We've been too busy to blog!

Happy Holiday's everyone! Wow, we've been totally busy, I'm sure all of you have been too. We haven't posted pictures in a few months and part of it is because we lost our camera for a whole month and the other part is because I've been undergoing some medical tests, which I finally found out the results of. ( we had a scare with my health, but all is well for now) I feel so behind, I will be posting pictures of Halloween, Thanksgiving. Christmas, and New Years on our next post. There's just not enough time it seems these days. Hope all of you are well and life is great for ya :) Can't wait for the New Year! Yay!

Happy 1st Birthday Ethan!

Well, Ethan turned 1 on September 21st! We had planned a beach party for him down at the San Clemente pier and he got sick with a nasty head cold just two days prior, needless to say we had to call it off. However, the day after we ended up having a little cake and desert celebration with a few family members and neighbors, it was actually Ethan's exact Birthday so it worked out great after all. We decided that even though we had to wipe his nose every 5 seconds, he deserved a little celebration:) I made him a curious george cake, since he dances everytime he hears the music to that cute show, and he enjoyed it thoroughly...followed by a bath and a few gifts ( that he had no interest in opening, so james helped his brother unwrap) We also made him his personalized time capsule, like we did when James turned 1, so he will have something special to open and read on his baptism day in the year 2015! Despite his cold symptoms he still managed to be a trooper through his little celebration and slept in the morning after until 10am! He was exausted. Happy Birthday to mama to! I had Ethan just 4 days after my birthday last year. It's crazy to say that I have two boys, ages 1 & 2!!!! We are so blessed to have them in our lives! They are such amazing boys!

New toys for the churchill boys!

James loves his new radio flyer tricycle (and cars helmet of course) and Ethan loves his new mickey mouse fire truck ( except he pushes it instead of sitting on it, he ONLY wants to walk & run now) We're getting into a new phase of riding toys to the park, it's great. James is learning how to pedal faster now and loves every minute of it, he has so much energy he can run around all day and still be a busy beaver when we get home from the park. Ethan on the other hand is totally energetic as he practically chases James and Buster around the house for a few hours and then takes a great long nap, recharges, and gets up ready to run around again. Too fun!

Ethan's walking! 11 months!

So Ethan has been taking steps for a little over a month now, like 4-8 steps in a row. For a week now, he's got it down. He walks every where! It's such a trip, he even gets up onto his feet balancing to stand up from a sitting position with no couch or wall to help him. Him and James are having a ball together! Ethan gets so excited when James runs up to him that he practically runs away from him. He's doin great. Tonight we took the boys for a walk at the Harbor in Dana Point to see the boats and get some ice cream, and ethan did not want to sit in the stroller. For the first time ever, he wanted to walk right with us. ( He walks a little slower with sandals on though but he'll get the hang of it soon I'm sure:) We can't believe our little Ethan is going to turn 1 next month!

Churchill Candids :)

Ethan is already 10 1/2 months and James is already 2 1/2 , since Ethan was born last September life has just flown by so fast. Here's some recent candid photos of what the Churchill boys have been up to lately:)

Ethan is becoming mischevious!

I thought this was hysterical, I followed Ethan into the kitchen, camera in hand to have proof of all the messes he's been making lately. James is starting to say "no, no, ethan!" so if that tells you anything, James was making those messes up until what? Last month. Man, Ethan's a whirlwind of energy now, it's good but not when you have to follow him everywhere. Oh, and he's now taking 14 steps at a time...almost walking! Yay Ethan boy!

We love these summer days!

We've had such a busy summer with my nieces coming to stay with us from vegas for a couple weeks. Of course we headed down to the beach a few times and we also went to the San Clemente Fiesta ( it's an anual street festival with live music, yummy food, and fun things for the kids to do) It's on Del Mar so we went up and down ending at the pier. ( We love walking the pier on the weekends) Anyways, James got to hold a real fire hose so he was really excited about that and enjoyed the bounce houses, and petting zoo with my nieces. We had a great weekend!

Camping Doheny Style!

Wow, we've had such a busy weekend...the fair Friday night, rolling stones Sat. night, and then camping down at Doheny beach Sunday to Monday. It's been tiring, but so much fun! Doheny camping is pretty cool because every camp site gets a fire pit, picnic table, and you're right across from the beach & it's super cheap. James and Ethan haven't been camping yet, like sleeping in an actual tents, so it was a cool first time for them. We did the beach thing during the day, and the camp fire thing at night. I grew up by the beach so of course I didn't feel like we were REALLY roughin it...but setting up the tents, sitting around the fire pit till the am just talking with fun friends (Uncle Justin and his girlfriend and daughter) felt like camping. When you have toddlers and babies, you totally have to cheat a little bit, Doheny is great for that! There are facilities close by, outdoor showers, and you still get the camping experience:) Memorable for sure!

