Today's Random Thought

Every time I wash Colin's clothes I have a freak-out moment. No joke - every time.

Because every time I start folding them I think, "These look really small. Oh crap. Did I shrink his clothes? Oh no no no no no no.  I don't want to buy more. Crap crap crap."

This is followed by me holding them up to other clothes hanging in his closet to size them up next to each other. Sometime seeing if I can stretch some that looks really small. If he is next to me I hold it up to him.

Then I realize that I previously folded adult clothes...so these are going to look oddly small. Freak-out over.

But it happens again the next time. It is a vicious cycle.

BUT - Gymorbee. I swear those do shrink up a bit. Because how can 12-18 mth clothes fit him so perfectly already?? OshKosh doesn't appear to have much shrinkage after washing.

How to spend the day

Sometimes I feel like I struggle to find things to entertain Colin. He mostly likes to speed crawl from one sharp corner of furniture to an outlet. OK, I am just kidding about that. But his favorite thing to do it just move. Non-stop. He wants to explore.

We borrowed a toy from my Mom's house this weekend  (the Busy Ball Popper) and I didn't realize how much Colin loved it. I brought it back this morning because it sounded like we were at Chuck E Cheese's and there was no volume control, but he loves picking up two balls and banging them together. This makes me excited because he doesn't clap yet but if he dropped the balls he would be right there!

So in came my creativity. A ball pit.

Now my house really is Chuck E Cheese's. I intended on purchasing the turtle sand box and filling it with the balls and giving us something to play with outside, but they were sold out and I couldn't find one. So I opted for the $6 kiddie pool instead and I can move it inside or out. Not really the look I wanted, but it serves it's purpose!

Any other suggestions on forms of entertainment? He is still a little scared of the grass, but getting better!

Oh, and we have tooth number 6!! (I think...he only lets me in there occasionally) And some killer seasonal allergies. Colin sounds so congested but at least once all this stuff is done blooming it will begin to clear up. Benadryl is out friend right now.

And check out the new recipe under the Weekly Recipe tab!

He will now know which one his his

That is what Andrew told Colin when I put his name up. "Now you won't get lost. You will know which room is yours."

I got Colin's name and giraffe up on the wall yesterday! My replacement came in and I went straight to work. Only problem - the same thing was happening as last time! I used a hair dryer like the demonstrator suggested and it did help but still took me nearly an hour to get up on the wall!

I added the giraffe at the end and he went up effortlessly. You would have thought he was created for the sole purpose of being on Colin's wall. There was no way he wasn't going to stick. So it definitely wasn't my paint (which I was afraid of) or the adhesive since they would have been cut from the same material.

In the end we figured that the font for his name was just so wide compared to the small lines of the giraffe that it was causing the problems. The backing paper is so sticky that only one edge of the letter would be off as I tried to roll the paper to the other edge and it would end up pulling the letter back off the wall.

I will buy these again but I will be a little more selective on my fonts. I couldn't avoid it this time b/c I wanted a masculine font for the yellow walls but for other places in my home I will be happy with a more feminine looking font. I LOVE IT!

And I put the extra giraffe at the bottom of his door on the inside (see it?).

Oh, and the love for the golf club is no fluke. He was just as excited to play with it last night as well. There may be a tiny golf bag in Colin's future. Maybe Mommy needs to learn to play. And she wants a pink bag if this is going to happen. =)

Beans and Cornbread Had a Fight

Colin had his 9 month check up yesterday and did so good! He had one shot and had to have his finger pricked for a blood sample. But with Puffs in my hand for both of these he didn't even shed a tear. This kid will do anything for Puffs or Cheerios.

He weighed in at 21lbs 6oz and 28.75 inches long. This puts him at just above average in both measurements. He has been in the 80-90th % in the past to maybe his rapid rate of growth is slowing down and he will stay in the current clothing size for a bit longer. Maybe the entire summer. That would be awesome as I just spent my Gymbucks yesterday. =)

He is growing just fine for not being too terribly interested in baby food. He will eat yogurt no problem but just isn't super interested in being spoon fed anything else. So Dr. Lowe said to just keep a few jars on hand but to offer him table food at meal times. So last night he had white chicken chili, cornbread, and peaches! He didn't touch the chicken but when he got the white beans and cornbread in his mouth he seemed to enjoy it! And canned peaches in the mesh feeder was a big hit also!

We are also starting to have some luck with a sippy cup. I only bought 5 thousand different kinds and he is finally getting the hang of one: the straw cup with his name on it (that Julie made). He doesn't drink from it much, but now instead of chewing on the straw he will suck up some water. Baby steps...

He also loves his Daddy's golf club. He spent a good part of the evening just banging it around on the driveway.

Can I interest you in a cup of coffee?

If you live on the Cason Lane/Blackman side of town you have probably seen this guy. These pictures loaded small, so be sure to click to enlarge to get the full effect.

Does this make you want to stroll into the cafe for a cup of coffee?

Creepy Clowns just don't make me think "Latte." What were they thinking when they came up with this marketing idea?

I had to take a picture.