Cameron is One!

Well I can't believe it but my baby is a year old! This year has gone by so fast and I have mixed emotions about him being a year old. He is so much fun and his personality comes out more all the time, but I will miss having a new baby around the house. We had some of our family over on Saturday for a BBQ to celebrate the big event. It was fun to get everyone together and Cameron was his usual happy self. We had a construction theme party which Eric got VERY into. I am wondering why I never recieved this much input/help with the girls' parties. :) He was excited to see his cake or at least I think so (his arms are always flapping like that).

He thought the cake was good but just took him time eating it.
He had lots of help from his sisters and cousins opening his presents.

So Tired

One afternoon I was upstairs cleaning and put the gate up and was letting Cameron play in his room. Every minute or two I would walk by his room and smile and talk to him. Then I come by and find the little guy asleep on the floor. He didn't even fuss! He is such a sweet little boy!

Easter Outfits

I forgot to take pictures of the kids all ready for Easter Sunday so I had to do it the next time they were all wearing them again. It is hard to get a decent picture with all three of them.

They love their brother!
the girls

OUCH!

A little over a month ago Natalie and Ella were invited to a birthday party. They were both so excited because it was at the Little Gym and I was excited because Brittanie (the b-day girls mom) said she would take the girls so I could stay home with Cameron since Eric had Priesthood that night. From what I have heard the girls were having a great time on all the equipment when all the sudden Natalie started crying. She had bonked heads with another girl. Madeline was fine but Natalie kept crying. So Brittanie picks her up and is holding her when her husband looks at Natalie and sees the nice big goose egg on her forehead. After so ice and rest Natalie is up and playing again. By the time she comes home the swelling has gone down quite a bit but I called the doctor to see what they said. They asked me a ton of questions and told me to wake her up during the night and watch her for the next 24 hours. They said that with a hard hit like this she would most likely have one or two black eyes.
Natalie did a good job of icing her head and Ella needed to get in on the action. It took a few days for the bruising to set in but with the swelling Natalie's face look a bit deformed.
Sure enough so beautiful bruising started (the pics don't do it justice) and she developed two black eyes. I felt bad because she was self conscious of it and I think she received a lot of comments at school.

Last week I called the doctor because Natalie still had a hard lump on her forehead that she said hurt when I touched it. They wanted me to bring her in. Turns out it is a calcium deposit. These can form after a really hard hit and can take up to 2 years to go away! Wow! Natalie was a trooper and even with the swelling and bruising looked beautiful.

We Are In Escrow!!

I have heard this phrase but never realized how exciting it was until it applied to us! We have accepted an offer on our house and if everything goes well we will close on May 15th. We still aren't sure what area we would like to live in so we will be staying with my parents for a few weeks while we house hunt. This was our first house and it has been a great place for us. We have lived here 3 1/2 years. When we moved in Natalie was 2 years old and I was 8 months pregnant with Ella. Cameron and Ella were both born while we lived here, Natalie has had a few first days of school, some fun holiday memories and lots of other good times. We will always remember this house but we are ready for a bit more room. I posted some pictures to help the girls remember this house. I don't have any pictures of Cameron's room because I didn't take any for the advertising due to the fact that there is nothing but a crib and changing table in it. Hopefully I will get around to making it cute in our new house. 10835 SW Huntington Ave.
Family Room
Kitchen
Master Bedroom
Natalie and Ella's room

Natalie Did It

This is Ella's new favorite excuse for her less than desirable behavior. We were getting ready to take Natalie to school and I had just finished doing their hair. Ella comes down and her barrette is out and her hair is a mess. I ask "Ella why did you take your barrette out?" She responds very calmly and matter of fact "I didn't. Natalie did." I said "Natalie didn't take your barrette out." Ella- "Yes she did her arm reached all the way up the stairs, and in the bathroom and took it out of my hair." Natalie's arm had to reach all this way because the whole time she was sitting downstairs coloring. Then after lunch today (Natalie is already at school) I notice that Ella has drawn all over her hands. I ask her why she colored on herself. "I didn't, Natalie did it because she wanted to."

My Little Jeckle and Hyde

Ella was a relatively easy going 2 year old. She had her moments, but I don't think I got any extra wrinkles from it. I figured it was my reward for the first go around. At her three year old check up the doctor said "Three is another challenging age" I thought to myself "This is Ella, myeasy going child, no problem" Today those words are slapping me in the face. Don't get me wrong Ella can still be the sweetest kid, but she can also be a fireball. I have begun to think of her as Jeckle and Hyde. Just today she has thrown 2 types of cereal on the floor, cut her hair and her sisters, screamed so many times I have lost count, quietly put a puzzle together and then put it away when she was done, told me she didn't want to argue and gave me a kiss, a hug and an anaconda squeeze (see Nacho Libre). She is currently in her room (where she has been for the last hour and a half) because she needs to take a nap. We do this everyday at this time. I put her in bed and a few minutes later she comes out of her room. When I go up to check on her she says "Nothing" before I can even ask her what she is doing. The nothing that she is referring to usually includes, but is not limited to, playing with the phone in my room, changing her clothes a few dozen times, dumping the shampoo out into the tub, seeing is she can fill the sink up with the foam soap, putting on my make-up and anything else she can think of besides take a nap. At this point I would prefer the child be done with naps, but then 4:00 rolls around and we have lots of screaming, crying, falling on the floor because she is so tired. All of this makes me think I am glad blogging didn't exists when I was 3 so my mom could document all my sweet activities for all to read.