DYE Carnival!!

Friday night we took Camden to his school carnival. He had a really good time playing all the games and seeing Mr. Aggson. Camden wanted to do the cake walk. He saw some kiddos leaving with a beautiful cake. Instantly Mark and I both looked at each other. It's funny how insinc our minds are when it comes to Camden. Instantly, we knew we needed to explain to Camden that you didn't always win a cake just because you play the game. He said he understood, but we were still nervous. Well, as luck would have it Camden stopped on Lucky 13!! He got to pick out a cake, not just any cake, but the BIGGEST and HEAVIEST cake there!!! He was so proud. We decided to take the cake to the car. The entire way, he kept telling everyone he saw that he won the cake at the cake walk. He was pretty proud!!!

BOWLING FUN!!!

BOOM BLAST!!! Camden was so cute. He was having so much fun pumping the balloon and then when it was getting close to popping he put his hands over his ears and tried to pump the pump with his elbows. It was the cutest thing I had ever seen!!! He was so worried about the loud noise of the balloon popping that he didn't want to finish pumping. I ended up holding his ears so he could finish pumping:) Eventually, it went POP!!!!

Big Helper

I love the look of clean carpet!! We have lived in our house for 7 months now and have been saying we would shampoo the carpets every month since. On Monday, we had a very unexpected snow day even through the roads we not bad at all!!! SO..... I took Katelyn to Robin's so I may actually get something done and Camden and I brought the carpet cleaner up from the basement and tackled the carpets in the house!! Camden vacuumed the house and I followed him the the carpet cleaner. We managed to do the entire house! We did take a break around lunch and went out on a "DATE" to Subway:) We make quite a team!!!

Soccer Time Again

I received a phone call that brought tears to my eyes last night!!! Camden has been asking us if he could play soccer again for a while now!! Looking back to the last time we played soccer, I cringe at the thought of going through it again!! Camden is an awesome soccer player by himself in the back yard!! He is incredible at dribbling, control, and most importantly he loves it:) When it came time to play a game, he would freak out! It was the anxiety of the whole situation: lots of kids running around and most importantly, people watching!!! On my perspective, I just remember the looks I would get from others as my son was hiding under a fold-up chair refusing to come out, kicking and screaming!! Oh, it was a nightmare!!!

When I went to sign Camden up at soccer sign-ups, I was so nervous because Blue Springs is so competitive when it comes to sports. I made sure I had them mark on his sheet that he needs a coach who will be understanding due to Camdens disability. She marked on his sheet a little Astrix and said that she is the one that makes the teams and she would make sure he was taken care of. This was 4 weeks ago... We got the phone call from a man last night, Camden's new soccer coach. He said Camden was put on his team for a reason, his oldest son has Aspergers. I can't tell you how relived I am!! Just the thought of having a coach for Camden that truly understands the magnitude of Camden's disability, the highs and lows.

I am so hopeful that this will be successful soccer season!!!

My little climber!

Humm....
I wonder....

Here I go...

Almost there...

Is anyone watching me?

Here I go...

Whew... These are pretty:)

"I just wanted to give you a flower mom!"

Busted twice...

Once for climbing on the table!!

Once for the chocolate all over her face!!!

Aunt Marti and Uncle Joe

We were so glad to have Aunt Marti and Uncle Joe here for the weekend!! Since they moved to New Mexico a few years ago they have been very missed!!! We went over to Uncle Darren and Aunt Amy's house for dinner Friday night to spend time as a family!!

Aunt Marti and Katelyn

Aunt Nona and Katelyn

Connor, Drayton and Camden had a blast!! Here is a cute picture of Drayton and Camden posing for the camera!! Aunt Amy even asked Camden if he wanted to spend the night, which made me very nervous... but it ended up OK. There were a few tears at bed time and then again at 5:30 in the morning (sorry Amy) but it was nothing that a quick movie in the DVD player couldn't fix!!!


While Camden was playing with the boys at Aunt Amy's house, we were busy cleaning Camden's closet. I had a box I was filling with all the clothes Camden has outgrown. It was quite counterproductive, I would put two things in the box and Katelyn would come behind me and pull 1 thing out! This one made me SPRINT for the camera. Katelyn thought it was so funny to put Cam's underwear on her head. This is one of those blackmail pictures when she gets older:)

Look at that smile!!! What a cutie patootie!!!

