Saturday, January 23, 2010

9 months and more!


Colin is 9 months plus now. He weighs 20 lbs 10 oz and is 28 1/2 inches long. Colin recently got tubes put in both of his ears, because of many many ear infections and fluid staying on his ears. The surgery went great and Colin is doing pretty good! Colin Matthew is a baby boy full of energy and excitement, he is into everything (especially what he shouldn't be- i.e. Percy's food and water bowl, the entertainment center, and anything else that a baby shouldn't touch)! Colin got his 2 bottom teeth the week of Christmas and he is now cutting his top 4 teeth, so needless to say he is having some discomfort at times. Colin is also pulling up on everything and walking behind his push toy lion (Thanks Uncle Ryan and Aunt Keeley). Colin is keeping us on our toes for sure!!


Colin at his 9 month check up with Dr. Klein. He was in rare form that day :)






Mommy loves Colin and Colin loves Mommy!!








Sweet baby boy :)






Samuel Day 2009
Gateway Church of Christ


We have a day dedicated to our babies at church called Samuel Day. Parents are asked to commit to raising their babies in a Christ centered home. The babies are introduced to the church and called up on stage. This was a special day for our family!









New things on the block!
1. brushing teeth- Colin has teeth now, so we have recently started brushing. He likes to chew on the tooth brush and eat the "training" toothpaste :)





2. table foods- Colin has started eating some tables foods: mash potatoes, french fries, chicken, cereal, graham crackers, and cheese. He was showing his graham cracker!




3. getting into everything- Colin crawls everywhere and he is FAST! One day he decided that the dvds needed rearranging . . .


so he pulled them all out!




4. big boy car seat- Colin is now in a big boy car seat instead of the infant carrier. He will get to turn around in his new seat when he is a year old.


Some extra pics . . . .


eating a lemon- he actually really liked it!


playing in his toy basket


eating a cucumber- he ate 3 slices from Sean's salad at the Oar House

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Christmas 2009

Colin Matthew 8 1/2 mos
Christmas 2009

We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and holiday season!
Love, The Whites


We started our Christmas celebration with a Christmas party at Mama Dee and Pops' house. We ate, open presents and fellowshipped with all our "Riddle" family members. It was a nice start to our holiday festivities!


Colin showed us that the presents didn't really matter as much as the tissue paper :)


Christmas Eve 2009
We had lunch with Mama Dee, Pops, and Aunt Shauna.


Gram and Papa T came to our house for dinner on Christmas Eve. Papa T read "The Cajun Night Before Christmas" to Colin. Colin was very interested in the book and Papa T :)


Christmas Morning
Colin was not sure about the presents . . . .


he eventually loosen up!











Christmas Day
We started out day at Mama Dee and Pops' house for brunch! It was wonderful and we had a great time :) Colin was spoiled of course . . . Colin and Mommy with his new basketball goal!


Colin was getting tired, so the bubble wrap was a lifesaver . . .

Mama Dee and Pops with their new pictures


Colin got a swing from Mama Dee and Pops and as you can see below he loves it! The faster and higher you pushed him the more he laughed :)









We continued our day with dinner at Gram and Papa T's house . . .






We had a wonderful first Christmas with Colin, by the end of the day we were exhausted!