Another One

I tried to re-create another picture. I guess I should have zoomed in a little closer. The first is of Cooper, I think he was a couple of weeks older than Cameron. Cooper looks bigger but I think it's just his head, cause I'm pretty sure Cameron is bigger.

2 Months

Cameron Scott you are two months old today. Where has time gone? Just a few highlights of these past few months:



You simply adore your big brother. You love to smile and "talk" to him. You follow his voice. I can't wait to see the interaction between you two in the coming months.

You may like to scream but those screams unleash some great sleep. You have settled into a regular pattern now. You go to bed around 8, I wake to feed you around 10 before I go to bed, you sleep till around 2 or 3 then you eat and it holds you off till morning. You pretty much have been a great sleeper since birth. Some nights you last until 4 so it gives us hope you wont be long till you are sleeping through the night.

You are still wearing your 0-3 month clothes but I have a feeling I will be breaking out the 3-6 month in no time. I have no doubt you will continue to weigh more than Cooper did during his first year.

You are starting to unleash your smiles more and more each day. And boy are they adorable! You complete our family, we love you little guy!

ps- I will post 2-month stats next week, I scheduled his and Cooper's appointment on the same day so it will be a week late.

I Needed That

I was having a little bit of a rough day/night today. I'll try to make it short but the fact is Cameron is a screamer. We don't think it's colic because it doesn't last for hours on end, it's just multiple times a day. I don't mean a crier or fussy, I mean screamer. This has went on since he was two weeks old so I've gotten used to it but I, and Steve too, still have our nights. Today was one of them, I guess because it's Friday and I'm tired. The person I feel the worst for is Cooper though. He has taken to things so well and loves on his brother every chance he gets but it seems like so much of his life has been disrupted. I don't spend much time playing with him because I'm either trying to prevent the meltdown or tending to it. Cameron literally goes from 0-60 in like two seconds. We just have to let him scream because nothing really calms him down. It could be worse though, it could last hours, luckily it doesn't. It just wears on you when it's everyday, about every couple of hours.

Leave it to Cooper to make my night. He has been wanting to pray "all by himself" lately. Tonight was no exception. They can get lengthy but here is what I remember-
"Dear God, thank you for my movies, all the stuff I play with, my animals, my tv shows: Handy Manny (which he doesn't watch), Elmo, Mickey Mouse, thank you for the grocery store, Meijer, Target, and Walmart. Amen"

I try not to laugh because I don't want to embarrass him, but I lost it at grocery story and Walmart. I look over at Steve and he is rolling on the floor.

So, here is my prayer "Dear God, thank for my son Cooper for helping me realize this doesn't last forever. One day I will wake up with three and six year old and wonder where my babies went"

Wordless Wednesday

Comparison

I thought I would do a comparison shot of Cooper and Cameron around the same age with the same shirt on. I really don't think they look that much alike.

Yup, we are that family

Steve set Cameron's car seat on top of the dryer once we got home from church today. I just so happened to throw a load of laundry in there as well. He was awake and you can see below what happened shortly after the dryer was turned on.

Halloween 2010

Is it just me or do we celebrate Halloween for 2 weeks? When I was growing up I did trick or treat and that was it. This year kids have it good! I don't mind though, it is a ton of fun and one of my favorite times of the year. Last week we had our 2nd annual Halloween party at church. This is with my Wednesday morning playgroup. Sharon & Allie joined us again this year. It's a good thing too because I didn't get any pictures. Can you guess why? I will give you hint, it weighs about 11 lbs and names starts with a C. It a lot of fun this year, our Early Childhood director had it planned right. They started out with a Veggie Tales movie while waiting for everyone to show up. Then the kids got to trick or treat in staff offices, next up was lunch, then she divided the kids up in three groups and they took turns in the story room, craft room, and game room. My son had Cheetos and candy for lunch this day. Awesome!

They attempted a shot of all the kids, really can you get 15 kids to look in the same direction? Sharon did manage a close up of Allie & Cooper. Love this look of Allie! Cooper is 10 months older than Allie and they both love to talk about the other and can't wait to play together but at the same time it takes about 2 hours for them to actually start playing. Sharon is pregnant again, this little one and Cameron will be about 8 months apart, I can't wait!!!!

Of course Sunday was trick or treat night. I love any and all holiday or things you do each year. It helps me to look back and see what Cooper was doing this time last year and how things are different. Last year we had to use the stroller, not this year. He even walked to the other side of neighborhood and back.

I only got a couple of shots of him getting the candy.

This house is on the other side of our neighborhood but we had to go to it. We've passed it while out walking and Cooper kept calling it the "scary guy". He didn't seem to mind when it came time to get candy though.

I can't believe next year I will have two little ones out here getting candy.

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