A new kind of life

Cameron is 6 weeks old today! Time has flown which is amazing considering how the nine months of pregnancy seemed to pass at snails speed. He's smiling and cooing and his personality is starting to show along with the leaps and bounds of his growth.

Grace had her best day yet at school today. It's been a challange to get into the "groove" of her new school but one that I am very blessed to have crossed paths with. We're learning a whole new way of parenting and while I don't think we were doing a bad job before, we're definently on the right track now.

Maddie is loving Kindergarden, she's so smart and such a great big sister. She's older now and Grace isn't as fun as she used to be. A 4 year old wants to borrow toys, and play with everything you're playing with at the exact same time so... we're also learning patience as two girls, only 18 months apart, can be a bit tiring at times!

Todd and I are wonderful. Sure we have our moments but in the grand scheme of things, this feeling of completeness in our family has brought us together.

Life is good and only getting better.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Cameron Joseph! One month old already. Time is passing so quickly that I sometimes want to freeze you so you'll stay exactly the way you are right now. Since that won't work I just get teary eyed from time to time. In just one month you've gone from tiny (well at 8 lbs you weren't so "tiny") and fragile to strong and quite bossy to be honest!

You are so loved. Grace and Madison can't get enough of you. Maddie wants to feed you and love you and watch you sleep. She's such a great big sister. She was the same way when Grace was born and it's the sweetest thing ever. Grace on the other hand wants to lay on you, pinch your toes and bit your hands. All out of love of course!

I find myself wondering who, if either of them, you'll take after. Will you be laid back like Madison or wild like Grace? Will you favor your dad or me when you're older? Left or right handed?

Your eye lashes are getting so long. When you smile big (usually from gas) your dimples show. You have two which you get from your daddy because I only have one. Speaking of smiling... you started smiling for more than just gas, you love laying on the changing table and Aunt Sue and Kennedy gave you a really cool stuffed monkey that's right next to it and you stare at it every time I lay you down.

You get excited when I talk to you which makes me feel like the most special person in world. And if only you could hear the way your daddy brags about you...

You've completed our family and we're so very grateful that you are ours.

Love,

Mom

Wow... Is it really August already?

So... I know three weeks ago I was praying for time to pass by quickly but now I'd like to put in my request for time to slow down again! (Can I do that? haha) Grace starts school in 9 days, she's going to BIG GIRL school and she reminds me everyday of just how big she is now! Cameron is growing so fast I'm beginning to think someone is sprinkling fertilizer on his butt at night!

Two of my life's major events are happening just weeks from each other! My "baby" is going to school and our first boy was born. I feel overwhelmed and happy all at the same time. Nine days certainly isn't enough time to get into a routine, at least not one that Cameron is going to cooperate with so... I'll be left to my own devices as far as Todd and Grace go. And believe me... getting those two into a routine will be a job all in itself! I've set Grace's bedtime and made it clear that today was "D" day and she had to follow the Big Girl School Rules are they weren't going to let her in! So... today I'll be on a mission to get her some new Big Girl PJ's made just for her bed (yes, she's bee cuddling with Todd & I for almost 3 years!) and a very short bedtime movie that we can watch together. Oddly enough, I'll also be coaxing Daddy to get to bed early because he's been a bit of a night owl lately and needs his beauty rest just as much since he's doing the picking up and dropping off these days!

Wish us luck.... :)