Cameron Turns 3!

My little guy is getting so big and I will admit I am a bit sad. The past three years have gone so fast and before I know it he is going to be a teenager. This year Cam's b-day was very low key since Avery was born just three days before. Nana was super nice and bought us an extremly delish cake. We had a small celebration dinner, he blew out candles and then opened his meticulously decorated presents.

Cameron is such and fun guy. He is always making us laugh with his witty comments and funny faces. He is outgoing and friendly to everyone we meet. Being the only boy in the family, he is well aquainted with Hannah Montana, Barbies and Taylor Swift. He loves to dance to music with the girls and thinks it is fun to dress up. Partly because it is fun and partly because his Dad reacts so funny to it. I am happy to say our neighbor gave us some play power tools and tool belt and he now loves those for dress up.

Cameron pulling the tarp off his new Cars bike. He was really excited and is already a great little rider.

What would you do without sisters to help you open and inspect your presents.

Avery

A friend of mine took some incredible pics of little Avery last week. She was amazing to watch in action! Head over to her blog to check them out. jennipricephotography.blogspot.com
Thanks again Jenni!

Flying Solo

Eric went back to work on Monday so my sister came down to help me. It was great. She met Natalie at the bus, got the kids a snack and then took them outside to jump on the tramp. Tuesday both my sisters offered to come and help with the kids, but Monday was pretty smooth so I told them not to worry. Famous last words.

Cameron has learned that when I am feeding Avery he can get away with more. During lunch he squeezed his juice box all over the kitchen floor. Outside he pulled the just about to bloom peonies off. On the tramp he would lean against the net like a WWF wrestler and the fling himself at the girls. When he was supposed to be having a nap I discovered he had gone to the bathroom in his pants, and not just potty. So I put him in the tub, started laundry, cleaned his floor and then picked up the mess in the bathroom. That was not fun and I didn't even attempt to salvage the underpants. Nope they went strait out to the garbage.

Ella fell down on the patio and cut her knee up pretty well. About 5:30 I am feeding Avery and every 30 seconds or so one of the three declares in a desperate voice, "I'm hungry!" Which is understandable because it has been maybe 2 hours since they had a snack. I assure them that Dad will be home soon or that I am almost done feeding Avery. Ella asks me when my stomach is going to be flat again because it has been along time since Avery was born. There is a boost to the old self-esteem right there.

Yes it was an adventurous day. Lets hope today is a little less eventful.

Avery May

I know it has taken me way too long to get this up. Here are a few quick shots of Avery. She was born Monday, May 3rd at 3:30pm. She was 9lbs 1oz (a big thanks to my doctor for inducing me!) and 21 1/2 inches long. She has some dark hair and seems to have a little of all of her siblings mixed in. We chose Avery because we like it and May was my Grandma's middle name.

Look at that cute double chin!

Her first bath. The nurse went a little crazy with the bubbles.

The kids all LOVE Avery and always want to hold her. Natalie is sure it isn't fair that she has to go to school for 7 hours and Cameron and Ella get to stay home and hold Avery all day!