HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Colter has officially been walking the earth for one whole year, now. He's actually been walking for about 3 1/2 months. We've had to totally refigure the living room since we couldn't block him into a small area where he could be loose. Now he's loose in the entire apartment! This has resulted in many new phrases being heard around the place such as, "Gah! Don't touch that! No no no no no! Put that down! Don't eat that! What are you eating? Get that out of your mouth!" and of course, "you're home, it's your turn to run after him."

Como Conservatory

We went to the Como Zoo and Conservatory on Sunday, and finally got some great pictures of Colter with his mommy.

Colter's Cousin Dawson

This is my brother Kevin and his wife, Paula's boy, Dawson. Dawson's little wings on his head are helping him to learn to walk. Dawson's six weeks older than Colter.

Colter After!

Here's the after picture. Colter's first haircut on May 22.
And he still has more hair than me!

Colter the Hippie - The Before Years

Colter the hippie...the before picture.

May Update

Oh my gosh! Sorry to delay the posts but I guess time flies when you're sleep depraved. Let's see, what has happened in a month? Well, Colter is...

Officially walking (not yet running but close). He got his first walking shoes. We went in to Stride Rite anticipating the early walker shoes. You know the kind, white, leather, up to the ankle. No go. His hooves were too big; size 6. The "pre-walkers" only go to size 4. So after picking up the toddler shoes, and the cute sandals that we just couldn't resist, we were off. He loves to walk on any surface that makes a lot of noise; wood floors, linoleum etc. He loves walking so much that it's his preferred method of mobility. When he crawls he can go a mile a minute now. It's frightening.

Pointing at things and saying "da!" He could point all day at light; sunlight, light bulbs, lamps. He also likes to point at Mommy's nose. I'm not sure if he's pointing out the zit on my nose or the fact that my nose is the furthest point from my face. Either way, thanks for pointing out my flaws son. It's still cute.

Saying his first official word! Is it "da da?" "Ma ma?" Nope. It's "car car." He loves the "car car's." He's also saying "go." Must be all of the "way to go" cheerleading we've been doing.

Shorn. He got his first haircut on May 22nd. Dad said he was looking like a hippie so off to the barber we went. He looks like a little "big" boy now.

Eating books like they're candy. I'm not talking nibbling or teething. I'm talking ingesting them! Pages, bindings, the whole lot. These are the thick books that are meant for teething but I'm sure they were'nt intended to be eaten as a meal. So far we've lost a "Stanley" book and a couple of number books. We decided to pull the reading selection from the toy chest for a week or two to see how it goes. We'll of course continue to read to him.

Other goings on: Colter visited cousin Dawsin, Aunt Paula, Uncle Kevin and the Grandma and Grandpa's in Bismarck over the Memorial weekend.

We went to the zoo on Sunday. Colter didn't quite get it but he got to get out in the fresh air, walk around and see people and "car car's" too. He was quite happy.

Until our next milestone,

Jenn