And they're off...

Once again time has flown right on by! Madison started 3rd grade this year, Grace 1st grade and Cameron is PreK3!!! All three are loving school. Everyone kept asking if I cried on Cam's first day - he is the baby after all. Oddly enough I didn't. Not even after he practically jumped out of the car only looking back to give me a big ole wave goodbye! He actually started screaming "let me out" as Grace got out of the car. I guess he thought they were going to close the door before he could get out. More than sadness that he's growing up, I felt proud that he's secure and ready to take on school and new friends. I feel like all three of them know they are loved and cared for and supported. That feels good. Todd and I are blessed beyond words for the family and friends God has placed in our lives. They are equally as responsible for the goodness in our three kids.

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

Priceless...

Cameron holding his daddy's hand minutes after being born.











Grace snuck the camera into her room. This is the one she took before figuring out where to aim the camera!


Life's best form of teenage birthcontrol... sitting in on your sister giving birth when the epidural wears off!

Our first nights with Cameron

Night No. 1... Cam woke around 2:30 a.m. I was changing his diaper and heard someone in the room. It was Grace all sleepy eyed and hair a complete mess. She was rubbing her eyes and said "Is Baby Cameron ok? His Big Sister is here."

Night No. 2... I put Cameron down after his bottle around 4 a.m. He woke about an hour later and Todd got up to check up on him. When I woke up around 6:30 I found them both passed out, Cameron all snuggled against Todd's chest. They looked perfect together.

Today was a GREAT day. My mom came over to cook, my sisters and Todd's came over too. We spent the day outside in great weather. Grace swam and had a blast. PawPaw Bill and Tess came for a while too. The food was beyond great and I got to have my first drink. Very much a relaxing day!

Miracles... they do happen!

Cameron Joseph Lancon has finally arrived! 8 lbs, 21.5 inches and absolutely perfect. I have nothing to complain about (yay!)... so if I start moaning and groaning in a week or two - remind of how much I wanted this time to come!

He's beautiful and easy going and beautiful and happy and beautiful! :)

Visit kimiskreations.blogspot.com to see his very first picture!

Dear Grace

Just wanted to tell you how much I love you today. You woke up this morning, rolled over and put your arm around my neck. Daddy was already dressed for work and came to kiss you goodbye, you told him you didnt want him to leave and when he said he had to go to work you said "will you dress me first?" Daddy's girl or what!? Of course, he said yes and in one swift swoop you jumped up and grabbed on and off ya'll went.

We left for school and talked about the sun which you still confuse with the moon from time by saying "the moon is in my eyes." Thankfully, Nana bought you some really cool shades and they help to keep the moon and sun out of your eyes. We kissed goodbye and summer camp and we were both off to start our day. I stopped on the way to pick you up and got you a snack before gymnastics. You never remember what you did during the day although you must know by now that it's the first question I'll ask you, right after asking if you missed me!

We cooked dinner and then went outside to play, you helped me weed the flower beds, you mopped the front drive way and rode your tractor back and forth between Kimi's. When we were done illegally watering the flowers, we went for a walk around the neighborhood. Neither of us lasted very long, I was thnakful when you said your legs hurt first because with this big belly... I was tired after the first block!

After baths and dinner we got into bed to watch a show about gymnastics and talked for a little big. You had to switch sides with me because you couldnt see over my belly. :)

A few funny things I never want to forget...

You call pony tales "penny's"

You call cups "cup-its" ( I have no idea where this came from)

If you don't like something I say or do, you tell me I'm being rude.

You were spiderman for Halloween this year and for almost three months straight you wore spiderman "panties"

You love watching House.

Your daddy helped you perfect saying the Pledge of Alligence.

You LOVE to sing and will sing about anything. You sing about what you're doing, if your happy or sad or mad.

Everytime we go to the store you ask for a new pair of shoes, even at the grocery store!

The last time I brought you to work with me, you painted your toes and fingers with permanent marker!

You kiss my belly everyday and say hi to Baby Cameron.

You fight with Maddie all weekend then cry when she leaves and ask for her everyday until she comes back.

So... at the end of day, I love you and I am proud of you and you make me want to be a better person. I'm glad God picked me to be your mommy.

Thinking of Cameron...

My "work" day is done but I haven't left the office yet. No use in going home for 30 minutes, we have gynmastics tonight so I figured I'd write a little more.

