Colton's 1st Adventure in Florence

Here I sit - drinking a big cup of coffee (and I mean B-I-G!) and watching my little boy crawl in circles around the table. Colton is really growing up and he's so much fun! I'm not sure when he'll try to walk, right now he isn't showing much interest in attempting it. He would rather get where he wants to go as quickly as possible, which means crawling. And boy can he crawl fast! He's cutting his second tooth, his top left one, and the top right will not be far behind. He loves touch n' feel books and books that have something hiding behind a door or flap. He loves to say 'Uh oh!' and seems to use it in the right context about 80% of the time. He also says 'Mama,' again correctly most of the time, and he's just starting to say 'Dada.' Also, Colton is big into waving right now. He waves at Ross and I, new friends that come visit us, and any random stranger on the bus or street that he deems worthy. :) He definitely knows how to make people fall in love with him - though it's really not that hard.

Anyway, Colton had his first big adventure in Florence last night. It all began because my parents e-mailed and asked if we could send them a family picture that we had taken here. Well, we had not taken any pictures of ourselves yet so we decided to head out on the town and do so. First, we went to the Duomo to get a family picture. A nice family from Utah helped us but we were not satisfied with the final outcome.

So, we decided to head to the Ponte Vecchio. Not only is it a good site for pictures but it's also very close to my favorite gelataria - a perfect excuse to stop there after our photo shoot. :) While Ross was getting the camera ready I decided to let Colton sit on the wall overlooking the Arno River. Wait...my kid? Sit? I don't think so! Colton decided hanging out on the wall would be much more fun if he could crawl on it! And so he did...

He also made an attempt at walking on the wall. In person he was stumbling aimlessly, but this picture makes it look like he's got walking down!

I finally got a picture taken with Colton that I really love!

Then we tried for another family picture. Not too bad.

Oh - I had to include this great 'first teeth' shot! Obviously you can see his bottom one and if you click on the picture to make it larger you can see a little bit of his top tooth coming in.

Finally, on our way to the gelataria, we got the winning family picture. We send our love to all of you from Florence!