"I two"!!

These are the sweet words that our little girl has been speaking for a couple of months now...it started out "I five" while holding 5 fingers up proud and then she figured out that she actually was not 5 and decided to go with "I two". For some reason and I have no idea why, this birthday seems harder than when she turned one. I'm not sure if it's because of all of the changes she has undergone over this past year and how much she has grown up or if it's due to the fact that I now ONLY have 16 years with her under my nest (and wing!) . Either way, this is a happy happy day because I have been blessed with her presence for 2 whole years. It is an overwhelming feeling for how much joy I have for this little girl. We love you Cam

As always, I wanted to make this day super special for you! You woke up at 6:10 with mommy and daddy (and Bobby) singing you the Happy Birthday song and a bunch of balloons. Your sweet puffy eyes woke up and you were just a smiling, especially when we put your brother in the bed with you!

You held your two fingers up as Daddy asked you how old you were!

We have this all on video and I can't wait for you to see it when you get older! I got you dressed in your birthday attire (because EVERYONE has to know it's your birthday today!) and we headed into the living room to see a few surprises that we got you!




You were very excited and grabbed your new Abby doll immediately and made her dance as we sang again to you. :) We then got your special birthday breakfast out and you were very happy about this yummy donut that sat before your eyes. The tall candles were also a big hit. Last, we headed to Mrs. Sherry's and on our way you sang "Happy birday to me" a couple of times and I loved it. Your wonderful Mrs. Sherry gave you a special cupcake for your birthday and you really enjoyed it. I don't think your day could have been anymore of a happier time and I hope each and every birthday is as special as you are!



Camdyn's birthday is not even near over! It will last for about another week :) Sunday we have her party at Dustin's parents house in Ennis and Monday we are dedicating that day to Camdyn! It is indeed a "Pink Day"! We are taking the day off, going to the aquarium, eating at Buca's and getting Camdyn dessert at Simply Fondue. This will be her first time to experience chocolate fondue and I am just as excited to see her do this as she is. We will then be celebrating her birthday with a big party the following Saturday with all of her 12 friends and their wonderful families! Check out her sweet little invites!

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By the way, thanks for all of the info on the blog book. I am so glad that there are a few people who have gone through the entire process or are at the same point as me. Now, if I can just find the time to actually get it finished...busy,busy, busy!

Summer is in the air

This time of the year always seems to rush by with a thousand things to do and not enough time. Rushing to make sure each one of my children are more than ready to leave and head on to the next grade level, a big birthday to plan and many many to attend, the ending to my school year and the beginning of Summer, there is just so much to do! However, it's times like these

that I wish time could stand still...

The amazement that she gets from "a little ball" makes life so precious.

We have had a lot going on around this house lately. I love me some birthday parties but I'm very glad that Camdyn's only happens once a year! I have been planning up a storm and trying to make sure everything is absolutely perfect for her. I know some say that she will never remember her parties but she sure will remember and look back on the pictures and this blog that I have created for her. It has been so much fun planning her Ice-cream sundae party while incorporating Abby and Elmo. :) and her birthday outfit, oh it is just so fitting for her spunky personality!

We spent all day with tons of the in-laws help last weekend to revamp our yard and Dustin's handy man dad :) made me my very own garden. As much as I love living close to the city, I also love everything and anything straight from the earth!!

This handsome muscle man did a ton of hard work for his girls while we did this...

I'm only kidding-Camdyn helped out a lot while watched her and planted our vegetables.

She did a great job organizing the flower pots as she LOVES to organize things wherever she goes and this little fur ball enjoyed digging his nose in the soil.

Here is my love (our garden) . Every day after school Camdyn and I run home and water all of the flowers and she enjoys it. She always says "helpy Daddy Wawe flowers?" Precious.

I planted, two sets of tomatoes, cilantro, dill, tons of pepper plants and my favorite to cook with...basil. These pasta lovers in the house love basil!

Part of the pretty front yard where some of daddies work is displayed. I will get a full picture when everything is in full bloom!

Now...back to the details and plans around our house... For months now, we have gone back and forth on what to do to give Camdyn an actual place to play and store all of her goodies that are throughout our house. I have always been an "artsy" (Don't you laugh but I took AP Art in high school, yes they offered that!) person and I want her to be able to enjoy art as much as I always did and have her own little area. We called a while back about possibly adding an additional story to our house but did not want to deal with all of the heartache and mess/money that would come with that. Soooo...we have decided to get rid of the carpet in our bedroom (I think I am an anti-carpet person!) put wood floors down, move some of our study into our room, AKA/hutch & computer and turn the study into a play room for Camdyn and all of her baby brothers and sisters! ha! When building this house I did try to keep our upcoming children in mind, however, as I have gotten older, priorities change and some things are more important to me. Being able to listen to my children play together in a large area that is designated for just them, makes me smile just thinking about it. So, after this party is planned, then comes play room planning! I have some ideas brewing!

Now, can you believe that this chip eating, nautical little girl

is going to turn 2 on Friday, TWO! Dustin and I have seen so many changes in her sweet little self that show us how much she is truly growing up. Just yesterday we were at mom and dad's house and she started counting and counted all the way to 12. That right there solidified that she is only getting older.
I still always get sentimental when I see her sleeping...

something about your child sleeping is the sweetest thing

I also love how every night I put socks on her little chunky feet to keep them moisturized from her uncontrollable eczema, (ugh!) and they are tossed over her bed and laying together on the floor.

Love that little girl.

