Happy Birthday, Colin!!!!!!!!!!!

One day old

One year old

2 years old

3 yrs old

Real quick

Just wanted to let you all know that pictures went great. Colin was hilarious - I think he's aspiring to be a model the way he walked out on the floor and did his thing. Jackson was a bit more difficult only because he did not want to sit still, and definitely had zero interest in actually looking at the camera. I was dripping sweat by the end of the session! I am beyond grateful that he can't walk/run yet LOL

I'll be posting pics on a couple of special days we have ahead of us this week (aka a couple of birthday's!!!). My babies are growing up *sniff*

Big day today

We took the boys for haircuts this morning. No big deal for Colin since he's had many, but today was Jackson's very 1st haircut! Scott's been harping on me to just do it for awhile now and I kept saying not until he's a year old, well.... he turns a year old in 6 (!!!) days, so I figured now was as good of time as any. Here's the big moment caught on camera:


"You're going to do what to my hair???"




"Ummm.... I'm still not sure what those sharp things are for..."


"I guess this isn't so bad"






Halfway done...




"Still having fun but this lady better hurry up - I got places to go!"





"Yay - all done! Am I cute or what??"

"Now I'm all ready for my photo shoot this afternoon!"

*Both boys are getting their pics done today - Colin's 3yr pics (can you believe he'll be 3 in only 3 days?!?!) and Jackson's 1yr pics. Cross your fingers that both boys cooperate and we get some good pics!

Back to work

Well, I've been back to work for a week now and boy does it feel weird to be back in the "adult" world! The kids are still adjusting... both got colds pretty much immediately and Jackson now has pink eye :( Colin is having a really hard time separating from me when I drop them off in the morning - the past 2 days we haven't even made it inside the building before he falls to the ground and has a meltdown. I feel horrible that it's so hard on him, but I know in the long run it'll be good for him to gain some independence. And I'd rather have him get it out now, rather then when he starts preschool or Kindergarten. Jackson's pretty laid back so he does alright - he just needs to learn to take better naps while he's there (Colin oddly enough takes decent naps there - anywhere from 1.5-2.5hrs).


The weekend before I went back to work, we had some family fun. We headed to the Great Wolf Lodge that just opened near us for the night on Saturday, and we sure did have some fun! Colin had an absolute blast at the indoor waterpark and wore himself out pretty good. Jackson was tired, so he didn't get much water time.




Our plumber LOL:





Sunday morning we got up, took Colin to play in the pool for a bit, then got ready for our big day with Thomas the Train. Unfortunately, Colin wore himself ragged at the waterpark that after we took our ride on Thomas, he was more than ready to go home for a nap. Even almost 3yr olds have limits ;)




Our attempt at a family pic:




And last, here's a cute bathtub pic of the boys on Jackson's 11 month "birthday"- pardon Colin's infamous cheesy smile:



The end.... for today :)