Baby Dedication

We had Colin's baby dedication this morning in church. He was fascinated to see his picture up on the screen and a crowd of people watching him...my little ham. He kept looking around wide-eyed and then would crane his neck back to try to see Michael! Afterwards back at his seat with us, he hammed it up with some more people and made it happily through most of the service. I finally took him to the nursery near the end when he started jabbering and laughing too loudly! Trying again next week and hoping for equally good results...

Before church started:

Too Much Estrogen!

Here's the photo Courtney was commenting about below. Poor guy doesn't have a chance!

Happy Birthday Shawn!

Shawn, Courtney, Lauren and I met for lunch today for Shawn's birthday! Courtney used the cake pan I got her last week for her birthday to make a cupcake cake. It turned out awesome!
Colin was a little more skeptical about going down the slide today than he was last week!

Lily seemed to love it though - this is her very first trip!

Ryleigh has decided that going down on her belly is the best thing ever! I can't get over her little fairy outfit today - such a cutie! She also had accessorized with a strand of pink beads, but they came off before she went to the playground.

Colin just loves to watch Brenna and Ryleigh. I wish they were here to entertain him every time he gets bored of me!

Colin was not as happy in the sea of pink as one might have guessed. I think he was mad at facing the sun and being made to sit still - not his favorite thing lately! Maybe one of the other girls got a better picture!

Long week...

This has been such a long week. All three of us have been sick, with us taking Colin to the doctor on Monday ("just an infection"), Michael coming down with it on Tuesday (his birthday no less) and me getting it yesterday (still feeling somewhat queasy today). Needless to say, birthday celebration was cancelled (although his powdered sugar doughnuts - his fav - have served our desire for carbs well) and we have not done much all week and are just now feeling like getting out and about. Shawn's birthday is tomorrow and I am looking forward to lunch with the girls!

Here are a few pictures over the past week:

Colin's new favorite "toy" - obviously they are all over the house and each time he sees a new one, there is a sharp intake of breath, a mad scurry toward it, and then a big grin as he whacks it into action.

Poor sleepy baby.

Eyeing the pears and apples I have in front of the fireplace. He likes both and is beginning to recognize edible things!

Playground!

Last week we took the kids to Double Dave's for lunch and so they could play on the playground. Courtney, Ryleigh, her mom and mom-in-law, Shawn, Brenna, and Natalie were all there! We had such a great time and Colin enjoyed playing at a playground for the first time. I didn't have my new camera though (what kind of mom doesn't take a camera?!), so I took these on Courtney's!

Brenna took Colin down the slide several times which he loved.

Ryan's mom, Joanne, let Colin jump on her lap for at least 15 minutes - I enjoyed the break! :)

So sweet!

Halloween Costumes

As promised, here are more pictures of the other two costumes...

Air Show

So we opted not to go to the Air Show on base this year since Colin has had enough of crowds lately. However, we were able to see some of it while we were hanging out outside this afternoon.

Harvest Festival and Hemperly Halloween

Michael and I helped with the church Harvest Festival this year. There were a lot of kids there and we were in charge of bowling! They had food, games, and inflatables. Colin slept at first and then enjoyed looking around. Once it got dark though, he seemed to not like the lights in the parking lot (we volunteered for an outside booth because he enjoys being out of doors so much).Michael and I helped with the church Harvest Festival this year. There were a lot of kids there and we were in charge of bowling! They had food, games, and inflatables. Colin slept at first and then enjoyed looking around. Once it got dark though, he seemed to not like the lights in the parking lot (we volunteered for an outside booth because he enjoys being out of doors so much).

I got my new camera on the way to the church. Colin wore orange and black until the sun went down and then we changed him into his seal costume. I will have pictures of that on here later...they are all on my friend's camera!

Saturday we had a post Halloween party at the Hemperlys'. Here's a picture of the three of us:

Courtney had a bean bag toss...Colin liked the bags, but not the tossing! :)

Ryleigh was cute, as always, in her kimono.

Colin put on his tiger pj's and crashed (for a while) soon after we arrived. Unsurprisingly, Brenna chose to be a princess for Halloween. She made a very cute Jasmine, while Shawn was Snow White and baby Natalie was an apple....

Ben has adjusted well to being a father of daughters and was brave enough to complete the ensemble of Disney princesses by dressing as Cinderella!