Family Reunion

Yesterday, Collin and I attended a family reunion for most of the day. It was a two hour drive each way which was great for Collin because he was able to get a much needed nap before the reunion and sleep most of the way home because he was exhausted from the events. Since he was the youngest family member there by about 2 1/2 years, he got a lot of attention. Besides knowing when he was hungry and changing his diapers, I did not have to hold Collin or worry about were he was because someone either was holding him, he was playing with his cousins or he was people watching (takes after his mommy on this).

Here he is surrounded by some of his second cousins. The older cousins were not as interested and were outside in the pool. Kyler is in the green shirt learning to tumble forward for the first time so he was practicing most of the day, Samantha is watching Collin and Kendall is the one on the right posing.

Collin took to one of his cousins named Alex. From what others told me, Collin grabbed his favorite book (one of them that Grandma H gave him on her last trip), crawled to Alex who was sitting on the floor next to a couch, pulled up on him to sit in his lap and gave him the book. I looked over and Alex was reading the book to Collin and I thought it was cute but had no idea that Collin initiated it. At one point, Collin rested his head on Alex's shoulder. I tried to capture this moment but I missed it (refer to the postings about Collin and his fascination with the camera. You have to be quick taking pictures because once he notices the camera, all he is interested in at that moment is getting it to put in his mouth). Alex read the book to him twice before Collin was bored and on the move again.

We both had a great time even though it was a long day. On the way home, he slept for about an hour and then cried for most of the remaining hour home. I even pulled over to change his dirty diaper thinking that would help. I gave him his pacifier and then headed home. There was peace for about 15 minutes until he sneezed (like his momma) and blew his pacifier out. I suspect he was not feeling good because all four of his top teeth are coming in at once. I did not think he was hungry because I feed him a 6oz bottle right before we left. He played with daddy awhile when we got home before his bed time ritual. He had another 9oz of milk before going to bed. Growing boy!!!