Hodgepodge

 Sweet boy loves playing outside!

 Hitting the soccer field with Lauren after watching our friend, Hannah, play.  He really wanted to be out there with the big kids!

 Cam loves the tractor store aka Home Depot!

 Helping Mama plant some flowers; he loves to water them everyday!

 Evidently watching Daddy mow is as good as a TV show!

 He then needed to try the mower himself!

 We LOVE smoothies and celebrated a great 2 year well visit with Jamba Juice!

Donut monster!

 Silly boys...

 I love watching them play!

He was so excited to get his first stickers from our sticker exchange in the mail.

Trying out our new bubble machine with some friends!

2 Years Old!

I'm sure that all parents say this, but seriously...how can we have a 2 year old?!?! Life is so fun these days and We are so thankful for such a healthy, sweet son! Here is a look at life at 2!

• One of these days he has to slow down!  Camden had a great doctor visit today and was 38.5 inches (greater than 97%) and just under 31 pounds (80%).  His size usually causes confusion on his age; most people think he's 3!
• Camden wears 2T and 3T clothes depending on the brand and 8 or 8.5 in shoes.  We just moved up to size 6 diapers!
• LOVE that he he loves his sleep! He sleeps from about 8:15 pm to 8:00 am every night and we never hear a peep!  We frequently sneak in before we got to bed and hold him for a while..love those moments!  He goes down for nap around 2 every day and sleeps around 2 hours.  He likes to sleep with his pillow, blanket, football blanket, and dog.  He insists on wearing socks when he sleeps!
• His eating has dramatically improved!  He eats almost everything that we do!  Some of his favorite foods are: whole grain waffles, cereal, strawberries, smoothies, cheese, hot dogs, chicken nuggets, pizza, tomatoes, and cucumbers.  He loves to dip most everything and loves when he gets dessert! 
• Cam has Mama's hair and skin color with Daddy's features.  He has 16 teeth and usually bruises all over from his adventures.  He is all boy!
• I cannot believe how has language has exploded!  I love that he can now express his thoughts and it so fun to hear what he is thinking!  He talks in sentences and knows too many words to count!  He is very opinionated (wonder where he gets that from) and will correct us if he thinks we called something the wrong name!
• We love when he remembers to use his manners!  He frequently uses "please, thank you, bless you."  We are working on always greeting people and saying excuse me when he bumps into someone!
• Although he is still super active, he is learning boundaries and has also become quite the cuddler! He runs, climbs, dances, and jumps. He also loves to do some funny things like gallop, march, and tip toe!  With all his activity, it is a good thing he is also super tough!
• Camden loves all of our activities and LOVES seeing his friends!  We try to stay busy during the weeks! Our days are usually filled with lunch dates, music class, volunteering at church, library story time, and playgroups. It is so fun to see how much he enjoys socialization!
• For the time being (knock on wood), his overall behavior is pretty good.  We went through a super whiney phase a few months ago that was no fun!  He is quick to say sorry when he makes a sad choice.
• He is a little sponge and loves learning!  He can count 1-10 (usually skips 2), can say his ABC's and can identify several letters and sounds, knows 10 colors, identifies 8 shapes, and lots of other things that amaze me!  Of course, I am supposed to be the proud Mama! 
• Camden must have gotten his Daddy's musical ability, because he loves to sing!  Some of his favorites are "Oh How I Love Jesus", "Twinkle, Twinkle", "Our God is Greater", "Open Shut Them", and many more!  If we are at home, he plays instruments while singing!
• Some of his favorite things right now are: SPORTS..any kind...he loves to play and watch, trucks, bubbles, games on Mama's Iphone, music, helping Daddy "fix" things, Handy Manny, Leap Frog Letter Factory, giving hugs, taking showers, reading books, and pretending.
• We are excited to see him become a big brother in the next few months!  He loves to talk to, hug, and kiss baby sister.  He also frequently tells us that "baby sister sit in chair and watch me play baseball in backyard."  We'll see, pal!

We are so incredibly proud of our precious two year old and pray that the Lord continues to richly bless his life!  What an honor to get to be his Mama and Daddy!

Birthday Trip to the Aquarium

Daddy took the day off Friday so that we could do something special to celebrate Camden's birthday. We planned to head to the zoo, but with yucky weather, we went to the Dallas World Aquarium instead. Camden had a great time and loved seeing all the cool animals! It is so fun to watch him experience new things. What a great family day celebrating our special 2 year old!

Birthday donuts on the way downtown!

All ready!

We are lucky to have a science teacher for a daddy; he doubles as a tour guide!

Checking out the monkeys with Mama.

Flamingos!

So many cool fish.

Cam loved seeing us through the aquarium...I think he thought we were in the tank!

Underneath the shark tank; Mama and Daddy especially liked this exhibit.

Penguins!

Cam thought the manatees were really cool!

Birthday lunch at Spaghetti Warehouse afterwards! 

Springtime Fun!

Here's a look at some of our fun from the week!

Busy boy at Daddy's baseball game!

Camden is practicing drawing lines, or as he calls them "snakes".

I love days like this...we randomly stopped at a park and had a picnic lunch.  Camden enjoyed his first Subway lunch!

The park we were out had 2 ponds with turtles, ducks, and butterflies galore...Cam loved it!

And couldn't seem to get close enough!

Another afternoon we headed to a nearby park.  Cam enjoyed the ball and bubbles I brought for a while, but the best entertainment was pushing the stroller around!

Camden's lifegroup buddy, Kate, gave him this fun set of transportation stamps and a book he loves for his birthday!

He was so excited and has loved playing with the set already!  We have also already read the book 12 times in 2 days. :)

An East Texas Easter

We loaded up and headed to East Texas for Easter this year and as usual, Camden had a blast!  This little boy loves all the outside fun we have there and it was fun to see him (kinda) get the Easter activities.  Sorry for the picture overload!

First stop of the trip...seeing his pal, Blondie!  Cam loves this horse!

The boys headed out on a mule ride to explore the woods!

Nana had all the supplies for egg dying...pictures to follow on how Cam did with that...

The cousins all ready to decorate!

Cam immediately smashed his egg when it was time to dye.

So, he decided Aunt Kara needed to eat it!

Why not have some too?

Garrett and Mary Grace got the concept a little better and created some cool eggs!

Night night stories with Papa

The next day, we headed to an Easter Celebration at Nana and Papa's church.  Camden loved watching a balloon artist tell the Resurrection story.

Praying at the end of the presentation

The kids got their own turn to make a balloon dog...Cam loved pumping it up!

And he's off...we had high hopes for the hunt and he started off strong!

But he quickly abandoned his basket when he saw the tractor!

And spent most of the rest of the hunt doing this.  What a boy!

Making a craft with Mama

After the Easter Celebration, we headed to the park for a picnic and to let Cam play!

He made some friends.

After nap time, it was time for a 4 wheeler ride.  Of course!

Feeding the catfish in the pond with Daddy.

Singing Happy Birthday to sweet Mary Grace.  How is she already 10 years old?!?!

That night we had a cousin Easter egg hunt and Cam got the concept a bit better.

He was really proud of himself for spotting these!

Checking out the goodies!

Sweet cousins.

These guys love each other!

I forgot to get a family picture, but here are my two boys smelling the flowers on the way into our Easter lunch.

Cam trying out headphones to watch his show on the drive home.  They lasted about 3 minutes!