They really don't stay little long at all. This time last year Colin was a tiny four month old baby. He was just starting to sleep longer stretches at night, like maybe six hours. Now this year Colin is an almost 16 month old baby. He can run around the house and "talk". He has a wonderful little personality and is just so sweet. He even started giving kisses today!
Today, Colin started King Of Peace Day School (KOP). I put him on the waiting list a week after he was born. They can't start until they 18 months old however they do have a license for them to start at 16 months. Well exactly one month ago they called me and told they had an opening for him to start on November 1st. I was beyond excited but I was still a little scared and worried for him. I was going to be taking him out of his comfort zone at the Child Development Center (CDC) and putting him somewhere new. New school, new teachers, new kids... well Colin doesn't love the new so much. Friday we told all his old teachers good bye and left the infant room at CDC for the last time. We will miss Ms. Ernie and all the other wonderful ladies there.
So our morning started off great! We arrived at KOP right on time, 6:45am!
Everything was going as planned! Look at the huge smile on his face, he looks so happy to start his day! Even I am feeling okay about everything at this point. I am thinking wow this won't be so bad after - maybe it will be a super easy transition. Now I tried taking a picture after I pried him off of me and handed him to Gillian while he was screaming. However that picture turned out SUPER blurry! I called at lunch to check on him and everything was going pretty well. I arrived at 4:45pm to pick him.
This is what I found:
Even if he was a bit weepy throughout the day - especially right when I arrived to pick him up and I peeked through the window to see tears running down his face - overall my sweet boy had a pretty good first day at his new baby school!
Here is two quick pictures from Halloween - I tried very hard to get pictures of the kids at Halloween. I was unsuccessful for many, many reasons! I probably shouldn't list them all but here are a couple of pictures I was able to snap. When I say a couple, I seriously mean only TWO!
Cade, Hayden, and Jocelyn hitting the first house for Trick or Treating.
Lyla The Cat and Colin The Scarecrow - enjoying the wagon ride!
He was not the cute, happy peep he is above when I picked him up. He was crying and annoyed! I brought him home and he immediately went to sleep on the couch for about an hour. Then he woke up and refused to eat or drink. Finally he decided to eat one piece of bread. Yes, just plain ole' bread! At least he ate something and he finally drank a bottle - yes a BOTTLE! He then fussed a bit and went back to sleep which he has done for the past hour and half. Now he is waking up and it NOT a happy baby at all. I am not sure what I am going to do the rest of the evening with him, but hopefully he will cheer up when daddy gets home!
