Chandra came up and visited for a couple days over our break. We had a great relaxing visit. Chandra, Colton and I met Cody at Hooter's on St. Patrick's Day and enjoyed our green beer. Colton was dressed in his green gear and looked adorable. This was his first trip to Hooter's.

About a week later we met Jon, Michelle and Cole at Hooter's. We had the boys take a picture with the girls. Colton had his Hooter's onesie on that Cody had gotten him a while back.

He sure is a McCutie!!!

Laughing!

The girls in green.

Aunt Chandra and Colton

He's watching the American flag waving in the wind, my patriotic boy!

Happy St. Patrick's Day from our happy family!

Jon, Cole, Colton & Cody at Hooter's

Daddy's Hat

Colton Loves Cody's hat! Well, he really just loves hats! He loves to pull down on the brims and chew on them. He enjoyed wearing his camo hat but now he has discovered how to take it off. He learned that quickly because we would put Cody's hat on him to play and he learned how to pull it off so he could hold it and play with it. I'm sure he is going to love wearing hats just like his Daddy does!

Watch me, I'm going to get that hat off!

See, I told you I would. This brim sure does taste yummy!

I'm ready to go fishing Daddy!! When is our first fishing trip?

6 Month Pictures

We took 6 month pictures of our little man. We set up our own studio in the living room and took pictures. We have been blessed with such a wonderful little boy. We love taking his pictures and we have so much fun doing it.

Mommy & her little angel!