Sorry I haven't posted for awhile!!

Where does the time go? Cameron is almost three months old now and although I had a grand plan to take pictures of him everyday so that I could watch him change, grow and become my big boy I have slipped up. Pictures are taken only when I see the camera sitting there...nearby. And if Cameron is in a good mood. And if I am not feeling lazy. But I have purposed to do better and have already picked up the camera today!! And I even took pictures yesterday too!! :) What a record!!

I know the question you all are really asking though isn't "where did the time go?" but rather "where have you been?". *Grin* I know I haven't been the best at updating recently but I do have some good reasons! I've been watching some kids again!! I take care of a eight month old boy and occasionally his five year-old brother. Although the older boy is in all day kindergarten so I rarely have him. :) It's been fun, occasionally hectic, and it has taught Cameron a little bit about being patient (ok, I know you can't really teach a 2 month-old this). :) The eight month-old (E) is very interested in Cameron and likes to smile at him. :) I can't wait until Cameron starts noticing him! It'll start seeming like I am taking care of twins again!! :) It's been nice having Cam with me in the car because then I can be in the carpool lane!! I no longer have to plan extra time into my commute in case of traffic, which is a good thing since I doubt Cameron would want to sit in the car outside work for ten to fifteen minutes on days when the traffic is good!!

At Mr. Max's 2 month appointment he hit the charts pretty good! 25th percentile for weight, 50th percentile for height, and 30th for his head size. He has been growing like crazy recently. He is almost out of his 0-3 clothes and can even fit into some of his 3-6! His little legs are getting a little roly-poly on the thigh area, SO ADORABLE!! :) I am in love with my little man! I swear he couldn't be any cuter! 

As I type this he is all swaddled up, Bink in mouth, laying on a chair next to me fast asleep. I sure do love it when he gets a good nap in! He has become so responsive and cheerful if he is rested and fed. Which is a good thing unless we are at meeting! His new thing is to push the Bink out with his tongue and then smile and talk to everyone. :) He loves looking around at the different people/things in the room and then smiling like crazy and kicking his feet. :) What a fun lovable little man I have!! My Cam Art Max. That's my boy. ;) hehe

Oh and the other thing that is taking up so much of my time...Facebook. I finally gave in and it's like this never ending hole that you can place time in. I am always checking to see if anyone has said anything interesting to someone else, or if they've "liked" my status. I am also trying to place pictures on there so that everyone else can ooh and aah over my sweet child's face and like his pictures. :) Because seriously what isn't there to like about a sweet baby face?

I guess I had better stop writing so that you might just maybe finish reading all of this in one go rather then having to come back and finish it this evening or even tomorrow! :) Have a good meeting tomorrow!!

p.s. pictures later!

My wonderful Auntie...

Today someone very special to me has a birthday. Someone who is a second mother to me. Someone who even lived with us for a short time. What a special time in my childhood that was having a favorite aunt and uncle live in the same house as me!!

Who is it you ask?... My dear Aunt Judy. I love her.What great memories I've made with her. I remember her coming to Olympia convention and staying in the tent next to ours. I think I even lucked out a couple of times and got to stay in her tent with her!  I remember attending Boring convention with her (remember when our tent fell down, Aunt Judy? hehe, luckily I wasn't self-conscious about my clothing yet since I had to wear mismatched socks that Sunday. That was pretty funny. Good thing Great-Aunt Bessie let us come crash with her!)  I remember the weekend you came to visit us and we all got sick so we had our own meeting. Good thing there were so many of us!!

Remember the drives we've taken? Uncle Jerry and I embarrassing you as we drove down the freeway waving at people we didn't know? He was even slowing down or speeding up at times so that I could have a new person to wave at. Then there is the time the car overheated on the freeway. Seems like we played a game on the shoulder? I can't remember though. Although I remember that was when we bought gum at a gas station store and you taught me how to blow a double bubble. Or remember our car exercises? I still do them sometimes and I plan to teach them to Cameron. Hahahaha. What good memories!!

