McGraw Family

Cabo/New Year 2010

2010-01-10T21:21:00.003-06:00

2009-12-20T20:23:00.000-06:00

Thanksgiving weekend at the Lake House

2009-11-29T19:03:00.003-06:00

Colt playing with Grandpa and Mama

Riding the golf cart with his cousin's Kennedy and Avery

Taking Dada for a ride on the golf cart

Colt playing outside

He loves going for rides

Thanksgiving

2009-11-29T18:53:00.001-06:00

Costumes

2009-10-25T15:54:00.002-05:00

Pumpkin Patch

2009-10-25T15:47:00.001-05:00

Playing with Lady

2009-10-21T17:14:00.002-05:00

9 month check up

2009-10-14T10:09:00.002-05:00

Colt's 9 month check up went pretty well. He is still a little guy in the 25th to 30th percentile in height and weight. He weighed 18.7 lbs and 27 3/4" long. He gained less than 2 lbs from his 6 month visit which made the nurse a little conserned, but when the doctor came in he wasn't worried about it. I guess Colt is so active he can't keep the weight on. The poor little guy had to get the flu shot and get tested for lead. This was a lot harder on me than his newborn shots, I guess because he has a more intense cry and moves all over the place. I had to pin him down so the nurse could give him the shot in his thigh and hold him down in my lap while the lab tech filled a vile of blood from his finger tip all while he was screaming. It was torture!!! :( Next time Daddy gets to come with me.
On a good note he is very healthy and we get to start introducing more solid foods he can feed to himself. Here is a list of some of the things he is doing.....

Waves bye bye
Is walking on his own (only for 5 ro 6 steps)
Crawling everywhere
Likes to play peek a boo ( he'll crawl around a corner and you ask "where's Colt" and he'll come crawling out with a big grin and turn around and hide again)
Babbling or baby talk
Likes to push any object that he can (the other day he rearranged all our kitchen chairs)
Dances to any tune he hears
Just learning to clap (he hits the top of his hand instead of palm to palm)

Listen Close

2009-09-27T19:19:00.002-05:00

Mommy weekend

2009-09-26T10:45:00.002-05:00

Well today is the first day I am leaving Colt to go to another city. We have left him overnight with my parents but were only a few miles away. The girls and I decided we deserved a much needed girls weekend. Keri, Amanda and I are meeting Ashleigh in Dallas for a great night out with no men or babies. We are all leaving the kiddos with their Daddies!!! Hope everything goes well :)

Baby steps

2009-09-08T20:01:00.002-05:00

First steps

2009-09-03T11:08:00.002-05:00

Colt started taking his first steps. At first it was one step and then plop on his bum. A couple days ago when Danny got home from work he stood him in front of him and Colt took 4 to 5 wobbly steps. He's only doing it when we stand him up and and have him walk to us. I have not seen him try on his own but I don't think it will be long. He crawls everywhere but prefers to be standing up on something. The only time he crawls is to get to another spot he can stand up. Guess it wont be long before I am chasing him everywhere.

Colt's first Texans game

2009-09-01T09:55:00.000-05:00

Colt's first Texans game

2009-09-01T09:50:00.003-05:00

Colt and Sage

Colt's new trick

2009-08-23T18:30:00.002-05:00

7 Months 2 wks old

Walking with his walker

2009-08-17T14:46:00.002-05:00

chasing Lady

2009-08-17T14:33:00.002-05:00

Colt chatting

2009-08-17T14:22:00.002-05:00

Crawling Colt

2009-08-17T14:13:00.002-05:00

Talking???

2009-08-10T13:02:00.002-05:00

Last night Colt started making a new humming noise that sounds like he's trying to say MaMa so Danny and I mouthed MaMA, MaMa over a hundred times to him. When he woke up from his nap today he was making the same noise but a few times the sound Mama came out. Now whether he is really saying it or making noises, I can't tell. I like to think he is. :) I will try to get a video of it and let you be the judge.

Colt posing in the yard

2009-08-06T17:44:00.000-05:00

The McGraw's come for a visit

2009-08-06T17:33:00.002-05:00

Colt and his Grammy

Uncle Landon holding Colt

Papa wearing Colt's hat

Colt with Grandma and Grandpa McGraw

Cowboy Colt

2009-08-06T17:28:00.001-05:00

Changes

2009-07-29T09:55:00.003-05:00

It seems like the day Colt turned six months all kinds of changes started. As you can tell from the videos and pictures he is sitting up very well, crawling all over the place and can pull himself to a standing position using the coffee table. He now has both bottom teeth in and is one of the most active baby's I've ever met.
The tired dreaded early rising mornings are now something of the past. My favorite part of the day is waking up to Colt's little giggles in the monitor and the huge grin on his face when you walk into his room to get him out of his crib. His strong little body grips to you so tight from excitement that if I were to let go I think he would be able to hold on. There is no better way to start your day than that. He has so much personality that when we sit him in a room full of adults everyone seems to be entertained for hours by him.
His Grammy Diane came in with her friend Caroline and daughter Rebecca last weekend and I know he loved it. He is really looking forward to this weekend when he gets to see his Papa Ricky. I don't know if there is another grandchild loved as much as this one from both sets, I'm sure my friends would beg to differ.

