Happy 1st Birthday Macey!

Macey Cate! We wanted to wish you a happy 1st birthday big girl! You are such a loving little girl and we are so blessed to have you in our lives. We love you!!!!

It's Fun to be One!

It is definitely fun to be one and Camdyn has the shirt and the smile to prove it!!
(Note: This picture was taken at 6:30 a.m. and she is still this happy! Also, check out the shoe)

This little girl is a blast! We love spending every minute with her! I cannot imagine going more than a couple of hours with out my little best friend. We are definitely inseparable. :)

Here's a little update on what's been going on with our family.

**We went to the pool for the first time with Camdyn on Saturday (except for when I let her feet touch the water when she was 4 months) and she was not too sure about the baby pool. The ground has rocks to prevent slipping and they don't mix well with Cam's feet. She did not like the feel of that on her feet. I'm thinking about getting her some of those little swim shoes so that she doesn't have to feel it. TODAY THOUGH we went to the pool after school and got in the big kid pool and she loved it. I was so proud of her! She is my cautious little girl and she did not mind the big pool. I just twirled her around and she smiled the whole time. I wasn't sure about putting her in the arm floaties but from watching her today, I think she might enjoy them after a couple of more times with mommy holding her.

**We now have our daddy back with us. Baseball season has ended and we will have him all to ourselves until January rolls around. All I can say is WE LOVE IT! He is an amazing father and husband and he is well....pretty much perfect to "his girls".

**Tomorrow is Friday and then we have one more week and we are out for S-U-M-M-E-R! Our wheels have been turning thinking of great things to do!

**Camdyn starts her gymnastics class on Saturday! We took her at around 8 months (I think) and she did great but I hated that she put everything in her mouth so I thought I would wait until she got a little older and could walk. They told me that she would be walking across a balance beam...I cannot wait to see this!!!

**On Sunday we celebrated Memorial day with our family. We had a great time as usual visiting with everyone. I made the most wonderful pie I have ever eaten in my life. I am serious...here is the link to the recipe and it is unbelievable! I have already told Dustin that if I had the chance to choose something I would like to eat before it's my time to go....this is what it would be!!! I changed it up a bit by not freezing it and keeping it refrigerated in a glass dome and I also added extra cool whip!

My pretty red,white and blue baby!

I took all of these pictures through the window! Pepop (my dad) took Cam and Mace outside to play in the front.

This is also my "undercover" snapshot of daddy loving on his "baby girl". He always calls her this and I love it.

Macey needed her diaper changed so Camdyn laid down beside her to give her some company.

**We bought Camdyn a princess tent a few weekends ago and she is now acknowledging it. I will find her in there sometimes hiding. I got in here the other day and she thought it was the most funniest thing in the world. She seriously laughed for I don't know how long! She laughed so hard that she got the hiccups!! Remember...IT'S FUN TO BE ONE!

It's so pink in there that we look like umpa lumpas :)

Coming out of the tunnel
Tomorrow is Friday!!

13 months!

13 months? Really? Didn't we just celebrate her 1 year birthday?! Well there is no going back to the past...I just need to accept that my child is getting older and there is not much that I can do about it! I will say that once they hit that 0ne year mark that they become so much aware of what is being said to them and how to communicate. It amazes me of how much they are like little sponges. The other day we were talking about puppies and what sound they make since we always hear them when we are playing outside and I asked her last night what they say and she started mimicking them. We haven't gone over this in a while :) and I guess she just rememberd our little conversation. I also LOVE the way that she blows kisses. I happend to get it on video. For some reason in the bathtub and on the way to school everyday, she will do almost everything I ask her to do!

We have had a FABULOUS weekend already! We first started it out with field day at our school. For the amount of time that Camdyn was there, she highly enjoyed it! She stopped by the classroom and visited with all of my students and as usual, she showed off for them. They kept asking her to "go sleepy" and the poor baby kept laying her head to the side and making the noise she makes. I eventually had to tell them to stop so Camdyn wouldn't feel like she had to keep doing it! We then got in the bounce house and jumped for a minute and she thought that it was so funny. Yesterday we went to the Harbor with the family and ended our night with Camdyn running around on the grass and sharing cotton candy ice-cream with her momma!

