Cameron at 16 months

Cam seems to be growing so quickly these days I can barely keep up. He is getting taller and taller, but has stayed pretty thin. He is a tiny guy. He is taking one nap a day now and learning lots of new things everyday. He is a major daddy's boy. He still has quite the temper and seems to be experiencing his "terrible twos" just a little early! He loves bananas, grapes, eggs, pancakes, peaches, ice cream, pizza, peanut butter and jelly, and just about anything sweet. He gives kisses, waves hi and bye, beeps his and other peoples noses, gets into absolutely EVERYTHING, dances, claps, etc etc. He is such a joy in our home and makes us laugh everyday...and sometimes cry. Just kidding. Ok, not kidding.

He can say:

duck, doggy, daddy, mama, please, all done, fish, no, uh-oh, stinky, baby, thank you and a few other words I can't think of at the moment!

We love you Cameron!

Anyone think he looks like a cat burglar? I do!Cam pulled all the toilet paper off of a brand new roll while I wasn't watching for a couple minutes!
Playing at Ikea
Told you he was growing up fast...

First fat lip...
Playing in the snow

Grandma and Grandpa Goodrich

My Dad's parents are getting pretty old. They are both in their nineties and in June will celebrate 70 years of marriage. 70!!!! That's insane!

Anyway, neither of them are doing very well. My Grandpa seems to have had a quick onset of Alzheimers and is deteriorating quickly. Grandma has good moments and bad moments with the same type of problem, and physically both are in poor health. My siblings and I thought it would be nice to make a quick trip out to visit in case it may be the last time we see them.

Since my Grandpa tends to be overwhelmed by too many people, and can't remember a lot of people these days, we left all the kids and spouses home. My brothers and I had a lot of fun spending the day together driving out to Tridell, talking about good memories and just being goofy.

Grandpa was having a good day when we got there, and was hilarious. He remembered us (or at least said he did) but had difficulties with following the flow of the conversation. He would say the strangest things at the strangest times. My Grandma told him not to stand up because he wasn't wearing any pants. He looked at her with doubt all over his face and said, "I'm not wearing any pants??? Now that's a new angle!" Before we left for the day I played the piano and we sang a little bit, because both of my Grandparents have always loved music. It was a really special opportunity to spend the day with them. I love them both so much and have so many wonderful memories with them. I only hope and pray that they can be comfortable and just be together for their last days on earth.

Happy New Year!

We have a tradition of having a little party with my family on New Years Eve, complete with lots of treats, games and fun together. This year was no exception. We had a great time at my brother's house. New Years with young kids isn't quite like it used to be though...

We were all so tired long before midnight that we ended up just watching Despicable Me, which was hilarious, saying a quick "happy new year" and heading for home right after. Still...we had a good time.

Cam reading National Geographic with Daddy and Grandpa
Playing with grandma
Poor grandma...
My white elephant win for the night!

The Sensational Six

Right after Christmas we were able to get the sen 6 together...all of us! We haven't all been together for quite awhile, so it was lots of fun. We had dinner, white elephant gifts, games, and lots of catching up with each other. We are so thankful for our awesome friends!

Ryan, Nikki and Ella, Andy and Brittany, Jae, Bryan and Katie, Matt and me, James and Allison.

This year we all agreed that our while elephant gifts were collectively...kind of....lame. Matt and I, however, had the hit of the night. We wanted to give a picture of all of us together, but thought it would be funny if we covered the real picture with something a little more funny. This is what we came up with. We were all laughing so hard, I was literally crying. Jae and James actually arm wrestled over this handsome picture of Matt, and I am told that the picture is now actually sitting on the mantle at Jae's parents' home. Too funny....

Christmas Eve and Christmas

Behind again....grrrr.

This pregnancy is getting tougher as we go along, which makes it harder each day to get anything worthwhile done. Not that it wasn't expected, but still, some days are pretty hard. I've been in physical therapy which helps to a degree and Cameron has learned how to entertain himself a little more while I'm laid up on the couch. Three more months...yay!

Anyway, we had a nice Christmas season. We spent Christmas Eve at my parents doing the nativity, singing around the piano, appetizer dinner and lots of fun.

Cam testing out his new Mr. Potato Head glasses.
Reading a Christmas story with Grandma

Christmas morning we spent at our house. Cameron had a lot of fun opening a few presents, and mostly just playing all morning.



Our Christmas tree is so small you can't really see it behind us...hee hee.
Cam on our way to Matt's parents. Crazy hair!
Taking a break from opening presents to play.
And play some more...
Grandma helping Cameron with his stocking.
Finally we make a quick stop back over to my parents.
Merry Christmas!