All I want for Christmas is my 4 front teeth...

Forgot to mention...Camden must have asked Santa for some more teeth, because he now has four teeth!! The 3rd came in about 2 weeks ago and the 4th just kind of snuck in here recently. I think all this sudden teeth activity is causing him to feel kinda rough. He missed about 2 days of school this week because of fevers and some vomitting. But the Motirn and some extra down time has helped. Right now, he's fever's gone and he's his normal sunny self!

Christmas is coming!

Hey all, sorry it's been so long--we've been busy!!! Since our last post, Daddy has hooked up some Christmas lights to Camden's stroller, made his famous pumpkin bread, Camden has been to see a live nativity and took a stroller ride down to the Avondale lumineria, Mommy has made cookies and cleaned house and washed bottles. And we finished all our Christmas cards this week. We are also getting ready for Kevin's family to come in this weekend. We're so excited! Nana, Gramps and Uncle Jon will arrive on Sat. and not sure when Aunt Ashley will. But we plan on having lots of fun! We all draw names and swap gifts with each other. We also plan on going to the Christmas Eve candlelight service at our Church and the boys might go see the Jags play the Patriots. We also plan on having Grandma and Grandpa over after Christmas so Camden is twice as spoiled! I'll write more soon. I hope all of you have a great Christmas.

Getting ready for Christmas

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This weekend, we've been working to get the house and Camden ready for Christmas. We picked out a great tree, which Camden slept through. But he did wake up in time to supervise as Daddy strung up the outdoor lights. Camden also went to the mall---er, North Pole to visit with Santa. The picture turned out great!

(Thanks for helping us scan the pic, Sam!)

Gobble Gobble Gobble

Our little turkey just loved his first Thanksgiving! There were many firsts...first trip to Grandma's in Tryon NC, first turkey, first major road trip. Camden was an angel for both drives. The way up he slept most of the way and quietly nukked on his pacie the way back.

Grandma had a crib at the base of our bed all ready for her little man. (Incidentally this was Aunt Katie's crib and Mom's been itching to get a youngin' in it again!) Almost everyone was there: Aunt Katie, Uncle Brian, Uncle Bill and his new girlfriend Becca, Grandma, Grandpa and crazy Aunt Laura. We feasted on a fabulous dinner of turkey, dressing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, mac & cheese, salad and wedding soup. And Cam ate sweet potatoes and turkey (catered by Beechnut). He liked it! He was a little fussy the first day--we think he was sick.

Things cleared up by Friday, though, and Camden joined a few of us shoppers as Grandpa treated us to lunch at Fuddruckers. By Saturday, Cam had lost his cold and passed it on to Mommy. So we stayed home with Daddy to watch the FSU/UF game. Our Noles didn't win but they played much better than we expected them too. It's nice to have a baby you can play with after the game to take your mind off it! That night Grandma babysat and we all went out to see a Christmas play. She gave him a bath and then was crazy enough to volunteer to keep him through the night while Daddy and Mommy caught up on our sleeping. She did great with him.

We left Sundy morning and pulled in around 6:30 pm. And we're still doing laundry! Mommy's feeling better, but Daddy is now sick--it's his turn. But we had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
We tried feeding our sweet pea just that tonight--sweet peas. It was rejected. We may have actually found something Camden doesn't like! We'll give it another shot again sometime.

New Orleans

There was an art therapy conference in New Orleans this past week and Kevin was invited to give a presentation on sickle cell disease and a theraputic game he had created at FSU. So it gave us a good excuse to get back to the city we've been anxious to see since Katrina. Kevin's parents bravely volunteered to keep Camden Thursday and Friday and he had a great time bonding with them. Gramps took care of Camden during the day, and Nana took over when she got home from work.
Kevin gave a great presentation and we had a good time in New Orleans but had to leave early because I got sick (food poisoning, I think). We only stayed for one night out of the 2, but it was a gorgeous bed and breakfast and the innkeeper and staff gave us an excellent discout and pampered us (had a bottle of champagne brought to our room). He says he just feels blessed to still be in business. The city is looking better and better, but has a ways to go.
Kevin went to the FSU game on Saturday and Camden and me stayed home and recovered. He's not feeling so good this weekend either--got a bad cough and congestion. On Sunday we visited with Grandma Jane, Aunt Karen and Uncle Richard and were treated to lunch.
So it was our first time away from Camden and we survived!