3 months old

Our sweet boy is 3 months old (well really almost 4 months old at the time of blog post)!!  He's looking handsomer every day and is just so dang cute (I know I'm biased).  I love this time on though because it feels like they just get more and more personality and are doing so many amazing developmental things.  Here's what's happening with Cameron at 3 months:

*He is still a very smiley baby--even more so now.  He really engages with everyone and if you talk to him and smile at him he'll give you a big adorable smile back.  He also likes to "talk" with lots of coos and squeals.  I'm thinking he's going to be social and talkative like his brother!
*He's become very wiggly lately.  He scoots all around on his baby gym mat and the other night I went to get him in his crib and he had totally pushed himself up closer to the rails.  We're gonna have to keep our eyes on this one!  Why does it feel early still for all of this to be happening?
*Cameron is a very content baby--luckily not very fussy.  Most of the time he's happy just sitting and observing what we're all doing.  He especially loves watching his big brother.
*He started school this month!  We received a miraculous email in mid-November that a spot opened up in the Infant room for Cameron at the day care/school where Nathan goes.  We love the place so much and had Cameron on the waiting list as soon as I knew I was pregnant, but the infant room has been very full and having him start in Dec. or Jan was tricky timing because not a lot of spots open up.  We were pretty anxious about it and were planning to do a back-up day care for awhile just until a spot opened up.  But thankfully a spot opened up just when we needed it.  We cried when we found out!  Such great news.  He's loving it so far too--smiles at the teachers and is so happy when we go to pick him up.
*Cameron still has quite a bit of hair!  It's turning blonder and is long and pretty thick for being a newborn.  We can even crate a mohawk on him after the bath!
*We've started a bedtime routine with him--I nurse him, and then we put on his Pj's, read 1-2 books to him, sing to him, pray and then turn on his white noise machine.  So far he's doing really well with it and goes to sleep pretty well on his own with us having to soothe him maybe 1-2 times.  Every time I read to him he looks up at me with his sweet big grin!

Nathan getting in on the action

Sweet brothers

Such a little man!

Happy 3 months, Cameron.  We love you!!

Thanksgiving

So I better get caught up about Thanksgiving before Christmas is here! Staying on top of blogging has always been tricky and is even more so now with two kids. But I'm determined to stay with it as a mini journal/scrapbook for our family.

Thanksgiving this year was really nice. I always enjoy this holiday because we spend time with both families and its a little more low key than Christmas.

My favorite part of Thanksgiving this year was how excited Nate was for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.  He was glued to the tv once the parade started and was so excited to see the balloons like Thomas, Grover, the turkey, etc.and also loved dancing to the songs and watching the floats. Normally the parade is on in the background and I don't pay much attention to it. This year I actually stopped to watch and snuggle with my boy. That's one of the things I'm loving about having kids-they help me slow down, and stop to notice the more magical parts of the holidays.

We enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner with the Warners with all the normal yummy fare.  Then we pulled out the camera and enjoyed taking some family photos in the 15 minutes it wasn't raining that day. Somehow we were all color coded without meaning to be.  Oh and notice in the background of the first one that my super motivated dad already has the Christmas lights up!

In the evening we headed to the Spauldings to have yummy pumpkin and apple pie for dessert and to watch the awesome Seahawks wreak havoc on the 49ers (yes!).   All in all it was a wonderful holiday--very relaxing and lots of great family time.