He gets around, from town to town, or at least from kitchen to hallway

Colin is becoming a little boy now. I see babyhood morphing into toddlerdom and while he isn't 'toddling' yet, he is certainly a travelling man. His rolling abilities are quite impressive. But that's not all. He's become more and more curious about his little world and toys with blinky lights are nothing compared to the fascination of Daddy's socks on the laundry rack.
He loves to bounce and sing to music, whether that is from Top Gear, Frank Sinatra on the computer or just Mummy singing him silly songs about toes. I have hope he will be quite musical. He loves to watch the trees outside our window as they blow in the wind and he REALLY loves spotting Daddy walking home from our window. The wiggling is intense.
He has also learned to wave and will do so with intent though occasionally he'll wave to a program on tv. Not sure what that is....
He loves to skype with his grandparents and is very excited when he sees them come on. He starts to blow through his paci and growl. Again, why he does this is a mystery but for him it expresses excitement and happiness. Of course the fact that Grandpa does the growling as well, may have something to do with it. He talks a lot to me  during the day and I would like to be flattered, but he also talks to a toothbrush, a stuffed toy in his crib and our trashcan, so I'm not all that special. :)
He has also recently expressed his opinion on favorite books and gets bouncy and starts patting pages when I read from the touch and feel farm book and from Each Peach Pear Plum. He can obey the command to 'touch the cow, do it now' consistently and it's fun to see him putting all his little bits of knowledge together.
I often feel someone's hands grabbing my toes as I sit at our counter stool and look down to see a smiley face looking up at me. He's quite a stealthy mover and will surprise me often. And of course, there is nothing so delightful right now as watching the washing machine tumble and we need to applaud it so as to encourage more washing. Apparently.
We're on the verge of crawling and more world opening up. Right now though, I'll enjoy this 9 month moment.

Chillaxin' with Mummy

Hello there!

Laundry inspection

Colin got baptized!

So this past Sunday, our little man was baptized. It was really lovely to share this with the church, but also to give him two sets of godparents.
In England, this is quite common, but for me, this was very new and it was a blessing to be introduced to it. It can of course, be a simple case of picking people who give good presents. Or it could be a situation where you are good friends and picked people for that reason. However, as Christians, there's more than that. It's a very real accountability to people who are taking a vested interest in the life your child will lead--Lord willing--in Christ. And for Mark and I, it is also making a familial connection in England. We asked our dear friends Daniel and Brooke Newman and Will and Katie Corrie to be the godparents for Colin. We are so blessed to have them as both couples have been very indispensable to us in so many ways, but most importantly in spiritual relationship. We are grateful for their faithfulness and their willingness to walk alongside us as we raise Colin. But we're also grateful for a further feeling  of family and rootedness here in England. So here's to many years rejoicing in God's faithfulness together! (And here's a few pics of the baptized boy as well :) )

All the godparents and the blur is the child that wouldn't sit still with Mummy :)

One shoe off and one shoe on...

Someone has officially discovered the drawers

Happy baptized boy. 

Someone came to find me and decided to go via coffee table