First Tooth!!!

Yes, you read that right...Campbell has his first tooth! I can't believe it myself. He's only 4 months! I wish I could share a picture but everytime I try to take a peek he sticks his tongue out. I just had it set in my mind that he wouldn't get his first tooth until he was 6 months because that's when Nolan got his. Maybe he heard the rumor that second children do things faster. My mom said last weekend that his gums were swollen and I thought they were too but Nolan's gums would be swollen for weeks before a tooth would break through so I just thought that it would at least be another month...wrong! Justin said Campbell was gnawing on his hand and then he felt a little sharp chomp on his knuckle and sure enough...He's been drooling a ton but hasn't really had any other symptoms. He didn't sleep very well for 4 or 5 nights last week but I thought that was because it was so congested. It's scaring me how fast this is going! How can he already have teeth? Hmmm, I'll let you know how long nursing lasts.

Pumpkin carving

I'm a little late on this one but better late than never, right? We carved a pumpkin for Halloween. It was all fun for Nolan until he discovered that the pumpkin turned into a jack-o-lantern and then he was pretty spooked out by it. After telling him only about 10 times that he wasn't real and was fake, he thought it was pretty cool.

A new word for wrinkles

The other day I was talking with Nolan and I guess I had one of my expressive faces on. I had my eyebrows raised and a lot of wrinkles popped out on my forehead. Nolan quizzically asks, "What's on your face? Do you have stripes?" I guess that's a lot nicer than saying I have wrinkles.

Country cowboy

My sister and her husband live on 35 acres south of town. We went to go celebrate my nieces' birthdays. We also decorated our Halloween treat bags and had some good ol' fashioned country fun. Justin drove David's tractor with Nolan. It was pretty comical especially after Justin realized that what he thought was the accelerator was really the brake. Nolan loved it and even sported some boots that were way too big for him but he didn't seem to mind. Campbell's cousins just played with him and had him giggling and cooing the whole time.

Campbell's baby dedication

Today was Campbell's baby dedication at church. He was very cooperative during the service and didn't even pitch a fit when our minister held him. It was so wonderful to have my whole family there to celebrate with us in this special event in his life. My grandparents even made the trip down from Amarillo to see their great-grandson's dedication.

More Halloween pics

We had my family over for Halloween. My mom made a mean bowl of chili along with my favorite homemade caramel popcorn and of course caramel apples. My sister-in-law made the cutest rice crispy graveyard...it was too cute to eat! Nolan was so excited about our trick-or-treat party. Our neighborhood was full of trick-or-treaters but word on the street was that our cowboy and indian were the cutest of them all. I'm just reporting what was told to me people-no bias here or anything. But it was a bonus because we got extra candy for the cuteness factor-more to share with mommy!






We had my family over for Halloween. My mom made a mean bowl of chili along with my favorite homemade caramel popcorn and of course caramel apples. My sister-in-law made the cutest rice crispy graveyard...it was too cute to eat! Nolan was so excited about our trick-or-treat party. Our neighborhood was full of trick-or-treaters but word on the street was that our cowboy and indian was the cutest of them all...I just reporting what was told to me-no bias or anything.

Boo at the Zoo

Our neighbors, Courtney and Reid, invited us to go to Boo at the Zoo this year with them and their son Hank. We had a really great time with them. Nolan didn't have a nap at school that day so we had quite a few meltdowns but we managed. Campbell was the cutest sleeping indian you've ever seen.