17 Months Old!

10/23- playing with his legos this morning

He crawled up on this tub on his own. Of course, I turned around and he promptly fell off head first and has a nice knot and bruise on his forehead.

After playgroup on Thursday Colin was so tired I got him out of the car, in the house, and laid him down here and made his lunch all while he stayed asleep! (This was before the head bump)

And he climbed in the cereal box.

His Halloween costume. This was a great find from our MOPS consignment sale for only $8!

Ah...the stool!

Our little baby has definately become a little boy. He's so into climbing and getting into anything he can. But, he's also being a big helper- trying to get things in the right container, he can throw things away in the trash, and he can follow some really simple directions. He loves to go use his step stool in the bathroom to brush his teeth. He of course is a "Curious George" and wants to get into drawers, get things out of the fridge, and look at everything we have. The weather has turned nice (finally!) and so we've been able to get outside and play or take a walk without sweating buckets. Enjoy the pictures!

16 months and Trip to Missouri

Family portrait at the zoo.

Walking with my Aunt Jane at the family reunion

Colin was pouring these little rocks from the ground from cup to cup. All of a sudden he was drinking them! We had to fish a lot of little rocks from that mouth of his!

Beautiful Meremac Spring! They used to have an iron mine in this park as well. Now they raise trout and have a lot of fishing. You can feed the trout which is always fun. Colin thought the fish food pellets were better to eat!

Climbing!

We went to story time at the library in Warrenton (to catch up with my cousin, Ann, and her two boys. Colin made this pig!

Having fun with Uncle Jason!

At the Butterfly House in Chesterfield. Colin LOVED it! He was absolutely quiet the whole time, in awe I think of the 1500+ butterflies flying around.

For October the Butterfly House was having a special exhibit of Owl Butterflies and Orchids. Beautiful!

Colin's carpenter jeans were perfect for storing his screw driver, hammer, and wrench!

(See next picture) Colin tried the creamsicle first, but it was COLD! I couldn't get his face in a picture, but it was funny! "Ice cream on a stick" (above) was much better!

Playing with Nathan Lind- pillows are always fun!

It got chilly at home! Playing in Grandma and Grandpa's backyard

After church with Grandma and Grandpa.

I think he's a Grandpa's boy!

A stop at Culver's after the Zoo

The new baby giraffe- two weeks old I think

Those chimps were up close!

They had a butterfly dome at the zoo too

"Doggie!" Colin loved the goats- a lot. He kept calling them doggies.

Stirring daddy's morning coffee

Playing with Grandpa

"Helping" Grandma

He is loving his legos!

We are well into Colin's 16th month! He is doing great! He is being a typical toddler - discovering new things, trying out everything, saying more words, and yes, throwing tantrums! He loves climbing up on stuff and "helping" out around the house. He's copying a lot like saying "vroom" with cars, finally waving "bye bye" and now he gives kisses! He still loves to read and dance and loves music. He is getting his canine teeth right now so he's been a little cranky, but they're breaking through and hurting less.

We went on our annual trip to Missouri Sept. 20- Oct. 4. We had a great time! Colin loved getting to play outside in grass! He also loved to play with his cousins, Katie and Brendan- especially Katie. He learned her name really quickly and would shout "Datie" really loudly looking for her. Brendan and Colin had some issues getting along sometimes, but they did ok most of the time. We did a lot of great things with my Mom and Dad and family. We went to the Zoo and the Butterfly House, and also to the Best of Missouri Market at the Missouri Botanical Gardens with my brother and his family. We saw our friends and Colin got to play with their kids too. We also were able to go to the Crowder family reunion and it was nice to see some of the extended family and spend a beautiful, chilly day outside at Meremac Springs Park in St. James, MO. I miss living there so much, but God willing, we'll be able to move there someday! Enjoy these pictures!