So, Mom sent me a couple of pictures of Cam’s new fort. We still need to fill with wood chip, maybe this weekend if the weather is nice.
Fort pictures March 31, 2006
Jeff’s photography March 31, 2006
Not too long ago, Jeff spent a Saturday at Steven’s Hospital photographing a birth. He made a slide show out of some of the pictures and, of course it is just beautiful. Go to Jeff’s Photography and on his front page you should see a link that says Baby Gabrielle.
Thursday March 30, 2006
I forgot about Saturday! Saturday, Jenn and I went to the NW Women’s Show and had tons of fun. I wanted to meet Ann Rule and get her newest book, but I didn’t get there soon enough. I did get the kids a Veggie Tales CD with their names in them. So… Bob the tomato starts singing and says “Hey, Paige!” or “If Cameron is happy and he knows it…” Paige is oblivious and couldn’t care less, but I put Cam’s in and when they said his name, his eyes got huge and he looked at me. He said “How did they know?” Now if I play Paige’s Cam gets annoyed and says “I’m here too! I’m Cameron John!”
Yesterday Jenn wasn’t feeling well, so Cam, Paige and I picked up her baby and we all hauled off to the mall. I needed to go there anyway, so made an adventure out of it. Cam pushed Paige in the stroller and when Collin baby got hungry, he held his bottle for him. He was so very helpful. After I did my little errand I took the kids to Build A Bear so Cam could make a teddy bear. Here’s a picture of him with his lavendar bear and the Cookie Monster he chose for his sister.
When we got home, Cam was sound asleep. Jeff picked him up and stood him on the driveway where he took one step and fell flat on his nose. I guess he wasn’t awake enough to walk! If you look close at the picture, you can see the scrape on his nose. It looks worse in real life. It also bruised so he had a purple nose. Hey, it matched his bear!
Today, poor Jenn was really sick from medication she got yesterday so I took her in to the hospital and took care of Collin again until Mark could get there. Poor Jenn! She’s feeling awful. I took her to Providence (Heather!) and I was hoping Heather might be working today, but she wasn’t. The girl who did the x rays though kind of reminded me of Heather 
She was very sweet. Jenn is better now and at home.
Paige is coughing, Cam is asleep on the couch and my head hurts. Jeff has a cold too, but I think he’s getting better. I’m so glad it is almost the weekend! I’m sitting here being extra especially lazy. Although, I did get a burst of energy and made peanut butter chocolate chip cookies. YUM!
Ohhh want to see something awful? My parents used to have a beautiful pool in a nice yard… grass, flowers.. soooo pretty. Did I mention the pool they used to have? *sigh* Here is what it looks like now.
Can I have a tissue, please?
Sickies go away… March 29, 2006
Poor Paigie wa so sick yesterday and this morning. She couldn’t keep any food down most of yesterday. I spent all afternoon sitting in the comfy chair holding her and helping her through all the barfing. She just leaned on me and slept, cried, whined and threw up. Poor poor baby. She was still slow and clingy this morning, but made big improvements by the afternoon. I think she’s on the mend.
Jeff has been sick too. He has a cold and a constant headache. He stayed home with all of us today which was nice. He ended up having to go in to work this evening to do some server stuff… whatever it is, it’s taking a long time and he needs some sleep.
Today I noticed my driver’s license is expired. It expired a YEAR ago. Weird thing is, I’ve been using it as my ID and no one has said anything. I have rented two cars, traveled, been pulled over, purchased alcohol (including from a liquor store) and got a passport for Paige all using that expired license. Strange. I’m sure I’ve also written checks and don’t they often write the exp date of your license on them? Hmmmm. I’ll notice that now.
The kids and I were watching The Incredibles today after Jeff left and Cam would not stop talking. Not for a second. Seriously. You’d think he’d run out of questions or things to talk about, but not my child. I did get a little frustrated a couple of times, but then I remember he’s only four and someday way too soon I’ll be trying anything to get him to talk to me more. Anyway, we had this conversation for a while. I wrote it down as fast as I could so I could be as accurate as possible. Every other line is Cam and then me: Mom, how did she know he was on the island? CAM! Don’t you need to be annoying in another room?
The transponder told her
What’s a transponder?
a device in his suit that tells her where she is when she pushes that button
Did he know it was in his suit?
No.
Why is it there?
So they can find him
who put it there?
The lady who made is suit
Who?
The lady who makes the suits
Who?
THE LADY!!
His mom?
Do you mean his wife?
Yes, his wife?
No, the suit lady
What lady?
The lady with short black hair
The one his mom is talking to?
You mean his wife.. yes.
That’s a man.
No, it’s a woman
no, man
okay.
It looks like a man, mom
Okay, Cam, ,it can be a man.
Maybe it is a woman.
I think it is
Mom, how do they know he is on the island?
Cam, how do YOU think they know?
Maybe the transponder?
Yes, honey. The transponder.
Oh.
Mom?
Yes.
How does the mom stretch into a balloon??
Mom?
