Once again, it's been a while since my last update and my only excuse is that I have a little baby and a rambunctious toddler in the house! I just wanted to say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and hope that everyone has a wonderful new year filled with happiness & good health!
We managed to have a great Christmas despite the fact that it was my first Christmas in 41 years (speaking of 41, I just turned 41 on November 22) that I haven't spent with my family:0( Scott used up all of his vacation/personal time in October when his dad died, so he didn't have the time to take off. Brayden made out like a bandit....he got a Spike the Dinosaur, two games for his Nintendo Wii, a Wolverine costume, a bunch of bath tub toys, match box cars, a Lightening McQueen (from the Cars movie) car, a nerf gun, a box of Apple Jacks cereal from Michigan (long story), GI Joe flashlight, bubble machine, and some other small things plus candy, coloring books, books, etc. in his stocking. Of course, Cameron could have cared less about Christmas but he seemed to enjoy the excitement as we got lots of smiles out of him throughout the day. Speaking of Cameron, he also turned 3 months old on Christmas day.....I cannot even believe how fast these past 3 months have flown. I know I've been through the newborn thing before but it really is the fasted stage ever and it's gone in a blink of an eye, sadly. He's definitely not a newborn anymore. He's a little baby changing & growing daily. He's starting to bat at and grab toys that are dangling in front of him. He coos & smiles quite a bit throughout the day and the biggest change of all is that he's gone from waking many times a night to eat, to completely sleeping through the night anywhere from 9 to 10 hours and sometimes it's been up to 12 hours straight! I couldn't ask for a better sleeper and something I'm not used to since Brayden never slept through the night until he was almost 2 years old! Even though he is sleeping great, he's also turned into quite the crabby baby. He's very fussy a lot and I'm not sure if it's from gas, a touch of colic, his disposition or what but it makes for a LONG day sometimes....OH MY!
To catch up a little on pictures, here are a couple from our trick or treating outing on Halloween, along with our pumpkin that we carved:
Here are a couple of Christmas pictures:
Our 2009 Christmas card
Gingerbread House
Brayden trying to eat the gingerbread house while I was messing with the camera.
And, just for fun.....here's why I didn't get my Christmas cards in the mail until a couple of days before Christmas........as you can see, it was nearly impossible to get a decent picture of these two.....Brayden is such a ham that I couldn't get him to stop sticking out his tongue or making goofy faces and Cameron screamed every time I got the camera out....LOL
I finally managed to get some really really cute ones:
I'll be doing another miscellaneous update with various pictures of the boys soon!
OMG, 3 months old??? You have got to be kidding me!!! I enjoyed all the photos, thanks for updating. Looks like you have as hard of a time getting hubby to smile as the kids in photos, lol. Love ya!
ReplyDeleteWow Cathy - your little guys are so cute. Your Brayden reminds me so much of Dylan. Dylan was an early talker and had a large vocab at an early age. Things have always been easy for him. Well except for a few math concepts. I'm sure Brayden does get bored if he doesn't feel challenged. He'll probably always do well in school which is a relief because ones that struggle - it's just so hard to watch. I've dealt with many. You talked about the time going by so fast and missing that "gummy smile" - the even harder part for me was the years they were losing teeth. Every time they'd lose one I got tears in my eyes because I knew I was losing one more piece of my baby. Now we're into braces. it's unbelievable to think that many years have gone by already. Glad you're taking so many pics. You'll never regret it. Nor will you regret spending so much time with them. The young years are definitely fleeting!! Especially since I've gone back to work and the days are so busy. I'm so looking forward to summer.!!!! I hope so much that you are and continue to feel better. I've had at least one actually panic attack in my life and I was petrified. You just think you're dying. I felt totally out of control of my mind and body. I think I had smaller ones after that but it didn't seem to last thank God. Anyway, take care of your lovely family. Talk to you soon. Love Kim
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