Valentine's Day!

We had a great Valentine's Day! It was rainy out, so I set up a Valentine Chair in our house so I could take cute pictures of my boys. Every year I get them new Valentine shirts. This year Chase's said, "Rock my Valentine" and Cameron's said, "I'm the man of your dreams." It was so nice to have it on a Saturday so Doug could be home and have fun with us. We relaxed and hung out around the house. At nap time my mom came over and watched the boys so we could go to a movie and out to dinner. We saw She's Just Not That Into You, a cute, light flick. It was a nice show except for the "show" we got next to us by the two teenagers, ew. After the movie we went to Stark's Steakhouse, a fairly new restaurant to Santa Rosa. The food was wonderful and thanks to a gift certificate from my Aunt Lainie the bill wasn't so bad, either! Doug and I really enjoyed our time out together, it was so nice to be able to finish not only a sentence, but a whole conversation!

Development Explosion

Cameron has really exploded in the past month! He's moved from the army crawl into the full on crawl on his knees, though he reverts to the army crawl frequently. In the past week he's started pulling himself up on anything and everything and is getting braver with his actions with each passing day. I really want him to start walking because he's so heavy (about 23 pounds), but at the same time I know it will mean more chasing on my part.

Cam is already communicating with us and has been doing it for a couple of weeks now. In addition to Mama and Dada he can also roar like a lion, moo like a cow, open and close his lips when you ask him what a fish says, raise his hands when we say "hurray," wave, and clap. In the past few days his also learned "nay nay" for horse and we're working on baa for a sheep. He's also started putting his hands to the sides of his head when we say, "oh no!" That one is really cute. He's learning some baby signs, too. He knows the signs for "more, all done, and eat."

He loves his brother so much, it's really cute to see how excited he gets when he sees Chase. He loves to give Chase kisses (big sloppy open-mouthed baby kisses), especially when it's time for bed. He's really just developing into this sweet little person that we are so blessed to have in our lives.

Preschool Sunday at Church

We got the boys all dressed up for Preschool Sunday at the big church. Chase sang two songs with his classmates. As you can see, there were hand motions with the songs, too. We're so proud of Chase, he always knows all the words and the hand motions and at the end of each song he claps the loudest of anyone! He's so sweet to watch.

A Moment in History

I just had to share this picture. It election day and Cameron and I are watching Barak Obama get sworn into office. I don't usually let him watch tv while we eat breakfast, but this was a special exception! It's amazing to tell Chase about our president. He totally knows who Obama is and whenever he sees him on the news or in the newspaper he says, "That's Barak Obama!" Cute.

Our trip to Merced

In mid January we went to Fresno for the weekend. We went down to Merced to visit David, Denisa, Jack & Graham. We got some cute pictures of the boys. It was fun to relax with everyone while watching football and letting the boys play, play, play. They really have so much fun together, we wish we lived closer so we could do it more often. Here are some pictures from the visit.