Weekend Adventures

We had a fun weekend!

On Friday night we went to the Oklahoma City Blazers hockey game. We got there as it started and as we were walking down the stairs to our seats all the lights went out and the announcer screamed "ARE YOU READY?" and so Kolton flipped and Brady had to run out with him. It probably doesn't help that he is teething bad and is running a fever (poor guy). I can't wait for that darn tooth to come in! Anyway, we had fun at the hockey game!

Kolton and I at the hockey game.

Kolton and Brady stopped at a cross-walk walking back to our car.

Saturday night was our ward's Halloween party. We weren't able to make it until it was time for the trunk-or-treating, but we were excited to be able to go! Here's a picture of Kolton at the Hurlbut's van.

Tonight we carved Kolton's pumpkin. We decided to make it have 4 teeth like him (hopefully 5 here in the next day!). Anyway, Brady did most of the work. It was fun though! Can't wait for years to come as Kolton gets older and we have traditions like this! Showing Kolton the inside of the pumpkin.
Kolton playing with the lid.

Brady slaving away.

Kolton's jack-o-lantern! Yeah for Halloween!

Laughing

Last night Kolton was cracking up every time I came near him. Now of course by the time you get the camera out, things slow down a bit, but he was still laughing a ton! It was fun! Sometimes Kolton just gets in these moods where you can do just about anything and he thinks it is the funniest thing in the world (like most kids I'm sure). Laughing with your child has to be one of the most fun things to do!

Turtle, Turtle

Yesterday I decided to take pictures of Kolton in his Halloween costume. I really should have waited until our ward Halloween party when his costume would be complete, but I couldn't wait. So, I'll probably post more pictures later with a cuter background and a few finishing touches to the costume, but until then here is our little turtle! :)

Kisses

Today has been a normal day of playing with Kolton, cleaning house, hanging out with friends, going to Walmart (crazy, huh?)...and taking pictures of Kolton!

I love my son! I love being a mom for him! He woke up really happy, so I decided to take some pictures!
This is my son's really confused face! Don't you love the drool on the bottom lip? Yummy! ;)
And yes, he already reads the scriptures! Amazing! (Just kidding...he was playing with them so I opened them up and thought I'd snap a picture!)



Recently, if you make the "kissing" sound, Kolton will make the same sound. He doesn't pucker up, but he thinks it is pretty cool he can make the same sound!

Visits from Utah!

My mom and sister Cambrea came to visit us this past week! It was so much fun! Kolton really liked playing with them! We went to the park and to the play place at the mall. They also watched Kolton for 7 hours for us to go to the OU vs Kansas game yesterday! We had a blast at the game and Kolton had fun playing with his grandma and aunt while we were gone! It was a fun week!

Sacked Out

Friday night we had dinner with the Foys and the missionaries. Afterwards, the boys wanted to play Xbox, so Brady and Sterling left with Kolton and went to our house. About 20 minutes later, Brittney, Kade, and I joined them. When I came home I went to feed Kolton his bottle and he completely sacked out. Apparently we've been keeping him up too late or something!

Kolton loves to play with the dogs, especially with Sugar and her toys. He loves to climb all over her and give her her toys. So, here are a few pictures of them playing together. Sugar is so patient with him, she pretty much lets him do whatever he wants!

TIRED!

Every night Kolton gets a bottle before he goes to bed. Once he's finished Brady will read him his story and then we'll put him to bed. Well, tonight he did not get his story...

I came walking out into the living room and this is how I found him (his bottle is underneath him). Poor guy!

Hanging Around

OK, I know this will probably scare you, but look what Kolton can do! He's so strong!

Saturday Night

This past Saturday, while Brady was at the priesthood session I decided go get Kolton's Halloween outfit. Now, picking out his outfit was really hard for me to do! But, I decided to go with the turtle, since he tends to look like one sometimes! :)


Also, I decided to let him play in the play area at the mall, even though he is a little small, he loves to be with other little kids so I thought this would be a good opportunity. He really liked it!

