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It is hard to believe, but Cameron is 23 months old today. Where has the time gone? If he is 23 months old right now, that means next month he will be turning 2. That seems unreal. It seems like just yesterday I was visiting my sweet baby boy in the NICU. I could swear he just started rolling over, crawling and walking. There is no way it has been a year since he started talking, expanding his vocabulary every day. No way. I will make a post with all of the sappy stuff (including pictures) when it gets a little closer to his birthday. I am sad. I can't believe my baby boy is growing up so fast. Slow down! Before I know it, he will be off to kindergarten.

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Cameron's Second Birthday

(omg, did I really just type that?)

Well, the initial planning has begun for Cameron's 2nd birthday party. So far I have made invitations (still need to find envelopes so I can mail them) and bought a shirt for him to wear in his 2 year pictures. Slowly but surely, it is coming together. I really wanted to avoid a theme this year, knowing very well that once he is old enough to decide the theme, he probably won't shy away from Toy Story. Sigh. I made the invitation with a cute train running across the bottom - hoping to just incorporate colors from the invite in his party. Yeah right. Josh seems to think he really needs a Toy Story party, especially since he loves to watch "Budge (Buzz)." He asks to watch it more than once a day. We will see. I will probably be the one doing the shopping, so it will ultimately be up to me. =)

There's his invitation! Nothing too special, but I thought it was cute. 

If I could post a picture of the shirt, I would, but I can't seem to copy it from the Target website. If you would like to see it, here is the link.

Hannah is 2 months old!

Okay, time. It is seriously time to slow down. Somehow, our little girl turned 2 months old yesterday. It is unbelievable to me. It seems like just yesterday that I was counting down the days until she was born, and now I want the days to go by slower.

She had her 2 month well child exam this morning, where she had to have 6 immunizations (1 orally, and 3 shots. They mixed 3 of the doses into one shot, thank the lord). She did surprisingly well. She turned as red as a stop sign for about a minute, then let out a 30-second cry. She has been pretty sleepy since then. The poor girl, she probably hates her mama now.

Anyway, she is growing very well, according to the doctor. She is up to 12 pounds, 4 ounces now which is in the 90th percentile. She is 24 1/4 inches tall (95th percentile). Her head has also grown, but not too much. It measures in the 75th percentile at 15 1/2 inches.

She is definitely starting to grow!

In honor of her 2nd month of life, we had a photo shoot yesterday. Well actually, a couple of different ones. Here are my favorite shots of her. =)

Cameron is 22 months old.

This boy is certainly growing up way too fast. 2 more months and he will be two. It just doesn't seem possible. He is getting smarter by the day which is both good and bad at the same time.

What is he up to?

He has developed what is probably an unhealthy obsession with Toy Story, well, Buzz Lightyear to be exact. This has been a love a few months in the making. Buzz has evolved from "Buh" to "Buzz" in that time. He is still a little confused by the movies though, seeing that he thinks Buzz says "Yee-Haw," not Woody ("Dee-Dee" if you ask Cameron). Each and every night, Cameron is tucked into his bed under a sheet and a soft, cozy Toy Story blanket. He cuddles up to his stuffed Buzz and Woody dolls and falls asleep for the night.

He is getting much faster on his feet. This is not surprising at all to us, seeing that the kid practically ran the day after he learned how to walk. If he is out of the cart at a store and sees something that looks interesting, he is gone. He has been trying to jump, and is getting better at it by the day.

He still loves the same foods that he has always loved. Chicken nuggets, fish sticks, corn dogs, waffles, applesauce, green beans and his beloved kiwi-strawberry juice. He still drinks whole milk in the morning and before bed and says "nom nom" while he gulps it down. M&Ms are still his favorite treat and he dances around saying "nem nem" when he sees a bag.

Cameron is a great big brother. He loves to hold Hannah's bottle while she eats and put her pacifier in her mouth when she cries. He will hold his arms out and say "Nana! Nana!" when he wants to hold her (which is quite often). He loves to show her his toys and tries to share his food with her.

His vocabulary is also growing. He doesn't say too terribly much, but he is a chatter box when he wants to be. Latest words include "backpack" (thanks to Dora), the aforementioned "Buzz"and "knee". He can also show you where most of his body parts are and tell you the name of them. Maybe he will be a doctor one day. He has also picked up a bad word (ass), but hasn't repeated it since the day he heard it and repeated me almost instantly.

I love this boy.