Happy Valentine's Day!

We all had a great day.  We started out the day with some crafts.  Colton made Daddy a very special valentine.  I bought crayola washable paint, heart shaped doilies, and cardstock.  I traced out a heart and put it on a crappy black pillowcase so Colton would focus on the white paper.  I dipped his hand in the paint and let him go to town!

All ready to paint!

The artist busy at work.

And the final masterpiece!

A little later in the day there was a fabulous lunch of heart shaped watermelon pieces...

And later in the evening Mom and Dad had a fabulous dinner of Lobster, filet mignon and shrimp.  With chocolate covered strawberries for desert.

First tooth!!

The first tooth officially cut through yesterday!  We'd had some serious teething action for about two weeks, so we were looking for it, but, like so many firsts in parenting, I still was caught off guard.  I took Colton to BJs, and now that he is in the convertible car seat, he sits in the cart.   In between one of his attempts to pull back the cart seat cover and gnaw on the handle he opted for my hand and ouch, something sharp got me.  Sure enough, that first bottom tooth had made it through.   Since then he has been pretty quick to learn "no biting".   Oddly enough, the worst part of teething seems to be coming after the fact, so I think the second tooth may be close behind. 

8 months

The first year is going by so quickly!  I know I say that every month, but it really is amazing how fast time goes when life is so happy, versus the time spent waiting to get where we are now.  I am glad I didn't know just how much I was missing out on.  I had an idea of how great being a parent would be, but every time I get a smile or a hug from Colton, or those little arms reach up for me,  I'm just blown away by how lucky we are.

So eight months!  Based on our bathroom scale, Colton is roughly 20lbs.  His favorite thing to do is stand, although he can't quite get there himself, so I spend much of my day helping him balance or closely watching him stand next to his activity table.   He can get up on fours now, but crawling just isn't as interesting as figuring out how to table surf for the remote.  Other desirable targets are my cell phone and my laptop, soda cans and pretty much anything shiny.  He is smart though, so old cell phones or remotes without batteries are only cool for about 10 minutes and then he realizes he's been tricked and wants the good stuff again.

So what else have we been up to?

Reading!  Emptying our box of books downstairs is highly entertaining.

Getting used to the big boy car seat...

Chillin with Dad

Watching the snow

and looking good!