Santa

We went to see Santa today with our friends Josh, Molly and Aiden. Colin didn't like Santa too much. He does look a little evil. Santa that is.




Present from mom and dad!

Snow Day December 2008!!!

My Mom and Dad both have a snow day off from work. Dad has been home all week due to bad weather. Today I got to go out and play in the snow with mom and dad! It was alot of fun!

No Roses for Corvalis!

Last week I sure had a great time watching the Oregon Ducks trample all over the Beavers!

Word

Early October Colin said his first word: "step". Not "mom" or "dad" or anything normal. Since then we think we've heard him say, "duck" (which comes out, 'guck'), "book", and maybe "milk". My good friend, Ardie, thought she heard him say, "sorry". Other than that, he just makes noises and babbles as if he's really having a conversation.


I have no idea...

Another Friday Evening saving the city and an Afternoon in Eugene

This weekend was very eventful. Friday night was Halloween. Daddy went to the RoseGarden for the Season Opener for the Portland Trailblazers. They had a Fantastic win over the San Antonio Spurs. (Earth Wind and Fire performed the starting Lineup music). I stayed home with mommy and G&G Dingman to hand out candy to all of the kids that came to trick or treat.
Yesterday, mommy went to Seattle with Meeka, so daddy and I went down to Eugene for the Afternoon. The Ducks were in Berkely battling out a sad loss to the Golden Bears, but we got some good family time in. I got to play with my cousin Ainsley and see Aunt Jeanna (Jeannine) and Uncle John.

Until next time...To The Bat Cave!!!!!!!

Its Duck Football Season!!!

Yesterday Oregon kicked off their 2008 football season with a visit from their rivals, the Washington Huskies.
Colin was pretty excited about the season opener! Dad and son got matching Jeremiah Johnson jerseys to wear every game this season. We had a good time watching the game together.

Oh ya. The final score: Oregon 44. Washington 10.

Hair Cut

Well, it was time. Colin's hair was too long, according to some peeps. So we took him to Little Clippers (near where we used to live) last Friday. Now that his hair is shorter he looks more like a little boy than a baby. I miss the long hair! I told Jared that Colin isn't getting his next cut until his birthday.





We didn't like the wave so much. We washed the product out of his hair as soon as we could!

Skippy & Sniffles

We got a cat! Well, I've lived with her before. She was at Tate's house for a while, but now she lives with us in our new (old) house.

Colin's got a runny nose and its pretty gross. We have to hold him down and use the snot sucker bulb. He fights us as if we are trying suck his brain out.

Colin's (Belated) Birthday Party

We celebrated Colin's birthday in our new home on July 19th. I think we enjoyed the party more than Colin. He's not a social being. In fact, he seemed depressed or withdrawn with all the people around. But he does like cake!

Colin's 1 Year Photo's

Colin turned a Year Old on the 12th. Cant believe that he is already a year! Alot has happened in that one year. He is growing up so fast! We took him down to get some professional photos taken. He did rather well actually. Here are some of the results.

June 12th 2007

We went to the zoo for Colin's first birthday. The only animals he showed any interest were the fish and the "prowler cat" that was pacing back and forth. Otherwise he tried to touch the fences or glass separating us from the animals.

Dad and Colin

Mom and Colin

Colin high-fiving the fish

Colin on the move

May Wedding

Photos from Aunt Heather and Uncle Tyler's wedding. (Photos courtesy of Grandma Sandy and Grandpa Steve).

Aunt Heather and Colin



Motorboating


Uncle John, Cousin Ainsley, Dad, and Colin


Playing with froo froo


Almost there!

Huggies Commercial

They made a huggies commercial about Colin!

Stopped by the Fuzz

Holy crap! Is this actually a new blog by the Butlers?

I (andrea) was stopped by a policeman on the way to work yesterday. He thought that I wasn't wearing my seat belt. I was, and he fortunately gave me the "benefit of the doubt". Whatever.

On to Colin. He's almost a year old! Memorial Day weekend we went all went to Heather's (Jared's younger sister) and Tyler's wedding in Bend. Colin took his first couple of unassisted steps (unintentionally) on the 25th. He's taken a few steps since then, but doesn't really choose to do any solo walking. He enjoys walking while holding on to someone else's hand. In fact, he loves it. He still loves yelling, too. Or maybe he's singing along with the Phantom of the Opera CD. :o)

April

Colin usually knows what to do when a camera is pulled out. But sometimes its difficult to get a good shot of him for the frame for his monthly photos. Here are the many faces of Colin:

Disco Colin


Drunk Colin


Blind Colin


Finally - the 10 Month Photo!



We've done a little traveling the last couple of months to visit family. For Easter, we were in Eugene visiting Cousin Ainsley.


Just last weekend we went to Bend for Aunt Heather's bridal shower. Colin got to ride in a red wagon with (soon-to-be) Cousin Kylee!