the big day

This Christmas was a lot of fun. Cam was completely into the holiday this year, and on Christmas Eve he kept asking if we heard the reindeer outside. So we were very excited to be able to wake up Christmas morning and see his reaction.

Everyone can ignore my lovely pajamas. Warmth means everything to me.

Cam couldn’t tear his gifts open fast enough. Some kids stop to play with each gift as it’s opened, but Cam wanted to see the spread out in front of him before picking which one to play with.

He also enjoyed helping Momma and Daddy open up gifts.

But his favorite gift this year was a bowling set. Luckily, it was the last gift so he could play away!

After a successful morning at our home, we headed out to my parents’ house to celebrate some more. Cam brought along his pins to play with, perfecting his stance and “look.”

 Then more gifts that night. The boys both got tool sets that they enjoyed, along with several other new things to play with.

It was a wonderful day full of excitement. Having kids around really does change the holidays, helping you remember why you love the season in the first place. 

visiting Santa

We made the annual trek for a Santa visit earlier this year. We weren’t sure what to expect, especially after last year. Cam tends to be a bit shy around strangers for the first 20 minutes so we knew it could go either way. Luckily for Santa, he handled it pretty well. Santa asked lots of questions and Cam answered with lots of one word responses. Then it was time for a picture.

No smile. But no tears either. Baby steps.

quick update

So this pregnancy is rocking my world a little harder than the first one, so a few things fell to the wayside such as updating this. I went through some old photographs and now realize HOW behind I am at posting. The good news is that today marks the first day of my second trimester and things have been getting better so hopefully I won’t get so behind again.

In the meantime, we have carved our pumpkin…

(We did NOT go trick’or’treating, but Chris still dressed up as a mall cop and pulled it off well.)

 visited Wild Lights at the zoo with good friends…

 went to a Blues game (and they won!)…

made Christmas cookies…

 

and sang songs in the tub.

As you can see, we have a very busy home that’s filled with fun. Christmas postings will come later (promise).

big news!

Cam had something he wanted to share with everyone.

Alright, obviously we needed to coach our little man. But he does like to tell people the news.

I am currently just shy of nine weeks, but our little firecracker is due to arrive on July 4. We’re up for another exciting summer!

50/50 raffle

Want to enter in our raffle? Pick a day when our first window will break for $5. If you’re the closest, you’ll get half the pot!

Here’s a video showing it probably won’t be long.

And yes, friends, my son is playing with a baseball bat. No worries, he has two hockey sticks already.

pet parade!

We had our yearly Halloween Pet Parade at work. Cam participated too, but he wasn’t too sure about his costume. He put it on, then took it off, then wanted it back on before removing it for a final time. We’ll see how Halloween night goes, but at age 2 it won’t be a big deal if we don’t trick-or-treat. So he paraded without it. Pip tolerated his costume and was a hit! It’s been my favorite costume of his yet.

Cam’s friend from daycare paraded next to us and made such a cute Robin. 

And here’s the whole clan!

Debbie knows how to put on a party! Thanks to her this event is so much fun every year.

too cold for the pool

which is probably why Cam decided to go for a swim during tubby time.

and we’re still enjoying making bubbles.

from both ends.

pumpkin patch with the pumpkin

 On a beautiful Sunday we went to Rombach’s farm to pick out our pumpkin. Cam was very excited to get going right away.

They all had a great orange color, and there were a ton of large ones to sit and pose on.

 But it was hard to keep the boys’ attention when the tractor drove by.

But once we figured out pumpkins roll, it was the new fun game to play.

Cam picked out his little pumpkin, but I’m not sure how we’ll be able to carve it…

but I really like the warty ones…

so we settled on something in the middle.

Our (not-so) little pumpkin had a great time.