Disneyland, Camden's Birthday and Walking!!

Wow, I am so far behind!! Just a warning, this is going to be a long post because these are the most exciting events that have happened for us in a very long time!!

We were able to go to Disneyland with my family and some of our California family at the beginning of May. It was so much fun!! We spent three full days, which was just not enough. Camden did really well, although he woke up between 5 and 6 every morning. Lets just say we were all exhausted after our vacation!!

Here are some of my favorite pictures of the trip.

Here is the only almost complete group picture. We were getting ready to load up to head to Disneyland!! As you can see, we were all standing around like a bunch of lost cattle. This is pretty much what happened every time the entire group was together since there were so many of us :) It was so fun though, and I REALLY wish we would have gotten a better picture!!

Camden's very first ride!! It was the Buzz Lightyear ride. He was so amazed and a little bit scared!! However, he loved the laser gun and wouldn't put it down.

Camden decided to pee through his diaper, all over grandma and grandpa, and soak his clothes on the first day at about 2 PM. It was totally our fault!! Time flies when you are standing in line at Disneyland, and we totally forgot to change him!! Luckily I had brought a backup outfit!!! This is him naked in the stroller when I was trying to get him dressed again.


Camden, Maddie, and Alex. Would you guess that Camden is two weeks younger than Maddie?? She is such a petite little girl, and Camden is a tank!!

Family pic by the Winnie the Pooh ride.

This is my most favorite picture. It is so cute of both of my boys. This was right before getting on the train.

Alex and Camden. They are best buddies!


Me and Camden on "It's a small world". This was definitely Camden's favorite ride as you can tell by the amazement on his face.

Us and my parents in front of "It's a small world". This is as close as we got to a family picture...we didn't do very good in that department!!

Camden in Mickey ears!!

This was the house that we stayed at. It was so nice and so much fun!! It had a sweet pool and hot tub, the coolest backyard, and it was so cute!! We absolutely loved it!


Then Camden turned one year old on May 22nd!! Wow, how fast that year flew by! It was a bittersweet day for me. I had a rough day remembering that day just a short year ago when I met my beautiful boy. He is growing up so fast. Sometimes it is so hard, but I love watching him learn and grow!!

His stats now are: 24 lbs 8 oz, 31.75 in - He is a big boy!!!

We had John Deere tractor party for Camden. It was so much fun!! Friends and family came to celebrate his big day. We had a BBQ at the park. It was a really fun day!! The story behind the two cakes is Dustin found a tractor pan after I had already planned out the field cake, so he got both. He is one spoiled boy!

Camden helping dad lick the spoon as I was baking cakes.

Cake #1


Cake #2


Cute decorations!! It turned out very cute even though I had to be really creative getting the decorations together!!

Camden and his aunt Pam.


He loved all his gifts! He had a hard time giving up one to open another.

Camden enjoying his Birthday cake!! We were filming with the video camera when he ate it himself, so we missed getting pictures. It was so funny!! He would try to grab some and then he would try to flick the frosting off his hand because he hates gooey stuff on his hands. So he would try again and then just flick his hand and cry. It was great. He liked the cake when Dustin fed it to him...on a fork.


This is when the party was over and Camden was ready to go home :)


Then, on May 30th, Camden started walking!! He has been playing with the idea for the last couple weeks, taking a couple steps here and there, but he finally took off! It is so fun to see him walk. He kind of looks like an alien :) it is really cute!!


Here he is, taking off down the hall! Unfortunately this is the only picture I have of him walking so far. As soon as he sees the camera he drops and starts crawling at me full speed to steal it.

And first steps brought first goose eggs!! You can't tell how bad it is in this picture, but he had a goose egg on the right side of his forehead for almost a week. He still has a nasty bruise from it. He has taken many hard bonks, and I am sure this is only the beginning!!

If you made it this far reading my post, you are a trooper. I will try to keep up on things better so that I don't have to leave posts this long!!

