Photo Shoot

We thought it'd be fun to get pictures of our family of three before we become four (in 6 1/2 short weeks, or long, we'll see!)! And, we hadn't had professional pictures of Colton taken since he was a chubby 7 month old...he's changed so much!

Here are 7 month pictures from last April.

Lots of baby fat on this boy!

Our sweet friend, Sarah, has started a photography business and hung out with us on a recent Saturday morning and snapped some FABULOUS pictures for us! Check out her photography site at: http://joyfulmoments-photography.blogspot.com/


We met Sarah at a park for our photo shoot...as soon as we got out of the car Colton found a sturdy stick and was ready to explore, and unfortunately was in NO MOOD to slow down for pictures. We tried, and tried, and tried to get him to pose with us. We pulled out snacks, tried to be silly, - the first hour just produced solemn expressions and lots of pictures of his back running on to the next tree stump to explore. Oh, the mind of a 17 month old!


After bribing him with yogurt melts and finding a cool waterfall we finally started getting some smiles - hooray! Here's a few of our favorite pictures. Colton was 17 months old here and will be 18 months old next week - a year and a half - so hard to believe - he's growing up so fast! We love that Sarah was able to capture his smiles and serious looks!

Explorer man

Sarah must have been doing jumping jacks to get Colton to look straight at the camera!

The dangerous act of baby tossing brought about our first set of smiles!

It looks like I'm trying to hide my pregnant belly, but I really wasn't!

Colton LOVES giving kisses, - especially slobbery, open mouth kisses...we love them!

One of my favorites!

I love the gap tooth smile!

I love his excitement here!

For the rest of the pictures, go here: http://coltonsfeb2010pics.shutterfly.com/

Adventures in Midland

We left Dallas in the middle of a snow storm a few weeks ago to head to Midland for the weekend. All together (with a few necessary stops) it took us 9 hours to get to Midland, and only 5 to come back to Dallas on Sunday...we were trying to make up for lost time on the way home!

We arrived in Midland at midnight and all three of us were DONE with being in the car...especially our little guy who truly didn't enjoy being strapped in his carseat for that long. Thanks to pacis, snacks, and our portable dvd player, Colton was semi-satisfied most of the trip.

Colton's first trip to the dentist! Notice the sugary snack in his hand? He's not really there for an appointment, just to visit his BoPa.

BoPa, the dentist, and Colton....we still can't believe this guy had 16 teeth by nine months! And, he's gotten his top 2nd year molars in (by fifteen months),...I don't think the bottom ones have popped through, but its way too dangerous to check, - this boy has one painful bite.

Both mommy and daddy also sat in this chair for dental work - grateful for free dental checks from BoPa!!!

Colton discovered his love for banging on piano keys...he tried to play the piano one morning at 5:30 when he woke up way too early.

This is the life...lounging while someone else holds your bowl full of strawberries and blueberries - two of Colton's favorite snacks.

Colton hardly sits still for posed pictures, so BoPa got creative for this next shot...

I think we even have a smile out of Colton in this one!

More attempts at posed pictures, this time with sweet Grandma Cohorn, Colton's great-grandmother. She was so patient with him throwing a fit during picture time. We drove to Lamesa to visit Grandma, Uncle Leon, and Aunt Millye.

I think he's trying to hit Grandma in this picture!

A little bit better sitting in mommy's lap with a whisk!

Midland offered up many yummy eats...David loves heading back out to west Texas to enjoy eating all kinds of food that he can't get in Dallas. I happily joined in all the eating! Bo and Lizzy helped with Colton who was pretty moody during our stay, he definitely loves being in his home environment and perked up the moment we got home! And, it was wonderful to visit with Grandma...she kept remarking about David's height...she just can't believe how tall he is - maybe it'd been too long since our last visit!