Weddings & Pool time

Brian and I went to a high school friend of mine's wedding this past weekend and had a great time seeing old friends and family. Since Colin goes to bed so early, we wanted to make sure we could actually enjoy the evening, so we had Memaw watch Colin overnight in Topeka. They had a great time and Colin was very well-behaved for Memaw. He did throw his food all over the floor though, but she didn't seem to mind the extra cleanup duty.
After we got back to Topeka on Sunday, we took advantage of some pool time. Colin just loves the water, and wore himself out playing so hard. We hoped that would translate into a better nap on the carride home, but unfortunately that didn't happen.

Here is Colin with Mommy, he loved banging his hands on the raft!

Colin was attempting to crawl on water

I just love hanging out at Memaw's house!!

Colin with Daddy, going down the slide. More like inching down the slide, but whatever. Everyone had a great time splish splashing around.

Here's a pic of Brian and I before we left for the wedding. The ceremony was held in a cute little church, but unfortunately the air conditioning wasn't working and we all were miserable. Good thing they had some hand-held fans for us to use. Poor Brian was in long sleeves and black pants. Sometimes girls are so lucky to be able to wear sundresses!

Corporate Challenge week

This has been a busy week for our family. Mainly because I signed up to swim at the KC Corporate Challenge, which meant I had to be at the pool every night Monday-Thursday at 5 pm and would get home WAY past my bedtime around 10 or so. Although I had a great time competing, it was really hard being away from the family and our usual routine. I swam for my company Children's Mercy Hospital and we had a fun team of people representing the hospital. I met a lot of co-workers and it brought back lots of emotions I haven't felt since competing in college.
The last night of the meet Brian decided to bring Colin to watch me swim. Grammie & Granddad also showed up to cheer me on (and to see Colin, I'm sure). It all went great until I jammed my thumb finishing into the wall on my backstroke event. It's still pretty swollen and tender, but I'm sure I'll recover soon. It's just really difficult to pick up a baby and change diapers without being able to move your thumb!


Here is Brian and Colin - with Colin sporting my swim cap. He thought it was so funny when I had it on, actually, it took him a few seconds to figure out who I was with my funny pink hat on! He kept trying to take bites of it when it was on my head.
A good family photo - the medals I won were great teething toys! He did a super job being good at the meet, even if it was past his bedtime, too!

Happy Fathers Day

I know Fathers day was last weekend, but I hadn't started this blog yet, so I didn't get anything posted. We had a great day, got a few things done around the house (powerwashed the deck, mowed the yard), then just enjoyed our day with Colin. Sundays are the only days where both of us are home, so we just love Sundays. Colin and I got Daddy a book that we made full of lots of pictures of Dad & Colin. It is fun to see how much he has changed and grown in the past year.

Here are some of my favorite pics of Colin & Daddy:

If you couldn't tell, Colin just LOVES his daddy and we are so lucky to have such a thoughtful, caring and attentive guy around the house. I definitely wouldn't be able to do it without his help.

Happy Fathers day to all you dads out there.

Oh, and a special Happy Fathers day to Colin's Godfather, Scott (Brian's oldest brother) and to my Godfather, Uncle Len.

Love you all!!!

Giving this blogging thing a try...

Here is a picture of Colin a few weeks ago, he has changed so much since then. He just loves his bathtime and playing with his squirty toys in the water. However, one of his new favorite things is to see how far he can launch his toys in the bathroom. I guess it keeps bathtime interesting at least!
Now, he has a couple of teeth up top, as well as his ones on the bottom. I can't ever seem to keep his shirts dry since he is a drooling machine.
Colin is also developing quite a personality. He seems to get offended whenever you tell him "no" and his lip immediately begins to quiver. Hopefully this will be something he grows out of quickly, we are not a big fan of whining around our house.