April Action

It has been a busy couple of weeks for us. After we returned from Chicago, Colin went on his first trip to the zoo last Thursday with Ms. Krystal! We bought ourselves a family pass and included Ms. Krystal on it so that they can go as often as they wish. We live only 15 minutes away from a great zoo (Jack Hanna is our zookeeper!) They had a fun time. I heard that Colin loved the elephants (there is a baby elephant there currently) but didn't care so much for the flamingos (too pink maybe?) He also went to story time at the Main Columbus library last week with one of Krystal's nanny friends and two of the children that she cares for. One of the children is a little girl named Amelia who is six-months old. Apparently she and Colin sat side-by-side during story time and he had his hand on her back for a majority of the story! I have a picture of them together that is super cute but I won't post it since I don't want to infringe on Amelia's privacy. But hey yeah, Colin has a girlfriend!

Colin picks out books at the Main Library

Colin and the baby elephant at the Columbus zoo

Flamingos and Colin

My parents came up for a visit this weekend. They came on Friday afternoon so that they could meet Ms. Krystal and and give her a couple of hours off while they took care of Colin. They joined us for swim lessons on Saturday morning and loved watching all the babies in the pool. The instructors went around taking all the babies under water this time - they moved Colin through the water while he was under so it was much quicker than the quick dunks he had previously done with Keith. He didn't seem to mind it a bit though! How does a baby know how to hold his breath? Saturday evening my sister and her family came over for pizza and Colin loved checking out what his older cousins were up to. My family enjoyed seeing Colin's new tricks too. Speaking of new tricks, he is crawling on all fours some now and can go from all fours into a sitting position. It's so neat to see him make these accomplishments.

This boy is on the move!

Hey, what are you guys up to? I want to see!

But all this fun and good times couldn't last forever. Saturday night we were hit out of nowhere with a very cranky and wakeful little boy. He sounded very congested and was coughing so we figured he had caught his first cold. Sunday morning everyone was a little bit worse for wear. Colin's nose was running down his face. We decided to cancel our quiche breakfast with my sister given everyone's state. We had a quiet day with Colin and he seemed to feel not all that badly until later in the evening when he developed a mild fever (100.1). Sunday night was another rough one for us but luckily he seemed to feel much better by Monday afternoon. He is definitely on the mend now and the past two nights have been pretty normal for us. Phew! After going through Colin's first illness I've learned that Sick Baby + Exhausted Parents = Hell. I can't imagine what a more serious illness must be like! Unfortunately, I'm trying to catch his cold now but I'm drinking lots of hot tea which makes my throat feel very happy.

In other news, Colin loves "riding in a convertible." Not really but that's what we call it when I blow his hair off his forehead lightly. He blinks his eyes like crazy and acts all taken aback and then smiles. It might be the funniest thing ever.