Girls day!

 Yesterday I met these ladies in Atlanta for a day of shopping! We went to Lenox Mall for the 1st time and it was so nice (and way over our budgets). I walked away with 2 candles :) We took Colin to Seth and Jess's Friday night to stay. They took him to the Zoo, lunch, and on walking trails. He got a good report from the day :) It was so sweet of them to keep him all day so I could go to Atl while Derek worked. D has 3 nights and then we're off to the beach for a week!

 

 

Colin was acting a little off Friday and threw up at Jess's that night. Well, this morning I woke up to a diarrhea baby with a fever. He is good at getting out of school ;) Guess he'll miss Tuesday this week too. He doesn't seem to care to much that I pay for that school...haha. More cuddles and clinginess in our future. We've gone trough 3 outfits from his explosive diapers...poor bud. He's enjoying his 'sick smoothies' though and still playing. We've got to kick this stomach bug before vacation!

 

 

Happy Birhday Chelsea!

 Wednesday was Chelsea's birthday! We met up for cupcakes in the afternoon and then Noah took her on a dinner date. We got to keep Mason overnight to give them a night out alone! So glad we got to do that, the boys had fun! Happy birthday week Chelsea :)



Mom came down Thursday for the day and we got our hair done. I've been wanting to do a keratin treatment for a long time and so far I love it! Derek worked hard on yard work all day which is like therapy to him ;) Colin had a great day at school too!

We had lunch at the next door burger place and finished our day off with fried oreos...weird and so different. First and last time eating those :) 

Resume playing!

Yay for no more yucky snot! It was a long 7 days, but Colin's feeling better and we're all happier ;) We had a good weekend and are happy Derek's been off this week!

 

Bath boy!

 

My favorite 2!

 

Falling asleep from sitting position lately...strange one ;)

 

I went to my first MOPS group meeting Tues. It was a big group and nice to meet girls in the area! There is a craft each time and this week was making a picture frame.

 

We've been working on Colin's bathroom. Coat 1 of 2 up and dry!

 

Little Mason is growing fast and trying to keep up with CTP! 

 

Unfortunately, we've had 2 storms lately that have caused water leaks in our house... Thankfully we had a roofer come today and will be fixing the roof Friday. Hopefully we won't have to worry about fixing anything in the crawl space or garage! Derek's been working hard this week getting all of that fixed! 7 days until our beach vacation:)

So much snot!

This snotty boy has had a long week at home. He's finally fever free and just snotty now. So tired of using the nose sucker, poor bud is over it! We've tried to stay home as much as possible...but goodness, it's like being in jail. It has taken me back to those first painful months trapped in the house, haha. We skipped both days of school this week, but got out a few times to have fun.

 

 Not happy to have to wake up after a 3 hour nap...

 

We took Ross dinner after his ACL surgery. Colin approved the banana pudding :)

 

Today we're hanging with daddy before he starts a string of night shifts. Chelsea and Mason are going to keep us company!

 

This boy is growing so fast. It's crazy to me I just filled out his birthday invites. He's so funny and can do so much now. He's cruising on the couches now and trying to let go. He's waving and clapping at everything. He's saying 'up' and bye' and it's too cute! He's pointing at things he wants and shakes his finger when we say 'no no no'. We try not to laugh, because he's usually climbing on the fireplace or stairs, but it's hilarious too. Love this kid.

Sick day

Look like Colin will have his first sick day from school tomorrow! He's only been 2 days!! haha. Might as well get all the bugs we can before winter germs come. We've had a lazy weekend at home. Lots of naps for his sick dude. Poor buddy definitely isn't as playful, we had lots of these germs attack us last winter, but he handles them so much better! He's been sweet and cuddly :)

 

 

It was somewhat perfect timing because my parents were already on their way to come visit. Noah and his fam came for the night to stay too. It was nice having company to sit around the house with! We grilled out when Derek got off work Saturday and watched football, of course! Dad was a work horse as always (with Noah as his assistant); he fixed our deck screens, cleaned our patio, washed cars, fixed our stove, painted baby gates, and fixed our garage doors. I'm not sure how he has that much energy on the weekends, but we sure did appreciate it! Us girls put up some paint samples on the walls in Colin's bathroom. I think we've picked one!

 Sunday was Grandparents Day...I forgot about that until later that afternoon. Colin has 2 sets of wonderful grandparents!

 

My football company, Chelsea was on the other couch :) 

 

Getting so big!! 

 

Aunt Jessie came to visit Sunday too! Derek had his first soccer game last night and they won! Hopefully I'll get to go watch a game soon. Today we went for a recheck on Colin at his pediatrician's office. He was still running a fever of 102 this morning. His ears were dull but no infection and they did a cbc and strep which were neg. So looks like we're doing all we can and it will soon pass. He was a trooper at the doc and slept most of the time.

Haircuts and Barking

 What a fun week! CTP started school Tuesday. He did so good and even though he didn't nap that great, they said he was super happy. Derek had a few days off and we ran around doing errands, DMV, date day, etc. We found outdoor furniture too! We didn't do too great with taking pics this week, Colin is everywhere and hard to catch now!

 

Mastered the Capri Sun at a Labor Day party. He wants to stand on everything and dance to the music :)

 

Colin's first haircut! He did great and all we did was trim the sides and back. It looks soo much better though and no more bob!

 

 Also has mastered the pitiful lip...this time for the cheese dip running out. We went to eat with Ross and Laura before he had his knee surgery.

 

Friday Colin started barking when he was crying and was having trouble swallowing his food. After a few barking sessions last night and more this am with a fever too, we went to visit daddy at work for some steroids! I knew immediately it was croup since Reed had it so much when I babysat him. He's still playing and happy, just randomly will bark at us and isn't as energetic. He should be better in the next 2 days though! It was nice to go see where Derek worked and everyone loved seeing mini-D :)

 

Oh daycare germs :) So well behaved and entertained by Sports Center ;) Now we're home resting up for Poppy and Mimi's visit today!

 

Mother's Day Out!

My baby had his 1st day of school today! He looked so grown up today! He's going Tuesdays and Thursdays this year. There are 4 kids in his class. Ages range 9-12 months. They all seemed sweet when I dropped him off today. I used carpool for pickup and he was pretty excited to see that I came back for him :)

 

He gets a report sheet everyday. His today said he was very happy and ate all of his lunch, but only napped 30 minutes and didn't want his bottle. Kid must be ready for Kindergarten :)

 



 

We made it home and he passed out for 2 1/2 hours. I got so much done today, I think I like this school thing ;) I missed my buddy though. I'm glad it's just 2 half days!!