Happy Two Year Anniversary!

...Almost a month ago. So I am a terrible blogger but the good news is that although I forgot to post this on our actual anniversary I didn't forget that it was our anniversary. Phew!
Eu te amo honey!!!!

LOVE visitors!!!!!!!!!!

My fam came into town for Camden's blessing and we had a blast!! I have four older brothers and an older sister. They all live in either Texas or Colorado so it is harder for us to get together. Two of my brothers, each with one of their daughters and my parents came. We had so much fun going to monuments, museums, fun restaurants, walks and baseball games. We REALLY appreciate everyone that made such a big effort to be here. Can't wait to get to Colorado to see the rest of the clan!



Camden was obviously a little worn out from the constant go go go routine! He is so easy to take everywhere... and I mean everywhere! We were going from one place to the next the entire week they were here. So fun!!!
My parents are incredible. They have never missed a baby blessing or baptism for any of their grandkids. Oh yeah, and Camden is number 27!!!

1st Father's Day/ Camden's Blessing

Father's Day was special not only because it was Justin's 1st as a Dad but he also was able to give Camden's baby blessing that day. Justin gave a beautiful blessing. It is such an amazing thing to watch your spouse take on a new role as a parent. I knew when I brought him home for the first time to meet my family and he was off playing with all the nieces and nephews while the adults talked at the dinner table or when we'd be at church and Justin would be crawling around in his suit on the ground with the toddlers, that he would one day make a great father. And yet, I was still unprepared for the emotions that I would feel watching him with our own baby. He is such a hands on dad. He doesn't even mind getting up with him in the night or changing his diapers (even the really bad ones). He is so sweet and patient with him. When the thought of the awesome responsibility of raising this little boy overwhelms me I'm instantly confident knowing that I'm doing it with Justin.So many family and friends came from all over to be there for the blessing. We literally took up four rows at church! Thanks so much to everyone for being there. It was so nice that so many made such an effort to be there and we know it really wasn't easy or convenient for many of you.
Oh and by the way, Camden made sure to scream the whole way through the blessing! He was totally happy right before and the second Justin sat back down. This kid has given us a run for our money from day one, when he would never cooperate for ultrasounds and then scared us to death in the hospital when he was born. Can't wait to see him as a teenager!

Things that make this baby happy...

Camden LOVES being outside and apparently sunglasses.

If Camden is ever fussy all we have to do is walk outside and he instantly stops crying and just looks around. A couple Sundays ago we left to go to a friend's house and when we walked outside Camden was squinting at the bright sun. I took my sunglasses off my head and put them over his eyes to see if he would open his eyes again. His reaction was hilarious. This wiggly little boy sat completely still and looked around wide eyed for several minutes.The other trick to get this guy to stop crying is to put him in the bath. I have read in several magazines and books on babies that bath time in the beginning can be rough because most babies hate them. Well definitely not Camden. He gets so excited and starts kicking his little legs and waving his arms. I love giving him baths because it also gives me an excuse to put him in this funny little bath robe. Haha

Camden's 1st Baseball Game

A couple weekends ago we headed up to Baltimore for Camden's first O's game! It was such a fun night. The weather was perfect, it was an exciting game, we had a fun group with Sean Cambria and two of their friends, and we had yummy cinnamon pretzels! What more can you ask for?!

Camden is so easy to take along everywhere we go. He was so good at the game. He just sat with us and looked around the whole time. Justin loved having his little buddy to watch the game.

My sister "The INCREDIBLE"!

This post is about how ridiculously talented my sister is and how much I love her. Arianne has always been the one that was great with babies, knew how to cook from the time she could see over the counter, and can sew and quilt better than Martha herself! In a nutshell, she is the polar opposite of me!! Since the day I found out I was pregnant I was the annoying little sister that would call her about every day with questions and sometimes just to complain. Since having Camden the amount of questions have just doubled. She is like my mom encyclopedia.
Lucky for me Arianne offered to make all of Camden's baby bedding! I looked at a million baby bedding websites and went into tons of stores to get ideas. I told her what I wanted and she spent tons of time looking for just the right fabric. Since she lives in Arizona we did a lot of picture texting back and forth. I knew that she was good but when I saw all the bedding she had made especially for Camden I could not believe how adorable it looked. It was so much cutter than any of the bedding I had seen on all the baby websites or in any of the stores. But the thing that really made it special was how much time she had spent making it especially for him.

This crib was actually mine when I was a baby. Justin and I re-stained it to make it brown.

Camden obviously loves it!Back in December my sister bought a plane ticket around Camden's due date to make sure she would be here. Unfortunately at the time she bought her ticket we didn't realize that Mother's Day happened to fall on the Sunday that she would be in DC. Even more important, we didn't realize that her son's first birthday was also during her planned trip here! After trying to change the ticket to no avail Arianne, came out to help anyway missing both Mother's Day and her kiddo's birthday!!! It was a huge sacrifice that she never once complained about.

She was like Supernanny coming in and helping Justin and me. It was so nice to have her there since we are rookies at this. Since Camden came three weeks early, we were able to take him out and do lots of stuff while she was here. We had so much fun just laughing and talking. I wish so bad that we lived closer.

First time holding her new little nephew.

THANK YOU SO MUCH ARIANNE! I love you more than you know and I am so thankful for everything you do for me.

Camden is four weeks old and I can't believe how fast it has gone!! We were so lucky that Justin got a whole month paternity leave from work and THANK HEAVEN because I do not know what I would have done without all his help. It's so fun to see Justin as a father. He is incredible with Camden. He is so patient and totally hands on with him. We have had so much fun going on little outings.

The last day before Justin went back to work we went to Annapolis for the day. As we were parking the car we heard fighter jets flying, what sounded like RIGHT over our heads. We didn't even realize that Friday was the Naval Academy's graduation and so today the Blue Angels were doing an air show right over the city and harbor as a present to the graduates. It was so incredible to watch and so loud! After we watched the show we ate lunch on a dock overlooking the water and ate ice cream cones as we walked around the town and the Naval Academy.

Mother's day... best day ever blog to come

Yes, we took Camden golfing at three weeks. Get them started young!

We went for lots of walks. The picture below we took a blanket and walked along the Potomac and then spent the afternoon under a tree.

World War II Memorial

Bucca Di Beppo (my FAVORITE restaraunt) with our friends.

Georgetown at two weeks. It was so funny how every person we walked past would stop and stare and then say "Oh tiny baby!" It was like we were celebrities.