Camden is WALKING!

Now that we are all starting to feel better, I must get this posted! This entry is L O N G overdue but Camden officially has his two front teeth (and the two on the side for a grand total of four top teeth!), and he is WALKING!
He has been taking a few steps here and a few steps there for a while now, but four days ago he took around 8 steps before he decided crawling was more fun. He was standing with a toy in his hand and while looking down at it, just started walking. I don't think he even knew what he was doing. But, now he is walking for stretches at a time. He acts like he gets bored with it, and starts crawling again.
Carter likes to crawl around the floor with him, so he probably thinks crawling is more fun! I will post pictures of our new upright biped soon.

We Are All Sick!

Serious prayers are needed. Camden is still throwing up on day four and now Dan is sick. This intestinal/stomach bug is a doosey. I have had a pretty hard time taking care of two sick kids while getting sick myself. Thank the Lord Carter is feeling better. This is NOT pretty.

I was cleaning the kitchen when I heard Carter cry out with delight, "Look, Mommy! I drew a whale!". Does he have talent, or what.

We were treated to a spectacular cloud and light show the other night. The sky was glowing with magenta, blue and orange "cotton balls".

Hanging out at Henrypalooza to support our friends CC and Stephen who are trying to raise money to bring their adopted son home from China.

"CHEESE"

There is nothing we can't accomplish in life with a little extra help from our big brother.

Ten Months Old

Our Squishy is now officially ten months old. He is sporting a mouthful of five teeth, an adorable 50's style hair curl and a deliciously chubby booty (only Moms get to say things like that!). Camden has started walking behind his push toys and has taken a few steps here and there on his own. He thoroughly enjoys every minute of chasing Carter around the house. The two of them get into such trouble...and Cam is the instigator! When we go to the playground, his favorite thing is the swing. He cries when I have to take him out. He loves it! His favorite fruit is pears and he also loves freeze dried apple slices from Wholefoods. His favorite veggie? None other than the coveted sweet potato.

Picture Post

Our Budding Photographer

Carter has proven himself to be quite the upcoming little photographer.
Here is a sampling of his artistic work:

Award Winner:

Two New Teeth and a Few Steps

Daddy took the boys to the playground today.

Camden has two new teeth, finally! He has been working on them for quite some time now, poor little guy. His top four teeth have all been threatening to come in for a while, but the two on the sides beat his two front teeth which are close behind.

Camden has also taken a few steps here and there. Grammie and Jaja had him walking a little bit while Dan and I were at church last Sunday and when I walk away from him, he tries to follow me by taking a step or two before falling on his hiney. It is the cutest thing, he will stand up, look around, find where he wants to go, and just stand there thinking about making a run for it. We are sure the day where he just stands up and takes off is right around the corner!

Picture Post

What'cha doing Papa?

B-E-D HEAD!

Super Carter!!!

Hanging out with Nah-Nah

Aunt Laura

Playing at Grammie's

"Oh my gosh!"

Snake and Exotic Animal Show

We ventured out to the fairgrounds last weekend to check out the Snake and Exotic Animal Show that was there. It was PACKED! There were four other huge shows going on in addition to the flea market always held on the weekends.

There were tons of snakes. I mean TONS! We had no idea that you could even put that many snakes under one roof. There were crocodiles, chameleons, all sorts of lizards, birds, llamas, monkeys, ponies, a camel, rare rain forest dwellers and even a skunk! Carter had fun, but it was a little overwhelming for him to take it all in.

Carter even got to ride the camel!!!

Here is Archie the skunk. Carter said he was stinky.

Some Seriously Unwanted House Guests

A closeup of our pesky house guests.

We started our Labor Day off with grand plans to achieve a few chores that were needing to be done around the house. One of the tasks that Dan wanted to get done was to tear off the back splash piece behind our kitchen sink. It had started bowing, and Dan wanted to press it flat and re-glue it.

Now, backing up a bit. Carter and I have been having strange cold symptoms for a while now. I have realized that we don't have a cold, because we have been congested and suffering from a strange cough for more than three months or so now. I have insisted to Dan that there is mold and mildew somewhere in the house for a while now making us sick.

My instincts were right, the back splash was covered in mild and mildew. Ewwwww! Needless to say we had fun cleaning up the mold and mildew farm and our kitchen was a complete mess. I am hoping now that we have found a source of spores, Carter and I will start feeling better. I already feel like I can breathe better. Ah, the power of suggestion. It does make sense to me though now, because Carter and I are home all day, and usually in the kitchen, we have been exposed to it. But, since Dan is at work all day, he never seemed to suffer form our ailment.