Halloween 2009

For Halloween my cute little boys turned into wild animals! The picture with Joel is from our ward Trunk or Treat. All of the others are from Halloween night. Lily and JoJo Rice came over to Trick or Treat, (they're the mustard and ketchup : )). I took a stab at painting Christopher's face, and was pretty pleased with how it turned out. Christopher LOVES to Trick or Treat! He had a lot of fun. Cameron only went out for a little while, and wasn't crazy about his hood, but did great!

Fall Fun 2009

We had a lot of fun this Fall. First, Christopher got to go to the circus on a field trip with Rangeview High School (where Mitchell is a Senior and Shauna works). Shauna needed me to substitute to be able to go, and we had a little baby-sitting issue, so this is how we solved it, and he had a blast! He especially loved riding on the big yellow school bus! And of course, the cotton candy!
For some Fall Festivities, we visited Nick's Garden Center where we picked out pumpkins (cuz the ones Papa and Christopher grew this year got stolen off of our porch!) and played a little bit. We also visited Anderson Farms up in Erie, where Christopher got to "drive" a little barrel car, see a real pumpkin patch, and corn maze, and do some other fun activities, like feeding cows. Love Fall!

Cameron at 2 months

Cameron's 2-month Doctor visit was October 13th. He weighed 11lbs 4 ounces (25th percentile), height was 22" (also 25th percentile) and his head circumference was 40 (50% percentile). He has some rough patches of skin and cradle cap lately, but hopefully that's all temporary. He just started to roll (I haven't actually seen this firsthand yet, just the evidence when I had him laying on the couch and came back to find him.....not where I left him : )) He sleeps 8-10 hours at night (yes, we're lucky : )) and then takes a couple of naps in the morning, but is up most of the afternoon and evening. He eats every 3 hours besides that nice stretch at night. Love, love LOVE him! : )

SOOO behind......

Sorry! I'm mostly apologizing to myself, because I really want to keep better records, but it has been a while and I know everyone has been asking about more recent pictures too. So, I will post some and catch up on Halloween and such!

First, some funny quotes from Christopher:

Overheard while putting together a photo book in the next room (Cameron was in his little swing and Christopher was "watching" him and a little TV): "Cameron, mommy and daddy told me there was a baby in mommy's tummy, and I wanted a brother, so I got you! I'm your big brother. I only want brothers, no baby sisters!" (this went on for a while, but this is the general idea).

"Papa, get your butt over here!" (this was said very forcefully because he wanted help playing games on Papa's cell phone)

"My name is CHRISTOPHERD" (because his name isn't long enough, apparently....)

"I LIKE to see Grammy naked!" (once when we were trying to keep him out of my parents' room so my mom could change)

1 month old

Cameron is just over a month now. He's starting to try to hold his head up and spits out a pacifier when he knows it's time to eat. He definitely uses his hands more. He still seems to be gaining weight very quickly. I call him my chunk-a-chunk of burning love : )

We blessed him at Church on September 6th, over Labor Day weekend. Joel's parents were in town and we had our Dads, Steven, and Stuart Robison stand in with, of course, Joel and the Bishopric. We wish more family could have been there, but Rick and Dan were still in Arizona for my cousin Madison's wedding, which was the previous Friday. I'm really grateful to Steven and Denise for taking the time to be here from Utah. Here are a couple of pictures of him in his blessing outfit:

Thanks so much to Jeannie for letting us borrow the outfit! He was already too big for the outfit from Steven, Mitchell and Christophers' blessings. And thanks again to everyone who traveled to be here. We love you! Next time maybe I'll write a blog about something other than my kids.... but no promises : )

Cameron at 3 weeks

So, Cameron is now 3 weeks old, and I already dread him growing up and am wanting another baby. They're just so cute and lovable! And as my mom says, they don't talk back : ). (In case you are wondering, YES my other child does talk back, quite a bit these days. But we love him lots too : )). Cameron pretty much eats and sleeps and cuddles, and I love every minute of it.

At his 2 week appointment, Cameron was 7 lbs 7oz, "gaining weight like a champ" as his pediatrician said. He seems to be a little turned around schedule-wise; opting to be more wide-awake during late-night hours. During the day he's in a pretty consistent pattern of sleeping, dirtying quite a few diapers, and waking to eat every 3 hours or so. He did get a little stuffy nose the past couple of days, which seems to kind of freak him out, I think just because it's new. We haven't even had to use the asparator (sp?) until now, and he deals with it pretty well. Here is a picture of what he looks like most of the day:

Just vegging in his pack n' play with the vibration and music going (Christopher tries to stop the vibration whenever possible. He is a firm believer in music only! : ))

Speaking of that day at the Pediatrician's office, I had both boys, and Christopher was being very good until the doctor said we should really go ahead and get him a flu shot that day because of the baby. I tried to talk it up to him, but he did NOT want to get a shot, so he crawled under the table. So the nurse did Cameron's poke in the foot first (to repeat the PKU), then I calmed the baby down, put him in his seat, and crawled under the table to pull Christopher out. I held him on my lap while she gave him the shot (to her credit, she is very, very quick), and he still proceeded to scream. I spent another 1o or 15 minutes calming him down and redressing Cameron, then attempted to leave the office. Christopher wouldn't budge unless I carried him, so I ended up leaving carrying the baby in the carrier, the diaper bag, my purse, AND my 4-year-old. Once I got them all settled in the car, I immediately called Joel at work and told him he is definitely coming to Christopher's next well-care appointment (about 2 weeks from now), when he is scheduled to get 3 or 4 more shots! Luckily, that appointment is on Joel's normal day off. Thank goodness. I don't know that I could hold him still for that many shots, let alone deal with the aftermath!

Christopher still loves to help with the baby, and is really enjoying preschool.

So, now Joel's parents are visiting, and we will bless Cameron on Sunday. It should be an interesting week!

Preschool

Christopher started Preschool Wednesday. A woman in our ward decided to do a program in her home with 8 kids. He's just going to go Monday and Wednesday mornings. I'm excited, because we were looking into it, but everything was so expensive, we were just going to do the Spring. This way he'll do the whole year, and he'll get to know some of the kids in his Primary class better.

When we first mentioned it to him, he didn't seem too keen on the idea, but we've been hyping it up and had him pretty excited by the time it started. He had to wear his Rockies backpack, which he doesn't necessarily need, but is way cute. I had to include both pictures, because he's such a poser!

I dropped him off and he ran down the stairs and started pulling things out of his backpack (we put some paper and a folder and pencil in their at his insisting). My mom had to pick him up because I was doing hair, and he was NOT happy about it! But later when I got home, he told me all about it. The first thing he said was "I didn't learn anything, like you said, Mom! We just sang songs and played the name game." I asked him if he learned the other kids names from that game, and he said no to that too. Then he proceeded to show me a packet where he traced things and started to write his name. I guess if he doesn't think he's learning, but he is, it's fine by me! He's really excited to go back.