Yes.
I love you.
I love you too, Cam.
The aftermath March 27, 2006
A couple more pictures from Sunday.. Paige didn’t like sharing and Cam was exhausted after playing with everyone!
Great weekend! March 27, 2006
So, I’m a little behind. Paige is saying new words right and left, it’s great! We’re working on getting her to tell us things when she’s upset instead of screaming and throwing whatever she can grab. Must be rough being almost two.
Saturday night we tried out a new church and LOVED it. I think we have finally found a place where we are happy. It’s pretty big and it also has a school so when Cam is a little older, he can go there if we decide it’s right for him. Another bonus, it’s very close to where I work so it would be easy for me to take him to school and pick him up after. Paige tried out the kid’s room during the service and although she did have fun coloring, playing and blowing bubbles, she was NOT happy that I left her there. Oh, another thing I loved about the church is it has a Saturday evening service at 5:30 and that works so great for us. It actually makes the weekend seem longer somehow. I don’t like going Sunday mornings. So… Yay for a new church
Sunday we had a baby shower for my friend Sarah who is due in just over a month. She brought Nathaniel, Ana brought Aiden and Liam and Chelsea came too, but her kids have chicken pox, so they didn’t get to join in the festivities. We had SO much fun. The kids loved it! Aiden is Cam’s age and the other two kids are Paigie’s age. They played so hard that Cam slept the rest of the day. Silly boy. Here are pictures… The blond kids are Aiden and Liam, Nathaniel has the dark hair. How cute are they??? Adorable kids!
side note March 22, 2006
I forgot.. Now when Cam burps really loud (which is MANY times a day!) Paige says “Niiiiiice”. Cracks me up!!
Paige’s new words March 22, 2006
“NO” is Paige’s newest word. She watches me say it and then practices. Cam got in an argument with her. He kept saying ‘Yes’ and she would reply with ‘No’. As soon as her dad came home she stopped saying it and now refuses.
Today, the kids’ great grandma came with Grandma to play and babysit. She taught Paige to say ‘Piglet’ It’s my favorite of Paigie’s words right now. The way she says it is soooo cute.
Cam was sad today because it rained really hard and he couldn’t ride his bike on the deck. He helped me make Creme Caramel instead and told me he likes to help because “That’s what I do, Mom. I help people.” Later when he was on my lap and Paige hopped up to, he started stroking her head, pushing her hair out of her eyes. He’s not above knocking her off the chair if she bugs him, but moments like this sure do make up for the arguments. He is such a kind, caring little guy.
Cam’s exciting weekend March 20, 2006
So, this weekend my mom came over and we put up Cameron’s new fort. It’s a big muddy mess underneath, but what kid doesn’t love mud? We are planning to put bark underneath it this weekend. The neighbors were over all Saturday helping and then Sunday playing. We sent them home drenched in mud and rain. I bet their parents loved us! HAHA! Jeff took some pictures, but I haven’t seen them yet so I’ll post them later.
Then, we booked our plane tickets and picked out a fabulous apartment to rent in Paris with an amazing view of Sacre Coeur. It also has internet so we can post while we are away! YAY! It’s not for sure yet, but it’s looking good. I promised Cam we would go to Euro Disney and I think we may go to the zoo while we are there too. We do so much adult stuff in Paris that it gets boring for him and I want him to enjoy it too. Now I have to work a lot of overtime to pay for it all.
We had dinner with our friends and got to see all of their fabulous new furniture in their fabulous new house. They have a little boy named Collin and when I asked Paige if she wanted to go to his house, she ran to the door yelling ‘Co-eee’. I think she likes him!
Paige is using new words every day. She’ll just say something out of the blue and surprise me. Her little voice is so sweet.
We went to Ikea yesterday and got the last two bookshelves for the library so they all match now. We haven’t put them up yet, but I am hoping we can tonight. Jeff’s mom was so nice to pay for them so they will all match and can all be VERY SAFELY strapped to the walls and to each other so the Binkinator (that’s Paige) will be safe in there.
Pictures to follow..
Dolls! March 16, 2006
I found my old Cabbage Patch doll as well as two other similar dolls and their clothes and brought them downstairs and the kids are having so much fun with them. Cam is trying on all their different outfits and Paige is tickling their toes! She says ‘ticka ticka ticka’ . I’m glad that I kept them for our kids. I have some old Barbies too that they like to play with.
Today I took the kids to Costco to get Paige’s passport photo taken. She didn’t appreciate it, but we got a decent picture. She sure looks a lot like Cameron’s passport photo which was taken at about the same age. Paige gets to go to Paris this summer and Cam gets to go for the third time. He’s only four years old.. lucky boy. We are going to go to Euro Disney as well so the kids get some time to just play and be crazy.
My friend sent me this really old picture of Cam. What a sweetie. I forget how small he was. I remember how he used to love to swing and he would fall asleep in there every day. I think the outfit was given to him by Aunt Sue and it was one of my favorites. Soft and snuggly with a little bear on it.
