I officially suck as a blogger!!!!

I don't understand how you guys find the time to keep up with your blogs. Anywhoo... I am really going to try and post a new blog once a week!!! So here goes...

Thankfully in today's economic state Jason has been able to keep his job list going. He is actually busy. So we are truly blessed!!! Colin has been his crazy little self. I LOVE him to death. He is soooo smart and sooooo funny. This week he has been under the weather and boy is he milking it. Last night he didn't want to go to bed so he told Jason it would make him feel better if he stay up on the couch with him!!! He is quite the manipulator!!! Oh and my mom gave him one of those advent calenders today. So we explained to him that he could open one door everyday and inside there would be a special treat. So he opened the door today before nap and got his chocolate. After nap I was upstairs changing Emma and when I came down EVERY single door had been opened and ALL of the chocolate was gone. It was soooo funny!!!! He is very excited for Christmas this year. Almost every morning the first thing he ask is if today is Christmas.

Little Miss Emma turned 10 months today. She is such a blessing in our lives. She has such a personality now. Finally... today she started to crawl. Its just an army crawl but hey... its progress. Her Dr. was a little concerned at her 9 month check up that she was falling behind in her gross motor skills. My mom just thinks its because I hold her too much. I believe she has a different way of crawling... its called rolling. She can get from one side of the room to the other by rolling. And she gets there fast. So why even bother attempting the whole hands and knees approach? I think she is perfect!!!

Well that is a little catch up in the life of the Tomlinson Family. I hope all is well with everyone and that you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!! And I promise I will be a better blogger!!! Xo 

Wow... It's been awhile :0

I can't believe I have been such a slacker!!! It has been soooo crazy these days. Colin is in school and absolutely LOVES it. I am sooo proud of him. We are only a month into the school year and I already see such an improvement in his speech. And my little Emma girl... She turned 8 months yesterday. Where does the time go? I noticed her first little tooth popped through 2 weeks ago and today I saw that she cut her second one. I wouldn't even know it though. She is such a happy baby. Her and I started a My Gym class on Tuesday mornings while her brother is in school. She has such a blast!!!

September update

OMG... I cant believe it is already September!!! And I really cant believe Colin is 3, completely potty trained:), going to preschool, riding his bike on his own and growing up to be the sweet little boy he is!!! Yesterday we went to Magic Mountain and he had a blast on the "coasters" with his friend Kelsey!!! And Miss Emma... She is 7 months old already. She is rolling, sitting up, eating baby food, babbling like crazy and LOVES driving her brothers Cozy Coupe Car. She is such a good, happy baby and she is SOOOO in love with her brother. I can't believe how fast time flies.

D Day a.k.a. Colin's first day of school

Tuesday September 2nd was Colin's first day of preschool. Did I mention in the previous post how nervous I was? I don't think I slept more then 20 minutes the night before. I cried and prayed all night long. I was supposed to be excited... right? Colin was. Well we got up, ate breakfast and we were on our way. Jason met us there for the big farewell. We all walked to The Blue room. I reminded Colin where to hang his backpack and to tell Miss Annette or Miss Shannon if he had to go potty. He walked into his class, smiled and said "Bye Mommy, Bye Daddy, Bye Emma." We stood outside the door and waited for the meltdown but instead he found a center and started playing. Jason couldn't walk away. We were both in TOTAL disbelief. He was okay!!! He was ready!!! All in all he had a great first day!!! When I picked him up I asked him what he did at school and he said "I don't know." Are you kidding me?

Labor Day Weekend

Over Labor Day Weekend we went camping in Newport in PaPa's motor home. We stayed at an awesome campground called Newport Dunes. On Saturday we went on the worlds LONGEST bike ride to Balboa Island. Emma surprisingly liked it. And of course Colin had a blast!!! Then on Sunday Jason and I took the kids to the Aquarium of the Pacific. We did a lot of shopping at Fashion Island a.k.a. Heaven on Earth!!!! It was such a fun way to end the summer. (Even though it is still 103 degree's)

Meet and Greet with Miss Annette and Miss Shannon

Wow!!! I have really fallen behind on my Blogs!!! August 28th was a huge day for Colin. As you saw in my last blog he became a Duck, it was our fist day leaving the house in underwear (no accidents:) and he had his meet and greet at his preschool. I was soooo excited for him but SOOOO nervous. We arrived at St. Stephen's Preschool to meet Miss Annette and Miss Shannon. Colin is in the Blue Room. He ran right in there and got to work on his first masterpiece as a preschooler. When he realized the door was open to the play ground he was over the drawing and out the door. Now if preschool was held outside and consisted of free play on the yard I wouldn't have been sooo nervous. He had a blast playing on all of the equipment and climbing up the tree house. When it was time for us to go he put up quite a fight. So I guess he is ready for school!!!

My Little Duck

When we signed Colin up for swim lessons the evaluated him to see what level he should be in. He tested into the Bat Ray Level which is the third level. Every time we went to a lesson some one in his group would graduate to Duck. The child would be lifted up to ring a LOUD bell and they would sing " Hi Ho Hi Ho its off to Duck you go! Now your a Duck so your in luck, Hi Ho Hi Ho" and they would be able to choose a toy from the treasure chest. So after every lesson Colin would ask me "When is it Colin's turn to sing Hi Ho?" Well on August 28th he got his turn!!!! Tomorrow he has his first class as a DUCK!!!!

Warning... LOTS of pictures!!! The Cox Wedding

On Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 Jason's Brother Doug married his beautiful Bride Lindsey in Bend, Oregon. Everything was amazing. Jason was a groomsmen along with his 3 other brothers, Codie, Gary and Todd. They looked so handsome in their tux's. I am soooo excited to have a sister-in-law. Welcome to the family Lindsey!!!