Duck Pond

During Brady's break yesterday we went to the duck pond in Norman right there by campus. It was so fun to wach Kolton react to how crazy the ducks get! He even got to feed them himself! It was definitely worth that $0.92 we spent on the bread!!! (Sorry mom...we didn't get any pictures of the three of us...)

9 Months Old!

Yesterday, Kolton was 9 months old! To celebrate, we took some pictures of him on Saturday in his OU attire. He's grown up so fast! He is so good at crawling now...it is crazy (and drives me a little crazy!)! We love him so much! He is so much fun to be around and we love watching him figure new things out! He follows me from room to room now as I do house chores and whatnot. New today: WHEN HE FOLLOWS ME AROUND HE SAYS "MAMA"...."MAMA"!!!! I can't believe it!!!!

Story Time

Every night Brady has been reading Kolton a story. It is so sweet to watch them! Kolton will follow Brady's finger all along the page as he points to things. Last night he read Kolton the story I Love You Through and Through.

Babyproof?

So, I'm thinking I might need to change the location of our DVDs...especially since we have them in alphabetical order (probably won't last).

New Toys!

This is a picture of Kolton in the backyard watching the dogs play (one of his new favorite things to do!).

I know this is a really bad picture but you can actually see his top two teeth. You can only ever see his bottom teeth, so I wanted to post this just to show he really does have 4 teeth! :)

Brady had a test in his statistics class but he couldn't use a calculator that was worth more than $1 (just so you couldn't do anything fancy with your calculator besides the normal add, subtract etc) so we went to the Dollar General to buy him a calculator. While we were there we decided to buy Kolton a few dinosaurs. He loves them!

I just love it when they play together! I love how Kolton is looking up at his Daddy...so sweet!

It works!

So, just wanted to let everyone know our AC works again! Yay! A friend of Brady's parents, Robby, came over and fixed it. Our a-coil just needed to be cleaned, so that was nice! And we only had to pay $40 instead of $150 for it to get fixed! So, now Kolton is fully clothed...most of the time! ;)
Also, our vacuum is broke. I know...our vacuum is ALWAYS broken. We have such horrible luck with vacuums, I swear! Anyway, it is in the shop getting fixed and so I am borrowing Brittney's vacuum. Well, I need to return it today so I thought I would vacuum again before giving it back to her and Kolton just followed me around the whole time I vacuumed. He usually will just sit in one spot while I vacuum (I think he is a little afraid of the vacuum) but today he was always right behind me. I almost stepped on him a couple of times. From room to room, he was right there. It is still really weird to me that he can crawl!

When all else fails...give them a cup!

Last night Kolton just did not want to go to bed. He is usually in bed by 9:30 at the latest but last night he was still going strong at 10:00. So, we gave him a plastic cup and that seemed to tucker him out.

Sorry for the naked child...our air conditioner is out of service right now so this is my way of keeping him somewhat comfortable! Poor guy...

Just Between Friends

Twice a year Just Between Friends comes to Oklahoma City and to Norman. My friend Shana told me about it when I was pregnant with Kolton. Ever since, I've gone to every one. This is where I get a lot of Kolton's clothes and toys. You can find such awesome deals at the consignment sale. Brady came with me to the Norman one and let Kolton play on this zebra toy and Kolton LOVED it! He doesn't quite fit on it yet, but every time I bring it out for him to play on he gets all excited and kicks his feet. Anyway, this was the first time he played on it at home.

(And yes, his new thing is to stick his tongue out when he thinks he is pretty cool and is excited about something.)

Kolton's First Playgroup

Kolton went to his first play group this week. It was at Brittney's house. He had so much fun. He never gets to play with other kids (not that there is much playing going on between two kids at this age) so it was good for him to be around other children for a couple hours.


Kolton will scratch and pinch his belly aslmot the whole time he is drinking his bottle. I think it is the weirdest thing!

Jamie, one of Brittney's friends, had a son named Tucker who was just one month younger than Kolton. They sat there for a few minutes just staring at each other and passing toys back and forth.

This is the whole group (minus one who left early). Shana's Brigham, 22 months old, my Kolton, 8 months old, Brittney's Kade, 2 months old, Nichole's Ross, 4 months old, and Jamie's Tucker, 7 months old.