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Big Slide and a Girl!

My little boy is growing up so fast! Today at the park I climbed the steps with him to go down the slide with him, but he slid down before I could sit down! I'm starting to get less agile these days with a growing belly! He made it just fine all the way down. Here's a little video of his 20th or so time down. Haha!



He was so excited. This was after freaking out at the doctor's office this morning and not even wanting to stand on the big boy scale or even to get his height measurement...so I think he was proud of himself!  We are definitely going through a 2 year old I'm going to do what I want when I feel like it phase...after all, I can relate, we are all mostly that way! However, there have been more tears and frustrations on both of our ends, but we are gradually getting better at obeying mom. Or as I hear every 5 minutes...mommy, mommy, mommy! He's not quite sure how to put in to words something like "Come watch me", or "Let's play cars together", so it's just a lot of Mommy right now. We will slowly get there. I was reminded this week that God is working His story through us and not the other way around. I feel so inclined to my way life should be most of the time, when I really need to ask God for help! The giver of life abundant and the one who knows all. :)

A side note is that we are having a girl! As most of you know I was very keen to have another boy. After all, it's familiar, I already have the clothes, and Camden is just so much fun. The idea of a prissy, girly little thing waltzing into our lives I just wasn't sure about! However, I prayed Tuesday night that God would give me a peace whether it was a boy or girl Wednesday morning, and He totally answered my prayers. I am now relieved to find out that we are having a healthy girl, and I am actually excited about it! It's still going to take some more getting used to, though, especially because I hate pink!

Jumping

Here is a video of one of our favorite things to do these days...JUMP!

We really can't get enough! Haha!

Here is 30 seconds of solid jumping followed by...man...that was tiring!




We are getting excited for buddy's 2 year old birthday coming up on November 2nd!

We are also excited to share with everyone now that we are expecting baby #2 in April. More details on that later!

Happy 22 months!

Camden turned 22 months yesterday! I can't believe I almost have a 2 year old.

Lately he has been repeating everything that we ask him to. Jared even taught him to say "cheers" and clank their smoothie glasses together! He is also running faster than I can walk now (I am at a slow jog now).

He has also been putting on me and Jared's shoes every morning and walking around the house. Excuse the diaper butt. :)

End of Summer

As the summer draws to a close (although the heat seems to linger), I wanted to make a short pots of all the fun we have had these last few weeks.

We just got back from a great trip to see my Meme in Alabama, and a trip with Jared's parents to Destin, FL. We It was so great for Camden to get to see his great Meme in Alabama. She took him to the explorium in downtown Mobile, and she also had a birthday cake for Jared while we were there. It was filled with good southern food and of course, Krispy Kreme.

Jared's parents picked us up in Mobile and drove us the rest of the way to Destin. It was a long journey to get there, but it was a really nice condo and we had a great time with them. We got our share of beach time and pool time where Camden could show off everything he has been learning in swim lessons!

We took 4 total weeks of swim lessons this summer. It was totally worth it and he love being in the water now. Here are some shots from the lessons.

 Camden loved all the songs and splashing in the pool. I think he has learned the wheels on the bus bc of singing it everyday at the pool!

 His favorite part of the lessons was jumping off the side. Pretty much the entire lesson he would struggle to get back to the edge of the pool to jump again. By the end of the 4 weeks, he was jumping unassisted in to the water and going under water. Then with my help, doggie paddling back to the side of the pool. :)

 Ignore my ridiculous face!

Our good friend Kimberly and her daughter Amelia. Camden's BFF for sure. He only says her name 5 times a day looking for her! :)

On a total side note, this summer has been filled with challenges as well with Camden growing up and becoming an individual....A toddler!!! Dun, Dun, Dun! We have had our fair share of ridiculous tantrums (one complete with me getting a huge bite mark on my arm that bruised and looked like I had the worst hickey ever!! Haha!), but Camden has really started to settle in to our routines, understand his choices, and understand mom and dad better. We also have a lot of new words, now, and he even is starting to sing along to some songs (on pitch!!).

Well, hope you enjoyed the update! I will try not to wait as long next time between posts!

Basketball

The school park across the street was open yesterday, and we had some fun with a mini basketball that another kid at the park was letting us play with. Camden got his first slam dunk! He was so happy going up to the basket!



We had such a nice visit with my parents last week, too. We went to the Hollywood Bowl, a screening of The Amazing Spider-Man at Sony, ate lunch on the Sony lot, and also got to go see Brave. It was so nice to see Camden starting to recognize both of our parents and he definitely started to form bonds with them this time. I am so grateful they could come help us out this week! Thanks Nana and Pop Pop! You were a huge blessing to us this last week!! Miss you!