News from the Belly

When I had Camden I knew he was a boy. Although, I thought I wanted a girl the hunch was always there that "it" was a he. This pregnancy I was sure I was going to have a she, and even the bizarre but famous "ring" test told me I was due for a girl. And so, I bought fabric to make a girl quilt (a very adorable one at that) and apparently the universe felt I was meddling and now I will be having a boy. I really didn't even care what sex I got until I bought all that fabric and cut it up and sewed it all back together just in time to find out I would not be using it. Blast. That should teach me.
Truly though, I am very excited for my baby boy. I can do boys, and Camden will have a friend for life. I also have a boy name that I've been wanting to use that my brother-in-law was trying to steal from me (although, he thought I was trying to steal it from him) I know what you are thinking, "a brother-in-law has names? I thought only girls did that?" But it is true, I've tried to tell him it's like a boy having picked out wedding colors as a teenager or doodling their girlfriends name during school. Nonetheless, I beat him to the punch! Sorry Jeff, I love ya still the same. Here is a pic of the tyke from the belly.

Christmas Chaos

I'm so excited to have found a picture of the mess!


I think my nephew Caleb said it best after he finished playing with Camden one afternoon, "This kid is busy!" Christmas Eve was a perfect example when we decorated gingerbread houses and Shane and I were creating a barn/farmyard version to enter into our family contest. I, being the meticulous perfectionist I am, wasn't allowing Camden to help as much as he wanted, mainly because he was less help and more chaos than anything. I'm usually not that kind of a mom but I'm sure all you mom's can relate that sometimes you just want to make something nice even if it is a gingerbread house. Luckily, Mike came to the rescue!! He let Camden go to town. He stripped him down to his diaper, gave him a table knife and some frosting, and let him at it. Every minute or so Mike would take Camden to the fridge or pantry and let him choose a new food embellishment to use. By the end of the experiment their gingerbread house had frosting, marshmallows, pretzels, almonds, two honeycombs, ketchup, mustard, chocolate sauce, sprinkles, I think a few pieces of dog food, and honey. All of that was conglomerated on one section of the roof. It was quite the masterpiece and really sweet of Mike. I think Mike has a soft spot for Camden which makes me happy.