Christmas Eve

Tonight Collin, Bert and I made cookies for Santa. OK...Pillsbury made the cookies for Santa but we put them on the cookie sheet and into the oven. After they cooled, we put them on the plate along with carrots for Santa to give to his reindeer.

Sorry Santa but the cookies may have a few little fingerprints in them :)

Jingle Bells

Collin received a Christmas card from Grandma Pat and Grandpa Lee that sings Jingle Bells. He just loved it and loves to dance to the music. Now every time we get a new card in the mail and I show it to him, he thinks it's going to sing. It is too cute!!!

Let it snow

On Saturday, Collin and I ventured out into the snow to let Vegas and Gage(our neighbors dog) play. I pulled Collin over on the sled but he doesn't have a sit in his butt so that lasted about 5 minutes. He loved the snow but wouldn't leave his gloves on.....burrrrrr. Hopefully, this weekend we can take him out in the snow again.

His new word of the week is "uh oh"

Fun with the Firetruck

Collin just loves his firetruck with the balls. His new thing is to get in the balls and throw them all out. He also likes to get underneath the firetruck and dump the balls.

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Helping decorate the Christmas Tree

I haven't updated the blog in a couple of weeks so these entries date back a little bit. Collin enjoyed helping us decorate the tree and he has left it alone to date. However, last weekend Bert went down to Essex hunting and the tree fell over. I think it was actually my fault it went over but not for sure.

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Sign Language

We were giving Collin a bath a couple of nights ago and all of a sudden he started saying something and making motions with his hands. We knew that they were teaching sign language at school but who would have thought he would pick any of it up. Bert went and looked up "more" on the internet as we don't know any sign language and sure enough he was signing "more" and trying to say it. I was absolutely amazed. I guess that is their word of the week they are teaching at daycare. Bert and I will really need to read up on our sign language. I was able to catch it on video last night.

Talking more and more

Tonight Collin surprised both of us. Bert sat down with Collin and started asking him what animal was on the page. Listen to the video as it amazed both of us. However, I think Collin was a little confused when he got to the pig. It is just too funny!! We will definitely be working on pig going forward.

Eating with Utensils

Collin is getting very good at eating with a spoon and fork. The only thing he needs help with is putting the food on the spoon or fork. It is so amazing how quickly he is growing up.

Ranch Man

Collin definitely takes after him mommy as he could eat ranch dressing on everything. He even likes it by the fork full. YUMMY!!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Collin enjoyed trick or treating. On Wednesday, he got to go and visit a few houses and show off his cute costume. Then on Friday, we made the rounds in Essex and Shenandoah. The only thing he didn't like about the costume was the ears. He would not leave those things on. Oh well, he still looked cute without them.

Trick or Treating is definitely hard work!!

Trip to Essex

This past weekend we took a trip to see Grandma June and Grandpa Larry. Bert did some hunting, I did some shopping, and Collin got to hang out with all of his cousins. He had a great time and even started to cry when they had to leave. The weekend couldn't have been more beautiful so we took advantage of getting outside as much as possible.

Race for the Cure

I'm a little slow getting the blog updated but on October 25th Collin and I walked in the Race for the Cure in Des Moines. Collin did very well during our 5K walk. He fell asleep at the start of the race and woke up at the end. I was very thankful since he doesn't have a sit in his butt. We stayed with Josh, Melissa and Olivia all weekend. Collin and Olivia had a good time playing.

MMMM Cookies

Bert came home from work yesterday with a present from Collin's surrogate grandma Mary. I think he definitely has my sweet tooth for cookies. Thank you grandma Mary for the yummy cookie.

Fun with the Cass'

This past weekend we drove to Byron, IL to see our friends Molly, Jesse and Morgan. The weekend couldn't have been more beautiful. We took the kids to a pumpkin patch/apple orchard/ petting zoo. The kids had a good time running around and we all enjoyed the warm homemade donuts. We also got to enjoy celebrating Morgan's first birthday.

Fun with our new toys

Collin received a lot of fun toys from family and friends for his first birthday. It is so much fun to watch him play with everything. He is doing new things daily and I have captured a few funny and cute moments on video and pictures.

Prior to Collin's birthday, he started dive bombing Vegas' bed. So for his birthday, he got a bean bag. He loves to dive face first into it.

Collin is multi talented. He can ride um cowboy while hanging on to the remote. Heaven forbid he drop the remote.

First Iowa State Football Game

Collin attended his first Iowa State football game on Saturday. It was a beautiful day for tailgating and football. He did very well until the end of the third quarter and then we had to leave for a little nap. He enjoyed the people watching and all the loud music. Unfortunately, the Clones couldn't pull off the victory.

Tailgating made me thirsty