Milestones

Cameron learned how to pedal his bike a few weeks ago.  He was so proud of himself and was excited to take the giant long handle off of the bike.  He pretty much taught himself how to pedal too.  We tried to help him last summer but he wasn't that interested.  With it being nice weather lately we have been outside more and one day he just started peddling. We have gone for a ride around the neighborhood a few times and Cameron can ride for a lot longer than I expected.  He didn't want to stop.  I had visions of having to carry or walk his bike back because he was too tired to ride it back home himself.  FUN!

Another accomplishment/milestone that Cameron has mastered is going to the bathroom in the potty all the time now (well, not at night yet he still wears diapers).  But the last few weeks he has been going #2 in the potty too!  Again, it was just on his own time that he decided to do it.  I look forward to the no diapers at night, but not sure how or when that will come.  Right now I am just so happy for him and watching him learn.  It's amazing all the things we as humans have to learn!!

Mackenzie has been crawling the past few weeks.  She does her own style of crawling though.  It reminds me of an inch worm....the way she gets her knees up and butt in the air, then her arms slide forward and when her tummy touches the ground she starts over.  Or she does a little army crawl thing that actually pushes her backwards. Either way, she is determined and won't let anything get in her way of getting to a toy or something she is looking at. 

I decided I should enter the hog or calf tying contest at a rodeo one of these days.  I have gotten some good practice with, what I can imagine it would be like, just trying to change Mackenzie's diapers.  I thought Cameron was wiggly but she is 10 times worse.  She will not sit still and rolls over on her stomach before I can get her diaper completely off (this causes some yucky messes and requires me lots of extra wash).  I end up flipping her over to her back at least 10 times just trying to change her diaper or dress her.  I try to make it a challenge for myself and see how fast I can do it and if I can beat the record every time :)  One thing about my kids is they definitely keep me on my toes!!

Soccer and stuff

This was Cameron's second soccer game....they were green this time.  And he had a lot more fun the second time around since he knew what to expect (only one ball and not being able to kick it all the time).

He did really well, you can't see the ball but he is kicking it.  He was a little upset that he didn't make a goal but he said "I will try again next game."

I have to laugh at this picture.  Coach Jeremy is giving the team instructions and as you can tell they are all very attentive.  Especially the girl about to do a hand stand and the boy picking the grass.  I Love kids, and this age is the best :)

After Cameron's 9 am game we went to Kneaders for breakfast.  Mackenzie fell asleep on the way over there because she wasn't feeling good.  Cameron was so happy she woke up that he wanted to give her a hug....awwwwhhh!

They are so stinkin' cute with each other....

He can make her smile and laugh all the time!

I love this cute picture of both of them smiling.

After breakfast we took Kenzie to the doctor.  She had been feeling good for a few days and had finished her second round of antibiotic for the double ear infection but had woke up that morning with a runny nose and was a little fussy.  I just wanted to take her in for my peace of mind since she had two ear infections back to back the past 2 weeks on top of the acute broncialitis.  Good thing I called for the appointment.  Sure enough she has another little cold and the beginning of another ear infection.  So we got he on her third antibiotic in hopes that is stops it from getting worse!  She is such a good little girl for feeling so crummy.  I just look at the pictures of her and Cameron smiling/laughing an hour before the doctor appointment and am amazed at how tough and determined she is.

Captain chocolate face

The other morning when I was in the shower Cameron came in and asked for some chocolate milk.  I told him I would get him some when I got out of the shower.  A few minutes later I went into the kitchen and he had a cup already.  I asked him if he still wanted chocolate milk and he said, "no I am ok."  Then I noticed the ring of chocolate around his mouth.... I looked in his cup and it was full of Nesquick Chocolate, but no milk.  He had managed to get the chocolate out and pour it into his cup...once he started drinking strait chocolate powder he realized the milk part of chocolate milk was over-rated :)

I love that he just puts on his cape and runs around being "captain Hook" or "cinnamon man" or a million other things that he makes up.  Cameron is at such a fun age and loves to use his imagination!

Soccer Time

Omigosh it doesn't get any cuter than this...a bunch of tiny people all running in one giant group to get the ball.  It cracks me up!  I have been waiting for this day and it is here....YAY!  I have been so excited to get Cameron into sports and be able to go watch him and cheer him on.

Here he is in the pack, he is dribbling the ball in the front with the grey shirt....

second kid from the left chasing the ball....

The uniforms crack me up too!  Why don't they make them just a little bit smaller for the teeny tiny kiddos?  Seriously....I have his shorts rolled up 3 times and they still hang past his knees.  The short sleeved shirt hangs like its a long sleeved one and goes to his knees also.  If they could keep the same uniform until they were 12 then it might make sense.....

