Rollin Rollin Collin

I wanted to wait until Collin officially turned 4 months to write this, but the excitement is too much! Mr. Collin has now rolled over from belly to back twice! Only one of which I actually saw. I just know when I left him to get his brother up from his nap, he was on his belly and when I came back, he was on his back! This is more than a month earlier than when Luke rolled over for the first time! The little, or should I say big, guy is growing sooooo fast! He loves to grab his feet when lying on his back which is the cutest thing ever! He loves to "talk" and can actually reach the floor in his jumparoo! I am pretty sure Luke was much older before we were able to remove the phone book from under his feet! He is so happy, oh, and laughing now! It is the best thing in the world when you can get that good belly laugh out of him! Believe it or not, but big brother can actually make him laugh now too instead of squeal in fright! =) He loves to stand, but is not really a jumper like his brother! He also squirms all over the place when on his belly! I def think this one will be crawling sooner than big bro too! Here's a couple pics:

The Big 2!!!

Our baby is growing up!! Luke is officially two now! Just within the last few weeks it seems as if he has really turned a new leaf! He FINALLY understands the concept of consequences/rewards and so getting him to do things has gotten a lot easier! This new development even helps control those wonderful temper tantrums that he is so good at. He has been talking better and putting more words together. He's still not totally talking in sentences, but really wants to, so makes up words to fill the spaces. He is at least putting 3 words together though! He is STILL obsessed with lights and light switches. I thought it was a phase, but it seems to be sticking! He loves the movie, Wall-e, so we threw him a wall-e birthday party that turned out awesome! Most of his best buds came and there was pizza, cake, and presents! What more could you ask for?! We had been practicing blowing candles out, so when it came down to it, he blew them out like a champ! He also quickly figured out the present opening skill! I can tell that this Christmas is going to be a lot of fun! He keeps us laughing and on our toes every second of every day! He's still a skinny little dude, falling in the 3.6%, but average on his height and so we're keeping our fingers crossed that he surpasses both of us! He is getting to be such a helpful and great big brother! He loves to try to give Collin bottles and desperately wants to play with him, but doesn't quite understand that Collin can't stand on his own yet! It is pretty cute! Just yesterday, he saw a picture of Collin on the computer and said, "Bubber, kiss" and kissed it! Collin is also starting to smile more at his brother instead of grimacing in fear! It's a start! Here's a video of Luke helping to make his "bubber" laugh:

We took the boys on their first camping trip this weekend! I wasn't sure how they would fare, but they did amazing! I don't think Luke had 1 temper tantrum the whole time! The great outdoors must bring out the best in him! It helps that one of his best buds was there to share in the adventure too! Collin was also a superstar! They slept in the tent no problem(barring the one time I woke up to find Luke flailing in between the tent wall and air mattress) and Luke even took a nap which I figured was going to be out of the question! Collin was great at nursing in a pinch which was also another of my main concerns, but the whole trip ended up being really relaxing! I anticipated a very stressful couple of days, but was pleasantly surprised!