eleven months.

hey everyone! it's been awhile, and this post is a few weeks late, oops. john and i went on a fabulous kidless vacation to california, and we left our boys with my parents. since we've been back, i feel like it's taken awhile to finally get back into our routine, and my little part of the blogosphere has been neglected. so, here's a quick catch-up on what the colbster is up to!

colby is crawling on his hands and knees, sleeping twelve hours at night (*cue the hallelujah chorus*) loves going down the slide, and could swing for hours. he hates wearing socks, loves the magic house, and his baby blue eyes still kill us on a daily basis. he loves playing with pots and pans, pulling the movies out of the tv stand drawers, and he loves food. when this kid sees his food being prepared, he crawls to me and starts to squawk and squeal and giggle until i put him in his high chair to eat. and when he eats, he devours his food so fast. the second i put his food on his chair tray, it's already gobbled up. and the thing is, he eats so much food but is still so itty bitty! he's always been pretty average for his weight, but he is very long. liam was the same way. my babies are long and skinny. another similarity between the two boys is that liam started to walk at eleven months, and colby is definitely following suit. he is starting to take multiple steps without holding onto anything, and i cannot even believe my eyes. part of me is so excited and happy to see him hit his milestones, but the other part of me is starting to freak out about how i'm going to keep track of two little boys running around everywhere. we will see how it all goes! 

it seems as if it was only yesterday that i first held colby in my arms, and his first birthday is almost here! time seriously flies, people. cannot wait to celebrate our sweet guy so soon!

photo dump from the past month, go!

happy eleven months and sixteen days, colby george.

ten months.

my eyes are so heavy after a fun weekend of two date nights in a row with john, and this mama needs a nap. so, to keep it update sweet and simple, colby is growing like a weed!

he got his first tooth, is pulling himself up and moving along furniture, and climbed out of the tub for the first time with a big bruise on his head to prove it. he likes being anywhere his big brother is, is army crawling everywhere at at lightning speed, and wants to walk so badly to keep up with us. he could swing at the park for hours, loves sitting in the shopping cart, and playing in the fridge. he's still the sweetest, happiest, dreamiest little munchkin, and we are so glad he's ours forever!

happy ten months, colbster!

love you to pieces, kiddo.

nine months.

well, colby's officially been out of my belly the same time it took for me to grow him inside. SO INSANE. when i was pregnant with him, my pregnancy flew by and that's exactly how these last nine months have been. they have flown! and he's almost a year old? whaaat?!

at a whopping 17 pounds and 28.5 inches long, colby is a bundle of pure joy. his laugh is infectious, his smile is contagious, and those big blue eyes melt me every time i look at them. this is by far my favorite age. he loves to pull himself up, to cover himself in food, to play in water, and to be as close to his big brother as possible. he crawls everywhere, babbles, has perfected his fake laugh, loves to take books off of the bookshelf, and did i mention that he loves to play in water? whether it be a splash park, a pool or the bathtub, this kid loves to be in the water! i have a feeling he is going to be a fish just like his dad. and my favorite thing that colby does now is give me slobbery kisses. i'll turn to him and say "kisses?", and he'll open his mouth as wide as he can, and kiss me square on the mouth. ugh, i love that kid. he is incredible.

i think back to the morning i was induced with colby, and how scared i was to have a second baby. would i love him just as much as i loved liam? how would liam react? the change was so scary to me. but looking back on that time and looking at where we are now, i cannot imagine our lives without colby. he balances us all out. he brings the best out in all of us. when you smile, you can't help but smile and laugh. one of my favorite times of the day is when i sing a lullaby to him before laying him down for bed. he nuzzles into my shoulder, and all of the hard times of the day just wash away. i feel so blessed to be his mother. 

check out our little man!

love you, colbster.