Dawson Selin

Name: Dawson Christopher Selin
Age: 11 months 3 weeks
Birthday: November 12, 2006
Weight: Approx. 18-20 pounds
Length: About 29-30 inches
Hair Color: Blond
Eyes: Blue
Likes: Bottles, long crawls around the house, sweet potatoes, blowing raspberries, clapping, baths, pears, Mommy, Daddy, playing with the kitty, older kids, and did I say Mommy?
Dislikes: Getting his nose clean, getting dressed, getting his diaper changed, green beans, getting strapped in his car seat, long shopping trips
Daytime Activities: Playing with toys, exploring, eating, drinking bottles, taking naps, running errands with Mommy, Gymborree, the park, and getting into things.
What I Want to Be When I Grow Up: Right now I like banging on things so maybe a professional drummer? I also like figuring out how things work so maybe an Engineer.
My Heroes: Mommy and Daddy
Favorite Vacation: Visiting my Grandma, Grandpa, and Aunts in Illinois

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!

Some friends in the ward threw a Monday night Family Home Evening Halloween party tonight and it was a riot! Everyone brought some food to share, all the kids played downstairs in the Cole's basement (it is toy central down there) and the adults all chatted and played games. Unfortunately, Chris had to work so it was just me and Dawson. Dawson was a lion of course, which only lasted about 15 minuted then I took it off so he could crawl and play. As for me, my friend and neighbor Sheri and I decided we would dress up eighties style! I had a lot of fun putting my costume together, and was surprised with how many "eighties" style items I owned, maybe since I was born in '83? Who knows. But it paid off in the end cause I won best female adult costume! Now if I could only get the song "Girl's Just Wanna Have Fun" out of my head and stop picturing myself in a Cindi Lauper music video...

Dawson's New Favorite Toy

We like keep a piece of PVC pipe in the window track of our sliding glass door for an added safety measure, but it doesn't stay in the window track. Why? Because Dawson discovered it and now it is like some hidden treasure that he has to always go and pull out and play with. At first I would say no and put it back and redirect his attention but he got smart and stopped buying it. So, Dawson pretty much won this one. I try to keep the window track clean, not think about the dirt, make sure he doesn't stick it in his mouth, and let him go about his fun. Maybe the novelty will wear off right??

Pre-Halloween Treat!

Two weekends ago when Dawson and I went to visit my family in Illinois, we went up to their camper in Amboy, IL. They have a permanent spot there at the Yogi Bear campground, and we decided it was a perfect time to go being a three day weekend for Columbus Day and it also being the campground's Halloween Weekend. For it they have a haunted barn the campground puts on, a Halloween costume contest, pumpkin carving, trick or treating, and many other fun festivities to partake in. There was only one downside to the weekend...it was like, 90 degrees and Dawson's Halloween costume is a lion that is fleece and stuffed! So poor Dawson had to get dressed up, got a nose and whiskers drawn on his face, and was toted around by his mom and aunts to various campsites to trick or treat. We didn't go far though, just around the immediate area; and I didn't feel like too horrible of a mom cause there where a lot of other sweaty looking kids. Dawson didn't do it all for nothing either...afterwards he got to be stripped down to his diaper and got a sucker. In the end everyone was happy...grandma, grandpa and his aunts got to see him dressed up, Dawson got a dum dum and some animal crackers, and I got to eat the candy Dawson couldn't eat. Not bad.

The Pumpkin Patch

When Dawson and I were in Chicago visiting my family we went to Goebbert's Pumpkin Patch. I was the one that insisted we go because it was a family tradition me and my sisters loved and looked forward to growing up. Once you get there you can take a hayride out to the field to pick your pumpkin, you can eat YUMMY apple cider donuts at the Farmer's Wife Cafe, you can pet animals at the petting zoo, shop at the Farmer's Market, and take cute pictures all around the many cute displays there. Dawson's favorite parts were all the animals in the petting zoo, watching little kids run around, and "driving" the wooden car. My favorite parts were the donuts, shopping at the market, and taking lots of cute pictures of Dawson. Here are a few for you to enjoy!

The Greatest Show on Earth!

Last Saturday the three of us got bundled up (it was a VERY wet and cold day), headed downtown, and went to the circus with our friends Tammy, Rob, Brandy, and Dave! Although Dawson really didn't understand what the circus is, he seemed to really enjoy it and was a very good boy for the duration of it. His favorite parts seemed to be any act that was bright, loud, and flashy! There was a big tv suspended from the ceiling that you could watch the circus from as well (more for those sitting in nosebleed) but Dawson seemed to watch that more than the actual circus, no matter how many times we tried to point out that it was right there in front of us....maybe it was the tall guy sitting in front of us...who knows. Despite snoozing for the last half hour of the show, Dawson seemed to have a fun time at the circus, and he even walked away with a new, ridiculously priced white tiger stuffed animal. (First picture is Tammy and Rob, second is Brandy and Dave, the third is us, Dawson sleeping with his new tiger.)