"No Pictures Please"

Trying to get Colt to smile these days for a picture is impossible!

Purposely looks away...and I sit there and say his name over and over and over....

"stop it Mom!!", thats all I ever hear....

Finally he just gives in :)

Grounded...

I wanted to write this post so I will always remember and be able to tell Colt the first time he got GROUNDED!!! I love my wonderful and wild son, but there are some days I wonder how I am going to be able to do it for another 18+ years. Tuesday evening Colt was playing outside when I noticed that all of a sudden it was really quiet. I looked out and he was gone. Now I know exactly where he went, that's the good thing about living out in the sticks, there are only so many places he can go. I found him at the neighbors jumping on their trampoline, which was covered in cheese balls, along with all of the kids. We haven't met these neighbors yet, we just know that they also have kids. Of course Colt has no problem playing in their yard, there "his friends". As I am standing at the neighbors gate (who I dont know) yelling for Colt to get off the trampoline and come home with me, their pit bull is trying to rip my neck off through the fence. I was getting so upset, finally an older kid grabbed him and threw him over the fence to me. When we got home we had to have a long talk with Colt and I grounded him for a week from playing with his friends outside. Nothing works with this kid! I am trying to get creative and am hoping that he starts to understand that he has to listen and if he doesnt that there are consequences. I am probably the only mother that has to ground their 3 year old!!! Ohhh, I just can't wait for the many adventures he is going to bring :)

Sleepover

A few weekends ago Colt had his first sleepover with Vicki. This was the first time that I had ever been away from him all night. I survived, LOL! Colt did really good and only asked for us right before bed. I think it helped having his best buddy Blayke there. The next morning we all had to be at the Heart Walk by 7:45 so needless to say Grammy was tired!

Walk with the Heart of a Child

This year we participated in the annual Walk with the Heart of a Child. The Children's Heart Center, which is Jace's Doctors, put the whole thing together. It was a mile walk through the Fashion Show Mall. We decided to get the HRT4J team together and participate. There were so many people and children there, it was so much fun. Definitely something that we will participate in every year!!

Colt and Aunt Caitlin

Shannon, Kodi and Kash

Taryn and Blayke

Kelly and Nick

Colt and Blayke sword fighting

Our HRT4J team!! Next year if anyone else would like to participate let me know, the more people the better!

Christmas 2010

Christmas this year was very relaxing. Santa came and brought Colt lots of presents! Colt slept in until almost 9!! It was so much fun this year, he really got the concept of Santa and presents and was so excited to wake up and see the tree with all his presents.

SLOWLY opening his first gift...which was a Thomas train set, he was very excited about that.

Yay! candy from his stocking!

Of course he absolutely loved the big Ford!!

All the kids opening gifts at Grandma's

Colt and Jordyn

Nebraska

crashed on the plane

Loved the airplane ride!

Colt and Gabby in the tent

telling Santa his long list of toys

This past December we went to Nebraska to visit family. It was a nice fun trip and Colt got to see Santa!! It was too dang cold!!

Picture

I love this picture...there is something just so cute and calming about it. This was over halloween weekend when we were down at Jace's friends barn. Colt absolutely loves being down there with all of the animals. One of his favorite animals are the horses, he would have rode them all weekend if we would have let him. The only downside to him loving the horses was trying to teach him to stop running behind or under them. That was a full time job!