While I have always had more male friends than female, the thought of having a boy scares me a little. I have twin sisters 10 years younger than myself, and two girls of my own. I've never raised a boy before and my husband isn't exactly trained so what does that tell you?! (haha)

Seriously though, everyone says boys are easier. They'll be less dramatic, less frilly and don't require as much as girls. But then again I was a Tomboy and my youngest is a Tomboy and neither account was less of anything when compared to girly-girl!

In just 43 days I'll be a mother of three! Two girls and a boy and I can't hlep wondering if I'll be good at it. Will Cameron love me as much as my girls. Will I be good at taking care of him and giving him what he needs, I was always so confident with Grace and Maddie.

Then there's dancing, gymnastics, basketball, t-ball? How do you fit it all in? I know people do it all of the time but seriously... do you have a secret power or even a secret addiction for that matter? Taking two kids to a restuarant is like a circus act, soon we'll be three! We should charge restuarants for having us over for entertainment.

I think about crazy stuff like how we're all going to fit in the car with all of our bags for vacations? How will we determine who sits in the far back seat of the car since I have bucket seats on the second row? The bathroom the kids share is very much designed for a girl... when do I have to change that to something nuetral? What will Todd do the first time Maddie and Grace dress Cam up in a fairy costume? He had no problem with Grace being spiderman for Halloween this year but he may think differently when the tables are turned.

How will yet another new family member effect Maddie? Will she be ok? Will she know how important she is and that there is no competition?

Two weddings to pay for, possibly three. Three sets of college tuition all within a few years of each other. Three first cars (used for sure!)... so much to think about!

And then theres.... the kids to love, teach and learn from. I love Maddie and Grace so much that I'm excited about meeting Cam and loving him just the same. I can't wait to see his face and his feet and his hands and especially his nose. Todd's nose is my favorite part of him and I wonder if Cam will have the same nose.

I guess in the end there is much to think about but there will also be so much more to love and so many more memories to make and cherish!

~ Our Family Adventure ~

Headed for Insectarium & Aquarium!

















Maddie got to pet a SHARK!

... And Grace tried taking a Seahorse home!

Our Family Picture!

Madison Ann

Madison came into my life when she was just about 4 months old. The biggest blue eyes you've ever seen and barely there blonde hair. Chubby cheeks and all smiles. She was beautiful and full of love and happiness. Boy was her daddy proud!

Time has flown since that first day and now she's 5 years old. Just as beautiful and smart and funny as ever.

I remember her first pictures with Santa. We were in the mall in Houma, we'd just went clothes shopping, she was in the cutest pair of jeans and a red shirt with candy stripped socks. She was so small compared to Santa. First Easter Bunny picture... same thing, all smiles and no tears.

When she was a baby we lived in a neighborhood that had a pool and park right down the street. She LOVED the water. The slide was our favorite and picking flowers from the clover patches. Looking back, it seemed so easy and carefree then. Time seemed so still.

This child is fierce, she looks at everything with amazement and enthusiasm. Watching her grow-up is bittersweet, she's changes more and more everyday and since she lives with her mom and visits her daddy and I, we don't get to see everything.

When we brought Grace home from the hospital Madison was 18 months old. She loved her little sister and she was great with her. She held her and loved her. Much more then than now, haha... Grace is rambuncious and crazy and while it drives Maddie nuts, she's still a great big sister and she's patient most of the time.

She is so loved by her Daddy. She is his world and more. It's funny to hear him talk of his plans for her, where he thinks she'll want to go to college, how he won't let her date until after highschool, whether she'll be a cheerleader or tom boy. She mad him a man, she made him a good man.

Today's Ultrasound

Today I had an ultrasound at the training center. It was really great to see how much he's grown in 10 weeks. While they assured me that the measurements may be off, according what we got today, Baby Cameron weighs 4.6 lbs which means... he's going to be a very healthy baby! Either that or I am little further along than we expected!
The pictures were so clear. No mistake, it's a boy and he's rather active. He kicked and moved everytime the Tech pressed on my belly. He espeically likes to dig his heel (or some part of his body) into my left side. He catches me by suprise sometimes as if to say 'Look out mom, I'm getting ready!"

SO MUCH TO LOVE ABOUT MY LIFE!