Today Camdyn and her daddy had their time together while I went shopping for myself! I was proud that I mainly looked for me but I did sneak in a few things for Camdyn. Her clothes are wayyyy much more fun to look for than my clothes! We then played outside and I got some "13 month pictures" of her and then cooked hamburgers on the grill. Tomorrow we are celebrating Memorial day with a family dinner at mom and dad's. Can't wait for that! Enjoy your weekend!

Cam and Boz

Sweet girl is always trying to give me something! She even tries to give the Chinese ladies her cheese when we go eat at Edohona!

I love pictures where they are bending down exploring things around them. I'm sad that the big diaper snuck up in this one.

Blowing kisses and pointing!




What does the puppy do?
Poor puppy sounds like it is dying though!!!! I'm not sure why she made it sound this way...I think after me asking her to keep doing it that she was worn out! Notice how her body moves foward when she is "barking"...it reminds me of something when it is running out of batteries.

Party, toothbrushing, chair and more!

Wow, we had a very busy weekend! On Saturday we went to Barret's birthday party and we had a great time! Camdyn loved playing with her friends and she continuously pointed at the balloons and ate some Dickey's chicken for the first time! After the party we met up with our daddy and went to Allen and shopped around and ate at the new little shopping center there. I love that area! Sunday was a busy day again that included church, cleaning, grocery shopping and chasing a 1 year old around the house! I am looking forward to a long relaxing weekend...hmmm...maybe not since it's Memorial day weekend! That brings the pool, family, food, red, white and blue dresses, the guys playing golf and the girls enjoying eachother!

Before our night out...

Camdyn usually doesn't have passy with her during the day at home...not sure how she (well this one is called a he) snuck his big green self in both of these pictures!

Beauty!

I'm so glad I caught this face on camera. This is Camdyn's "serious" face.

Cam now has 5 teeth and I decided it was probably time to start polishing them so that the tooth fairy would be excited to take her teeth when she starts to lose them. :) Ya know, we do already have 2 tooth fairy pillows!! (thanks to Aunt Issa and Alyssa) She thought it was yummy! Camdyn kept trying to brush ours as well. All ready!

The bubblegum pink Pottery Barn chair came in today and it puts the floppy chair to shame! I still love her other chair just because she loved it so much but she is having a hay day in this one! She also has so much room in it that she could fit a few toys in that chair with her and still be comfortable. It's so hard to get this face on camera right when she starts laughing but I got it this time! She was playing peek-a-boo with Daddy over the back of the chair.
and again...

What?! Bozley can even sit with you in your big girl chair?!

Snapshots of the princess!

Mother's Day 2009

This is my 2nd time to celebrate mother's day but the first one feels like such a blur partly because I had just had Camdyn and I was still in the process of figuring out what it was like to be a mother while my body was trying to recover from the surgery! This one though was fabulous! Right now, it is mainly my husband who makes this holiday so special for me so I have thanked him for loving me.

Now the details...Dustin sent me an email a while back asking me if I wanted to go shopping or get a massage before our dinner and I (being Taren) chose shopping. I wanted to find something for me!! only me!! since I am always opting to buy stuff for Cam. Plans changed and they ended up having a baseball game during the day so we just started our day a little later and ran and did a little shopping off Preston and then to enjoy a wonderful dinner at Steve Fields. This place is so good and it is such a dim and romantic place. After that we splurged and ran a few streets down to Babies R Us and bought Camdyn a bunch of new toys. One included a pink lawn mower!! Sunday was great as well and it started out with me opening my gift and a precious card from Camdyn and she got me a "mother ring" from James Avery. I loved it! Now I have a symbol of my marriage on my left hand and a symbol of Camdyn on the right...can't get much better than that. We then headed to church and left Camdyn in the nursery for the 2nd time. She made it through the service! Well at least they didn't page us because she was inconsolable. They took her on the baby buggy (which is hilarious because they have a buggy that they push around the church halls and foyer that has about 9 seats filled with toddlers.) and I think that might have cheered her up. We then came home and cooked out with Dustin's side of the family and my parents came to visit later that night. It was such a great day and it is truly a wonderful feeling and experience to be a mother and waking up to this beautiful face everyday!

