Happy First Birthday, Camden!

Camden is the big number one! "Cam the Man's" first year has ran passed us leaving lots of crumbs. He has eaten his way to a whopping 22 lbs (I'm guesstimating), and without any teeth yet, he's had to gum it all! He's crawling, pulling up and standing but only for a second or two. He is all boy. He's throwing and rolling balls, turning wheels, pushing match cars, pounding tables, clapping blocks together, climbing stairs, dancing and won't leave his momma alone for a minute! Most days you'll hear him say Daisy, Mm-Mm, Dada, Ya-Ya-Ya (which my mom is really proud of) and lots of d-d-d-d-d's.

We celebrated Camden's birthday all weekend long. Matt flew into town on Thursday night. He greeted both of the children when they awoke on Friday morning. Then, we headed to the Oldsmar ice rink where PaPa coaches, and Millie and Cam got to get on the ice. Millie's never been in skates before which is probably why she was rather anxious and intimidated by it all. I think she just needs practice. I mean, the girl can twirl on land like it's nobody's business! Camden on the other hand was over the moon by the cool wind and speed as Papa skated him around. We ate lunch at Mel's Hot Dogs- one of Cam's favorite foods.



Saturday was the big birthday so the night before we decorated YaYa and PaPa's play area and kitchen with balloons and banners galore. Camden had a happy day of whatever he wanted. Millie opened all of Cam's gifts throughout the day. Then she would tell him what he got and play with it too. His gifts included a Fisherprice basketball hoop, a play tool bench, a big blue ball, 2 books, 2 movies, lots of trucks and foam dinosaurs. Millie learned quickly that "sharing" was the number one rule today. I ordered his cake from Publix and with that came a free smash cake. Cam knew exactly what to do once his candle went out. Cake went everywhere.


Saturday evening came along and while the grandparents took the kids to the park, Matt and I got a date night to celebrate our 8th wedding anniversary. We went to the mall and got some new clothes . I liked my new jeans so much that I wore them to dinner at Brio's Tuscan Grille. Our gracious server decided that Matt didn't have enough lobster and shrimp on his fettucine so he got it piled on. Our desserts were on the house too!
Camden had another birthday party at my sister Lauren's house on Sunday! With a new football, more trucks, more family and more birthday cake, he/we had a whole lot of fun!


Monday was Labor Day and everyone had the day off. We took it easy by playing in the pool and eating some sweet watermelon. At about 5:30pm, we loaded Matt's luggage in the car and sadly headed back to the airport to send him back to San Antonio.

There is an end in sight to all this training. He will be departing San Antonio and heading to Ft. Benning for Airborne school next week. Because he'll be just a little more than 3 hours away, we plan on seeing him every weekend until mid October when it's all over!