Lake Powell, Easter and other stuff

Well, it has been an eventful few months for our family. We took Camden on his first Lake Powell trip, and he loved it!! His favorite part was driving the boat with Grandpa Rick, and taking naps on the boat. He took the longest naps on the boat!! I wish I could put him on a boat every day!! We were only down there for a couple days, but it was a nice little getaway. Here are a few pics...

Me and Camden taking a little snoozer :)

Camden has also been exploring all kinds of food...some good, some bad. Usually the bad ones are Daddy's doing. Here are two pics of him enjoying some chocolate something, and some licorice.

Camden is finally mobile. I have no idea why I wanted this day to come...he is into everything!! He is crawling everywhere and loves to walk along all the furniture. His new favorite rooms in the house are the kitchen and bathroom. He loves to open and slam cabinet doors, pull stuff out, and get into anything I tell him is a "No no". He also uses my kitchen stool as a walker.

Camden is such a funny baby and does so many funny things. Right now, he is into pointing at everything. It is so funny and cute. He points in the direction he wants you to go, and he points at everyone and everything. He also plays peek-a-boo. He turns his head away, and then turns it back really fast. It is so funny!! He loves books, and just sits and flips through them and jabbers. He always has to turn the pages when we read books together. He has such a funny personality, but is so busy!! He now has this evil little laugh growl thing whenever he is doing something naughty. He also says "Uh-oh" all day as he gets into things and throws things. Here are two cute pics. One of the pointer and one of Camden and Daddy.

Last of all, we got Camden a cute little suit for Easter, so we took a few pictures at my mom's house.

Laundry, Haircuts, and Swimming Lessons

Camden is now almost nine months old!! We can't believe it. He loves to jabber all the time and says "ba ba" and waves for bye bye, says "da da da" as he dances, and of course, nothing close to mom yet!! He also loves to scream and make any noise that brings attention to him. He still isn't crawling, although its getting close. He loves to be standing and moves around furniture. We think he might just skip the crawling and go straight to walking!! He has to be in the middle of everything all the time. This is him helping with a TON of laundry...


He also got his first haircut a few weeks ago. His hair was shagggy and hanging over his ears:) His Grandma Danielle gave him his first haircut...


And our new fun adventure is swimming lessons!! Camden and I are doing swimming lessons together, and he loves it!! We wanted him to be comfortable in the water before this summer so that he will love boating, swimming, and hopefully kneeboarding!! Okay, maybe not this summer :) He is loving the swimming lessons, and Dustin came and took pics last week.

Christmas Time!

Wow, how the time has gone by! I can't believe that Christmas is in less than a week! Things have been pretty crazy for us the last month between Dustin finishing the semester and me helping my mom out with catering! This month has just flown right by! Camden is getting so big and so funny! He is almost seven months old. He is not crawling yet, but will scoot forward a foot or so before crying or rolling over. He loves to stand and is very brave, always trying to stand on his own. And much to my disappointment, on Tuesday he said "Da da". I was hoping to get the first word, but I think "Da da" is so much easier! He says it all day long, and when he is getting really angry he screams it in this high pitch raspy voice. It is hilarious!!

He also has a lot of funny tricks. He blinks his eyes when you blink at him. His favorite thing to do is shake his head back and forth when I say "no no". Unfortunately, we say it all the time because it so so funny, so when I am seriously trying to tell him no, he just shakes his head back and forth :) He loves to mimick everything we do. He coughs and screams and loves to mimick. His newest trick is tilting his head to the side. I was looking at him the other day and he started tilting his head to the side while he was looking at me. I thought, "what is he doing?" Then I realized I had my head tilted to the side while I was looking at him! It is so cute when he does it! Unfortunately, I haven't caught it on camera yet.


Here are some pictures of the last little while...


Daddy trying to make Camden a mini Redskins fan...

Camden is eating us out of house and home!! This kid loves to eat and only refuses green beans and peas :)

Our best stocking stuffer ever!!


We took Camden to temple square to see the lights. He loved it! He was so amazed looking at all the lights and had lots of fun with my family. Below is a pic of our family, Camden with Grandpa Rick, and one of Camden.

