Nathan's 3rd Birthday

Wow I can't believe our little boy is 3 years old already!  He officially turned 3 on May 10.  It's been a fun few weeks of celebrating.  On May 3 we had his birthday party with friends and family.  It was Construction Theme (his obsession love of trucks & machines continues) and we held it at the Si View Community Park in North Bend.

The day couldn't have been more beautiful.  Mid-70's and not a cloud in the sky.  All our family and several of Nate's little friends and our family friends were in attendance.  We had folks "build their own sandwich" for lunch.  The kids played at the park and then we had some fun activities planned.  We had a dump truck pinata which actually turned out to be an epic fail.  A hilarious epic fail though.  It was a pull string pinata. One of the dads went to help his daughter pull one of the strings that was being stubborn and the whole pinata came crashing to the ground.  All the kids burst into tears.  And then they realized that all the candy had poured out on the ground and they scurried to pick it up.  Amazingly they felt better after that...go figure.

The next activity was a relay race where the kids had to run down the grass, put on the
"workerman" hard hat, vest, tool belt and boots and then race back to the finish line.  This was pretty hilarious too.   And so much fun.

Next up was cake.  Grampa Jay made an amazing construction cake which Nathan loved.  And it was delicious.  He is so talented!

And then we finished out with presents and favors.  Nathan got some awesome gifts including some new machines, fun games, and a couple books.   Here are a few more shots (photos courtesy of my brother and mom)

The celebrations continued the next weekend when the four of us went to the zoo as a joint celebration for Nate's birthday and Mother's Day for me.  We haven't gone through those photos yet, but it was a really fun day as well.

Happy birthday Nathan!  You bring so much joy to our lives and we just love you so much!  Hope you have a fantastic year!!

7 Months Old

So I'm recording Cameron's 7 months milestone and he just turned 8 months.  But I don't want to miss the fun things happening a month ago.  Better late than never right?

Here are the fun things happening at 7 months:

*Cameron has started eating solid food!  His very first food was sweet potatoes which he liked and then he moved on to carrots.  He did pretty well and is skilled with eating from a spoon although he often likes to steal the spoon from us to chew on it.
*James and I did our first trip away from Cameron when we went to Friday Harbor (earlier post).  And of course while we were gone he decided to sleep through the whole night for the first time!  Seriously?!?! Hopefully this will start be a trend soon though.
*He is almost crawling.  He gets up on all fours and rocks back and forth, but can't quite figure out moving his arms forward yet.  He also has this funny army crawl that he does across the floor.  If he wants to get to something he will figure out a way to get to it.  He loves to be on his tummy playing with toys.
*Cameron has started sitting up on his own!  It took a little bit of practice and then one day he just continued to sit for long periods of time without falling over.  He loves being able to sit and observe his brother or play with toys in a more fun way.  I think he feels like he's more part of the action with everyone.
*I've noticed that Cameron is very drawn to the color red.  He loves his Elmo doll as you'll see below and any item that has a bright red color on it, he's drawn to it, wants to touch it or play with it.

We are having so much fun with Cameron and can't imagine what life was like before without him.  Love you buddy!

Love this photo sequence.  Happy....sad....curious....hungry...

Yay for sweet potatoes!  Nathan is such a great helper

Mmmmmm....