It's Polking Through..........

Tonight as Austin and I were wallerting around on the floor with Camden, I stuck my finger in his little mouth. Much to my surprise, NOT, he kept attempting to push my index finger out of his mouth. The few short seconds my finger was in his mouth I believe a felt a tooth polking through. Austin stuck his much larger index finger in and felt the same little polk that I felt. After trying to investigate with our eyes for nearly 1/2 hour we gave up. Camden made it very clear that he didn't want our fingers in his mouth or anything else that would aid us in trying to discover the tooth with our eyes. I guess we'll check again tomorrow morning when he's half asleep before he figures out what we are doing. More to come......

I Love The Days..........

I love the days like today were I can be home all day with my family and not have to put one foot out the door of my home. Today started off great as Austin and Camden escaped our bed quietly for an early morning feed and allowed me to sleep in until 9 am. Sleeping in on the weekends used to be the norm, but not so much now these days which is the reason I am so grateful to have a few extra hours of sleep every now and then. Once I got up and got going, today turned out to be a very productive day. I finsihed some photo projects on Shutterfly and finally got them ordered (I've been working on them for a few months - by the way - if you haven't used Shutterfly, you should as it is the greatest thing since sliced bread), cleaned our bedroom really good (washed walls and baseboards, washed curtains and all bedding, flipped the matress, and cleaned the windows) which hasn't been done in almost 2 years, yuck, I know, washed and folded 5 loads of laundry, and spent lots of time with Austin and Camden. The two of them are so good about helping out around the house which lightens my load immensley. Thank you, Honey, for all your help and doing all the undesirable jobs around the house! And, thank you Camden for being so patient and happy while watching Mommy and Daddy do chores. After Camden signs off for the night, I'm off to finish a few scrapbooking pages.

Oh and here are a couple of photos of Camden. The first photo below is Camden helping out with his favorite chore - laundry. And, the second is Camden after a tub bath. He likes to be naked.

Last Week In Review

I finally have a few moments to give an update on our last week. Many of you have asked how working part-time is going. Well, this week was my first week working my reduced 20 hour workweek (actually it was 23 hours, but close enough to 20 for me). I can't even begin to express how much I loved it. Even thought I wasn't "at work" this week it was a very busy one. Monday I worked and Camden stayed with the sitter. On Tuesday, Camden and I traveled with Steph and Riley to Carbondale IL to visit Angie and Caitlyn Kribs. It was about a 3 hour trip one way and the kiddos where absolutely wonderful. No meltdowns until we pulled in Steph and Riley's drive way. We had such a wonderful time catching up with Angie and the kids enjoyed playing with Caitlyn and all her toys. We even tried finger painting - it wasn't as successful as we'd hoped so we'll probably try again in a few more months. Wednesday was our Wal-mart/Trick or Treat Day. I took Camden to my Grandma's and then we went to Wal-mart. Thank goodness Nana (my mom) was at Wal-mart when we arrived because I was in much need of help. Camden isn't quite setting in the cart very well and not content in his car seat. Once I lay him in the cart there is no room for all my purchases and well, most of you know my horror story of Wal-mart with Camden - I'm so afraid some other catastrophe will occur when I walk thru those doors with Camden. Thanks Nana for all the help! Thursday was back to work for a very long day. Camden stayed with Nana until his Daddy got home. I became ill on Thursday at work so Friday was a stay at home, get some rest, catch-up on laundry, and family day. Saturday I went to crop to catch up on my pregnancy scrapbook. Yep, you heard me - I never finished my pregnancy scrapbook. Camden did come a bit early leaving me with some unfinished projects. I'm almost done now - another day of scrapbooking and it will be complete - I can't wait! Austin helped my dad pour concrete in his new pole building so Camden hung out with Nana. Camden did a craft project and stamped his feel in his Pappy's building. I wasn't there to see it, but my wonderful husband captured the event for me. Today we've gone to church and I'll be going to my cousin's fiance's bridal shower. Hopefully my boys will get some rest and then we're headed to a weenie roast with our church family.








P.S. Steph and Angie - may I have your email addresses so that I may send you the photos I took during our visit?