Back to Ben! He's 10 weeks old!

10 weeks old, Ben!

I love Benjamin! He is the sweetest baby a mother of three could ask for. He is so so so easy going. He coos, ahs and talks right back to you like he's having a real conversation. I'm sure those coos mean something like "I love you so much, mommy, and won't ever stop."

The sibling love still stands strong, too. The love Millie and Camden have for Ben is quite astounding. They want to be with him every minute. Millie is getting good mommy practice as she loves mothering him.

It is hard to believe he has been a Morris for 10 weeks already.

Yesterday was Ben's 2 month check up. He is now 12 lbs, 12 oz and 23.5 inches long. Both around 50 percentile. I haven't looked yet, but I think he has to be my biggest baby at this stage considering Millie and Cam were 6 lbs at birth. No way they were already 12 lbs by 2 months. Also, he does have a little bit of chest congestion. The doctor didn't hear it in his lungs so we didn't get any medicine for it, but he did have to have his 4 vaccines. 3 shots and 1 oral... I always feel so sad and guilty. He's cried for about 5 seconds  then was happy to be in his Daddy's arms again.

10 weeks

 

Happy 3rd birthday, Camden!

Over the weekend family and friends joined us to celebrate Camden turning three. The Thomas the train themed party planning sounded low key but was a lot of work in the grand scheme. Matt and PaPa ran train tracks made of painters tape throughout our house up and down our stairs. They took such great care and detail in it. Then YaYa and I decorated the rest of the house with streamers and Thomas banners and backdrops. Crossroads sign reading "birthday crossing." cool indeed.

There were over thirty people at he party. We served pizza, chips, cake, ice cream and drinks. I didn't want to make it complicated since I've got a newborn in my arms. Thankfully, my mom took care of Ben while we partied like a three year old.

After the party and the clean up was my favorite part,we traveled for the first time in 3 years down to my Uncle Art and Aunt Pam's place, Naas Farm, about four hours from Evans. We packed up what seemed like all of Camden's new toys and headed south. The kids were perfect car riders.

Upon our arrival, we ate a bunch and the kids fell asleep watching Peter Pan and Toy Story. Bliss for Cam. The next day was Sunday and we rested poolside. Both kids took several trips down the water slide. Millie started to love it while Cam remained resistant. By Monday morning Millie was swimming under water! I could not believe my eyes. So proud. We even managed to squeeze in a family photo shoot.

Monday night when we got home from Naas Farm, we gave Cam his gift from us... Thomas's Trackmaster train track...4 different tracks! It was a long night of fun! Now our playroom is covered in train tracks. I think purging may be in order soon.

Cam's actual birthday came on Tuesday. Cam brought donut holes to share with his class at school, and later Grandpa D'Amico celebrated with us at Red Robin for dinner.

During this last year, our big boy Camden went from hardly saying words to non-stop chatter, from constant diaper changes to clean and dry, day and night, from pushing his trike to riding a bike, and now he has favorites like trains, toy story movies, and cheeseburgers. He's 39" tall and about 33 lbs.