Jeremy is coaching his team.  He has 3 other boys and 3 girls on his team.  Cameron is the youngest on the team, he isn't even 3 yet and most of the kids are 4 already. They won their first game Saturday.  One of the little boys on his team is really good and scored 5 of their 8 goals.  Cameron had fun although we didn't really prepare him as well as we should have I guess.  He had only been to one practice and then warmed up before the game.  Both of these times consisted of each kid having their own ball to dribble and shoot with.  So after warm up time ended and everyone had to give their balls to their parents and only play with one ball Cameron got a little worried.  The game started and all the kids were like magnets to the ball....Cameron stood there with a little confused look on his face.  Then he ran over to the side to get his ball.  I guess he wondered why would everyone chase one ball when they could just go get another one.  I am always trying to talk to him and teach him how to solve his problems....so when I saw how he figured out how to solve this problem I had to laugh.  He was a little frustrated with not being able to kick the ball all the time and decided after half time that it was more fun to sit by mom and sissy eating snacks.  He opted not to go back in right away.  By the last 10 minutes of the game coach Jeremy was down to 2 players on the field.  One girl decided it was more fun to pick grass, another girl just wanted to sit on her dad's lap, and the two other boys said they were "done playing".  Jeremy had no idea what he signed himself up for.....I tried to tell him!  He is going to need to find a few tricks to keep their attention at practice and games as well as wear his "patience" hat :) 

It was a fantastic day.  The weather was sooo nice and it was so great to be outside!  I LOVE Saturday soccer games and can't wait for the many, many more Saturday sports days to come!!

All dressed up

Since my little cuties were sick on Easter Sunday they didn't get to wear their Easter clothes.  I was a little sad since I made Cameron's tie and Kenzie's skirt for them to wear on Easter.  Oh-well they just wore them the next Sunday and I took some cute pictures.

Love this picture of them....

It's funny how much they look alike!  You can definitely tell they are brother and sister!

Easter

Cameron was super excited about Easter this year.  We had fun dying eggs....

and he spent a lot of time putting these stickers on them to make funny faces.  He said "the Easter Bunny is going to be so happy, he is going to love these."

I didn't get to the mall this year to have them see the Easter Bunny so I am glad that he was at the egg hunt we went to on Saturday.   Cameron was excited to show him all the eggs he found.

Then he had to give the bunny a high five.  He still remembers giving him high five last year, it's so funny to hear him talk about that.

It was Mackenzie's first encounter with the Easter Bunny.  She is so cute to let pretty much anyone hold her.  She wasn't scared at all but I think she was just happy to get out of her stroller :)

The egg hunt was over at Jeremy's grandparents' assisted living facility.  I love this picture of Kenzie and Maw Maw....so cute!

(after taking pictures all day with a smudge on the lense I finally realized it....so hence the blurry spot on the pictures!)  So this was Easter morning.  Cameron woke up and we were headed out to find where the bunny hid his basket.  Cameron found it before we really even started looking, he just happened to notice it as we were walking into the living room.  He was so excited.  It was really cute!

He got some lightening McQueen slippers.  He likes to wear them because they "keep my feet nice and cozy" and "they are house slippers like mommy and daddy have".

Looking for Mackenzie's basket.  The funny thing is Cameron found it without knowing he found it.  He just walked over and grabbed a toy from it saying, "oh cool I just found this toy...."  It's too bad both kiddos had to be sick on Easter.  Cameron with his sinus infection and Kenzie with her acute broncialitis and double ear infection!  We will always remember she was sick on her first Easter :(

Mallory and Cameron posing for a picture during the egg hunt at Grammy and Grampy's house...

Cameron was so excited there was water back in the ditch!  I think he forgot he was supposed to be looking for eggs and decided he wanted to throw rocks in the water!

Once he got focused again he was back on the hunt and ended up finding The GOLDEN EGG!  This year it had $5.00 in it.  The funny thing is when he saw it he started  yelling, "I found the golden egg."  Everyone laughed because it's funny he even really knew what it was or to be excited about it.

Not sure why this picture so randomly got placed here and sideways, but anywho....Cameron and I had fun making sugar cookies and decorating them for Easter.  He enjoyed delivering them to people too.

Grammy and Kenzie coordinated so well :)

everyone opening the eggs and counting their money....Cameron ended up with around $10, even though he found the golden egg Janessa scored $25 with all the eggs she found!

LOL....these sugar cookies really want to be in this post.  They were delish!!

7 months already...

This little ball of happiness and smiles makes me laugh.  I can't believe she is7 months old already...especially since she weighs 14 pounds and is the size of a 3 month old!  She may be little but she sure is strong and determined.  She reaches for and grabs everything!

She sits up on her own but she still likes to sit in the bumbo, it's not as much work and she likes to relax sometimes :)

The saddest thing is when your little baby is sick!  Both kiddos have been sick but when Kenzie got it last week I knew it was bad.  She was lethargic, had a runny nose and hard time breathing because she was so congested, and had a fever.  I took her to instacare one night and the Dr. tested her for RSV, luckily it came back negative.  But she did have acute broncialitas (sp) So I had to take her to the hospital that night to have her nose and lungs suctioned out.  It was horrible, I had to hold her down while they put tubes through her nostrils and down her throat into her lungs to suck out all the junk.  She cried and cried but was able to breath better for a few minutes.  I had to take her in a few more times and made Jeremy take her in once because it was so awful.  Five days later I took her to her pediatrician because she was still so congested and had a runny nose, but she was also tugging on her ears every now and then.  Well, she now has a double ear infection and eye infection to go along with the acute broncialitas.  Needless to say it hasn't been a fun week!  It has totally ruined her sleep schedule that we finally got her on.  We will have to start the cry it out thing all over when she gets better. It will be nice when we all get healthy and feel normal again....someday.....soon.....I hope!! (Cameron has had a cold for going on 4 weeks now, and finally got on an antibiotic for sinus infection, I have been on a round of antibiotic but still feel crappy, and Jeremy said he had a day he thought he was catching a cold but apparently he feels better so that's one down 3 to go!)