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Collin, Me

Any resemblance?

Playing in the snow

Here is a video of Collin playing in the snow:

Ducks

Random picture I took a few weeks ago...

We went to feed the ducks on Sunday last week. Collin is totally in love with any animal, so it is really funny watching him around ducks because he gets SO excited.

We got our first snow yesterday, and then it snowed again today. Not too much either day, but still, its snow. I finished all my Christmas shopping. Its actually really late for me to be done, I am usually finished by August, but I had a hard time coming up with presents this year.

Sorry its not very interesting... this post was mostly for the pictures :)

Cleaning

So Chase and I have talked about wither or not we needed to get a lock for the toilet seat. Not because Collin likes to put toys or paper or anything like that in the toilet. Its because he is obsessed with using the toilet bowl brush and scrubbing the insides of the toilet. Does anyone else find that a little odd??

We're having a...

Boy!! :) We are both very excited. The ultrasound showed him being a little on the chunky side, but the doctor says that may not show up when he is born.

The past has shown that we have a hard time deciding on boy names, but I think we're getting on track with each other with this baby. I guess we'll see what shows up on the birth certificate...

Due March 25th-ish

Guilt

Sad story-



On Monday my mom and I took Collin to the store. Several hours after getting home I realized Collin's teddy was gone. I looked and looked and called the store, but they said that they didn't have a teddy turned in that day so a kid probably took it.



I am really struggling with feels of guilt that I didn't notice leaving his teddy behind. He has become part of the family. Collin has struggled as well. Chase thinks I'm crazy because I'm crying over losing teddy. The main problem is, we can't just go buy another one. The store it came from closed, and I've tried to find it online, but the one that looks like it is out of stock until December.



This may sound totally dumb, but I have felt so sad about it. Collin has not slept well since losing teddy, which made Chase's trip that much harder. I've been up with Collin for at least two hours every night, and have had to rock him to sleep almost every nap and bedtime. I did order some other teddy's that may be able to work, but they won't be here for a few more days.



Moms- if your kid finds a teddy at the store, turn it in. Just cause the kid left it there doesn't mean he didn't love it. He just got distracted.

Halloween

Trick or treating at the mall

Durning the day I spiked his hair so he would look like Frankinstin

Trina's kindergarden class had their school parade in the morning so we dressed up and went. This is Collin and his cousin Aiden.

OK- so I read my friends blogs who have kids Collin's age and they talk about how they're kids didn't even care about the candy, they just thought running around and seeing all the people was really cool. I told Chase Saturday afternoon that was not going to happen to us. And I was right. We decided to go to the mall first, and the second store puts a dum dum in his bag. His favorite candy ever. He keeps asking and asking and stopping and asking for the dum dum. So by the third store he already had candy in his mouth. We went though two suckers before we were done. Then we went around the neighborhood, and when they would let him choose his candy and they had nerds, he would always choose those. It was great.

One thing I've learned is that we will have to have a second stash of candy at home to trade him with since he is allergic to peanuts he can't have hardly anything. Oh well, I guess Chase and I will have to take care of all that candy. :)