She's a mover and a shaker

So Nick and I were just hanging out and watching Colette, when she suddenly decided to pick herself up on all four limbs!!!! We ran and got the video camera and she did it for us one more time before she was done for the night. How exciting to see her one step closer to crawling...By now (three days later) she does it all the time! Oh, and today I came in to the family room after brushing my teeth and where do I find Colette? Under the couch...Her little head was sticking out looking at me with a confused look on her face. It was the cutest thing! Second cutest thing, she likes to sleep on her tummy now with her bum high in the air. Love this baby

Colette Laughing

She doesn't laugh non-stop, so when we can get her laughing, we try to stretch it out as long as possible. It's is the best sound we get to hear each day. Here is my attempt at making her laugh.

Jumping Johnny

She just loves this! This is her first time with it, but by now, she is jumping up and down and having the best time.

Just cause...

xoxxo

Long day...

We had the LDS missionaries over for dinner the other night, and look who was party pooped out. She just fell right to sleep during their message. It was the sweetest thing.

Freedom Trail

We drove to Boston not too long ago and walked the Freedom Trail. Since I don't know much about American history, we purchased a little book to explain what things were on the trail. What was important, what wasn't...the John Adams movie Nick and I watched was helpful too :) Overall, it was really cool. I loved seeing all the OLD headstones and pretending I was stepping back in time. Can you imagine living in Boston back then? Oh, and we finished our day at the famous bakery, Mike's Pastries. Two chocolate dipped cannoli's later we were headed home, 40 minutes away. (I just love that we live so close to so much!)

Tights

Putting tights on her was one of the most exciting things! I was looking forward to when she was big enough to wear them and cold enough for them to be worn. Babies in tights are just so cute!

Look what came...

Still a little too young/small for it, but I'm sure it will fit just fine by the time snow starts falling. People say that will be in January...No white Christmas for us here. But doesn't she look cute?!

Our Home

Here it is with all our stuff inside. I would love to do more with it, but since we are only here for another 7 months, I don't want to put the effort or money into a short term rental. But I think it will be just fine and it feels a lot more like a home now.

Our Bedroom

(our toiletries have to be in the bedroom since there is NO room in the bathroom!)

Colette's Room

Bathroom

Family Room

(Nick's surfboard isn't part of the decor. It's just that we had no space to store it)

The Kitchen

(I normally wouldn't have rugs in a kitchen, but that floor is pretty bad, so I thought the rugs would at least make me able to stand in there)

There you have it! Our humble abode. And yes, I still love my new couch!!

Life according to my phone...

Here are some pictures from my phone. Just for fun. Enjoy.

Colette still does not take a bottle, but I did try to put some water in one, and she seems to like to chew and suck on that. SO...I give her some water. She is at least hydrated and all the bottles we purchased are being used.

And she is trying to 'crawl' or something. She really likes it when she can get her legs underneath her. I think she realizes that her legs can take her places. She is always moving and I constantly find her under the coffee table, halfway under the tv stand, or wedged in the corner of her crib. She loves to move around and see things.

Speaking of seeing things- whenever I am in the kitchen or cleaning, she wants to be there. So I figured out how to use this baby backpack in a way so she can be there with me. Today we made chocolate chip cookies together and she LOVED it. She wanted to touch everything!!

At the park Colette loves the swings

My babysitter...Baby Einstein, which she loves

aahhh. I love this little lady

Just a cute picture from the past. She was so little then...