If my heart could burst it would have

This weekend we went to my sister's house on the lake to celebrate the 4th of July. It was a fun time filled with family and friends. I have a lot of memories from this weekend, but one is a treasure. It is one of those snapshot memories that gets seared on your heart.  

After a day of fun in the sun my sister took us over to her friends house to watch the firework show because her friends house is close to the firework display barge. Everyone there was so welcoming and warm and our kids fit right in with the multitude that was already running around. Aiden got right in with the group of kids on the wii.  Soon it was time to go outside for the firework show.

 Fireworks are not Aiden's thing and after trying to stay outside it became clear that he and I would need to come inside. Once  back inside he calmed down he went back to playing the wii.

 Next to the wii the stroller was set up where Riley was resting....(Riley is seven and has Trisomy 13...She is about the size of a three year old and has very limited function.) She started to stir while Aiden was playing the wii and without missing a beat he put the controller down and went to her to comfort her.(I was sitting on the couch and was just observing the scene. Everyone else was still outside watching fireworks. Nothing makes my son willingly stop playing video games. )

 He gently stroked her feet and started talking to her and then stroked her hair and leaned in close to her and took her face in his hands and kissed her on the the top of her head.  She settled down and he went back to playing the wii . 

The whole event took about a minute. I don't post much on my blog, but I didn't want to forget this.

Whoa.....where did that year go.....

That was fast.... So LOTS has happened in a year so I guess there would not be a point in trying to shove it all in here.... The biggest thing for me would be the addition of Haddie, our Red Lab..... I am passionate about my little ark of animals...and my Haddie girl is something special....Next we MOVED. Holy Heck that was crazy...It started with a picture of a bath tub and now I type this from a home that I KNOW was predestined for me and my family. I still love being a mom. Somedays I feel like super mom and then other days I bumble through...I am completely crazy over my husband and sometimes driven crazy by him...but I have no doubt I am not only loved but cherished so who cares about the rest.... And lastly a post would not be complete without our daily Cami~ism. "Mama, I am going to play with my toys...well only two of my toys because thats all the hands that I have."

He got me...

So I always go on and on about how sweet my boy is....My never does a thing wrong....my would never, ever try to get something past me.....my.....Um...I think I caught a little glimpse of a different side of my son the other night.

It was time to take a bath and his response was he didn't want to. My counter was that I had not asked him I told him, it was not a request and he did not have a choice. I walked him into the bathroom and I started running the water while he pulled his clothes off. Then he spied Cami's bubble bath on the back of the toilet and said "I want to put this in the bath." Most people know this, but for the few that don't, my son HATES bubble baths...They are in fact a sort of torture for him. So, I stand there for a couple seconds, eyeing my sweet boy looking up at me clutching the bubble bath bottle to his little chest. He is looking at me so earnestly with those gorgeous blue eyes. (Those eyes have been known to get more than one person to do his bidding.) I think, what the heck he wants to try something new, and let him pour some bubble bath into the tub. Almost immediately the tub begins to fill with bubbles. The conversation then went like this:

Me: "Okay, it is time to get in."

Aiden: "Oh I don't like bubbles, I can't take a bath with bubbles."

Me: "You just asked to put the bubble bath in to make bubbles."

Aiden: "Cami can take a bath."

I had been bamboozled! He clearly did not want to take a bath and by making it bubbly he thought he would not have to. Mommy would never put him in a bath of bubbles, she knows how much he can't stand it.

Not to be outdone I ceremoniously scooped him up and plopped him in the bath. He screeched "No!" I laughed and scooped him back out (I am not that mean, he really does HATE bubbles. ) I wrapped him up and sat him on the toilet and said "Now we are going to take a bath?" "Yes, Mommy, I need to get the bubbles off." I stopped the water, drained the tub and then refilled it. Aiden took a very long bath.....

Things you can't not write down.

You know she is always doin' something so here's the latest tidbits:

A couple of days ago Cam asked Daddy if she could go outside. To which he responded "Oh, you don't want to go outside it is wet and muddy and cold." However, he did not say "No, you may not go outside." This is an error that we have both learned from.

