Yay!

Today Grammy & Auntie Erika flew in from Chicago to see us!!

Auntie Erika met Reese for the very first time today!!  I think it was love at first sight!

We're looking so forward to their two week visit & can't wait to have so much fun with them!

We're so lucky to have such awesome family!

Soaring!

These days, I love pulling the cushions off the couch to build tents, make forts & just jump around on pillows.  Daddy caught me soaring through the air like a bird the other day!  Speaking of flying like a bird, hop over to Mommy's blog to see pictures of my grandpa skydiving today!

I'm fearless so Mommy is typically in the background saying, Cam, please be careful!

But Daddy is much more laid back about my boyness!

I always have so much fun playing around & roughhousing with my daddy!

And just being a crazy little boy!

In other news, I'm doing a great job of staying in bed at night & loading up my chart with stars & happy faces!  

My progress did a 180 when I was at Leah's house & saw her star chart.  From that day on, I've stayed in bed every single night after saying, I'm going to beat Leah!  My mommy & daddy are just fine with that & loving that my competitive nature is keeping my booty in bed!

Summer randoms

Well, it's officially summer & we've been having a fun time in the Florida heat.  Well, I guess we avoid the Florida heat at all costs, so we've just been having fun in general.

Here's a picture of me on Father's Day weekend

Reese loved Mumford & Sons & crawled over to watch the TV while they were on!

Swimming has been my thing lately & I'm a little fish!  I still can't swim on my own, but I do great with the help of a little inner tube.  Reese has swam twice this summer (her first times) & she loves it too!

We've spent lots of fun time with our family too!

Pretty soon Reese will be meeting her Auntie Erika for the first time when she & Grammy come for a visit!  We cannot wait!

I'm very good friends with Stella these days.  That's if I don't bother her during a nap because when I do, she just about bites my head off.  She loves to lick me & Reese & now I'm big enough for her to curl up on my lap.

So that's what's going on around these parts!  Hope you're having a great summer so far too!

Tenting

Lately I've been wanting to build tents in my living room before bed bedtime.  

Luckily my dad is an awesome builder & helps me out!

I always invite Mommy & Daddy to join me in my fort & I never leave my pets out of the fun either!

Silly faces in our tent!

It's become my routine to start building right as Reese is getting ready for bed!  She's too little to join in, but before we know it, she'll be right in the action with us.

And after all of that building, it's time for me to take a much needed rest!

Playing around

On Memorial Day, Mommy & Daddy took out a new toy for me to play with.  Turns out it wasn't new at all!  It was something that my grandma & grandpa got me for my second birthday.  Since I wasn't yet old enough to play with it, they stowed it away in my closet.

I had so much fun playing with my new Zippity toy!  

My favorite thing to do these days is play with "mommy's new toy" which is the tablet Mommy got for her birthday.  I love playing Angry Birds which I refer to as "Red Birds."  It's truly current obsession!  And Reese's obsession is playing in her jumper.  And chewing on things!

Speaking of Reese, we were able to to take our first bath together on Memorial Day.  It was a lot of fun!  My sissy is really growing up!

We're going to have so much fun growing up together!

Reese's 6 month stats

Daddy picked me up early from school today.  Here I was, thinking he had something fun in store for us.  I mean, it isn't often that I get out of school early for one-on-one time with Daddy without my brother.

Well, turns out that there were other things in store for me.  Not so wonderful things, either!  We were headed to the pediatrician for my 6 month well visit.  The nerve of my parents to try & keep me healthy!

Anyway, all looked great & I'm growing like a cute, little weed!  I've been congested for what seems like 3 months now.  No exaggeration, either. Mommy & Daddy started to think maybe it was allergies, but Dr. LaCross said that babies don't have seasonal allergies.  And apparently babies also can't get sinus infections because we don't have sinuses like adults.  Learn something new everyday!

Even though it was Daddy taking me to the doctor, Mommy was stressed over the idea of me getting 3 shots.  But of course I handled it like a champ as usual & I was happy as can be tonight.

Here are my 6 month stats:

Head circumference: 17.32" (88%)

Height: 26.5" (77%)

Weight: 16.6# (64%)

So, I've grown 7" since I've been born!  That's nuts!  That's like my mommy going from her current 5'2" to 5'9" in 6 short months!  Us babies are amazing creatures, I tell ya.  I've gained 9.53# since birth which is 134%.  Wow.  I was looking at my big brother's stats & I weigh about 3.5# less than he did at this time & I'm 1.5" shorter.  Click here to check out Cam's 6 month stats.

I'm growing like a weed & it's been an amazingly fun journey thus far!

My new friend

This weekend when we were spending time at Grandma & Grandpa's house for Mother's Day, I met a new friend!

Meet my new buddy, Diego who I named myself!

Grandpa pointed Diego out to me & when I went over to check him out, he jumped into Daddy's hands.  Then I held him & he jumped from my hands to my shoulder where he perched for some time.

After we got to know each other, I set him free!  Bye, Diego, it was great to meet you!

Truckin along!

Saturday afternoon we headed to a little fest to see some majorly big trucks!  

Since I love the movie Cars so much & the character Mack, I was so happy to take a picture with a real, live Mack truck!

Smokey the Bear reminded us to be safe around fires.  I should remind my Grammy of that since just last week she accidentally set an entire Kleenex box ablaze!  She put a tissue too close to the candle & luckily Mommy noticed it right away & threw water all over it. Yikes!

Reesey was sporting her new outfit & sun hat.. isn't she cute?

After checking out the trucks we headed into downtown Dunedin for a stroll.  Then we ended the evening at a really cool restaurant called Ozona Blue.  It was an awesome, impromptu day!  We're going to miss Grammy lots when she heads back to Chicago next week! 

Cereal

Sunday, April 15th, I tried cereal for the very first time!  I was five months & one day old which was older than Cameron was when he first ate solids at almost exactly four months.  Click here to see a picture from Cameron's first taste of cereal.

At first I wasn't sure what to think and I made some pretty funny faces!

Hmmm... I'm not sure what to think about this whole cereal thing!

 But, perhaps I'll keep trying!

Okay, maybe I like cereal after all!  Since then, Mommy has made me sweet potatoes & bananas which I seem to like a whole lot better than cereal!  The world is my oyster & I cannot wait to try more & more foods as I grow!

Easter fun & Reese's doctor visit

Friday Mommy & Daddy got out of work a little early which was so nice! We headed home, hung out & colored Easter eggs.



This was my second time coloring eggs, but of course Reese never has since this was her first Easter. She sat by and watched us & seemed to have a good time... I'm sure next year she'll want to be right in the action with the rest of us!



As my eggs were "taking a bath" I played with the camera & took some pictures. Mommy will upload them for me soon so I can show off my work.



And here you'll see our beautifully vibrant eggs which we just so happened to enjoy as egg salad tonight.



And in other news, Reese had her four month well baby visit on March 28th. It was a little past due since she was sick & we had to reschedule so she was healthy for her vaccinations. So, technically she was four & a half months at this check-up.

Reese's stats:

Head circumference: 16.14 inches (41%)
Height: 25.25" (75%)
Weight: 14.63# (62%)

So, she has grown 5.75" & gained 7.53#. My little sissy is not so little anymore & has more than doubled her weight since birth! Now I'm going to compare my four month stats with Reesey's... Keep in mind, I went to the doctor pretty much right at 4 months so it was nearly two weeks earlier than her appointment.

Cam's four month stats:

Head circumference: 17.72"
Height: 26"
Weight: 17.2#