Almost 2!

We can hardly believe how fast the time has gone. Cameron's 2nd birthday is right around the corner. We have been practicing the happy birthday song and blowing out the candles so maybe she'll do it when everyone is around. She's still afraid of the smoke from the candles though.

We are still potty training and I caught this funny shot of Cam reading her ABC book sitting on her potty. Don't mind the pink socks and jelly shoes in the last shot. She has started picking out her own shoes and I'm sure clothes are right around the corner.

Baby Grant

We had the privilege of babysitting Laura's newborn, Grant a few days ago. Cameron just wanted to stare at him and kept buckling him into the car seat every time we unhooked it. I swear I have totally forgotten how small newborns are already.

Sunday Morning Breakfast

Here we are making our traditional Sunday morning hotcakes and reading the newspaper. I'll admit, I do use the mix and not great-grandma's recipe but they're almost as good when you add a bunch of sugar as grandma did! You can also see that food never stays on the plate in that last shot. As Cameron says, "dump it?" right before she does exactly that.

She also loves to help put away the clean dishes too. I'm going to try to keep her interested in that as long as I can!

The busted lip happened yesterday when Cameron fell out of a baby bathtub that was on the floor. I had just brought it in from a rental and set it down to clean it when she insisted on climbing. Not sure how that happened seeing as it was on the floor already, but somehow a 3" fall yielded a bloody lip.

Our new maid

Here's a few pictures of my little helper vacuuming with me yesterday.

And a happy birthday to Josh, who is turning 2 today! Cameron's 2nd birthday is just 4 weeks away too. I can hardly believe it.

She's been growing a lot lately. We blew through 2T's in about a month and are on to 3T now. She's really tall for her age right now and she definitely has my family's long legs even if she doesn't look like me at all. Her talking is getting better every day and it's hilarious to hear her repeat things we've said that we didn't know she heard. She told my dad to put on his seatbelt the other day and although we always wear them, we've never made it a point to say something about it in the car.

She loves to play the ABC game on the computer and is obsessed with "driving" the car. She throws a fit 90% of the time when we get in or out of the car and I don't let her get in the driver's seat and play with everything. Needless to say, she is definitely in the "terrible twos". We have a few incidents a day of screaming and laying on the floor, none of which have gotten her anything yet, but she's persisitent that's for sure.

Oh yeah, and taking her diaper off at nap time is a new stunt that comes every day now too. I've tried the zip up pajamas with a snap on the top, onesies with snaps, shorts, and diaper covers. If anyone has any idea on how I can not go in to get a butt naked baby during nap time, please let me know!