Archive for December, 2008
Christmas Funtivities
Saturday, December 27th, 2008
Wes, Bryce and I spent Bryce’s first Christmas at the Payne’s house where we are currently living. Such amazingly good times were had 
We spent the first part of the morning drinking some mimosa’s,
with FRESH orange juice. YUM And we also devoured delicious monkeybread:
oh man… that was some good times
Then came presents! Bryce thought they were all for her -
After Christmas with the Payne’s, we took off for Wes’-cousins-families house (phew…), we ate entirely too much, ogled at the baby, and then headed off for my families house. Where again, we ate entirely too much and ogled at the baby.
We here at the Colton household hope you all had a wonderful and merry Christmas and that your hearts are rested and well.
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Julian
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
My friend asked me to take some nursing photos of her and her son Julian the other day. They didn’t come out quite like I had imagined, but I still like them. Thanks again Pamela for allowing me to capture such an intimate moment! Also, I love the blanket! Bryce hasn’t quite gotten to use it yet as it has been wrapped around my shoulders while I sit on the couch in our cold room!
Until I became pregnant, I never knew how good breastfeeding was for your little bebe’s. I mean I knew it was better than formula, but in the end I thought it was all kind of similar. Nope! I don’t have time to get into how good breastfeeding is for your baby and even the mom, but here is an awesome website that just gives the basics of how awesome breast milk is for everyone. I’m so glad that I decided to breastfeed Bryce. It’s easier, cleaner, quicker, healthier, etc, etc… Now I’m not knocking formula, we had to supplement with Bryce for a week or two when she was a week old and, quite frankly, it helped her thrive because I didn’t have enough milk yet. But in the end, I love nursing her, and I love the bond that it creates, and I know she is better for it. And so am I
So anyways, enough chit-chat, here’s some pictures!
I took a few non-nursing photos of Julian in front of the Christmas tree. Here he is with his Santa hat, seriously too cute
(I love the above photo, I took it without looking through the viewfinder which is why part of his head is cut off, and I’m kind of bummed about that, but you know… take what you can get!)
Oh man, I love the tummy and the thighs… yummy
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Please stop growing up…
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
So my “little” girl is growing up… I always told Wes that she was allowed to learn how to sit up, but then she had to stop growing. So yesterday she started sitting up all on her own. She’s still a bit wobbly, but she’s definitely sitting up. Wes and I were talking about it, saying that we never even imagined that we would ever get here. But now the day is here, and it makes me sad, though I’m not quite sure why.
But, oh boy, does she love sitting now:
- Bryce sitting up
*sniff-sniff*
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Mountain Sprouts
Saturday, December 6th, 2008
Ok, so I really have no idea who reads this or whoever will, but maybe someday someone will come across this and go to this website: www.mountainsprouts.com
They have THE cutest outdoor clothing for infants/toddlers and older kids. Makes me want to take Bryce and go hike a mountain right now
So, Laurie, over at www.goodhappenings.com is doing a giveaway for a $50 gift card. All I have to do is mention it here. And there we go
I know I don’t know this family personally, and they don’t know me, but they just have an awesome story and life and I wanted to share a little bit about them. Laurie and her family live in Colorado and have three awesome children! Jackson, Shane, and Finley. Jackson and Shane are adopted from Vietnam and Finley came about to them as a surprise I found out about their family when I was interning at the Adoption Center of Washington. I was always searching for blogs and stories of families who had adopted children from Vietnam because that was where most of our families went to. I came across Laurie’s website when they were in Vietnam in the process of adopting and waiting for Shane. Meanwhile, Laurie is very pregnant. It’s such a sweet and wonderful story of what a family should be. I encourage you to go to her blog and read some of her stories. She’s a great writer and tells her story much better than I ever could
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Thanksgiving and Christmastree Getting
Friday, December 5th, 2008
Clearly, I’m the best blogger. Ever. …..
Sorry for my lack of blogging, I’m not very good at uploading, or learning how to use Wordpress. I’ll get better eventually
My family had their annual Thanksgiving get-together this year, but we also combined it with our Christmas get-together because my cousin, Jessie, was in town from El Salvador and my Aunt Janet was also in town from Colorado. I have many pictures, but really, remember what I’m all about these days; my kid:
And here she is posing like a little diva:
Seriously, we’re in so much trouble with this girl She was obviously the hit of the party, everyone got to love on and squeeze our little pumpkin. She was a gem! She has started to grab her feet when she lays on her back and then she rolls to the side, it’s freakin’ adorable. She love to eat her toes. I mean who wouldn’t want to eat those little piggies?
The Saturday after Thanksgiving, Wes and I went on a tree-hunting expedition with our housemates, Dave and Lauren, we love them Here they are in all their smiling and wonderful goodness:
(this picture of course was one of few where Dave was not sticking out his tongue or trying to fart on the photographer 
).
And of course we had to have a family picture!
But this will probably be the one that we send out for Christmas cards:
I’ll get better at writing posts one day (maybe). I just re-read what I wrote and realized I’m not as clever as I would like to be. But for now I’ll leave you with Dave and Lauren walking off into the sunset. Or at least some nice blue sky.
*sigh*
Tags: baby, Bryce, Christmas, friends, Thanksgiving
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