Camryn and Aiden wanted to watch a movie in our Master Bedroom so I put one on for them. A few minutes later Aiden is yelling from the bedroom "Mom!" Aiden does this a lot so to me and Jon it was not cause for alarm and he stopped so we both figured he found whatever he was looking for....about ten minutes after that Camryn comes into the living room...all muddy....she wanted us to clean her off. She apparently felt that even though it was wet, cold, & muddy that she really did want to go outside... and let herself out the slider in our master bedroom.

Our friend had her baby boy and posted newborn pictures of him on facebook. I showed the pictures to Cami and she said she wanted to "brother him" I laughed and asked "Do you mean you want to borrow him?" "No" she responded "I want to brother him. I have a big brother, he a lil' brother." Up until this point Cami has always insisted that she is the baby which I remind her of...and in her infinite wisdom responds..." I'm Cami, I a little girl, he is a boy." Apparently, being the baby isn't as important to her as being the ONLY girl.

And lastly I must inform everyone that Bieber fever has hit our home. Funny thing is that it isn't really Justin Bieber...it is an actor from the cast of Glee singing "Baby" that has got our little girl in a tailspin. I do not even want to admit how many times we have had to watch that clip of the show. (She is not allowed to watch the whole show, she is to smart for her own good and not enough goes over her head.) Today for a change of pace I put on just the music. (Of course we have the song downloaded from itunes.) A couple minutes later I walk back into the room to see my little girl with her head down on the table sobbing. I ask what hashappened. She lifts her head up and looks at me with puffy eyes and tear streaked cheeks. " I just really want just Bieber." The "Baby" song had ended and the next song had started. So I had to click only that song so it would play over and over and over.......and she was happy.

I shouldn't have said a thing

So of course the moment I said it out loud that Aiden hasn't been sick in awhile we were hit by the plague!!! God bless Aiden. He got an ear infection, sinus infection, throat infection, and a bacterial skin infection called impetigo!!! He was done for almost a week and then I think I wore my self out cleaning the whole house that then I got a headache that lasted three days and I started freakin' out that I was getting sick... whew....we are all better now and ready to get back into the swing of things.

While all this was going on Cam got a really stuffy nose and that was it. Yay for Camryn...

keeping up

Ok..time goes super fast (As we all know.) My husband mentioned I hadn't posted in a awhile....He isn't even a follower he just "drops by." I figured though that I better keep up with it, or I will forget stuff.

Cam has been being Cam. She says and does funny things all the time. Riding in the car the other day she saw a person dressed as the Statue of Liberty and she blurts out " Look it is the Statue of Liberty." I think my niece told her what it was, but still impressive. Just today a song came on and she said "Oh, it's Sugarland!" Thats me and my girl "Stuck Like Glue." When I run around the house trying to get us out of the house she will tell me "Mom, relax...jus' relax." Or when it is time for bed she will ask "Is everything alright Mom, are you happy?" "Everything's okay, right Mom?" It is in these moments that I see what a sponge she is and that she is WATCHING every move I make...No pressure.

My Aiden is doing well, I dare to write that he has been a happy, healthy guy. Really though, Aiden is ALWAYS happy and ....He is such a tender heart...

This morning I could tell he really needed a break from Cam and he told her "Cam, you stay here." (He was only going to his room from her room.) to which she responded "Aiden, I want to stay with you, PLEASE!" (Did I mention he was only going to his room.) to which he replied: "Oh, alright, come with me." Such a simple conversation, it maybe lasted five seconds, but it was so Aiden. He wanted some quiet, but she wanted to be right there with him and as usual she got what she wanted. When they were much younger, we had to teach Aiden that he didn't have to give her everything...it was okay to tell her no. Even Aiden is under her spell....

I need a bigger bowl

Tonight Cami wanted to watch a movie and have popcorn for dinner. Aiden had fallen asleep early and as a good friend pointed out it wasn't like she asked for a box of See's Candy. So, I made her popcorn and put it in a small bowl. She looked at me and said "I want a bigger bowl" to which I replied "Eat that first and then I will give you more." Then Camryn thought for a second and responded very seriously "Mom, I am gonna watch a movie and I need a bigger bowl so I can have more popcorn for the movie." I gave in and she got a bigger bowl, because after all who likes getting up in the middle of their movie for more popcorn.