It was so nice to have Melissa and Camden in town for an entire week. We really enjoyed their visit. Jonathan was able to come up for a weekend too which is nice because usually he doesn't come up. We just hung out around the house. It is amazing looking and holding Camden. How crazy is it that I really don't remember Austin and Sydney ever being that small. Time goes by so fast!
Camden is a great baby. He is really spoiling his parents. He hardly ever cries. He drinks milk like Austin did though. He can down 5-6 oz easily just like Austin did. Sydney doesn't even drink 4 oz at a time and she only gets milk 5 times a day.
Melissa and Jonathan took Camden to see Grandpa Frack on the anniversary of his death. We went down with them with the kids. It was so sad. It was weird too because Brian and I were not prepared with Austin. Austin understands most things now but this was a little too much to start to explain to him. Austin did knock on this grave and we told him maybe Grandpa Frack would come out but sadly he did not. We still wish he was with us. He would have loved being a grandpa to the kids.
Melissa and Jonathan had a wedding on Sunday so I watched Camden all day. It was great spending time with him. It makes me sad to know he will be so big the next time I see him. Kids grow so fast - it is amazing. Camden was so good for me. I even got to carry him around the block in my baby carrier. I love that carrier but now Sydney is too big for it. When I took Camden back to his parents I was sad because I wish I could see him more. Being an aunt is great because I have him for a little while then bring him back to his parents. I realized while watching him, I don't think we will be having another baby. Three kids is A LOT of work!
I'm not sure Sydney was a fan of not being the youngest baby in the house as this photo shows!
Brian has almost finished the swing set. The only think left is building a ladder and putting on the accessories. I am so happy he is almost done. There will be enhancements for next year but he will be done for this year. He spent so much time on building it. Austin loved to help him but there were many things he could not help with. Some things he did help with caused Brian more time to do it. I give Brian a lot of credit for building this for them. It is really amazing! I am glad Brian will be able to help more with the kids now that he will not be building a swing set every day!
Sydney is walking more and more. She takes about 8 steps before she falls down. She loves just to stand up alone and try and walk. I am glad she is starting to walk. As she is getting bigger her and Austin are playing more and more together. It is great! Sydney can also say MaMa, Baba, Dada, and Uh-Oh. She can also sign the word more. In preparation for her upcoming 1st year birthday, we took Sydney to get her first haircut too!
Austin's favorite thing right now is Play Doh. He is obsessed with play-doh. When he wakes up in the moring he usually gets to watch his kindle for 30 minutes. He use to watch Micky Mouse club or trash trucks but now he will only watch play doh videos (often advertisements). Once he's done watching videos he wants to go play with play doh and build pretend sandwiches and other things he saw demonstrated in the videos. He could play with play doh for hours if I would let him. I got a play doh table online from my mommy website for $5. It is worth it because now play doh stays downstairs and my living room carpet will not be ruined. The downstairs carpet may be but we can replace it once the kids get older and no one really sees the downstairs carpet anyways.
Austin can say anything. His vocabulary is amazing. It's great that he can talk and tell us what he wants. But there is never a quiet time at our house anymore. Someone is always talking. Since Sydney can't talk she will scream if she wants something. It's very annoying so hopefully she will grow out of that soon. Dinner time is especially loud with screaming. Sometimes the kids will echo one another - Sydney screams so Austin screams the same, then Sydney, then Austin, etc. The two copy each other.
I have been working on Sydney's birthday party. I can't believe she will be 1 in less than 2 weeks! This past year has went by so fast it is scary. I am very excited for her party and hope the weather is nice for it!
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