It's hard to be neat when your trying to eat!

Independence has hit.

One day Colton was content being fed messier food the next he was not.

He will NOT eat something unless he feeds it to himself.

Resulting in all meal times basically turning out like this...

Even though it's a complete mess and pretty disgusting I'm glad (also a little sad) that my baby is learning to do things on his own. I love watching him trying to figure things out. He is stubborn, just like me, hardheaded, just like me, and doesn't give up until he has it figured out.

Time is going way too fast...

p.s only 8 days until Christmas and we can't wait! SUPER EXCITED for Santa! I love being a mom!!!

Big Helper

We decided to brave the COLD and get bundled up to go outside tonight. There was a TON of snow. When I would put Colton down it was up to his waist making it very difficult to walk or move in it. Instead he decided that walking on the sidewalk was a lot more fun. We thought since he was out there he might as well learn how to shovel since he really is the "man" of the house when Grandpa works out of town during the week. He was such a good helper!

awww...I know I'm biased but isn't he soooo cute!!

Fort Building

Friday night Colton, Karlee and I decided we were going to watch Shrek the Halls and some other Christmas cartoons. We put the movie in and pushed play when Shrek started speaking Spanish to us. See my mom has this Mexican DVD player (that I ask her if she bought on the black market in Tijuana) and unless you change the settings before beginning the movie it always defaults to Spanish, either speaking or subtitles. Re-realizing this it figures we can not find the remote ANYWHERE (Colton has a tendency to hide remotes, phones ect...) After pulling the whole family room apart and still not being able to find I looked around at our mess and decided that tonight was the night I was going to "teach" Colton how to build a fort. After strategically placing cushions and blankets everywhere it was time to play. Colton had other thoughts. He looked at me like I was nuts if he was going to crawl under that contraption. I tried to show him how fun it was by getting in there with him but he was mostly interested in trying to collapse the whole thing on top of me instead I finally gave up and we brought my DVD player down and watched Shrek. Overall it was a fun night and I have layed the foundation for some good fort building days ahead of us...

Letter to Santa

Dear Santa,

I have been a very good boy!

I would like some fun toys and books this year.

I will leave you cookies.

I Love You

Love,

Colton

**side note**

Mom has also been very good and would like a Christmas miracle of some sort if it's not too much to ask

;)

Santa Baby

We went and saw the "real" Santa Monday night. I was worried with how Colton would act but he did great! We walked up and Colton reached right to him, sat on his lap and carried on a "conversation". He didn't want to look at the camera because he was too busy talking to Santa. Colton let him know how good of a boy he was this year and how he can't wait for Christmas morning to see what he brings him!

Christmas is such a fun time of year and it only gets better when there are kids around to share it with!

Happy Birthday!!

Yesterday was my beautiful mom's birthday. Our family is not big on birthdays and usually we don't do anything special. This year we had decided we were going to go to "Zoo Lights" at the Hogle Zoo but since it was sooo cold and Colton has a cough and runny nose we decided to wait until next week. We went to Sweet Tomatoes instead and drove around and looked at Christmas lights. We went to the house in Murray that coordinates music to his lights (way cool) and "The Night Before Christmas" street in Taylorsville. Colton loves looking at the lights and gets excited when he sees them.

We love my Mom very much and are so grateful to her. She does so much for us and I don't know how I would have survived the last couple months without her. I am very lucky to have someone there for me and supporting me in all my decisions I make. Colton is very lucky to have such a great Grandma who loves him very much. She does so much for him and he loves playing with her every day. I know they have special moments in the day and I am so grateful that I can go to work knowing that Colton is in such great hands.

We love Grandma!

Let the Festivities Begin...

This year we had a great Thanksgiving weekend. On Thanksgiving Colton and I spent it with my moms side of the family. We had dinner in Kamas at my Aunt Lori's house, she did a great job hosting. I of course forgot my camera but I got one picture right before we left.
Friday I had the pleasure of working at 4:30 am for those crazy Black Friday shoppers. I actually really enjoy working that early on that day because first, I like to see the crazy people and second the day goes by waaaay fast! Colton also got to spend time with his Aunt Jenny, Uncle Rick and cousins Brandon and Michelle. It was fun for him to play with someone new for a couple days. We can't wait for the next time we see them because Colton will have a new baby boy cousin to play with! Uncle Trevor was also in town and that was fun. I'm kicking myself for not getting any pictures!

Saturday was the big University of Utah-BYU football game. We went over to the Jacob's to have Chili and watch the game. Although my team didn't win it was a GREAT game and we had a fun time with Don and Margaret. Before the game Colton had a fun time playing on Lucas' slides out in the backyard with Grandpa. I guess I now know what I will be buying this summer!

I can't believe it is already December 1st. This year has gone by so fast and so much has changed. I am looking forward to the next month and have a lot of fun things planned for Colton and I to do for the Holidays. Although there are days I feel overwhelmed with life and every curve ball that is being thrown my way, life is good right now. I feel very blessed and lucky for all the people that love me and support me. I hope everyone has a fun, Stress Free and joyous holiday season!