ANDY STOOD!!!!!!!!!! My littlest man turned 11 months old this past Sunday and he chose that day to stand ALL by himself!!! I can't believe it! He's done it a few times since then - but WOW!!!! I am astounded. Amazed - and sad.. my youngest is growing so fast! We also are slowly weaning him off the bottles and onto whole millk - so he's down to 2 bottles a day. Man - it's amazing how fast time flies - especially when you're having as much fun as I am with these two precious boys!
Camp went to the ENT today - he had his 2nd ear infection of the month diagnosed last week.. so off to Dr. Clive we went. I even made up a song for us to sing on the way to the office - "We're going to Dr. Clive, We're going to dr. Clive - he's going to check our ears and make sure that we are fine.." And of course, in the car - Camp was yelling "HEY DR. CLLLL" - couldn't quite get out the "live" part.. but oh well.. he did really well. Dr. C looked at him - he was excellent. And he even tossed Camp his football back and forth while he and I discussed our options. So - Camp will be having yet another ear surgery on Tuesday, Oct 24th... More tubes - and his adnoids are coming out. I am nervous as anything.. always scares me to death. I pray that my baby boy will be fine. Please God, let 3rd time be the charm - and make this the last time he has to have surgery for his poor ears. My little pumpkin.
After the appt - we went and picked up lunch, and met Jason. Then - back to daycare.
I love these boys... so much. I am constantly amazed at how perfect and awesome they are.

Slack Mama strikes again! Ok - not so slack - but I lost my login to this site and they finally sent me the link.. so now we're up and running again! YAY!!!
The boys.. well, let me start with the oldest..
Camp is doing great! He had a slight ear infection last month - but seems to have recovered beautifully. He's doing so many new things. I think the most adorable new thing is when he's looking for someone or something - "Mama, Are yooooooooo?" (he leaves out the where). LOL!!! He's also jabbering up a storm. I can understand about 70% of what he says. He's been a great boy at school and they are continually telling me how sweet is - and how well he plays with everyone else. And he does. He's got a couple buddies in his class and they have a great time. He went and spent some time with Jason's parents at the end of Sept. He actually slept in a big boy bed and loved it! Good Camp! We took off 1 side of his crib and put in one of the safety rails. He's been doing fabulous. I think he likes the fact that he can get in and out of bed as he chooses. Makes all the world of difference to his little independant self. He also got to see his beloved Aunt Shay recently - and as always - flirted and acted coy. He's such a mess. I adore him. I can't believe that in a few short weeks, he'll be 2! I was working on his birthday party ideas - and I believe that I am going to make his birthday be a Cat in the Hat theme. As much as he loves to read - why not? He's been a big help around the house too. Starting to do much better about eating his dinner. I think he's going through a growth spurt - his appetite has greatly increased. I just love my little Doodlebug. (which he now says too!)
Andy is just changing with every breath. He also had an ear infection - and seems to have recoveded He goes to the doc for a recheck this Friday. He is just growing and growing. Crawling and cruising everywhere. We've started adding whole milk to his diet - which is his new favorite dinner time toy. He finds great pleasure in knocking it on to the floor with all the strength in his little arms. He's eating whatever we put in front of him. If he can pick it up and feed himself - then he's a happy clam! He's gotten a new toofer too - His top left finally broke through. That was a mess. Andy is always so happy - and for him to be Mr Grumpface is so completely out of character for him. But wowser - was he ever!!! Glad that stage didn't last long. His favorite time of the day still is bathtime. He and Camp will just splash and splash - soaking poor J. Andy also discovered that he has the ability to blow bubbles and made himself crack up the other day. He'd stick his face in - blow a bubble - then sat up and just laughed and lauged - which made Camp laugh. It's the best sound in the universe - the sound of children laughing like that.
Halloween should be fun! Andy will be going as the Bunny - Camp's costume from last year. And Camp is going be tortured one last time - he's going as a duck. Hey - I can only dress them this way for a very VERY short period of time.. I'm gonna do it!!!
Anyway - that's about it for the kiddoes. I miss them so much during the day.