I guess the title of this blog is a bit deceiving... Jenna began smiling several weeks ago, but is quite a serious little girl, just like her brother was. She has been giving a few more smiles as the weeks go on, but today was the beginning of some "big smiles"! And to top it all off, I was able to capture a few of them on camera! She loves to lie on a blanket on the floor and kick away. We have quite the conversations during this time! LOL! I love it... her coos and many sounds are so great! Today, I think I even heard a little laugh during one of her big, toothless grins! She is growing up so quickly and I can't believe my little girl is going to be 3 months old next week. Honestly, where does the time go?! It feels like she just arrived!!
This week has been a bit "quieter" in the sense of staying at home and not having a lot of plans, but definitely not "quiet" in the sense of noise level in our house! Colby has decided not to nap anymore. A sad day for Mommy... no truly, the transition to a non-napping 2 year old is not going well. He has been very irritable and tired beyond belief. Things are okay until mid-late afternoon and then things really fall apart until a very early bedtime. Thankfully, he had a nap today during "quiet time", so it was a much more pleasant afternoon. We still have "quiet time" in the afternoons where he is allowed to read books and play quietly in his room and occasionally he is still falling asleep during this time. It's very frustrating because we know he still needs it, but he's fighting it. Hmm, seems like I was writing this about him when he was a newborn too!! Anyway, we'll get through it, just like everything else!
The warmer weather makes December 16th feel like spring! While it was still a bit chilly, it was so nice outside today compared to our recent deep freeze!! After Colby's nap today, we headed out for a walk and then stopped at the park for a few minutes. It was great to get some fresh air finally!!
We are getting very excited for Christmas and think the holidays are even more special and magical with our children!! Colby and our nephew, Landon, decorated a gingerbread train this morning, which was a lot of fun. Both boys are completely in love with choo-choos, so I thought it would be fun to have a train to decorate in addition to the house they did at Kristy's house last week. I love hearing Colby having conversations with the Santas on the Christmas cards we receive. It's so cute! He often reminds Santa what he wants for Christmas this year... a kitchen! He isn't quite understanding that every present isn't for him though. I'm trying to do some wrapping after dinner and he wants to "help" but really just wants to play or tear apart the paper. I think it's going to be a very fun Christmas morning!!
We are going to the Christmas concert at my school tomorrow night. Luckily, I was able to pull some strings and one of my friends is going to reserve a couple of seats for us at the front. I hope Colby enjoys it! I'm looking forward to seeing the staff members and seeing this year's production!
Have a great rest of the week, everyone!
xoxo The Cameron's
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