Halloween

Camden was a penguin for Halloween!! He was so cute! These pictures are from his Grandma Danielle's work. They go all out for Halloween so we went and showed him off and got his pictures taken. It was so fun!

4 Months Old

Okay, so Camden is really 4 months and 2 weeks now, but it has been a crazy time for us! I can't believe that Camden is already almost 5 months old!! He is so much fun and has the cutest personality. He is all smiles and giggles and LOTS of stories. He just jabbers all the time. It is so cute. We love him so much!! So, at his four month appointment he was 14 lbs 5 oz and 26 in long. He is pretty much average on weight, but he is long! He is just a long skinny boy! So, here are some random pics that I love...

Our happy baby!!

We have taken Camden on several hikes this summer. These pics are from our hike to Cecret Lake. He is getting the hang of it and usually just sleeps :)

Daddy likes to sit him up in the chair and prop the paper on his lap. It actually entertains him for a little while...especially if there are any bright pictures. This particular day, he was reading the Money and Investing section of the Wall Street Journal :)

Dustin's new favorite game. Camden loves it too...he giggles and smiles. He thinks he is pretty big stuff!

I will end with a picture of Camden in one of my favorite outfits. He is the best dressed in this house!! I love playing dress up now that its getting cold and I have new clothes to put him in. As you can tell from his expression, he loves playing dress up too!!

We are all doing well. I am just chillin at home with Camden, trying to learn this whole take care of the baby, pay attention to him and enjoy him, AND clean the house...I really struggle with the cleaning the house part because I love playing with him so much more than cleaning! Dustin is back in school and we don't see him for days at a time :( One year to go and he is done!! We are counting down. Other than that, we are just living each day and enjoying every new thing Camden does!

Update

Wow! How quickly life passes when you have a little one! Camden is already two and a half months old!! We can't belive it. He is doing so well and is such a fun and happy baby. He is so smiley and coos and talks all the time. However, it is still basically impossible to catch his smile on camera! We have a lot of fun trying though:)

Life is really good. Our lives totally revolve around Camden and his "schedule" for the day. People will call and ask me what my plans are for the next day and I can't ever plan much in advance because everyday is a new adventure!! Anyway, here is some pictures and an update of our life...sorry if it is really long!!

Camden loves his cousins Alex and Maddie!!


Alex and Camden chillin on Grandma's bed.


Camden and Maddie love to look at each other and talk to each other. We think they love to talk about how rough it is to be babies!!

Camden's blessing day...


We took about twenty pictures and he would smile between all of them!! None were caught on camera. Below is as close as we got!

The fam

So as many of you know, Camden is a morning baby. Once he is up, he is up. Mommy, however, has a really hard time in the mornings now that her sleep is always disrupted. So, our morning routine is when Camden decides it is time to get up (usually somewhere between 5:30 and 7:00), Daddy brings him into me and I feed him and let him talk and play for a while as I try to keep my eyes open, and then as soon as he gets bored, I cuddle him and try to get him back to sleep and then just let him sleep in our bed and I sleep on the other side of the bed....well, to say the least, for such a little guy he is already a bed hog! I don't know how he did it, but he started on one side and ended up in the middle!




Our family from California have been here for the past week and it has been so much fun!! Camden got to meet his great grandma Ona. He loves her so much!! He would just cuddle right into her chest and stay there. He doesn't do that for anyone! We miss her already, she had to go home yesterday :(

Some of the other family is still here though. Deb, Jen and Laurie are still here to play play play! Somehow they have avoided the camera so far. We all went to the Zoo yesterday and Camden decided to make our family look like scrounges... After eating, he was so hot. He looked at me with a bright red face and then threw up all over me. It was great...

Then, I went to change his diaper and realized he had a blow out...it went everywhere but in the diaper!! So he ended up in a tee shirt and the diaper for the rest of the day! I think that was his plan because he was so hot :)

It was a hot long day for everyone and this picture says it all...