Camden's Birthday

Tiana's first french braids!!

This butterfly occupied about an hour of our time one afternoon!
Camden's actual birthday was a rather low key day. I had some scrap cake left over from baking his cakes for his party so we stuck a candle in one and sang to him!

He enjoyed scarfing it down!

He then opened his presents from us. He was very excited because Keaton and Tiana were very excited!

His very own football!

PARTY DAY!!

Hedgehogs was the theme and I LOVE the way they turned out! My mom found a tip that made hair and it was SO much fun to use!

His personal cake!

And then I got carried away and made all the cupcakes little hedgehogs also!

Our ONE year old with his cakes!

He does NOT have a fear of candles like Tiana did!

Not quite sure how to eat it!

Meanwhile, Keaton's crazy uncles were pushing him down the slip and slide! He loved it and has finally figured out how to go down the right way!

He started sucking the frosting off the cake!

Tiana stealing some!

Saying "aaaahhhh" and feeding Tiana.

And were done here!

Birthday banner made by printing the hedgehogs out on 4x6 photos then cutting them out.

Camden had his one year appt and he showed off to the doctor. We were in the room and he was saying "aadus, aadus, a, a, dow" over and over again so I knew he was trying to say something. I finally asked him what he was trying to tell me and he started turning around in a circle repeating it. It clicked, he wanted to play ring around the rosie "ashes, ashes, all fall down!". Needless to say he has really started trying to talk!

He was 31 inches long which is 86% and barely 21 lbs which is 24%.

He had a blast at his birthday party, loved opening presents and eating cake! Can't believe he is already one!

Happy Birthday Camden!

It doesn't seem like you have changed much in looks over this past year, just gained some teeth, got a bit bigger and got longer hair! You still have the same sweet personality but you have added a bit of a temper to it lately! You got to lick the spoon from baking for the first time today because your siblings weren't here to claim it first and you loved it but screamed for quite a while when it was gone! You don't know what to do with yourself when your big sister and brother aren't around. Apparently you enjoy being picked on! You are still quite a little cuddle bug and love being held and carried around. You say "hi" "bye-bye" "dow" (down) "ba" (ball) as well as the basic mama dada nana uh-oh etc. You know what a dog says and a bear too. You can sign lots of different things but have to be in the mood to cooperate. You always sign please but can also sign all done, more, thank you, hat, excuse me, dog, sleepy as well as wave hi/byebye and blow kisses. You love to play peekaboo and will often play with me while I am changing you. Today you started making "bbbrrrrrm brrm" noises while pushing around little cars. Your favorite toy is usually a ball with cars being a VERY close second. You are a pretty good eater when we are at home but not so much when we are gone. You sleep great though which is always nice. You still take about 5 hours in naps a day plus sleep from about 8 or 9 at night to 9 in the morning. I have to wake you up in the morning and from your morning nap every day and most days I have to wake you up from your afternoon nap also. You enjoy your sleep. You are very attached to your blanket from Grammy and have recently become attached to a little blue and brown bunny. You are always on the go running around after your big brother and sister or dancing to music. You have discovered that it is really fun to squeal really loud while running after them, making the noise level in this house that much higher! You got your first flu bug this past weekend but you were a trooper. You just wanted to be cuddled really close which this mommy soaked up. We all love you SO very much. When you are away from your siblings you miss them so much and they miss you. You guys can hardly stand to be away from each other as long as naps hardly. As soon as one of you is awake you want the others awake. I love how much you love each other. This past year has been very busy, noisy, and rather crazy but we have loved it. You didn't even wait until your candle was out and we were done singing to you tonight to dig into your little piece of cake. We can't wait to see you dig in at your party this weekend! Happy Birthday Buddy, we love you!

Camden's Birthday Photos

Every year I take photos of the kids just for their birthday invitations. I finally got Camden's done this last week. I made his shirt for him using the same freezer paper method only I used 5 different colors this time!!! A lot easier than it sounds. Then I added the little hedgehogs nose and eyes with embroidery floss. I LOVE LOVE LOVE it and am quite proud of how it turned out. We are having a hedgehog birthday of course!

Playing peek-a-boo, or blowing kisses, either way he was being goofy!

This is the look that he always has while he is nodding his head! He gets very excited about whatever he is saying yes about!

This one was kisses!

Detail shot of the cute little guys!

Lavender Field

Nana, Tiana and Mommy had a girls afternoon in the lavender fields last Saturday. Nana had gotten her this dress just for this occasion and she looked beautiful. I wanted to try it out for a photo shoot to see if this is something that I could do with clients next year. I think that it is DEFINITELY a perfect little girl location.

That's my girl, goofy faces and all.

There were lots of bees but she did great just ignoring them after the first few minutes.

Love those curls.

Sissy and Nana.

Picking some lavender to take home!

She is getting little freckles on her nose and I love her eyelashes.

This is so pretty all dried and displayed in our living room now!

Enjoying some lavender ice cream!

She got lots of compliments sitting here pretty, in her own little world, eating her ice cream. She even had strangers asking to take her photo!

On a complete side note, I wanted to remember that Keaton now says that he wants lots of everything. We will usually respond, "you have plenty". He now says, "I have plenty, but I want lots!".