Corbin's Girlfriend

Corbin met Avery (Ruthie and John's daughter from down at the lake) today at a baby shower for Aunt Ashley. They were instant buddies. Enjoy some pictures below:

Look at them holding hands!

Corbin decided he's going in for a kiss.

Leaning in closer...

Waiting for her to come in for the kiss.

Oh well, I will just kiss her sweater.

Yay for new friends!

Balloons

Corbin got Mommy these flowers and balloon for her birthday. He LOVED the balloon and would laugh every time he saw it.

Me with my new favorite toy.

Oh no! Where did it go!

Maybe if I look cute Mommy or Daddy will get it for me.

Reach for it, reach for it.

Yay! I got it!

10 months

I can't believe that this little boy is rapidly approaching the 1 year old mark! He certainly is keeping us busy and is into everything. He is crawling, pulling up , cruising, and learning new things everyday. A new game he plays is he will often be standing up when we go to get him out of his crib...when he sees us come in he will throw himself down on the mattress and will crawl as fast as he can to the corner of his bed to hide. His top 4 teeth are coming in all at once (even though he won't let us take a peek at them very often) and it will soon be time for his first haircut to get all of the hair out of his eyes. He has learned to drink out of the sippy cup and will eat some finger foods, though he is pretty picky about what he eats (hmmm...wonder who he gets that from)? He continues to talk a lot and says dada all the time (even though he has said mama a few times). He has tried to clap and will put his hand up to wave and thinks it is hilarious when we wave back at him. He is such a happy boy but is becoming so independent. It is making his momma sad but he will always be our sweet baby boy.

Playing in the dining room.

What is up there?

Quite a frequent site in our house...taking his socks off.

Going for some dirt.

Baby Dedication

On Jan. 9, 2011, we had Corbin dedicated at Westover Church by Pastor Don Miller. We were so fortunate to have all of our family there with us to celebrate this special time. Here are some pictures from this special day. Corbin was very well behaved and was fairly quiet until it was time for the sermon. Then he started talking so he and Mommy had to head down to nursery.

Wow, look at all of these people!

Our sweet family

A little blurry but a group picture of some that came. Others had to leave a little early.

Our blessing and prayer for you Corbin:

Psalm 13: 5-6

"May the Lord deal bountifully with you all the days of your life.

May you always trust in the steadfast love of God.

May your heart always rejoice in the Lord's salvation,

as you sing to the Lord forever and ever. Amen!"

First Christmas: Better late then never

So I know it is a little outdated but I need to catch up so I am going to blog about Corbin's first Christmas. It was quite busy! We started out at Mamaw's house on Christmas Eve. He enjoyed the remote control car that Mamaw gave him and actually shook with excitement while watching his Daddy drive it. He also enjoyed hanging out with family.

On Christmas Day, we started out by seeing what Santa brought us. Corbin got a learn and grove musical table and several other things in his stocking. Then we opened up presents from Mommy and Daddy. Then Nana, Poppy, and Uncle Nick came over to exchange presents before Corbin took a nice long nap. He was pretty tired from playing with all of his new toys. Check out all of his Christmas loot!

I love my new toys!

After his nap we headed out the farm for Christmas with Jenny, Ray, and Grandma C. At this point the snow was coming down quite hard. It was a beautiful first white Christmas for everyone! What a beautiful picture of God's creation on His Son's birthday! Some pictures from the farm:

Corbin and Jenny

Corbin and Grandma C are both excited about opening presents!

I can open this present!

Finally, we went to my Nana's house and exchanged gifts with them. By this time the roads were getting pretty rough so we weren't able to stay long but it was good to see everyone. It was quite a long day for Corbin but he was a trooper!

I'm not sure about my duckie hat!

Corbin and Nana

This little boy is trouble...

Look what I did Mom.

Yep, I crawled under my exercauser... you can't get me now!

I will come and get you.

I got you! And will give you big wet kisses!

Look ma, no hands! Well almost!

On the move: 9 Months

So with this month has brought many changes. Corbin has learned to crawl and is into everything! He always moves towards what we don't want him to and will find the smallest piece of lint or dirt on the floor and will put it straight into his mouth(I guess that is just how it goes). We are still working on baby proofing (we do have the major dangerous things out of the way) but I figure he will let us know what we need to get rid of as time goes on. He also continues to try and try to stand up and will crawl to us to help him stand up. He can also pull himself up into a sitting position and when we go to get him up in the morning or from naptime he will be sitting up waiting for us in his crib. Josh said the other morning he heard the monitor being slung around and he knew it was time to go get him (the monitor is about eye level right next to the crib so Corbin must have gotten a hold of it). Corbin has also begun to say some "words" even though I am sure he doesn't quite know the meaning of them yet. So far we have "ba ba", "Da-da", and just last night "Ma-Ma". He loves saying them and will just laugh and laugh. He is also getting better at holding his sippy cup and drinks some milk out of it every night at dinner time.

His 9 month check up went well. He weighs 19 lbs. 7 oz. and he is 27 3/4 inches long. He has had a rash develop on his legs and it ended up being eczema and she told us to only give him a bath once a week. This is really hard to do because his hair gets really stinky from wearing his helmet (he is hot natured like his daddy and sweats a lot) so we will see how that goes. We have tried just washing his hair in the sink and that has gone ok...it is definitely a 2 person process though since he loves to move around so much!

We think that he is getting 2 more teeth as well. It is hard to see but Josh said he thought that he could see them today. Corbin had to go to the dr. again today because he has a tummy virus (he vomited a couple of times and has had runny stools) and had quite the red bottom. He was up about every hour last night. We sure hope he feels better soon because being sick is no fun...for any of us!

Daddy and I are the best of buds.

I love to swing and stand and would do it ALL the time.

Playing peek a boo with one of my Mom's favorite book as a child, Pat the bunny. We are SO glad that books seem to be his favorite toys so far!

I love getting Mommy to help me stand up.