Memorial Day

"Look at me, I'm learning how to stand...not quite stable yet..."
"Dad, you're getting in the way of my flag waving fun!"

"Mom, a little space please...trying to eat this yummy watermelon."

We had a great Memorial Day a few weeks ago. We went swimming and had a bbq with the Dicksons. Colton loves to be in the swimming pool and loves to kick! Later that night we had a bonfire in their backyard and had Reeses smores and played Mafia. Lots of laughs, delicous food, great family...couldn't ask for more on a Monday.

Colton at 11 Months!

My sweet Colton is getting so big. He is so adorable with how obedient he is when I ask him for kisses. It's so endearing. Devin says we need to teach him to give kisses with his mouth shut, but I will take what I can get. Colton is standing on his own now but not yet walking. He loves to eat veggie straws and bananas. As soon as he's done eating he starts taking food out of his mouth and throwing it. That's how I know he's full. He repeats "uh-oh", "no", and "dada". We are working on "mama". He has discovered bathrooms and the art of unrolling all of the toilet paper. As a result, bathroom doors remain shut at all times. He loves the pool and to climb stairs. He loves it when you hold his hands and let him walk down the stairs. He is never quiet, he's very outgoing and talkative. He has four teeth on top and four on bottom, and he's got a few more teeth budding through now...teething has not been a fun experience. He still loves his bouncer and his ball bopper and enjoys watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Devin says "Just say he's pretty much awesome!" I can't believe our little guy is almost 1 year old!

A few cute things...

Colton loves to pull on all the door stoppers in our home over and over.
When the guys with the leaf blowers are outside Colton likes to peek out at them. He was too cute on his little tiptoes!

I thought it was so cute that he was too cool to use his hands to hold the bottle. He wanted to hold it with style!

San Onofre Surf N' Smore!

On the Friday of Mother's Day weekend, we had ourselves a "surf n' smore" at San Onofre. I got to surf with Jill, Cora, and Stephanie and it was a blast! Stephanie was kind enough to let me borrow her full suit which inspired Devin and Colton's Mother's Day gift for me...a nice and thick full wetsuit. The waves were fun and the water wasn't too cold. We roasted hot dogs and reese's smores. A perfect night...friends, food, and surfing!

Colton's 10 Month Stats!

I was a month late for his 9 months check-up, so we went for a 10 month check-up.

28 3/4 inches- 50th percentile
22 lbs 8 oz- 75th percentile

Colton started crawling at nine and a half months.

He immediately started pulling himself up to stand from there and now he is getting into everything.

This has to be my favorite age because Colton's personality has been developing more.

He is so funny and entertaining.

He claps all the time.

He waves hi.

He gives kisses. (More of a lean in for them.)

When I hear him in his room in the morning, he is usually standing and holding onto the crib when I come in.

Devin's New Job!

Devin started his new job at Citibank this past Monday. He is a Business Development Officer. (Congrats Babe! I'm so proud of you!!!)

He had a week off between jobs so we decided to spend our time wisely and fly to Hawaii!

Hawaii Vacation

We enjoyed last week in Hawaii. We stayed with friends and had a blast. It's nice having friends in Hawaii because who gets to go on vacation and have their best friends all there too? I happened to be there for Meg's baby shower as well. Devin got lucky and caught a swell so he got to surf some good waves like the old days. Colton loved hanging at the beach, trying to eat sand and play in the warm water.

9 Months!

Our little Colters hit 9 months old on April 2nd. One of his new tricks is clapping. When I come to get him out of his crib each morning he claps as soon as I come into the room. He claps when he is excited. He also started crawling this week. He loved Costco food samples, when I went there a week ago he wanted to try every sample I tried and he would growl and grunt at me if I didn't give him more.

Colton's First Easter!

On Sunday we got together with the Dickson's to watch General Conference, have an Easter egg hunt, and celebrate Kiki, Calie, and Kyla's Birthday. Chanel made delicious cupcakes and Natalie made a delicious lunch.

Stout Easter Brunch

The day before Easter we got together for our annual Stout Easter Brunch. (My mom's side of the family) It was so much fun watching Colton during his first Easter Egg Hunt. He was so adorable! He loved trying to eat the plastic eggs. My younger cousins, in the pic above, were so cute wanting to play with Colton and hold him.

Happy Easter!

Easter morning we woke up to an Easter basket filled with goodies. Colton loved playing with the plastic eggs and the carrot full of reeses pieces. Devin wasn't a fan of the Easter bunny ears I put on Colton, but I couldn't resist!

Eating

I haven't quite found a flavor of baby food that he loves. Colton has learned how to spit the baby food at me, I have to be careful for when he tries to be silly with me. This little guy is so much fun!

Recent Hangouts

The picture above and below are from our beach day with Jimmy and Ann-Marie Stewart. We had so much fun with them! We hadn't seen them since a few days after Colton was born so it was great to catch up with them, they're awesome! Jimmy and Devin caught some waves at Newport, and they trunked it in the freezing water! Crazy! Colton loves his beach tent!
The picture below is from our beach day with Tricia! Colton loves his Auntie Trish!

The picture below is from when Colton and I hung out with his cousins: Makayla (in the pic), James, and Aleena. We got some dip n' dots for James birthday, played some baseball in the backyard, jumped on the trampoline, and played video games. It was my first Halo X-box experience and James destroyed me!