Flying by.....camps and birthday

July is coming to an end..does that mean summer has to end too? Caden is done with camps. Last week he finished his water water everywhere summer sizzlers camp at our church. Miss Lois is awesome. She has everything planned out to the littlest detail and that is what makes the kids want to stay and want to learn. Caden learned a new song so if you want to hear it ask him next time you see him. I might try and get it taped also-it's really cute. No pics of water water everywhere so I'll leave you with this.......

What is this you ask? Why it is the new 4 year old American Turtle

Caden had brought me a teenage mutant ninja turtle and said he wanted to dress like him....so we did a little improvising and came up with a better turtle...who wouldn't want to be an American Turtle. Especially if you look this cute doing it.
Oh yes....we cannot forget a very big event that happened on the 22nd. Our little Mister baby turned ONE!

This year went by too fast. Colton is such a happy little baby. Our little 1 yr. old is tottering around, more steps each day-although he prefers to crawl, his favorite foods are blueberries(takes after Caden!), grapes, strawberries, any fruit really and oatmeal-oh we cannot forget chocolate teddy grahams. We are introducing more foods each day.The only dislike we have found so far is peas-he actually gags when you put them in his mouth! He also lets you know which foods he prefers. The other day I had blueberries and Cheerios on his highchair. He was putting in the blueberries and accidentally grabbed a Cheerio-it went in and came right back out! He no longer has the bottle and really had no problem giving it up. The nuk on the other hand could give us a wee bit of a struggle. He loves napping in his crib and car seat. The baby toys don't hold his interest much anymore.

Even in the church nursery they opened up to the 1yr. room and that is where he climbed, walked, pushed and pulled-he loves that room.He can scribble with a crayon on paper. He thinks he is really a big boy when he does this-loves paper and pens. We had his 1 year check up. He did really well until the shots came, the nurse got the evil eye after that. Colton weighs 18 lbs 14oz (so no forward facing yet little guy-gotta pack in the protein and gain some weight!), he is 29 inches long and his head is 18.25 inches. Caden at this age was 21 lbs 7 oz and 28.75 inches long.
Happy Birthday Little Mister! Heidi from the Retro continued our new birthday tradition and put Colton's name on the sign!

"And God himself has said that one must love not only God but his brother too."

1 John 4:21