Cousin Brandon

For those of you who don't know Brandon, he is Gracie's favorite cousin. He and Gracie are 5 months apart. They love each other so much, it melts my heart. Gracie and Brandon had their second sleep over 2 weeks ago. When I watch them playing together, my mind drifts back to when they were just babies. Time does fly by.....

It's amazing to see how creative they can be and how easily they can find things to do and games to play. They created "ball game". They each had an oversized ball and stood at opposite ends of the playroom and would run towards each other until they had contact. I loved hearing them laugh, they were having so much fun.







































































Kenny packed a lunch on Sunday, and we headed to the Warren Sports Complex again. It was such a beautiful day that Gracie & Brandon decided to catch butterflies! The persistence these children can have is uncanny. After 20 minutes of not catching butterflies, their determination was still at Level 10. They would sneak up on a butterfly (which of course would fly away) and try and try and try again. I never tire of watching these two interact with each other.

Our Sweet Little Boy

I love these pictures! We were truly blessed with such a happy baby.

Happy Halloween

This year, Halloween was very exciting for us. We celebrated Cameron's first Halloween, and Gracie was excited about going out trick-or-treating. This was after she threw a fit for about an hour! Gracie was JoJo the Clown (from JoJo Circu) and Cameron was Eyore.




































































































We went to over to our neighbors house, to visit Baby Spiderman (Baby Milo). Too Cute!















After a few houses, Gracie was real excited about ringing the door bell. I tried to help her a few times and she just looked at me and said "Mom, I can do it by myself". It me happy and sad all at the same time. I told her we were only going to go to a few houses, but the further down the street we went, she wanted to keep going. She would say "that's weird, no lights on". It was funny to know that somehow she knew not to go to that house. She also insisted on trick-or-treating at her own house too.

Gettin' Caught Up!

This month has definitely proven to be one of our busier months. We were all sick at one point in time during this month, but we all now seem to be doing better. Gracie had her first official "sleepover" with cousin Brandon this past Saturday. They were extremely exhausted after an all day of play that they feel asleep in record time, 5 minutes if I remember correctly.















We were hoping the kids would sleep in late considering neither had napped the previous, but that didn't happen. All the kids, including Cameron were awake by 7:30 a.m. Kenny & I took the kids to the Warren Complex to feed the ducks. It was a really nice morning and nice to get out and get the blood flowing.....





























Cameron enjoyed a nice nap in his stroller......




















Kenny went to the game Sunday afternoon so I had to get creative in keeping Gracie busy. We went to Joann Fabrics and bought materials to make our own Halloween ghosts. For those who know Gracie, you know this was a really big step for her. She has refused to go into Walgreens because they have too many scary "stuff" hanging from the ceiling. We had a wonderful time making our ghosts, we made happy ghosts, sad ghosts, angry ghosts, etc. Our Halloween ghosts have an array of personalities.




















During our ghost making, we had Cameron in his walker. He is moving very fast these days, still only going backwards. As Gracie and I were making our ghosts, I heard this loud thud. She & I turned to find Cameron in the middle of my ivy plant. As you can see from the picture, he was very interested in putting it into his mouth that he knocked the entire plant stand to the floor. Gracie tried to pull him away and got frustrated very quickly that he continued to migrate back towards the plant.















Since Sunday was a very eventful day, it was no surprise that Cameron had his first jar of baby food. I have been struggling with him for the past 2 weeks to take the bottle. He doesn't want it! He will drink 8 oz. usually at bedtime and his first feeding of the day, but other than that, it has become a struggle. As I was drinking a glass of water, he kept reaching for my glass. Every time I moved it away from his reach, he would scream. I decided to give him his first baby jar of food, Rice Cereal.....My intent was to only give him a half of jar, but half way into it, I quickly realized he was going to go all the way! It was amazing watching his expressions with each spoonful! Grandma & Yaya were in total awe as I was.















I can't believe these are our children. We are truly blessed and as hard as it is having two children, I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. These little munchkins are a part of Kenny and a part of me!




















Cameron is sleeping at least 9 hours straight each night. He just looked too peaceful, I couldn't resist.















And for the last picture of this post....Cameron is outgrowing his car seat. He weighed 19 lbs. 2 oz. two weeks ago and I can definitely feel it. My arm has begun going numb each time I have to carry the car seat. Again, it's amazing to think that only 5 months ago, he was floating around this same car seat.




















How many times did I say "amazing" this post?

When Gracie was 4 months.....

Here is a picture of Gracie at 4 1/2 months in her Excersaucer! When I see pictures like this one, I notice how the two look so much a like.

Rollin' Over and Walkin'

The camera doesn't quite capture the full roll, but Cameron rolled over for the first time Wedndesday night. He has mastered rolling over onto his stomach but he hasn't quite figured out how to roll himself back onto his back. A little frustrated since he discovered he can scream his head off to get my attention!


























































Cameron is not walking on his own yet but he loves, loves, loves his new walker. He only goes backwards right now, but that is a big acomplishment for him. Gracie didn't take much to the walker but I think we're going to be in for a ride with Cameron since we have much longer hallways than we did in our old house. He's going to have a field day!