18 Months and Counting...

We've been so busy lately! I'm still working two days a week and Camden goes to the same MDO I work at. We attend lots of playgroups and park playdates and it all keeps us very busy! We've also traveled as a family some recently. The weekend before Thanksgiving we went to Fort Worth (and Dallas) to visit friends and go to one of my best friend Marcy's engagement party. I was dying to go back up to Fort Worth and this gave us the perfect excuse! It was a busy weekend but very worth it. We left Thursday to go to Austin, stayed with Mike's parents that night, and left early for Fort Worth Friday morning. As soon as we got to the area we went to Hurst (where we used to live) to drive by our old house. We think we may have left our stone horned frog outside in the flower bed and Mike was going to take it if it was still there! haha...good police skills...stealing. We didn't find it though but it was weird to drive in our old neighborhood. We realize how much we miss it and miss the whole area. After doing that we went to see our friends who we know through Mike's old job. Camden played with their son and we got to meet their baby, too! That afternoon I got to see another friend I used to work with and her son. Camden had so much fun playing with old friends! We stayed with our friends Kristen and Jason in Fort Worth that night then went to Dallas the next day. I tried on bridesmaid dresses with Marcy and some of her other bridesmaids and we helped her pick out her wedding dress! The engagement party was that Saturday night and we had an early Christmas morning that Sunday with the group of friends. We always used to do a Christmas party when we lived up there so this was our party for this year. :) It was wonderful to see everyone! We went back to Austin on Sunday and celebrated my father-in-law's birthday, then drove back to Corpus Monday, not without a stop in San Antonio first! Wow...we were everywhere!
We went back home for a day and a half then turned around and went back to San Antonio for Thanksgiving. We got to see our old next door neighbors and good friends who came to visit us for the holiday from NC. Camden got to eat his first Thanksgiving dinner. He really liked the cranberry sauce and the stuffing. It's hard to believe that a year ago he was just trying his first baby food.

Now Camden is 18 months old and keeps us on our toes. He is definitely in his "terrible two's". He is happy one minute and crying like it's the end of the world the next. He is really fun when he's not throwing a tantrum! haha. He loves Elmo and the book Goodnight Gorilla. Mike's uncle sent us a huge gorilla stuffed animal and Camden LOVES to play on it! He also loves banging on things with his new drumsticks (thanks, Aunt Marcy!). He is sitting in a booster seat at the table now, which has eliminated some of the dinnertime fussing. He's growing up so fast! I can't believe he's halfway to two.


Eating his first Thanksgiving dinner.

Being silly

Christmas pictures in my mom's garden

Camden, Nonni, Aunt Sheri




Crying because he wanted to be picked up. This is a daily occurence.





Mike's Christmas gift from Alex, Marcy's fiance. We got him books. I don't think our gift even comapares to his.

Camden playing with his friend Gabi on our first "Christmas Morning."

Wearing Gabi's shoes...

At the TCU Campus

Frog Fountain

New Baby on the Way

As everyone knows by now, we are expecting baby #2! The new arrival is due June 3, but I will
be having a repeat c-section so the baby will probably be here at the end of May. That is a good thing so there is no chance Camden will share his birthday (June 2nd). Apparently we plan well...haha. I've been to the doctor twice and had 2 sonograms! The first was the sono to make sure everything was okay with the baby and to determine how far along I was. Mike wasn't able to come to the first appointment and we didn't get a picture of the baby printed out so at the second appointment I asked if it would be possible to have another sono so Mike could see the baby. My doctor agreed and everything still looks very healthy! We haven't heard the heartbeat yet but have seen it on the screen. It is strong. I was exhausted during my first trimester but that started to go away when I hit 12 or 13 weeks. Now I feel pretty good, besides allergies (blah!). I didn't get sick at all with this baby and only felt queasy a little. I'm so lucky! That was the part I was most nervous about. Camden knows there is a baby in Mommy's tummy although he is too young to really understand what that means. We will ask him where the baby is and he'll point to me or to his own tummy. Sometimes he'll even try to lift my shirt. I guess we'll have to work on that for later on so he is not lifting my shirt in public. :) We find out in 6 weeks if the baby is a boy or girl. We can't wait! Any guesses?

14 week belly - I'm showing so much sooner this time!