Here is a picture of Dustin and I before our big night!

All of the mother's except for mom and Melissa

Daddy and Cam playing outside


My sunbathing beauty on her bench

One of my favorite things to do now is to watch her soak in her favorite t.v. shows. It's like she is trying to pay close attention and learn everything that they are teaching her! (By the way, I ordered the Pottery Barn chair :) )

Now this blog would not be complete without a little update on my baby girl. She is getting to be such a big girl! We have switched over to 2 % milk now and she had no idea that we did this. I thought the soy milk that she was on before would have a different taste then cows milk but I guess she didn't notice. :) I have still been introducing her to table foods lately but still trying to incorporate the Gerber foods as well. She is such a clean eater! She is already using her spoon, fork and plate! We are still a little unsure though of how to put the spoon and dig out the yogurt. She will dip it in her yogurt but not actually scoop it out....that's when Mommy and Mrs. Sherry have to step in. She tried re fried beans last night and loved them! (Stephanie and April, you now know she is going to be just like her mom!)

Yummy yogurt!

Have a super week!

This and That

Many thought that Cam would not sit in a little chair if we got her one and I had a feeling that she would and she sure loves it! We bought her her very own comfy chair for her birthday. It might be a bit too comfy though because it is pretty floppy. I am a pretty good bargain shopper (and with some help from Amanda) I went ahead and bought a different one than the expensive Pottery Barn one just in case she paid no attention to it. Dustin keeps saying now that we need to go ahead and buy the real deal because poor baby slides out of it sometimes but I almost think she enjoys her chair being floppy. I took some pictures of her interesting views on how she is supposed to sit in a chair. :)

"Do I sit in front of my chair?"

"What about in front of my chair but squatting?"

You're getting close Camdyn!

Oops, down again!

Oh No!!!!!!

Thanks to Ashley, I have got back into my sewing groove! I am a Granny (as what Dustin would say) again...well atleast last week I was. I also found in my sewing mess a onesie that I had made her months ago and forgotten about it.

I'm very proud that I was able to do this. I'm still unsure of how I did it though.

Camdyn and I have many talks about what we are going to do over the Summer and how we are going to live at the pool and how jealous mommy is going to be of her tan skin in the Summer! I tried on a precious bathing suit that Gran bought for her when we went shopping. (I was afraid that it might be a little snug now) Isn't she a hot mamma?!

Check out those leggers

I have always been obsessed with rocking with my mom in a rocking chair. Call me crazy, but I still highly enjoy rocking in a chair with my mom. That will always be one of my best memories of my mom and I. I was getting worried that Cam was not going to be like me and enjoy rocking, however, I think she is starting to enjoy it. We all sat in the chair the other night and rocked together. Love it!!

Camdyn and I have been rocking every night now for the past couple of nights before bedtime. I am trying to add this into our routine before we have to get rid of the bottle. Well, Sherry has mentioned before how Camdyn loves the Wiggles on t.v. So we went ahead and dvr'd some of them thinking that they were little furry things that "wiggled" around the screen. Oh my gosh!!! No! I was watching the first episode and I about died! I could not believe she was glued to the t.v over these guys!

It is 4 guys that sing and dance around and teach small lessons. I called Dustin laughing (and everyone else) to let them hear about what Camdyn will watch over and over. This is about right though...she loves guys! This is definitely a memory that we do not want to forget! Please if you get the chance,watch this!

Once again, we have had a very busy week this week and we have a busy weekend ahead of us. Cam and I went on our 2nd date yesterday to eat Thai...she is such a great date! Tomorrow we have the big game that will secure our place in going to the play-offs if we win. My wonderful husband has a whole thing planned for Mother's day that will start with shopping and a night out to eat Lobster. I will have to get a picture of us before our big night! I hope you all have a great Mother's day!! The title was a great title right? This sure was a bunch of this and that!


And I will leave you with another random photo...Camdyn with her back pack from Aunt Issa! Now all 4 of the girls have one thanks to Melissa...Emma, Ella, Cam and Mace!