Curious, has anyone actually ordered a book and gone through the whole process from blurb.com? I am working on her book and I wanted to make sure before its all said and done that it will load and turn out okay. Thanks and have a great week!

Easter 2010!

Yay for Fridays! The anticipation of having nothing to do but relax over the weekend makes your week fly by!

This year we decided to dye Easter eggs! We actually bought the stuff last year but didn't think she would be interested in it and this year she sure was! We will definitely add this to one of our little traditions. I think she could have sat there in her aunt Taytee's lap all day painting pretty little eggs. I loved watching her face as each egg came out a different color and how patient she was while dipping them.

Taylor enjoyed painting them too! **Let me add this in there...Taylor is a celebrity around our house...seriously. Camdyn thinks that Taylor just flew off a plane from Hollywood and visits us! She talks about her allll the time. Taytee this, and Taytee that-she sometimes even calls herself Taytee!

Later that day we headed out to Ennis to visit Dustin's grandparents and celebrate Addison's 2nd birthday. We had a great time at their party!

We had a wonderful time at Dustin's grandparents house. Camdyn and I love going to their house because they have so many animals and they live on many acres. We enjoyed playing outside, riding on the golfcart to visit the cows and their miniature horse. Dustin and I got a kick out of Camdyn screaming "Hiiii tows" over and over. Poor baby girl does not have her "c" sound yet and thanks to her mommy, I named her Camdyn. If only they lived closer and we could visit their little farm every day! Here are some pictures of our relaxing Easter Sunday.

Wow! If only I really had 4 of this little girl!!! I think I would be in pure heaven!

This cow reminds me of an oreo

Granny and Gran! Love both of these pics!

Last, I was doing laundry the other night and I snapped this cute picture of Camdyn and her little friends.

Then after I got Camdyn ready to eat dinner, I noticed that she had arranged (literally-arranged) her friends to eat dinner with her. This made me laugh (and her when she saw that I figured it out!)

We have a great weekend ahead of us! Tomorrow we have Dustin's game, then Dustin and I have a night out on the town-Sunday we have church, planting our garden and a whole lot of cooking out with all of the family! Spring is here!!

Neighborhood egg hunt and Easter morning

Hello! Wasn't it such a beautiful weekend! Easter Sunday scared me a bit on our drive to Ennis but then it ended up being nice weather and we stayed outside most of the day! Easter is always so enjoyable...everything leading up to it. I love all of the sweet, pastel decor and just the whole reason that we celebrate Easter. It's always such a peaceful holiday to me. I am doing two posts mainly because I keep trying to upload Camdyn's first year book (my goal is to do a book a year and it is not happening since we are now going on 2 years!) and the book is massive because of all of my pictures. I am now going to try to do more collages to save on our book being too big for my child to even hold! Anyway, Saturday we had our yearly Easter egg hunt in our neighborhood. This year was a bit different than the previous year-our little girl was very mobile last year, however, she is extremely mobile this year! We had a great time though hunting eggs, socializing, eating ice-cream bars, swinging/sliding and just enjoying being together.

Hmmm...how many eggs should I pick up?

Nanna got Camdyn this Easter basket and then so did Gran! We now have 2!

Later the night we then headed out to the evening service at our church. It was gorgeous up on stage (looked just like a scene from the Arboretum) and I forgot my camera :( It was an uplifting service about what it truly means to BELIEVE. What a fitting message to celebrate Easter. I was "pictured out" after the hunt so this was the only picture I got of sweets dressed up for church.
My little lovely

The next morning was Easter morning! The Easter bunny brought Camdyn a little basket of goodies in celebration of Jesus!

Camdyn, you liked your felt donut and pretended to take a bite! The Easter bunny also spotted the dog (upside down dog) next to you months ago. It reminded him of how you dress up Bozley in bunny ears!

Up next will be our Easter trip to visit Dustin's family!

You are my sunshine...

What is it about the sunshine that makes you just have a great day?!! It puts me in such a great mood and ready to conquer my day :) when I see the sun shining! When I get done with my kiddos at school I run to pick up my Cam and the first thing we do is drive by her (2nd)favorite dog that lives down the street and then to play outside! We are loving this weather (minus the wind)...something about watching her explore and play outside is one of the most rewarding things. Here is what I am loving of our first few weeks of Springtime! I LOVE watching her run to get her buggy and pushing Elmo down the street as neighbors smile and drive by (while she is waving and shouting Hi at them)...I love how her little wispy hair blows-moves it out of her face over and over and smiles at me with relief when I put a clip in her hair...I love how her little skin tans after being out in the sun for one day...I love how she points out everything around her and begs to go up steps...I love how she giggles and goes crazy when she finds out her Bobby is going outside with us...I love how she adores walking him...I love how she has started to play with doodle bugs, gently holds them with out squishing them :) and calls them "little balls" (I could eat that up!)...I love how she loves to play outside and enjoys it as much as I do! Here are some of my most favorite pictures of her that I took throughout the week. Enjoy!

Camdyn makes Me, Elmo and Bozley stand on these with her...if only we had a video camera crew following us around...

Toughing out the wind! It's a tough job turning the buggy in the wind guys! :)

Pure heaven! (Camdyn, you had one shoe on because you stumped your poor toe and you are deathly afraid of band aids so I had to put a sock and a shoe on to keep you from seeing your toe)

You love getting your toes done and relaxing with mommy!

These were taken today and are my absolute favorites! She had a cute little outfit on from Sherry's and then she put this hat on-I actually can say that I think her hat looks cute in these pics! You are ready for the beach missy!

Up next...Easter!!