6 weeks old!

Little Colin Parker is now 6 weeks old! Where in the world is the time going? He is growing by leaps and bounds, and constantly amazing me with his little personality.

He can now hold his head up fairly proficiently, he does very well with rolling over from belly to back, he's even attempted (and nearly gotten) rolling from back to belly. Plus, he is at that stage where he gives these great big toothless, gummy grins. And I know that they are for me and not because of something going on in his belly.

And the really big news is that last night he slept from 10:30 pm to 5:30 am without waking up! We didn't know what to do with ourselves after getting a full night's sleep!

A first date

Today, Colin had his first real "date" with Sam, only chaperoned by Shawn. Stacia and I went to Dream Dinners to fix some good meals, so Sam came over to stay with Shawn.

They were together for almost 3 hours and everyone lived! Colin shared his swing with Sam, she shared her rattle with Colin. Then Shawn managed to get the great pic on the right while they were in the boppy together! I love it!

A milestone for Colin

On Friday night, we had a fairly major milestone at our house. We placed Colin on the floor for his usual tummy time torture, and he managed to roll over not once, but three times! Of course, only once did we actually catch it on camera.

A tale of growing old

We don't look that old, right? I mean, you can't necessarily tell that we are leaving the era of of our 20's this year. That's right, we will be turning 30 later this fall.

So why is our age important to this post? Well, you see...we are losing our minds. Yesterday, we went to the mall with the kids. When we got home, I went one way and Shawn went another. Then we went about our regular business of getting Caitie ready for a bath, fixing dinner, etc.

So, this morning we were getting ready to go out to Hamburg and make some returns. Shawn asks "Where did I put my keys?" Then began the 40 minute search of the hosue for his keys. We tried desperately to find them, but ended up leaving the house with my keys. When we got home, I went to get Caitie and Shawn continued the search. He went through the trash with a pair of rubber gloves, the laundry, everything.

When I got home, I was certain that we were going to be making a trip to Home Depot to buy new locks. Shawn was saddened that he couldn't remember all of the things he did last night and the order in which he did them. Then I lifted up the People Magazine on the table, and his keys were underneath.

One month!

I can't believe that Colin is already a month old. It seems like it was just yesterday that I was checking into the hospital for his birth. He's just growing like a little weed!

He has changed so much in the past month that I can hardly believe it. I forgot how quickly babies change....he's really starting to get his own little personality. He loves his swing, it's one of his favorite things. He's starting to stay awake more and be alert. He evens smiles at me every once in a while. Shawn still can't get him to smile at him but Caitie was exactly the same way.

As for his growth, we have done some very unscientific measurements recently. As of this morning, he is about 21 inches long and about 9 1/2 pounds. If his weight is really what we measured, then he is definitely bigger than Caitie was. She was nearly 2 months before she reached the 9 1/2 pound mark!

New specs

So a week and a half ago, I decided to chop my hair and go for a dramatic new look. I got it cut to my shoulders (it had been about half way down my back) and had it layered as well.

In keeping with the new post-baby changes, I decided it was time to get a new pair of glasses (the ones I had were from when I was pregnant with Caitie). Actually, I needed new contacts, but my insurance doesn't kick in until May 1. So I got a new pair of glasses to tide me over. What do you think?

Another first

Throughout the past week, the whole family has been together since Caitie was on Spring Break. So, we took a chance during the break in the non-stop rain to head over to the Louisville Zoo.

Caitie had been dying to go back to the zoo, one of he favorite activities, and Colin was up for the ride over there. It was a little cool, but we all had a great time walking around. In fact, we saw all of the animals that were in their exhibits! This was a first for us as we almost never see them all out....even the polar bear was up and all three lions were out and about.

The end of the zoo trip was only complete after Caitie finally got to ride the merry-go-round with her Daddy. Colin and I watched from a bench and waved as Sissy rode past.

After the zoo was a quick trip to the mall so Mommy could buy some non-maternity jeans (finally!) and then both kiddos were passed out the whole ride home! All in all, a good trip and one of many to come!