I remember spending summers at her house. Helping clean, going to Izzy's, watching movies, playing games, making a fake Uncle Jerry with a broom and paper plate, going to the beach, what fun memories. Thank you Aunt Judy for making my childhood so memorable!! You've been a true light in my life and I thank you for that!! 

Aunt Judy, I love you. Thanks for being a second mother to me. :)

More camping trip pictures!!

Guess what we did on our camping trip!

cousins...

Cameron enjoyed sitting with cousin Micheal during the campout. :) Although Mike seems to be enjoying to just as much if not more!

Wondering what type of cousin they're...? I researched it...

Your first cousins are the people in your family who have two of the same grandparents as you. In other words, they are the children of your aunts and uncles.
 Your second cousins are the people in your family who have the same great-grandparents as you., but not the same grandparents.

Your third cousins have the same great-great-grandparents, fourth cousins have the same great-great-great-grandparents, and so on.

The words "once removed" mean that there is a difference of one generation. For example, your mother's first cousin is your first cousin, once removed. This is because your mother's first cousin is one generation younger than your grandparents and you are two generations younger than your grandparents. This one-generation difference equals "once removed."

Twice removed means that there is a two-generation difference. You are two generations younger than a first cousin of your grandmother, so you and your grandmother's first cousin are first cousins, twice removed.

On this weekend there were gun-toting individuals...and even a rooster-toting individual...

More later on this...

We quickly packed the car up the morning of the 25th and headed to Raymond, Washington to meet with a group of married young couples. A camping trip started on Friday night at Scott, Pam, and Cody Newman's farm, but Court and I were unable to head down till Saturday.

 It was a beautiful weekend with lots of beautiful countryside and lots of good times. We sung hymns, watched cows being milked, took pictures, jumped off a piece of wood with Ellia (1, 2, 3, jump. Ok, do it again...those were Ellia's words to me during my turn on the log.).

I love this picture of Cameron peeking over his auntie Laura's shoulder. So precious!!

 In love, it's a beautiful place to be!!

More pictures from the camping trip to come soon!!

Happy Birthday to Daddy!!

Court turned 23 last month and we threw him a little suprise party!!

We had the workers staying with us thursday night/friday night and Court figured that if we had the workers staying with us we wouldn't do anything for his birthday. Hehe, little did he know that it just gave me a good cover for his party! It wasn't a very big party but it was fun!!... and Court had no idea (Up until he heard his family arrive. Oops...guess I should have remembered to have them park somewhere other then the driveway!)

As you can tell I didn't know where our real birthday candles where...and I forgot to buy some. :) So instead we used the over the hill candle that I had bought for a birthday of my dad's. Luckily, Court really isn't over the hill, because if he was then I would be too!!

so many smiles, he loves his bouncy seat!

Thank you for the bouncy seat Grandma Walker... your grandson Cameron thinks it's really cool!!

Jump Monkey Jump!!

 This is amazing!

Sorry about the shadows in this picture but I wanted to photograph this special father-son moment before Cameron broke eye contact. 

It was so cute big daddy and his little man enjoying some morning time together.  :) 

I love love love his little feet and the way he curls them up under himself...so precious!

                                   When they sleep they are precious...no doubt there!



Here little man is at 18 day's just swinging in his swing. :)

I love his hair! I hadn't fully realized how different his hair looks now, until I saw this picture! Some of the top and sides has fallen out and although it's starting to grow back it's not this dark yet!!

I finally have some of Cameron's pictures that we took when he was about two weeks old...what a little sweetheart!! I need to get around to taking some more professional ones. :) Maybe I'll do a two month shoot. :)  This first one was just as we were getting ready...man he was not happy!!

This little ducky lives in L & M Photography's box of stuff to make children smile while getting their pictures taken. Cameron didn't realize that chewing on its beak wasn't the way we planned for it to be used. :)

I'll have to get a picture of him napping somtime...he has a new thing he likes...a blanket or burp cloth on his face. It's strange because he can be screaming and you pop a paci in, stick a blanket on his face (a little bunched up so that he can still breath) and he stops crying, starts sucking, and his eyes drift shut. :) It's really weird how it works!! And he will even move the blanket onto his face if it's close to his head...so funny!!