colton: 20 months olds

dear colton,

we love to hear you talk. over the past two months, you have been gone from saying just "Daddy" to a handful of other words, including "Mommy," "baby," "uh-oh," "bubbles" (for your favorite TV show Bubble Guppies), and most recently 'choo-choo,' 'boo' and 'juice,'

you are growing into a sweet little boy who enjoys running all over the place, and dancing. you LOVE to dance. you dance to your favorite TV shows Bubble Guppies and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and your teachers at school also have taken video of you dancing to music at school as well.

you love to play with your little sister and have been a very good big brother (most of the time!) for about 2 weeks you got upset whenever Hayden would cry and would pull her ponytail and also pull her helmet. Mommy put you in time out where you sat by yourself in the corner. We did that a couple times and you seemed to have learned your lesson!

we have enjoyed our days home together with hayden when you're not in school. we take lots of wagon rides, walks, draw on the driveway with chalk, swing from the tree swing and just run around with Youk all day. You love to play outside!

You've also started pushing Hayden in the tricycle. Thank goodness she has a helmet on to protect her! haha. You've become very independent and are learning so many things so quickly. You love Youkilis and have started blowing kisses to everyone.

Your happy nature is contagious. we love you buddy and are having so much fun with you.

checking work emails with daddy at work. it was a special day

my sick boy. you had a bacterial infection and we had to get an x-ray. you were ok thought. <3

daddy did such a good job taking care of you both by himself
while mommy was away for a few days 

handsome boy

just hanging with daddy on a saturday morning in bed

when mommy gets brave and takes both of you to Target

you couldn't get enough of this water slide. pure happiness

hanging with aunt kelly during her visit

one of mommy's favorite pictures. you love to carry your book bag 

learning to share your toys with your little sister has been quite the challenge

mommy cut your hair for the first time since you don't like going to the hair stylist anymore. 

loved riding on the big boy slide with daddy

family ride in the cow train

you were ready to get out...

your new obsession with sunglasses

checking out all the pumpkins we grew this year in our backyard