Bath Time

What is a baby picture album without the picture at bath time? Colin has been pretty cooperative at bath time. We have established a routine and he knows his next meal is right around the corner. He may only be in the 25th percentile in weight, but this boy loves to eat.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Colin had a grand time at his first Thanksgiving down in Northern Virginia. He was able to meet his cousins Gavin and Keira and his Great Grandmother for the first time. He also had the chance to meet Aunt Nan and her boys, Drew and Garrett. The event was lively as you would expect with 3 kids that are 3 or younger. The fire department even made a surprise appearance, especially to Drew and Garrett in the basement who weren't told they were coming, but it was only due to a faulty carbon monoxide detector.


Colin spent some busy days in the DC area visiting friends and shopping. We had a chance to visit with Sonia and Garrett on Friday morning and learn about their trip to France. That afternoon we compared baby stories and experiences with Laura and Chris who just had a boy seven weeks ago. We were able to dispense little pearls of wisdom from our 3 weeks additional experience as parents. It was great meeting Connor and we look forward to seeing the boys play.

Thanksgiving Eve

Tomorrow I leave for Washington, DC to celebrate my first Thanksgiving. Everyone seems excited for me, but I can't understand what all the fuss is about. It is not like I am going to have any turkey, or stuffing, or gravy, or cranberries. I really like to eat so maybe I will get some additional feeding time to celebrate the holiday. I understand that I will get to meet a number of new people like my cousins and my great grandmother. I enjoy showing off for new company. That way they can see what a wonderful baby I am and folks can't understand what mom and dad are talking about when they say that I am "fussy". I just know how to get what I want and I enjoy making mom and dad look foolish.

This is my first overnight trip away from home. Mom and dad are packing just about everything so I should be OK. Unfortunately, they won't have room for a change of clothes, but I guess they will manage. I will tell you about my trip when I get back.

Busy Week

Week 9 for Colin was a very busy week. The highlights included visits from both sets of Grandparents and his 2 month check up at the doctor's office. Colin continues to track along the same growth curves so all seems to be going well. He is now 10 lbs 7.2 oz and is 22.5" long (tall?). The measurements still indicate that Colin has a disproportionately small head, but the doctor was kind enough to point out that Kristin has a small head as well.

Colin really enjoyed seeing his Grandma and Grandpa Kipp for the second time. He was so good during the errands around town and slept the entire time. We are still having quite a few fussy moments. Hopefully, he will work through those by Christmas so he can get on the "Nice" list.

Almost 2 months

It is hard to believe that Colin is almost 2 months old already. We are really excited for his two month check up this week. We are noticing some changes. Colin is becoming more expressive and we are confident we have some confirmed smiles. We have also endured some long stretches of fussiness but we think that is often because he is hungry. Kristin is always able to calm him down with a meal, but he can take up large chuncks of time eating.

This past weekend is a little less eventful than last weekend. We have another couple over and their son for dinner and Colin slept through the whole thing. Colin's grandparents from DC arrived on Sunday and Colin's grandparents from Pittsburgh will be here on Friday.

Barney

The purple dinosaur? No.
But yes, we also had Barney during the Full House weekend, but not the happy, singing dinosaur. (Is he still around? We have to get caught up on our young kid shows.)

Barney was in town for a conference in Philly and it also happened to be his Birthday Weekend. Happy Birthday Barney!

Something seems to be missing. Oh yeah, Colin is not in the picture. Somehow I did not manage to get a shot with Colin and Barney. I guess that means Barney will have to come back to visit and bring Katie along.

Full House

We received an unexpected surprise this week. One of our most frequent visitors to the blog site decided they just had to meet Mr. Colin in person and drove up from North Carolina. Colin was a big hit with the young ladies and took some time out from eating and sleeping to hang out and socialize. It was convenient that they decided to come up and meet Colin because it turns out Matt had an important meeting in DC on Monday. It was a great weekend! So good in fact, that Elizabeth says they are going to drive up again next week.

Matt and Sally enjoyed hanging out with Colin, but I think by their expressions they are saying, "Three kids are enough".

Barney may think he is getting off without his picture going in the blog. Barney was also in town this weekend so we truly had a full house. I just need to wrap this up because the Steelers game starts in 15 min. Stay tuned...

Happy Halloween!

Colin is still a little too small to make it out Trick-or-Treating, so that will have to wait until next year. We all stayed home and handed out candy to all the ghouls and goblins that came by. Colin wasn't exactly in costume but he did wear his "I love my Mummy" outfit.

Here Colin is practicing his scary "Whahahaha" Halloween laugh to scare the trick-or-treaters. He decided to spend most of the evening using his scary screams and cries to freighten those that stopped by. It was most effective on young couples thinking of having kids.