A New Year

Colin has now lived in 2 years!  He's is going to have his 1st birthday this year!  I can't believe how fast time is flying by.  He is my sweet little boy and every day he seems to be more and more of a boy.  His smile is changing from just an open "O" mouth to actually spread across his face.  He doesn't show off his teeth much, but he's got a couple and I'm pretty sure he is going to get a couple more in the next few weeks.

My favorite day of the month is, of course, picture day.  This month I decided to get involved myself.  I have so many pictures of him, but I need at least a few with me in them, too. :)

6 Month Photos!

Colin went in on Thursday to get his 6 month photos done.  Unfortunately, the system was down, so I couldn't look at the pictures until later.  We had already scheduled for the birthday buddies to go in together on Saturday, so we went again.  Saturday was hellish since it is so close to Christmas, but we withstood the 1.5 hour wait.  The boys also did great and all the pictures turned out amazing!  Unfortunately, shortly after this Colin started to show more symptoms of his respiratory infection.

Five Month Pictures

5 Months!

Colin's 5 Month pictures overlapped with getting our family Christmas pictures.  I wanted to do them in December, but I need to get Christmas cards done sooner, so I moved them up to November. 

I'm amazed to see how much he really is getting bigger each month.  I see him everyday, so I don't notice it until we put it into perspective.  He sits up more now and the "Squiggle stand-in" looks so much smaller now.  We actually had a difficult time getting him in the right position because he is so much taller and doesn't fit as well into the pillows they have set up.  He can almost sit up on his own, but not quite yet.  I think as soon as he can sit up on his own it will be a little easier.  He does have pretty much the same smile from month to month, though.  He loves to have his mouth open and rarely just gives a little smile.  It really is truly adorable--not that I am biased or anything.

Happy Thanksgiving card

To continue on with our holiday cards for all the fall/winter holidays, I put Colin in a Turkey costume for some Thanksgiving cards.  Both Matt & I busted up laughing as we got him dressed, but he looked so darn cute that it was worth it!  Someday he might not be happy with me for dressing him up as a turkey, but for now he doesn't know the difference and just looks adorable.  Seriously, I think I must be a little bit of an overzealous, crazy mommy, but honestly, I don't care.  Colin may be our only child and I want to do all kinds of fun things with him.  So, he is my little Turkey this month!

Our Family

Christmas!

He really is starting to grow up more.  He laughed at the photographer during the photo shoot, which is a first for him.  He always smiles, but the laughs are new.  The same photographer has done it since 3 months, so he is getting to know Colin.  He commented on how much he is growing and changing.  I think the photographer (Roy) might actually like seeing us every month and not just for the $$. :)  Okay, I might be wrong about that, but we do have fun and he is a nice guy.  I just hope that he is there for next month's photos because he always does such a nice job!  In December I am going to get Colin in all his Christmas gear and do them of him alone.  I am excited for those because I know that he is going to look adorable!  We have some fun ideas for him.

The Most Adorable 4-Month-Old Pictures

My favorite day of the month has become picture day.  Seriously.  I look forward to it with immense anticipation.  I sort through all of his clothes and think about what I should dress him in for the pictures.  I think about it months in advance so that I can get all the outfits I want while he still fits in them.  I love his cute little face and watching the smile and expressions change from month to month.  I have way too much fun with it!

This month's theme is Halloween, so he had to go in his costume, of course!

4 Months Already!

Happy Halloween from a little dragon

Adorable in his dress outfit

Who couldn't love this face?

Love his profile! He was looking at his Mommy.

3 Month Photos

For his 3 Month Photos, Colin invited his friend Cayden to go along (okay, so I did it, but humor me). They each wore their respective hockey team colors and looked adorable!

2 Month Photos

Colin did great for his 2-Month photo shoot.  He isn't a big smiler yet, but he did give some cute looks.  He still does one that looks like he is scared, but it is still cute.

Newborn Photos

I went looking online to find a photographer, but they all seemed so expensive!  I didn't want to spend $800 for a couple of photo shoots and a few pictures.  I love having them in digital format and that would mean either scanning them all in or paying a lot more for the digital pictures.  Well, then I got smart and looked up JCPenney.  They have a photo studio and it was reasonable!  So, we took the Little Man in for some newborn photos.  They turned out adorable if I do say so myself!