A couple weekends ago we went to visit Devin's grandparents in La Jolla. They live right across the street from the beach and across from the main tourist attraction in the city...the sea lions. It was a beautiful day and we enjoyed hanging out with them. Colton loves dogs and would not stop crawling after them whenever one was in sight. The baby sea lions were adorable!
Little Danielley is all grown up and getting married! She is so beautiful and I'm so excited for her and Greg! Amy planned a fun night that started with dinner at Chomps Sushi in Downtown Fullerton and then we sang Karaoke at this awesome Korean place in La Habra. They gave us a V.I.P. room and we took advantage of the props they had, especially the wigs! After karaoke, we went back to Amy's and Danielle open up all her lingerie gifts and we had brownie ice cream sundaes. It was quite the party!
"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."
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!
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!
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!
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.
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.
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.
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. 
