Hands on Museum in TN

Picture Post

This is how I found Camden after I placed him in his bouncy seat for one whole second while I ran into the other room. Dan has nicknamed him Houdini.

Carter took this picture. I look so jolly, don't I? I always make funny faces because I assume the pictures will turn out bad and be deleted, but this one came out okay.
Carter usually does a pretty good job.
(If any grandmas are reading this post, Carter would LOVE a digital camera...hint, hint ;)

The boys playing at Nana's house in TN.

Carter checking us out at the Hands on Museum in Johnson City, TN.

Here fishy, fishy, fishy...

Junk Food

The boys and I recently went to Eastern Tennessee to visit with my parents. While we were there, Carter quickly discovered how to open the pantry. Inside the pantry was all sorts of goodies that were quickly coined "junk food". One morning, after several desperate attempts to invade the pantry's goodness, I had to peel Carter away and bring him into the other room. I calmly explained to him that cookies and candies are junk food, and that they are not good for us. He quickly retorted through his tears as though I was denying him of oxygen, "I need junk food".
After days of swatting Carter away from the pantry, I was looking forward to coming back home where our pantry is on lock down, aka child-proofed. When we woke up this morning, I offered Carter several breakfast options; banana, cereal, eggs, toast...etc. He acted as though they were all torture. I turned to him and asked what he would like to have. Any guesses as to what he said? Yup, he replied, "I want junk food please". He ended up eating an orange after he realized I was NOT going to give in. (Mom, please remind me to bring a child-proof door knob thingey-dingey with me the next time we come!).

Mommy Wishes

I had some business to tend to at J.M. Edwards Jewelry store in Cary today- I had to get an insurance appraisal. Now, in case you don't know, J.M. Edwards is a VERY high end jewelry store that caters to the rich and famous of Cary. I think you have to schedule an appointment just to see their merchandise. While we were inside, Carter pointed to a very nice diamond ring (probably around $50,000+) and the following ensued:

Carter: Wow, that's a nice ring Mommy.
Me (half listening): It sure is Honey.
Carter: Is that your ring Mommy?
Me (still half listening and chuckling ever so slightly): No, no, Honey, that's not Mommy's ring.
Carter (mumbling to himself with a very teenage attitude): Mommy wishes.

Kids are so fun, they say the darnedest things! Where do they get these things from!?!? :)

Mommy's Office

My sister, Heather, was visiting with us the other day and we took Carter and her son to the park to play. While the boys were playing, Carter came to sit on the bench with us to take a rest. My sister turned to Carter and asked, "Carter, where's your Daddy?" to which he replied, "at his office". She then asked, "Does Mommy have an office?", to that he replied, "yes, the whole house". What a smart little guy. The funny thing is I have NEVER said anything like that to him, he came up with that all on his own. It's amazing how much they really do notice, we don't give two year olds enough credit!

Camden loves drinking out of a sippy cup...

and even dappled in a little oatmeal the other night.

Another (SHARED) Birthday Has Come and Gone

Well, Dan and I had the privilege of sharing yet another birthday this past Cinco de Mayo. We have shared a total of 13 birthdays so far, and we plan on sharing a few more! I turned 30 this year, but the beauty of sharing a birthday is Dan will ALWAYS be two years older then me. This year we rolled our birthdays in with quite the celebration. We went out to eat at the Angus Barn and to a movie on the 3rd, we were invited over to our good friend's house for dinner and some very scrumpditillyumptious desserts on the 4th and the party continued with TWO more cakes on the 5th! We are caked out for a while, but thank you so much Linda and Felicia for our delicious treats. (Not pictured is a to-die-for Dark Chocolate Curl Cake and a complimentary Strawberry pound cake from The Angus Barn. That's a lot of cake, huh!?)

The New Man in My Life

I recently brought a new man home to live with us. Dan seems to be okay with it, but I don't think he realizes how in love I am with him. Please don't tell him! But I have a super-d-duper crush on BOB. Yup, BOB. BOB is VERY easy to push around and he carries BOTH of the boys, my water, Carter's snack, bread for the ducks, and anything else we might need without complaining. In case you haven't guessed, BOB is our new jogging stroller. We ended up bringing BOB home from REI after doing tons of research and stalking Craigslist for what seems like forever. REI was having a huge sale and we also had a coupon. If we were going to get a stroller that we could actually use, it was going to have to be BOB. He is such a joy he makes exercising fun!

Bounce'in, Roll'in, Scoot'in Boogey

No, this is not a title to some new Country song, just Camden's theme lately. Camden is a bouncing fool these days. When he lays down, he kicks his feet as if he is bouncing and as soon as we pick him up he starts bouncing on our laps and cracks up laughing. When we take him out of his Johnny Jump-up, he keeps kicking his legs as if he were still in it. He absolutely LOVES to bounce! He is so funny.
He also rolls from one side of the room to the other and doesn't stop until something stops him. Then, once he is stopped by an obstacle, he cries to be moved so he can keep moving. He is definitely going to be my runner. He is also starting to pick himself up onto all fours and scoot forward. I think he will be crawling by the time he is six months old! Please no...

Well Aren't We Just a Crabby Family