Birthdays, Hugs, and Grandma (okay, just randomness)

Ethan and I usually get to celebrate our birthdays together since they're just a week apart (and one usually falls around Labor Day weekend too!) Tiernan helped me make a German Chocolate cake for Ethan's birthday. He ran around the house all day yelling "berfday take" but since he's not a huge sweets eater, he only ate two bites of his cake before it was time for more running around the house like a crazy man.

He was so excited about the candles

My mom came to visit for a few days last week. Tiernan loved having someone to spoil him. Here they are wrestling on the couch.

Well the potty training saga continues. I am torn everyday about whether or not he's "ready." I'm sure every mom who has been through the process can relate! He figured out that I'll read with him when he's sitting on his potty (mostly as a ploy to get him to stay still!) So the other day he sat on there literally for an hour while I was making dinner. There was no peeing or pooping in the potty after all that, but he sure was cute sitting there with all his books and asking me to read over and over again.

Tiernan was giving Cameron hugs and kisses. They were both laughing and laughing at each other. Ethan got big arm muscles from trying to hold them both up while I was taking pictures.

PS I'm always a little bit mortified that there is always junk in the background of my pictures. I swear before I became a mother my house was somewhat organized! I decided that my kiddos really don't care too much about a tidy house-they'd rather have a mommy to play with than one who's constantly cleaning up after them (not that I don't do that anyway!)