Pumpkin Patch

Spencer loved the pumpkins!

Where did my toddler go? The pumpkin patch pic of him to the left is one year ago.

Cameron was more interested in the bounce houses rather than the pumpkins.

3rd Annual FredtoberFest

Each year my parents host a "Fredtoberfest" Party. No we aren't German, my dad is just a big fan of Oktoberfest.

Me and the boys.

Kids doing the chicken dance.

A little more chicken dance.

Cameron's new "trick".

Fire Station

All of our Fire Stations in Plano had a community open house recently. Cameron loved it and decided that he wanted to be a fireman when he grows up. He is also going to be a fireman for Halloween, so this made him even more excited about his costume.

Life with 2 boys

I am wondering if I should see about getting a discount for ER visits if I pre-pay. I just have a feeling that we will have a couple of visits with my 2 boys. They sure are fun though!

Hiding with cupcakes

So Cameron usually shows great self control with food. If he wants a cookie or something, I will usually let him pick one out and put by his plate for after dinner...and he always waits until he has eaten all of his dinner before trying to eat the sweet.



Well, not this time. The other day he asked me if he could have a cupcake (from Scott's birthday). I told him he could pick one out, but would have to wait until after dinner to eat it. The phone rang and I was on it for a few minutes, when I realized that he was no where to be found. I got off the phone and went to look for him. He was hiding under my bed eating not one, but TWO cupcakes! When I asked what he was doing, he told me he was eating two cupcakes (at least he is still honest).



I guess he has figured out that it is possible to eat dessert before dinner, you just might not like the consequenses afterwards. Funny boy!

Happy Birthday Cameron!

Cameron is 3 years old today! Time is going by way too fast.

Things about Cameron...

~ he is obsessed with cars and anything else with wheels

~ he loves music and tells us if he doesn't like a song on the radio

~ he is loving to climb up and jump off of anything (especially the furniture)

~ he is a very sweet boy who loves to give hugs

~ he loves his little brother and let's him play with his stuff 90% of the time

~ he drops the "s" sound on any word that starts with "sp"...Spencer becomes Pencer, spicy becomes picy, parking spot becomes parking pot

~ he makes his mommy and daddy so happy!

Happy Birthday Spencer!

My sweet baby boy is one year old today. He has been such a delight to have the past year and has brought much joy to our lives. Some things about Spencer:

~ he has started clapping and waving

~ he loves to follow his big brother everywhere he goes and tries to play cars with him

~ he does not love when his big brother takes things away from him and has started squealing when this happens

~ he has started making a scrunchy face that Scott says looks like me

~ he pulls up to everything and is walking along furniture

~ he loves to eat

~ he makes his mommy and daddy so happy!

We love you Spencer!

One year ago

Birthday dinner...grilled cheese and bananas...his favorite!

Scrunchy face!

Presents!

My new fire hat!

Shameless beggar

We have awesome neighbors (Mark and Stacey) that live next door to us. They have 2 teenage boys and Cameron loves to go over to their house and bounce on their trampoline with them and play with their old toys. He almost always gets fruit snacks when he is over there, so needless to say, he wants to go over there all the time! Anytime we pull up into our driveway, he wants to see if he can go over to their house and tell them he is almost out of fruit snacks. Anytime we are on a walk, he asks to go knock on their door to see if they are home to get more fruit snacks. And now, anytime he wakes up from a nap, he yells that he wants to go to Mark and Stacey's house to get fruit snacks. He is a shameless beggar!

Up on all fours

Spencer has been army crawling for a little while, but in the past week he has really started to crawl mostly on all fours. It is getting very busy around here!

Chuck and Virginia's wedding

We went to San Antonio for Chuck and Virginia's wedding a couple of weeks ago. It was a beautiful wedding and a great reception! What a fun weekend!

The kiddos at rehearsal dinner.

Dancing the night away!

Taking a break.

Happy baby!

Night night!

So as many of you know, Spencer has been sleeping in the pack and play since he was born. We would be crazy to take our 2 year old out of the crib before he started climbing out on his own, right? We thought after Spencer was born that Cameron would last in the crib 3, maybe 6 months top. 9 months later, he was still sleeping in the crib and had not tried to climb out one time! We finally just decided to boot him out so that Spencer could have it.

