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."

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 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.

My Grand Idea

So I thought....that Cami and potty training would be a breeze.... She never wanted a paci, gave the bottle up with no fuss, even transitioned from her crib to her bed with no hoopla.....So, when her second birthday came around and Gma wanted to know what she could use I thought a potty seat would be perfect!

She got a potty seat fit for a princess...literally..it is pink, it has jewels, it plays ceremonial princess music if you pee.... On her birthday we opened the box and sat her down on her princess seat and she promptly peed... YAY! Success.

Ha! She then promptly declared I don't like it, I want my diaper. Since then I have tried everything I can think of. One conversation went like this:

Mommy: "You're a big girl, big girls go pee in the potty."

Cami: "I not a big girl, I little girl."

Mommy: "Would you like pretty panties? If you use the potty you can wear pretty panties."

Cami: "I like pretty panties, I will wear them over my diaper, I LOVE my diaper."

Mommy: "Cami, you are almost all out of diapers and they are getting too small for you."

Cami: "You can go to the store and buy me new diapers."

I took her to "Babies R Us" and let her pick out the potty she wanted and a "potty watch" that sings a pretty song to her every twenty minutes to remind her to go. This lasted two hours and then she brought me the watch and said " I don't like it, it is noisy, take it away!"

I have also tried letting her be naked, wet, even dirty, and she stands her ground. If she is naked she pees EVERYWHERE!!!! or she holds it. Once, while wearing underwear she waited for FOUR hours and two minutes after the diaper was on she was soaked. If she is wet she takes the panties or diaper off and tells me to change her and well if she is dirty you can use your imagination.

Obviously this is a control thing. Which fits her perfectly.

Then I thought I struck gold. I would her BRIBE her. The day after Christmas we went on Disney's website and looked at all the goodies. They have a Repunzel toddler doll that Cam went crazy for. I told her if she started going pee in the potty Daddy and I would get her the doll. She quickly agreed that she would.... I ordered It and every day I would tell her your doll is almost her are you ready to go on the potty? "Oh no, not yet" she would reply.

Finally, the doll got here and I made a big deal about it...She was so excited she LOVED it..."Oh, Mommy I LOVE her, open her up!" "Well, Cam you need to go on the potty first." To this she said "I don't want to" and not one to back down put the doll (still in the box) in the bathroom.

The next day when her Daddy came home she met him at the door. "Daddy, come see my doll! Isn't she beautiful...you open her for me?" To which Daddy said. " Sure, if you go potty first." I wasn't in the bathroom...but I was told he got one of Cami's famous scowls and she stomped out of the bathroom. The doll is still sitting in our bathroom in the box...

My arms are little....

An overheard conversation from the other day:

Cami: "Daddy get my blankie" (She is sitting on the couch and the blanket is on the floor next to the couch.)

Jon: "Cami, Daddy just sat down." (He is sitting across the room.)

Cami: "Please Daddy, my arms are short." She begins to wildly waves her arms toward the blanket showing that she couldn't possibly reach it.

Jon: Laughing so hard he starts to choke.

I swoop in and grab her blanket off the floor for her, fearing that she would fall off the couch from waiving her arms around so wildly.

The Crazy Guy!!!

Okay, I have told this story half a dozen times and it dawned on me that I might want to write it down so that one day I remember to tell Camryn. Cam is incredibly verbal, smart, and well I always say a fourteen year old trapped in that tiny two year old body.

This last Friday on the way to school we ended up behind a black van. It was a big one, like the SWAT or CIA would use and I was surprised when it turned into the school parking lot. He then went to park in front of the school, but changed his mind and decided to make a left into the parking lot. I had to brake because he turned in front of me and I blurted out "That guy is crazy!" From the back seat I hear Cami saying "Crazy Guy, Crazy Guy!" I ignore her hoping she will stop and she does......until I park and go to get her out of the car and she sees the guy again and from inside the car starts pointing and shouting "Crazy Guy, Crazy Guy!" Luckily she was still in the car and he didn't see or hear her! I am glad I didn't blurt out something else!