New Pets, Toys & Birthdays

The title of this blog sums up what the majority of the photos are about. Things are going really well here. Olivia is such an easy baby, she sleeps really well and is happy almost all the time, and Cameron is a great big brother and so loving toward her. Cameron is picking up new words all the time and is so independent! He loves to say "Me!" and point to himself when he wants to do something on his own. He is also totally a daddy's boy now. (Which in a way is a good thing since I am always busy with Olivia.) I always here "No, No, Mama, Dadda" meaning he wants me to go away and wants Charles. It doesn't hurt me too much since I was expecting him to turn into a daddy's boy at some point. Olivia loves to coo and smile and just the other day she laughed for my friend (but I haven't been able to make her laugh yet.) She also LOVES to watch Cameron. We have a new addition to the family, Rocky, who is a guinea pig. Cameron loves Rocky but unfortunately Lucy doesn't. If Rocky ever got loose, I'm afraid Lucy would try to eat him! Rocky is a really nice pet and the good thing about him is that we got him from a family of children so he is already very friendly and good with being held.

Here's Rocky!

When Cameron wants to pet him, I put him in the bathtub, which works out really well!

Olivia at 11 weeks, getting ready to go outside

Sorry I put these next photos out of order.

My dads birthday was a last week and we had them over for dinner. Here's Cameron helping my dad blowout his candles.

My mom with Olivia

Cameron opening my dads present

Olivia dressed up for the birthday dinner :)

Cameron still loves to help out in the kitchen. Here he is waiting for me to start cooking dinner

Cameron loves his little sister

Olivia in her PJs, almost ready for bed

Cameron loves to clean and will occasionally pull out these dusters and pretend to dust the furniture. He also LOVES the dustbuster vaccum and will ask me for it anytime there is a mess on the floor. He is a good helper!

Here's Cameron driving his new powerwheels truck. Our neighbors gave it to us when they got a new one for their children. (Which was so nice since we would probably would not have ever bought one. They are over $300!) He loves it and actually doesn't do to bad driving it. He can put it in forward and reverse. (And it has a real working radio in it. It's pretty neat!)

Cameron driving Lucy, he thought this was hilarious!

Cute picture of Charles reading to Cameron and Olivia

I thought I would try to upload a video so I hope you can view it. A couple of weeks ago Charles took Cameron to a monster truck show and he absolutely loved it! He still mentions the big trucks :) Here's a video Charles took while at the event. Sorry it is sideways.