This last Sunday we sent Erik to get dressed for church. To our great surprise when he came out he was dressed and had tied his own shoes. We have only showed him a couple of times how to tie his shoes and found that both Spencer and I tie shoes differently. The poor child was confused. So we just left it for another day.
I have seen Erik work at tying his shoes, but he wanted to "do it himself!" All it ever produced was a long string of twists and knots that got bent over and knotted more. So I figured I would just let him be and sometime the moment would be right. Well he showed us. He came out of his room to show us that he was dressed and even tied his own shoes. We were so pleased that I think Erik beamed all the way to church that morning.
I can not believe how fast he is growing up. He no longer is my "little" boy.
As for my little boy, Cameron is starting to fill out. The boy loves food! I kind of worry that he over eats. As long as you keep handing him the spoon he keeps opening his mouth. When we stop he screams. Yet I would swear that his tummy has to be way beyond full with rice cereal & squash. He has figured out how to catch my hand and the spoon with both of his hands so that the food doesn't get away. If he were a little more coordinated I think he would be feeding himself.
Cameron, for him, is getting chubby. His little legs have filled right out and he no longer has long bird legs. His dimples are much more visible with his little cheeks getting plumper by the day. And the baby wants to eat every hour and a half.
I measured both boys the other day. Cameron is 24" and Erik is 4'. Cameron's hands and feet continue to grow longer with his body instead of him "growing into them". I've searched out the boxes in the garage so I can start boxing up the newborn and 3 month clothes and get out the 6-9 month clothes. We've only lived here a month and I'm starting to box up clothes for storage.
I'm ready to do the same for Erik. He has been in a size 6 but I've started buying size 8 clothes as he keeps growing so quickly. Size 6 still works in jeans as 8's are too long, but 6's are getting a little bit short. We had to buy him new Sunday shoes recently because he finally complained about his shoes hurting. I thought they were too small but he claimed they weren't until finally he couldn't stand it. So he's now in a boys size 1. I'm afraid it won't be but a couple more years and he will be as tall as me. He only has 1' 4" to go. Well see over the years how quickly they catch up to Daddy.
All in all it was a good Halloween and there's candy for all of November.