We started on a Thursday night, just knowing it would be a long weekend of battles to stay in bed. It has been over 3 weeks and he has still not gotten out of bed without our permission. Not one single time! We simply hear "I'm all done in my bed!" when he wakes up in the morning and after his nap. He is too easy sometimes!

Spencer seems to like the extra sleeping space to stretch out a bit!

Still in the crib...he loves to sleep with his big animals.

It's so exciting to get a big boy bed!

Sweet sleeping boy!

Before the crib...smashed up against the pack and play.

What a spacious bed this is!

New looks

We have some new looks around here...

My first tooth!

Before my haircut...

After my haircut...now I can "pike it up" (spike it up).

Owens Farm

There is a great little farm just south of us that we took the boys to. Cameron was very excited to have the farmer take us on a hay ride!

Hey goat!

7 years

7 years ago...
I got to marry my best friend. I love you Scotty!

I wish they were here to clean our car

The other night someone got into our minivan and stole some things. Thankfully there wasn't too much in there to steal. I was really annoyed at first as we were trying to remember what would have been in there that they took...power charger, possibly a battery charger for my camera, my cd book. WAIT! My cd book had my cd's in it and ALL of Cameron's dvds from our trip to OK a couple of weeks ago. Now momma is hot. To take from me because we left our doors unlocked is one thing, but to take my children's freaking Veggie Tales dvds is another. Seriously, what are they going to do with those! Nothing! They will probably just end up in the trash.

Anyway, I called the police department to see about filing a report over the phone. They asked if they could come out and see if there was any evidence since this has been a common occurrence in the area lately. Sure. So they send an officer and a CSI unit out to the house and Cameron about wet himself when they both pulled up.

The CSI officer asked if he could dust the car for fingerprints and gets out his powder and brush. Cameron then turns to me and says "Momma, are they cleaning our car?"

He makes me laugh. I wish they were only here to clean our car.

8 months

My sweet baby turned 8 months old yesterday. He is a very good natured baby with a sweet spirit. He is getting such a little personality! Some of this favorite things...

~ he loves to watch his big brother and often squeals in delight when Cameron comes into the room

~ he loves to eat! He hasn't been a picky eater so far and is getting very good at feeding himself finger foods. I am making most of his food (like I did with Cameron) and still get a great sense of satisfaction from it.

~ he is starting to jabber quite a bit and says deh, deh, deh all the time. He puts his chubby arms in the air sometimes when he is jabbering and it looks like he is very serious and talking with his hands.

~ I had to cut a tiny bit off the back of his hair...he was growing a rat tail and it had to go!

~ he isn't crawling yet, but he rolls all over the place and has recently started scooting around also.

He is such a joy to have around...I can't imagine my life without my boys! I love you sweet baby!

I used to be his number one all the time.

Cameron and I playing the other day...
Me: Cameron, is mommy your best friend?
Cam: No, Bryce is my best friend. (Yea, the same one he takes toys from at school.)
Me: Can I be your best friend too?
Cam: Uh, sure!
Me: Oh, that makes mommy so happy!
Cam: You're welcome!

Today in the car:
Me: Cameron, you and Spencer are my favorite little boys.
Cam: No, I not your favorite.
Me: Why not?
Cam: I daddy's favorite.

Down in my leg

The other day...
Scott: Where did your food go?
Cam: It's in my belly.
Scott: Where does it go after your belly?
Long pause...Cam: Down in my legs.

Today I made cupcakes...
Scott: Cameron, where are the cupcakes?
Cam: It's in my legs.

Quick pics

My friend Veronica took this picture of the boys at the Dallas Arboretum. They are the best of friends!

Swinging at the park

Fun on the slide

Helping daddy mow

Scott is riding in the MS 150 this weekend...150 miles on his bike in 2 days. Hopefully he will still be able to walk next week. ;) Go Scotty!

No lies

Getting ready for mother's day out the other day:
Me: Are you excited to go to school today?
Cam: Yes, and I won't take his toys.
Me: What do you mean?
Cam: It's not nice to take his toys.
Me: Whose toys?
Cam: Bryce. (One of his friends at school.)
Me: Do you take toys from Bryce?
Cam: Yes.
I am thankful for his honesty for I know it won't last forever.

Here are a couple of Texas blue bonnet pics.

Having fun holding Spencer's hand

"Cheese"

Happy baby