Camden eating pudding...all by herself.

Lake is pretty quick to clean up! What's a little dog spit?

What a bad month in my house. The girls have been sick for what seems like a month now. Charlie had an ear and sinus infection which landed us in the emergency room several weeks ago (????????) I was a little mad they sent us to the ER, but I had to go once they told me too. Anyway, Camden got a sinus infection right after that. They both had a z-pack that cleared them up for about a week. Then they got sick again. Charlie seems better, but Camden is going back to the doctor tomorrow. The cold last week did not help either. I am just glad we can go outside this week. I have never been so stir crazy in my life!!! We have managed to have a little fun in between, but not too many pictures over the past couple of months!

Lindsay gave Charlie these skates for Christmas (we did x-mas very late!) For the first week that Charlie had them she wanted them on all the time. We had just gotten home from dance class and she put them on right away. I tried to get her to "shoot the duck," she got close enough (I decided I did not want her to break her neck!) Between the dog and the skates, my floors are pretty unhappy, but it makes me smile!

Camden favorite toy

Camden got this for Christmas and loves it. She has played with them before, so we thought she should have one of her own. I took it to the doctor last week and she was very impressed at her fine motor skills (Cam's been doing this thing for at least 6 months!) When the doctor told me that, it made me think that a lot of parents must not spend time with their kids...can't all 15 month olds do this?

Charlie is old enough now where she can have friends come over by themselves and she can go to their houses too (it is very nice!) Griffin came over a couple of weekends ago and she went to his house last weekend. She still says she is going to marry Griffin one day! I am not sure about that, but they sure do have a special bond, more so then any of her other friends.

We frequent the aquarium a lot, but this was the first time we have been since Camden has been walking. I thought it would be a little easier, but they were still all over the place (different places.) Anyway, Charlie is getting so big, she is sitting at a computer that tells you all about the fish in the first tank and she was actually doing it...correctly. The picture of the fish is the one she was "researching." I am amazed how big my girls are. Camden had fun "reading" upstairs. She has not been into reading as much as Charlie was, but she has started to gain a little interest. She likes holding the books more than listening to them, but it is a start!! And of course, I like to look at the view while we are there. There is no better city in the world, how could you ever be in a bad mood in this city (well maybe when the high is 37!)

My little eater

Camden still loves her food. Unfortunately she is becoming pickier, but still wants to eat all the time. It is hard to find healthy snacks 24/7. She made sure she got every last drop this time!

My posting marathon...

I just posted a month and a half of pictures and it was not easy. I tried to post backwards so you would see it in order, which made it even more difficult. There is not a ton of explanation on the pics, but you will get the point. December was a big and hectic month for us. Camden started walking about a month ago (it seems like longer already) and she loves it. I do too. With Charlie it was almost harder, but with Camden it has given us more freedom to go places. She has gotten so big over the past month and has defiantly started to make the transition from baby to toddler. She is generally happy when she has what she wants which is usually food. She is in the stage where she really wants to talk but the words are not quite there yet. Although, she is good about giving you clues.
Charlie is growing like a weed! She is my little helper. She watches Camden better than I do most of the time and it is great. She loves that baby so much. Sometimes (most of the time) Camden gets annoyed by how much Charlie hugs her (only because it slows her down.) Charlie's new thing is getting into Camden's crib in the morning when she wakes up and the two of them just laugh, and I just stand at the door and secretly watch and listen. I am determined to sneak some video soon. Anyway, Charlie is at home full time again. The school she was in just was not working for her. I figured I would keep her home until August. I was a little nervous about having both the girls home full time, but I really love it. There are some days where nothing gets done, but at least I get to spend almost every waking hour watching them grow. I do get out of the house doing photo shoots. That has really been going well for me and I hope to make it grow into a full time business when the girls are in school. I also got a small part time job. I did not think I wanted it, but I actually really like going to work. It gets me out of the house and away from mommy hood a couple of nights. Carson is good too. He has been working hard to keep all his girls happy. Camden can say "dada" but for some reason she always calls him "mama." She can hear the garage door open when he comes home and she gets so excited calling mama, mama...it is pretty funny. She is def going to be a Daddy's girl. He is so good to them, they both will before long.
Anyway, that is a brief summery of the past month. I hope to keep up with the blog a little better. I added Picassa back to my computer because it takes half a second to upload pictures, but you can only do 4 at a time. Check back soon for new updates! Hope everyone is having a great start to 2009.

I made the mistake of leaving Camden in the kitchen by herself. Most other rooms are pretty safe now a days, but not the kitchen!!!

I always thought Charlie was a handful...I was wrong. Camden is not bad, but boy she likes to get into things that I wish she would not (such as the dishwasher.) I can not turn my head for a second with her.

I could eat her

Best Friends

Lake is never more than 2" away from Camden. Camden just thinks she is suppose to feed him!

Christmas cards

Every body knows how big of a pain Christmas card pictures are to get... It's the one time a year you get to really show your kids off, so you want the one great picture. (Although with the computer world all your friends and family see your kids picture about 100 times a month, so I don't really get why we stress out about Christmas card pics, but we all do!!) Anyway, I got my cards last year the day after Christmas because they were 70% off the retail price. I have had a vision of what I wanted my picture to look like. My kids, on the other hand had a different vision! I started early this year, because I know it never works out how you plan it too. This was the first day I attempted it. The girls are cute, but I just did not get it! You can see my MANY attempts as you scroll down to see other posts. Of course the picture I used is one that I took when Carson came home for lunch and had the girls sitting on the kitchen counter and he was making them laugh. I, of course, grabbed the Santa hats and threw them on their heads and took a picture. After awhile you just learn to give up!