Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'

Guess who rolled over for the first time today? Notice his little sister "encouraging" him, she was giving him the same command that she gives Angus when she wants him to roll over!

Colton's Baptism

On Sunday we had Colton baptized at Trinity Lutheran here in Hermiston. It was a pretty special day- and we were blessed to be able to celebrate with a lot of family and friends. Colton pretty much slept through the entire thing- not even a peep. Here's some pictures...

Laney, Krae, Gracee and Colton

Our family and Colton's god father my cousin George.

Colton with his God father George- pretty special.

And with his Grammie, I know he's wearing a "dress" but the deal is that my Grandma Margaret made this baptismal gown and it is what my brothers and I wore for our baptisms and it is also what Delaney wore for hers- so he'll just have to get over the fact that it's a dress!

Colton's 3 Month Pictures

He was all smiles today for his pictures... too bad his sister wasn't. Atleast she took a few with him- better than last time!

A Few More Sewing projects

Delaney LOVES Mickey Mouse right now- and any clothing item with any Mickey Mouse character is her absolute favorite. Too bad most of them are trashy, age inappropriate and stupid. So I was glad to reach a compromise when I discovered this Minnie Mouse shirred fabric at Jo Annes. It comes on the bolt already shirred and hemmed all I did was sew it together and add some straps- she loves it. You can also see that she decided to accessorize it herself with some rain boots and a plaid purse.

I made this car seat cover awhile ago and I am in love. You see I have this thing about people (especially strangers) touching my baby. They always seem to touch his hands (which go right in his mouth) and God only knows what those people have been doing with their hands. I have found that this cover (combined with my evil eye) does a good job of keeping those wandering hands away. I used this tutorial but on mine I added some elastic around the back side so that it wasn't always slipping and flying away. Seriously- I can't tell you how handy it is.

And finally these are some blocks I finished for a quilt I'm working on for Delaney... nothing too exciting...

Siblings

I was looking back to see how much Colton looks like Delaney- so here's a picture of them both at around 3 months... what do you think?

3 Months

Hard to believe but my "little" man is 3 months old already! I weighed him today, and if the scale is to be believed he now weights about 14 pounds. For those of you keeping track that means that he has gained 4lbs in a month! Seems like a lot- he's really starting to get some good chub going on! He holds his head up pretty well and sleeps through the night. He has been pretty fussy lately, but he's so cute we've decided to forgive him. He smiles everytime he sees his sister, and puts up with her attempts to "love" on him (abuse him).

Kittens and Treadmills

Two totally unrelated topics I know-


On Mother's Day we went out to Nina and Papa's house for egg rolls (yummy) and on the way we stopped and Uncle Wesley's house to see the kittens. Laney found one that seemed to like her (or had given up the will to live) and carried it around the entire time. At one point her arms must have gotten tired so she shoved it down her overalls- poor thing just hung there- making no effort to escape. Laney LOVED it!

A few weeks ago Ryan and I got a treadmill in the hopes that we would both start getting into shape (okay- truth? I need to get in shape. The bean pole I'm married to just wanted an excuse to watch sports center). We unloaded it (Ryan dropped it on his toe) then Ryan set up a tv, rearraged the room and basically did all the work to get set up. He didn't use it for a week or so, but the first time he did.... he kicked a hole through the wall. The way I understand it is that the treadmill went faster than he did thus propelling his foot through the drywall. He would like you all to know that he didn' t fall what with his cat-like reflexes! Just one more project to add to the honey- do list. Anyone know how to repair a hole like that?