Bring on the Rolling Stones!!!

Yeah, wish we really did see the real Rolling Stones in concert. Saturday night we went and saw the Jumping Jack Flats, the cover band for the Rolling Stones, at the historical Mission in San Juan. My mom is one of the events coordinators there on the grounds at the mission and in the summer they have outdoor concerts in their beautiful courtyard, called Music Under The Stars to raise money for the preservation of the mission. They have a stage and two dance floors, it's great, especially when you LOVE the stones+dancing!!! James was my dance partner this year, Cameron isn't much of a dancer but I have a feeling our boys are gonna keep up on the moves after their mama! I LOVE to dance...and I was even able to catch up with Austin Powers! We had another wonderful summer night, enjoyed with Cameron's brother Justin and his girlfriend with her daughter, Cameron's mom, and our friend Ann Marie. Last year we saw the cover band for Abba with our friends Owen and Britni. After that we went to our favorite concert of them all The Fab Four, which is the cover band for the Beatles! We love Music, escpecially the Beatles!!! We're going to see the Fab Four in just a couple of weeks! Tickets are sold out for that one, but keep it in mind if any of you want to come with us next year, it's the best!

OC Fair, so much more fun with our 2 boys!

So, we just went to the fair this last Friday night, and I must say it was probably our best year yet! Going to fun places like the fair and other amusement parks are so much more fun for us as our family has grown. Seeing everything through their eyes now, makes it feel like we're kids again! The food is yummier, the little rides are better, and the animals are more fun to ride and watch. James was to short for any of the rides last year, and I was 8 months pregnant, so Cameron got to enjoy the big slide with him and chased after him the whole time, while I ate, and ate, and ate! Even though I still enjoyed watching them have a blast and I sat on the sidelines eating everything in sight, I coudn't wait till this year so I could join in the rides! So, I of course rode the elephant with them, James loved it ( Mr. Independent in the very front) and Ethan started to cry as soon as the elephant started walking us. Ethan doesn't cry very much, so I knew he was scared...I held onto him tight. James and I rode the kiddie dragon roller coaster 4 times! He loves speed, apparently after he rode the materhorn at disneyland, he's down for rides I didn't think he would be...he's ALL boy! We had to do the Goliath slide, since I wasn't able to do it last year ( It's my personal fav) and went down twice. It was so awesome. I remember when Cameron and I were dating, we went to the OC fair and it was fun of course because we were little love birds, newly dating, but we talked about how much more fun it was gonna be once we had little Churchill's running around with us. Now that time is here and it's even more amazing than how we thought it would be!

Another sunny pool day!

We've been going to the pool every day that I'm off work. James is doing so great, we decided that since he's showing all the signs of wanting to swim, that he's at the perfect age for swim lessons. He wears a little inner tube right now, and jumps in the deep end and kicks and strokes with his arms getting back to the edge of the pool all by himself, it's great. He jumps, and jumps, and jumps. Ethan just chills in his little tube while James and I jump in together. They nap so well after a couple hours at the pool. (It doesn't get any better than that!) Their cousin Madison came to stay a few days with us from Vegas and James couldn't be happier to have another swimming buddy besides mom. I love this summer so much better than last summer, I'm not pregnant, and not chasing after a toddler, so going swimming is actually really fun! It takes a while to get out of the house before our little walk there, but I've gotten down the pack up and sunscreen routine...it's a great summer!

Down...set...hut!!!

James has so much fun with Cameron when he gets home from work, lately James has learned how to be a line men and definately has the head for it! It's so funny to watch him say "down, set, hut!" He's so darn cute and ALL boy for sure! He's 2 and a half now and doesn't know his own strength so we are constantly using the word "gentle" in our house. We're hoping each day the more and more we try to teach him how to be gentle (with his brother especially) that he will actually GET IT! Parenting strong little boys is pretty challenging, but we're getting there slowly but surely we hope!

Ethan's first steps!

We barbequed with our super fun neighbors on Saturday night and all our kids played so good together. Ethan decided to join in on the fun and surprise us by taking 4 steps! He did it 2 times in a row. Yay Ethan!!! He's been standing for a few weeks now for like 30 seconds at a time, so we thought he'd be interested soon since he walks all around the furniture and walls and stuff. Looking back, James was walking right before he hit 11 months so it looks like Ethan is following James's footsteps:) We are so proud of him!