Introducing...Jack Sparrow the Pirate and Squirt, the Sea Turtle

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Only 2 weeks later...


Here are all of the cousins on Timmy's side. Can you spot the sea turtle?

This is the cutest sea turtle ever! His costume was way to big and he wore it for a total of 10 minutes! Worth every penny!! My little monsters!!!!

I finally have some Halloween pictures. Ethan is much bigger since this picture, but still as cute! This coming week will be Ethan's first real week of outings. We are travelling to Kentucky Thursday morning, will be back in Henderson Thursday afternoon and are taking Ethan to church for the first time Sunday night! Finally!!! He will be introduced to the public outside of family and doctors! Time is flying by and I cannot believe my newborn is almost 7 weeks old and my other baby will be 4 in May!

I hope to post before Thanksgiving, but if I don't get to it, everyone have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! I am so thankful for 1)My Christian family 2) our friends 3) our health and the boys health 4)ALL of our blessings!

Oh---and the best part about this coming week: Friday is SHOPPING day and then we get to decorate for Christmas!!!!

Presenting...Loafer Socks!

Before Ethan was even born, I ordered many clothes...but, my favorite item that I purchased from GAP is:Aren't these just the cutest socks you have ever seen??!!

Here is the coordinating outfit:

Big Brother's semi-coordinating outfit:

And Ethan took this one of he and mommy:

Maybe I will have more interesting pics and stories to post after 3 more weeks when we are no longer confined to the house. For now, posts with similar pictures and various outfits will have to do! :)

~C

Noah Sayings

I forgot to mention on an earlier post: Noah is quite the comedian. His oldest joke, you might ask? "Q: What is a bear without socks? A: Bearfoot!" I think he copied Little Bill, but he doesn't mind.

The other day while Noah was sick he constantly tried to go in to Ethan's room where we were keeping Ethan and myself sequestered. Finally, I tried to explain that Ethan is a baby and babies have to go to the hospital if they get really sick. Noah, with the most serious expression on his face asked, "To bring back a little girl?" I didn't realize that Noah only associates the hospital with babies and seriously thought we would just go and pick up a sister. If that were the case, Nanna and Poppa would have gotten us that for Christmas 2 years ago!

I promise to post Halloween pics soon!

Have a great week!

~C

Happy 1 Month Birthday, Ethan (Tomorrow)

Finally...another post! My camera battery was the problem, so we are up and running again. However, this did not happen until yesterday, so I am waiting on pictures of the boys in their Halloween costumes to be emailed to me in order to post them here! I will shortly!

Ethan continues to eat constantly and grow! He has gotten so big, so fast! No more newborn diapers, or outfits! Only size 1 diapers and 0-3 month clothes, for now!

The time is flying by and a I cannot believe Ethan is 1 month old tomorrow! We still have not officially gotten him out in public and are waiting until Thanksgiving to do so. However, Noah still managed to contract the stomach bug and throw up while we were trick-or-treating. Very exciting. Needless to say, we made it to 3 houses. Oh well...better luck next year! We had absolutely 0 trick-or-treaters, ourselves. I am VERY disappointed and now have candy running out of my ears. More for Noah to sneak!

Will post Halloween pics soon!

Enjoy these of Noah being such a good big brother!

2 Week Check Up Update

Everything is finally running semi-smoothly at our house!! We are getting used to life with 2 kiddos and Noah seems used to the fact that his baby brother is here to stay! I did walk in to our bedroom tonight to find Noah "helping" Ethan out of his swing. Full headlock. No lie. I almost died, but was reassured by Noah that he was "Just helping with Efan."

My camera is acting very strange and I am having to take it to be worked on. I have only had it for 4 weeks. I am not very happy about that...therefore, I am posting a week old pic of Noah for this post...so handsome. I love this picture of Ethan in the hospital...he no longer uses a pacifier, but I loved it when he did!

We have commented several times since Ethan has come how big Noah looks. My baby now looks like a little man!

Ethan's 2 week check up was Friday. At birth, he weighed in at 7 pounds 5 ounces. 2 weeks later....9 pounds 4 ounces! He was 19.5 inches at birth and is now 22 inches long. His Daddy is VERY pleased about that! I cannot believe it! He is only 2 ounces (yes, I said 2 ounces) smaller than Noah was at BIRTH. He has gotten big, fast!

We are all doing great! I love having 2 kids...Tonight is Ethan's first night in his big boy crib. We purchased a video monitor, as the nursery is across the house. I am hoping he sleeps well, so we can all sleep well! Will post the status of his sleep later.

That is all I have for now....oh...the dr. said we can't take Ethan anywhere other than grandparents/family house for 5 more weeks, because of the weather! YIKES! We all have to get flu shots (except for Ethan, of course) next week. Yuck.

Take care, Cameron

New baby...New pictures!

We are slowly getting adjusted to life with a 3-year old and a 1-week old. It is great! Noah is getting more used to having someone else share the spotlight. Two children are much harder than one! I am currently working on a 'schedule' that will balance time with both Noah and Ethan. I think it will work! Nanna is here for the week and Noah is loving it! Today they baked Halloween cookies. He even helped Nanna wash the dishes...and the entire kitchen! His favorite part is that she gets to sleep with him at night! Thanks for the posts and the thoughts! We appreciate it! ~Cameron~

Ethan Samuel Burks

HE'S FINALLY HERE!!!!!!

Ethan Samuel Burks arrived on Otober 2nd at 9:35 a.m. He is so adorable! Currently, he only sleeps and eats, but his big brother Noah has enough energy for both of them, plus mommy and daddy! We are all doing great! Enjoy the pics...I will post more later! Love, Cameron