A couple weeks ago started the 1-year-old birthday parties to go to for a bunch of Camden's friends. First was Toby:

Notice how Camden is crawling away! He's a hard one to get pictures of now.

Then last weekend was his friend Autumn's birthday party:

Look at all the boys playing with the girly car...and Autumn wasn't even here playing with it!

Next will be Levi in December, then Camden, then Jack. Whew, it's only the beginning of birthday parties! We are already starting to think about what to do for Camden for his birthday. Can't believe it's almost here.

A few weekends ago we went with our Fresh Grounds class from church to a pumpkin patch in Prescott. It was a little north of Phoenix so we thought it might have some "fallish" weather. We all dressed pretty warm expecting cooler temps and we were disappointed when it had to be at least in the 80's! Besides the weather, it was a really fun day and this farm had a petting zoo, corn maze, merry-go-round, train, hay ride, etc. Camden had a lot of fun with the pumpkins!

Wow has it really been a month since I blogged? And now it's almost October...crazy! Well Camden is now 8 months but thought I'd update a little on how he's doing. He is moving all over the place. He "run-crawls" if there is such a thing! He pulls up on everything, walks around furniture, pulls open cabinets, licks the toilet...we now have to close all those doors:) He had his first real bruise when he fell back and hit the dining room table leg, and within 5 minutes of that I look over and he's hanging with his feet off the ground on a kitchen cabinet swinging back and forth, about to smash his fingers in the door! Needless to say, he keeps us busy for sure. He's growing a ton...we have no idea how much he weighs right now but for sure has outgrown his 22lb limit infant carseat so now is in his "big boy" seat which he really likes..it has cupholders too so he puts his toys in them. He has two bottom teeth now and boy was that a process...let's hope the next ones coming in aren't as bad! Last month he got his first cold, probably from Matt but didn't seem to bother him much. He is eating so well and so far loves everything we've given him. Some of the latest new foods are eggplant, acorn squash, butternut squash, quinoa, carrotts, mango, and cheerios! He loves cheerios and his pincher grasp is getting better every day. He now expects them in the morning when I put him in his high chair and gets excited when he sees the yellow box! He is sleeping really well right now...about 7-9 hours at night which is a huge relief for us! He loves reading books and singing songs. Some of his favorite songs are Old Macdonald and If You're Happy and You Know it. I sing them to him a lot and he also hears them at the library storytime downtown. He LOVES story time! I walk both boys in the stroller and we meet up with our friends Hannah and Emery and sometimes Chelsea and her girls too. Last week they did a music portion where all the kids get shakers and dance and shake. Well Camden decided he wanted to be in the middle of the circle and shake and dance all by himself! It was the cutest thing, he never let go of that shaker...the librarian was quite impressed with how happy and cute he was. He now goes into the church nursery too. Don't know how long they will keep in the baby section because they keep telling me he needs to move up due to him climbing all over the babies and climbing into the cubby holes! We're looking forward to Halloween this year and already have Cam's costume picked out...he'll be a turtle! Matt thinks it will be a ninja turtle but I don't think so:) I think that's about it in a nutshell. He is such a fun little boy and we are loving every day with him...his personality keeps shining through more and more and makes us laugh! Here are some favorite pics we've taken lately:

Camden and his buddy Jack

Camden sporting his favorite Ashley bib...Go Penn State! (Matt will kill me for saying that!)

We bought this for my mom's birthday and gave her the picture...it works for both grandmas!

Here's Camden shakin' it up at storytime!

Here's Jack, Levi & Camden at Jack's dedication...wow have these boys changed!

Happy Monday!