It's been more than a month since our last post, so ... here's trying to sum up all that's been going on.
On October 1, Nick's dad, Bob, passed away. Bob had a successful heart transplant in 2003 and earlier this year his heart began to fail ... a memorial service and celebration of life was held in his honor on October 9. Thank you to everyone for your support, kind words, thoughts, cards and flowers. You will be missed by all of us Grampa Bob ...
Now I'll try to catch up where we left off ... in the end of September, our friends Nick & Alicia Moser had a housewarming party at their new digs. It was great to catch up with our friends! And Colson hung out with his pals too :)
Here's Colson with Crystal & Zach. The guys (Nick, Adam & Matt) with their kiddos (Colson, Taylor & Ryan). And the munchkins messin around.
Caleb's First Birthday
Our good friends Patty & Caleb had a birthday party for their son Caleb who turned 1 year old! We joined them for the celebration :) There was a playground there too, so we decided to let Colson try out the swings - he loved it! Was even holding on :) [this is when I had another "I can't believe he's growing up so fast moment." sigh.]
SF Aquarium
A few weeks back Nick's cousin Kristin & her beau David came out to visit SF from North Carolina. We went to meet them at the Aquarium on Pier 39 and had lunch after. Colson was fascinated by all the fish and other sea creatures at the aquarium -he even got to pet a sea cucumber ;)
Now that Colson can sit up, I'm giving him baths in our laundry room sink -- hahahah. But it works perfectly :) He loves it ... when the water fills up to his elbows he always starts splashing -- then is confused because he can't quite figure out that his splashing is what's causing the water to get in his eyes ... 
Colson can finally sit upright on his own :) He's was really wobbly his whole sixth month, but now he's a pro. Well he can sit there if you put him down sitting, but not yet pushing up to sitting on his own. He getting more and more mobile each day ... still doing the army crawl scooting on the ground and barrel rolling to get to things, but just recently he started pushing up on all fours and does kind of a rocking motion ... I'd better get on baby-proofing the house! 
It's been more than a month since our last post, so ... here's trying to sum up all that's been going on.
Now I'll try to catch up where we left off ... in the end of September, our friends Nick & Alicia Moser had a housewarming party at their new digs. It was great to catch up with our friends! And Colson hung out with his pals too :)
Colson turned 6 months old on September 10! Too bad he couldn't have any birthday cake yet ... At his 6 month check-up he weighed in at 20lbs and 1/2 an ounce, still in the 90 percentile and 27.5" tall, still in the 90 percentile and his head size is still in the 50 percentile. We've been continuing with the solids - so far he's had rice cereal, banana, avocado, and sweet potatoes today. And just Friday one of his lower teeth began to come in. It was so sharp - poor guy was miserable that day. 
Nick's mom went to Florida earlier in August and brought this shirt back for Colson ... it's labeled 18 months! I thought his growth was starting to slow down seeing as he spent a good 4-5 weeks in the 18 pound range. Before that I was weighing him every week and he was gaining a pound about every couple of weeks. Well, he's now 20 pounds -- so he flew through 19 and has broken through 20. I never thought that the 12 month clothes we got as gifts earlier would fit him now! 
