4 Month Appt.

Cameron had his 4 month well baby check-up today. He is 26 1/4 inches long (90%) and 16 lbs. 12 oz. (76%.) He is rolling over both ways and is very close to sitting on his own. He is also starting to put things in his mouth (oh no!) I feel like in many ways I'm having to re-learn how to do everything again, as Cameron and Tiernan have been so different in the timeline of when they each have started doing things. For example, Tiernan didn't roll over until he was 6 months old, and Cameron started at 10 weeks!

Here's the boys' photos at 4 months:

My mom thinks they look nothing alike, others think they look so similar. What's your opinion?

Tiernan has been so proud of himself that he learned how to do somersaults. He is so cute-it's been fun to see his little personality coming out more and more each day. He is so loving to his little brother-he tries to give him his toys and loves giving him hugs and kisses. It will be interesting to see how they interact when Cameron is a little older and Tiernan may feel threatened by him.

Fun with the Exersaucer

We busted out the exersaucer this week. Cameron really likes playing in it-and so does big brother! Cameron's had so much fun lately being able to reach for and grab toys.

He loves hitting the toys that hang above his head. This was one of Tiernan's favorite toys too!

It's quite comical to see his long legs all folded up inside

Playing peek a boo

He is a John Deere boy!

A little video of Cameron playing...kinda boring just to warn you!

Mowing the Lawn Part 2

We have been enjoying the beautiful weather we've been having lately. We spend almost every evening outside eating dinner and watching Tiernan play. My parents brought over a small playset that Tiernan has loved climbing all over and sliding down the slide. While they were here we set up the small pool and sprinklers and let Tiernan run around nude-y. I didn't want to put pictures up (we'll save those for his first date) since I don't want sickos looking at my naked kiddo. I asked Ethan why he wasn't bothered by his wife being on the blog in her bathing suit...he didn't seem to be too concerned for some odd reason. :)
Anyway...here are some pictures of Tiernan helping his daddy mow the lawn. He is so cute how he follows Ethan around EVERYWHERE. Tiernan follows him into the garage when he's working on his car or building something with his tools. I'm sure it drives Ethan a little crazy-but secretly I think he loves having his son try to act exactly like him.

Swimming Lessons

This week was Tiernan's first week of swimming lessons. He learned highly specialized skills of blowing bubbles, kicking, and jumping into the water.

Cameron was confined to the carseat while Daddy watched him during the lesson

Jumping into the pool

Brrrrr...but scream and throw a fit if Mom tries to take off your swim shirt!

And in unrelated news....Cameron seems to really like laying on his boppy pillow on his tummy. He is very social and loves to watch all the hilarity that goes on at our house. Tiernan HATED being on his tummy, so it's quite a change!

Happy boy with a crazy mohawk

Here's a quick video of Tiernan swimming. You can kind of hear him say wow! and giggle

Mowing the Lawn

Okay so I promise that I do take Cameron out of his bouncy seat sometimes. (And change his clothes!!) But here are the latest pictures of our sweetpea:

He has such a sweet temperment. Such an easy baby! It's probably that combined with me being more relaxed this time around. He has just started giggling and has recently discovered his hands. What fun toys!


Tiernan just recently decided that the lawn mower is not so terrifying. He used to scream and cling to me whenever Ethan would start it up. Ironically when it was turned off it was the coolest thing ever! Anyway, someone gave him a toy lawn mower and he thinks it is the greatest-now he can be more like Daddy!

I wish he really was mowing the lawn! He was getting so frustrated b/c the grass was so long and he couldn't push his mower easily.

Fun with a Box

The one fun thing about having two boys is that we can compare their pictures at the same ages. The first picture is of Tiernan at 3 months, and once again, I can't figure out why it's rotating it sideways. Grrr!

I think they look very similar-except for the hair (or lack thereof in Tiernan's case!!)

Today we got a new carseat for Tiernan and he was so excited about his new big boy booster seat. But I think he was even more excited about the box it came in. He kept open and closing the box lid and saying Ah-boo!

The Pond is Gone!

Last week we (and I use this term loosely) finally took out our huge pond in our front yard. It was a maintenance nightmare: during the spring it was full of bark from the wind, in the summer it was full of algae from the sun, during the fall it was full of leaves, and over the winter it had footprints on it from the neighbor kids walking across the frozen ice (DANGER!) Basically we (again using the term loosely) were constantly having to clean junk out of it-thankfully no children. On top of that, our fish froze to death this winter-my dad was completely traumatized as he was in love with our two foot long albino catfish named Carl. I thought Carl was creepy with his giant fish mouth. Ever since we've had Tiernan we've been saying that we need to take the pond out for his safety, and now that he's become a little escape artist, it's all the motivation we needed to take the pond out for good!

The process: (1) Shovel out all the existing bark (2) Haul in two dump trucks full of dirt (3) Rent an excavator to (a) move all the rocks to the side of our house (b) dig out dead or unwanted shrubbery (c) push dirt around (it's called GRADING, Tara!) (d) dig out and re-plant wanted scrubbery

It has been so wet and rainy lately that Ethan had to empty the water in the pond three different times. Even still, the excavator got stuck in the mud and thankfully Tyler was here to help Ethan get out!

We are obviously not done yet, but here is the new and improved pond-free front yard:

Tiernan couldn't stand it when the excavator was delivered on Friday afternoon. He stood on a chair looking out the front window of our house and shouted WOW!! over and over.

Here is the emptied pond. It is about 12 feet long and four feet deep.

In the background is the huge pile of dirt.

Grading the mud

The finished product! I am so thankful for my husband!

Do you notice how the barberry bushes (the purple ones) have been moved? We're still waiting to see if they survive.