here's some noteworthy things we learned about colsen this month:

+ in size 3 diapers -- we had way too many blowouts in the size 2
+ talks all the time! he coos, squeals, and screams!
+ stands up with help -- he has some strong legs for a little guy
+ his thighs are chunking up and get stuck when he sits in the bumbo seat
+ rolls from side to side and we're working on him getting to roll over
+ still obsessed with his hands and sucks on them all the time
+ likes to grab his toys and put them in his mouth - everything goes in the mouth these days...
+ loves it when we sing to him - favorites are 'itsy bitsy spider' and 'twinkle, twinkle little star'
+ grabs his toes, but only when they don't have socks on them
+ most likely he has an allergy to milk proteins doesn't come from my side of the fam! ;) so i'm off dairy while breastfeeding - the hardest part for me is no cheese :( but i'm hoping not eating dairy will help me shed some more of the baby weight, so it could be in my favor ;)

some photos of our visit to the pumpkin patch! i don't want october to end...

although he's too young to understand the holidays, it sure makes the fall season more exciting having a child to celebrate with! we're going to a halloween party tonight and i'm excited for what we'll be dressing up as a family this year :)

we've been working on getting him to roll over, but he's not a fan of being on his tummy... so for now,  he loves to roll side to side!

going to a work party,
driving up the alpine loop to soak in the fall beauty,
hung out with family and friends,
watched shark tank and other tv shows,
& stuffed our faces with delicious sugar cookies my sister made ;)

reason's why i love october:

+ fall weather is perfect - by far my favorite season
+ i'm an october baby... ;)
+ halloween is just so fun!  not sure what i'll dress up as this year though...
+ our first date (3 yrs ago) was in october & we went to a haunted house
+  after a long summer, i can finally wear my boots and sweaters again
+ last october we found out i was pregnant!
+ it's okay to make everything pumpkin flavored - i've been anticipating this time of year to make my favorite pumpkin chocolate chip cookies

i rarely print out my images so the other day i thought i'd choose some of my favorite instagram pictures to print using Artifact Uprising's square prints... worth every penny! i've framed some, hung some up in our room and even have some on our coffee table for friends and family to enjoy. i've used artifact uprising in the past for creating our travel books. which reminds me, i need to work on doing our costa rica travel book!

P.S. artifact uprising shared my image on their blog! i was pretty excited about that when they contacted me :) you can view it here. 

colsen has now graduated from the newborn stage to infant! he's such a joy to have around. we traveled up to seattle a week ago to visit my parents while kevin was in hawaii (he won the trip through work lucky duck!). it was the second time i flew alone with colsen and luckily he was a great travel companion. a couple times we got lucky and had the row to ourselves. other times we didn't get so lucky and the flight was completely full (thumbs down). i didn't realize how narrow those airplane seats are until i tried to nurse him and he kept kicking the nice lady next to us... she was understanding and helpful at least! (a soon to be grandmother).


here's some noteworthy things we learned about colsen this month:
+ 13 lbs! and getting chunkier by the day ;)
+ loves sucking on his hands - preferably his fist
+ longest stretch of sleeping through the night was 9 1/2 hrs! (hoping that will happen again...)
+ smiles all the time - especially when you make direct eye contact with him
+ can sit up in the bumbo seat
+ loves blowing saliva bubbles