Snow Day and Gerber Baby

We got a bunch of snow here the other day. So we spent 10 minutes getting our snow pants, winter coat, gloves, hat, etc etc on and then spent 10 minutes outside before coming back inside because it was too cold (for Mom, that is.)

Tiernan loved going down the little slide in his snow pants because it made him go extra fast.

He had so much fun driving his trucks in the snow

All bundled up and ready to go outside

Well I'm probably more than a little bit biased, but I'm pretty sure I have the cutest baby around. Cameron is almost 9 months old now. He loves holding on to things to stand and is just figuring out how to make his walker work. He keeps trying to crawl and can get his little feet up under him, but usually ends up just pushing himself back over onto his back. Cameron is a chatty little guy-loves to babble and definitely lets me know when he is upset by shrieking. Overall he is very happy baby and I am so blessed to be his mommy.

Love his little coveralls-but they are not so much fun when it comes time to get dressed/change diapers

Could he be any cuter?

Halloween!

Here are our adventures at Halloween. We had quite the crazy day. :) First we carved pumpkins, then we went to about five houses trick or treating, and then went to Auntie Megan's house for dinner.

I keep trying to move the pictures so they're in the right order, but it's not letting me. Blogger makes me crazy sometimes!! Anyway, Tiernan was Lightening McQueen's pit crew for Halloween. Here he is on his way to trick or treat.

Aren't these the most precious pictures?

Tiernan is slowly warming up to the idea of pumpkin carving. Mostly he thought it was gross and didn't want to get his hands all slimy. And he was especially frightened to stick his hand inside. He had the most fun by taking the pieces I'd carved out and sticking them back in (eyes, nose, mouth) like a puzzle.

Cameron had fun playing with the seeds and getting all messy.

Doesn't he look like a little boy and not a baby?? :(

What a cutie!

Here are my little karate kid and pit crew member (and Daddy)

Pumpkin Patch

We made our 2nd annual trip to Tigges Farm, our local pumpkin patch/veggie stand. They really have done a great job-it's not so busy like other places we've visited. I'll have to post pics later of carving the pumpkins. Yes, it's Halloween today and we have yet to do that. We'll see if anyone is interested but myself...

Is this supposed to be a cow or horse? We weren't sure either.

He was excited to drive the tractor

Once again he was more thrilled with riding in and pulling the wagon and couldn't have cared less about the pumpkins

Love, love this pic of my precious boys!

Do you like how I was apparently more concerned about taking a picture than helping with the boys? Ethan seems so thrilled that I haul him to these things that he thinks are silly.

Ways to Embarrass Tiernan When he's Older

Cameron had been so sick all weekend long (can you tell by my tired eyes?) so I was trying to take advantage of the cuddle time from him since normally he's such a wiggler....

Then Tiernan decided someone was getting too much attention...

Can you see Cameron's sad face??...

So I said to Ethan, okay since he's up here let's try to get a photo of the three of us, immediately followed by Tiernan trying to get down. Sounds about right.

Every kid tries on their parents' shoes, right? I think Ethan was a little mortified that Tiernan just wants to wear my shoes (probably because Ethan's are as big as Tiernan!)

Getting all cuddled up before bedtime

We were visiting some friends in Vail a few weeks ago on our way to GJ and Tim snapped this super cute photo of Cameron

He has been so interested in "buckets"lately...he'll dump out tubs of toys, buckets of Legos, freshly folded laundry, pretty much anything that makes a big mess all for the sake of climbing inside for two seconds

Building "Forts" and "Helping" Daddy

Well we must have been really bored the other day because I busted out a blanket and two chairs and Tiernan and I built a "fort." I must say that my fort building skills have definitely gone downhill in the past twenty or so years, because it was quite a pathetic looking fort. Luckily Tiernan was totally thrilled with his "house."
And in unrelated news, Ethan has been doing some drywall patches around our house. Tiernan was so excited about the process and was really trying to help his daddy as he was sanding out the mud.

I love Cameron's tongue in this picture!

Happy boy

I'm so helpful!

My sweet boys

He kept asking me to take more and more pictures. What a ham-

Rub a Dub Dub

Here is our newest form of entertainment-taking a "bath". I think I'm probably the only one who gets clean in the process. The boys love splashing around in the water together, and Cameron has survived getting water dumped on his head (although you wouldn't think it at the time!) I was having a hard time taking pictures of them both looking at me at the same time. This was me: "Caaaaameron, Caaaaaameron...look at Mommy!! That's a good boy!"(Cameron looks at me and grins) "Tiernan, look up here!" (Tiernan smiles at me, Cameron looks away) "Cameron! [raspberry sounds]" (Cameron looks at me, Tiernan looks away) "Hey, Tiernan! Look at Mommy, smile!" (Cameron looks away)...

He was so excited to be taking a "big boy" bath with brother.

Tiernan REALLY wanted to dump water all over Cameron's face. He kept sneaking the cup full of water up and up (all the while giving me a mischievious smile) thinking I wouldn't notice.

Whew! Finally!

Fun on the Farm

We spent some time last weekend playing at the farm. I don't want to brag or anything, but Tiernan and I got to ride in the Cozzens' new combine before Gary, Tyler, or Ethan. It was my first experience riding in a combine-it was so neat to be that high up in the air, in such a large piece of equipment. I of course stupidly did not document our maiden voyage in pictures :( Anyway, here are a few pictures that I did get of Tiernan playing in the fields. It is such a neat experience for him; that's all he talked about for days afterwards.

He grabbed the shovel from Brenda-he's ready to help

It is SO beautiful out there this time of year. The fields are so green-those are sugar beets in the background.

"Poppa" was teaching Tiernan how to thrown rocks and dirt clods in the water. Can you see the splash in the picture above?

I'm sure he was trying to convince them to let him throw more rocks!