2009-07-23T17:11:00.002-05:00

Random pictures

2009-07-23T16:06:00.002-05:00

He loves his duck

His new pal, Lady

Colt and his Mama

Cool dude

1st Tooth

2009-07-19T15:36:00.002-05:00

Danny and I just discovered that Colt is cutting his first tooth!!! I can't believe it!!

Crawling a little better

2009-07-17T09:26:00.003-05:00

6 month apt

2009-07-17T07:48:00.003-05:00

Colt had his 6 month check up yesterday and everything went very well. He weighed 16lbs 13oz, 26" long. His height, weight & head size was all in the 25th percentile. He's a little small but doc said very proportional. He had a total of 4 immunizations, three in the leg and one he had to drink. The first shot he didn't flinch but the other two he screamed, only for a minute. The doctor also said that his "sitting up skills" were very advanced for his age. He said most babies are not that good until about 9 months, so that made his Mamma proud :) The rest of the day he was very cheerie and wouldn't even know he had just gotten his shots. Our next appt isn't until 9 months and then will just be a regular check up, no shots :)

Changing the subject, Colt has been the only baby out of all our friends who wasn't sleeping through the night. He is a very good baby so when he was crying in the middle of the night I assumed something was wrong and always went to check on him. Tuesday night of last week was one of the worst nights we have had with him and was up 4 to 5 times. I finally called the doctors office to see what I could do differently. They kindly said I was not letting him self sooth and needed to let him cry it out. I was so sleep deprived by this point I was willing to do anything so I thought, it won't be bad, he'll only cry for maybe 15 minutes. WRONG! Colt cried for and hour and a half while I stood at the door and could do nothing. I finally went to bed, turned down the monotor and would check every 10 minutes to see if he had stopped. It was torture but I knew if I continued to check on him everytime he cried I could be doing it till he was 5 years old. The second night went much better he only cried for about 15 minutes. He is still waking up a little bit everynight but I think he is learning that Mommy is not coming every time he cries.

July 4th

2009-07-15T09:37:00.002-05:00

I'm a little behind but here are some pics of all the babies from the 4th of July. We spent Friday and Saturday with my parents on lake Limestone then drove to Conroe Saturday afternoon to spend the rest of the weekend at the DesAutels house with our friends.
The other pictures are of Sage and Colt in their matching outfits (what's new). This time we did not plan it, we both happened to have matching onsies.

4th of July

2009-07-15T09:27:00.001-05:00

Leighton, Sage, Tyler & Colt

2009-07-15T09:18:00.000-05:00

Colt trying to crawl

2009-07-02T13:52:00.002-05:00

Colt with his Cousin's

2009-07-02T13:06:00.003-05:00

Colt was trying to eat my toes

Still trying to get them

Chase Kyra and Colt

Kyra feeding Colt

Kyra and Colt

Colt sitting up

2009-06-25T16:35:00.000-05:00

More Pictures

2009-06-25T16:18:00.003-05:00

Colt to Cullom

2009-06-25T15:17:00.002-05:00

Today is the first day Colt rides on an airplane. We are going to visit my Dad's side of the family in Cullom, Illinois. I'm a little nervous about it. We leave at 7 pm so I'll give him a bottle when we take off and hopefully he'll fall asleep shortly after that. Danny won't be with us but I will have my parents there to hand him off when he starts screaming :)

Colt laughing

2009-06-22T21:27:00.003-05:00

Father's Day Weekend

2009-06-22T21:20:00.002-05:00

Colt had a blast visiting his Grandparents in Blooming Grove. Grammy and Papa were nice enough to take care of him through the night both nights we were there. Danny and I even went to dinner and a movie. Sunday morning we all went to church where Grammy and Papa argued over who got to stay with Colt in the nursery. We had a big lunch at the McGraw house with all the family and celebrated Colt and Danny's first Father's day together. All in all it was a wonderful weekend and we always look forward to seeing them.

First time with food

2009-06-04T13:00:00.002-05:00

Grammy feeding Colt

Colt thinks it's yummy

First taste of Green peas

Doesn't know what to think about it

Decided he doesn't like it so much

Mom and Dad's first night without Colt

2009-05-30T15:02:00.002-05:00

Well last night Grandma and Grandpa Hamilton agreed to keep Colt for the night so Danny and I could have a much needed date night and a full nights sleep. We went to a nice dinner and then a movie and was asleep by 10:30pm. I slept about 11 hours which I have not done since before I was pregnant. Although the brake was nice we could not wait to hop in the car and go pick him up as soon as we were awake. I'm starting to think this could become a tradition we do once a month. What do you say Grandma and Grandpa?? :)

Pictures

2009-05-19T09:38:00.001-05:00

Solid Foods already!!

2009-05-18T10:08:00.000-05:00

We had our 4 month appointment last week which meant another round of shots. It was harder on me than Colt. He only cried for a second. My doctor also mentioned to start spoon feeding him rice cereal so he can learn to push food to the back of his mouth and swollow, that way he can be ready for baby food in 3 weeks. I can't believe it's already time to move onto more solid foods.
He has learned to roll over and over and over. I can't keep in on a blanket long because he rolls off and across the room. Although it is sad he is growing so fast it is also so fun to watch him learn new things and change almost on a weekly basis.