Katelyn loves to sit in her bucket chairs. I was upstairs changing the laundry over and I came downstairs to find Katelyn sitting in her chair, with her pillow and her toy in her lap! She sat there for almost 15 minutes!!

Camden just loves playing with Katelyn, especially when she plays with the toys that he gave her. Katelyn loves filling her shopping cart with babies and strutting around the house. Proud Bubba walking by her side!!

Walking in my Bubba's Shoes

I ran for the camera quick tonight as Katelyn was strutting herself across the living room in Camden's shoes!!!!

My little Macy Girl!!!

I just love my little Macy girl. Losing Maggie was really hard for her. She had anxiety issues even before Maggie died but afterwards, I was so worried about her. Sometimes she gets so lonely it just makes me sad. She spends hours laying up on our bed by herself. The past few days, she has been so social with us. I feel like my little baby girl is coming back to us:)

Bye, Bye High Chair.... Hello Booster Seat

This weekend, I scrubbed the old high-chair down and towed it to the basement!!! For the past couple weeks, Katelyn is not happy sitting in her high-chair. She just wants to sit at the table with us, so I ran to the store and bought her a booster seat so she can join us at the table!!

I love watching Katelyn eat. She is usually so careful and precise with getting the spoon into her mouth. She LOVES cheese and yogurt, which is a great thing since she refuses to drink milk:) She got kinda messy tonight which is highly unusual, so I just had to grab my camera!!!

Valentines Day 2010

Valentines Day was bitter sweet this year! My big boy came down with Strep-Throat AGAIN!!!! We did have a great time together even being a little under the weather. We were one of the first cars to pull into urgent care... Thankfully. When we left, the waiting room was completely filled!!! Even sick, my little guy made me a handmade card all by himself!! I LOVE IT!!!!!

These are the gorgeous flowers that my amazing husband sent to me at school!!! TULIPS!!! I LOVE TULIPS!! They are just beautiful:)

Here are a few pictures of the kids opening their Valentines presents. They were very spoiled this year. They have received everything from candy, purses, paper airplanes, money and books!! SPOILED, SPOILED, SPOILED... ROTTEN!!!!

The rest of the afternoon, we all watched the big Daytona Nascar Race together. YES.. even me!! Mark has kinda drawn Camden in to Nascar, totally against my better judgement!!! Camden loves the M & M car, Mark's guy is Tony Stewart. We all know who I route for... the man I played Roulette with in Vegas... Carl Edwards. The really funny part of this story is that I had no idea who he was until we left and Mark goes, "Do you know who that was?" I was like, "No, should I?" Now I kinda feel a connection to him. If my son is going to insist that I cheer for a car in Nascar, it might as well be him:)

Kindergarten Program

After the pre-school programs the past few years, I never thought I would see Camden up in a group singing like other kids, but tonight his Kindergarten program was amazing!!! I think I was truly the most proud mother there!!! Last year he panicked with other students around him singing and this year he was smiling and singing!! Oh my gosh, that anxiety medicine is such a blessing. He is doing things that I never thought he would be able to do!! I LOVE seeing this side of my little boy!

Camden's New School

I haven't blogged for a while. To tell the truth, I have been kinda nervous that I would cry when I finally did so. A lot has happened in the past few weeks with Camden. The evaluation that Mark and I requested was concluded and Camden was determined through the school district to be "emotionally disturbed." I hate that title, but it is getting him some much needed help in order to help him be successful in school. Mark and I were faced with a very difficult decision to keep Camden at my school or pull him and put him in another elementary school that has a special program to help kids like Camden. It would have been a no-brainer except for Mrs. Richeson has been the most amazing kindergarten teacher in the world. Losing Mrs. Richeson was really our only hang-up. Mark and I toured the other school and their special program for kids with similar disabilities. We decided it would be in his best interest to go ahead and make the move now so next year he would hopefully be mainstreamed full time. When we told Camden, he was sad that he was not going to have Mrs. Richeson anymore, but he was happy that he was going to have a "boy" teacher and he was going to be able to ride the bus!!! It has been a very smooth transition for him. I am very proud of him!!!!