Monday, April 30, 2007

Visit from the Smiths

Kim, Jon, Kevynne & Ashley all came down to visit for a long weekend and meet the boys. They got some great pictures!

April 19 - home routine

Connor


Cameron


Bath time!




Bed time



April 20 - Mike took Jon fishing. Jon caught some great nature shots and a few redfish too.

Early morning waters


Mike working the shoreline


Jon checking out a Snowy Egret



Jon with a red


Jon found a Great Blue Heron



April 21
Kevynne got some great pictures of the boys' cousin, Kaylie



What's cuter than babies playing with presents?


April 22
Cameron LOVED his Great Aunt Kim!




Keyvnne & Cameron


Ashley & Connor


The Smiths took the boys to Fort DeSoto before heading home



They're so much fun! We wished they lived closer!

Sunday, April 29, 2007

Growing so fast!

The boys are growing and learning so fast, I feel like I can't keep up with them. They are both approximately 20 lbs but Connor is 2 inches taller than Cameron. In addition to everything they could do at 9 months they now:

BOTH BOYS
* are great eaters
* clap hands
* give high fives
* will crawl across the house to find me if I go into another room (good thing we have such a small house!)
* interact with each other. For example, if one has a toy, the other will crawl over to get the toy. Grabbing toys away from each other doesn't bother them right now although both will get upset if the other is pushing them down in order to stand. Otherwise, fingers in eyes, smacks to the face, etc is all acceptable.
* cry when I enter or leave a room. This happens when I go to pick them up from the sitter's or when Mike has been entertaining without me and I come into view. It's distressing for all but I know it's because they realize they missed me which is really sweet, just difficult to deal with.
* are used to and accepting of their car seats (most of the time)

CAMERON
* walks holding onto furniture, walls, etc.
* got his 7th tooth
* says "da da" although it does not seem to be attached to Mike yet
* understands "No!" and "sit" (important when he's trying to stand up in the tub)

CONNOR
* pulls up on furniture
* crawls on hands and knees although will occassionally revert to his military crawl
* puts himself into a seated postion
* got his first 2 teeth at the same time
* gives "kisses" but not all the time

They are both just adorable! I can't believe our time home with them is over already. Mike went back to school three weeks ago and my time off from work is over now too. I wonder how full-time day care will change things...

Saturday, April 28, 2007

Playing in the living room

Who knew a table, a scrunchee and a camera case could be so much fun???





Sunday, April 8, 2007

First Easter

Here are the pics from the boys' first Easter. Enjoy!











We think Cameron's going to be a really good helper with the dishes. ;-)



Saturday, April 7, 2007

A trip to the zoo

We went to the zoo with our friends Jenni, Duncan and their adorable son, Colin. The adults probably enjoyed it more than the boys but it was a good time in any event!




Feeding the giraffes was fun!



This one really wanted more and kept licking Connor and me!

Monday, April 2, 2007

First Trip to the Beach

Here are the pics from the boys' first Florida beach experience. We went to the Treasure Island beach on 3/31/07. The boys both just wanted to eat the sand and seemed to enjoy the water even with the little waves.