Busy but good

Things are busy here but we're doing well. I have started selling my digital scrapkits and gosh, made some nice money in the last 2 weeks or so (shocked the heck out of me). I don't think it will last but I'm not relying on it as an income but rather some play money so heck, keeping that going! We recently went to a Stake Festival celebrating the Pioneers who settled in San Bernardino so many years ago, not the most fun ever but the kids enjoyed it and I loved watching them have fun. (We were cold the first night and sweating like crazy on Saturday... go figure). Jill harassed me for not blogging lately so here I am. :)

By the way, for those wondering we do want another baby and have started trying to get pregnant. I am not telling you this so you can call me once a month to ask how it's going with that, we all know that my body is finicky and won't always do what it's supposed to. It's in the Lord's hands and we are patient... for now. (laughing). We really have our hands full anyways right?

The kids are good, Alex is doing well in Speech and we're working on enrolling him in Preschool. It scares me to death but I think it's extremely important before he's old enough for Kindergarten so we're trying. Problem is he's not potty trained yet (yes, 4 1/2 and no, it's not my fault although I blame myself a lot). He's just been through a lot, not sure why it's not there but when he does it finally it will be in his time and not from a lack of mommy trying.

Ariana is great too, although she's fighting me on the same issue (not potty trained). She's been really loving and a total bossy girl lately, wants to be the mommy and has started calling Alex her younger brother because he's gotten shorter than her, even though he is in fact older. He gets mad, they both fight over the "biggest sibling" spot. (sigh). They do get along great though, don't get me wrong. She's excited about wanting another baby (not sure where she got that idea) and wants a girl in mommy's tummy right now. Goober.

Camden is walking better every day, today he was practicing like crazy. He still crawls like a Spider monkey though and even can crawl sideways like that. It's the fastest thing I've ever seen, I've really got to post a video of it because it makes me giggle and I know he won't do it much longer.

Ray and I are great too, he's enjoying work this year and staying busy with that and running a club after school. Catherine is living here now and working hard to pay her bills, we're proud of her and the kids are really eating it up that she's here.

Well here are a few photos for you. :)

Here are my kids having an orange juice break... same thing every morning...

Camden my Spider monkey... yes... this is how he really crawls...

School is in... no wait... this is a fake school house

Alex and his cousin Dennis... the only boy cousin they have of the 9 cousins

Ray and Ariana making rag dolls... notice she's not even looking... lol.

**Ooh, I found a really funny video of Camden**

Does my blog size seem off?

Okay no laughing but Camden was on my lap and did something to my blog I swear it... whenever I view it at the address it seems shrunk. Anyone else need glasses to read it? That kid... I swear... off to see if I can do something about it...

*Okay, it's only when I am on my blog editing? Sheesh, this is annoying. lol. Oh well, glad no one else sees it!

Does my blog size seem off?

Okay no laughing but Camden was on my lap and did something to my blog I swear it... whenever I view it at the address it seems shrunk. Anyone else need glasses to read it? That kid... I swear... off to see if I can do something about it...

I'm in the designer spotlight!

Well I am the designer spotlight right now at Scrappin Out loud and thought I'd toot my own horn.

Designer Spotlight

For anyone who didn't know I do make scrapkits for digital scrapbooking. I sometimes offer freebies on my sister website so feel free to check that out too... and no I'm not advertising to my friends here. lol

I'm in the designer spotlight!

Well I am the designer spotlight right now at Scrappin Out loud and thought I'd toot my own horn.

Designer Spotlight

Go check it out... don't be afraid of my photo though. roflol. Not my favorite picture but heck, when do I ever get one of myself without kids? lol.

Camden is 1!

Alright, it's finally official and he's 1 already. Shoot! lol. He had his doctor appointment today... 21 lbs (meaning we are okay that we turned his car seat around) and 32 inches long. The doctor is always laughing at how tall he is... 20% for weight and 95% for height. lol. Sheesh, go figure huh? He got three shots and a finger poke and gosh was he mad. He didn't cry, he *screamed*. He cuddled for maybe a minute and then got so mad at me. He started throwing a tantrum, screamed, and hit me!!! I was shocked and boy was he ticked. The doctor came back in (which he never does) cracking up because Camden was cursing at me in baby talk. Ooh boy. When we left he was totally fine though so now we just watch him.

Last night went well by the way, thank you to my family and the Sandbergs for making his party so wonderful. We had a blast, Camden of course most of all. His cake was blue frosting by the way, not my choice but oh goodness. He was a little smurf when we were done, not interested in the cake nearly as muc as the frosting. Yummy!!! Here are some photos of the birthday boy... we really did have fun and have to get together with Kristi, Eric and their adorable (and well behaved!) kids soon.

Oh and new milestones for Camden. He has 6 teeth now and he's so close to walking! He can stand solo and actually took 3 steps to get me last night (aww, he walked on his birthday!) I am beyond thrilled that he's walking on time and am thrilled to have a "text book" baby. lol. He's talking a bunch, mimicking really well and he even says "thank you" when given something. He says "mama, dada, Ana (Ariana), Al for Alex, thank you (tha- you), "I want down" (seriously he does) and no... He also has learned how to give me kisses... when I ask he puckers up and makes kissy noises. Aww... I love this baby boy...

1 year old already tomorrow!

So this time a year ago I was having labor pains but had been sent home from Loma Linda... they said that I wasn't dialated enough (3cm) and my jog around the local mall didn't do anything so I was sent on the 45 minute drive home. They joked with me though to make sure we had a fast car, this wasn't my first baby and that doctor knew I'd be back. I came home, took a bath, and settled down for the night contracting every few minutes mind you... lol. At midnight tonight I started bleeding badly and by 4:56 am tomorrow morning Camden had arrived. He was so fast they almost didn't get the epidural to me (which I didn't have with Ariana so I knew I could do it, just didn't want to this time). I still can't believe it's a year but then I can... he's grown so much this past year.

So happy 1st birthday to my sweet baby boy who is almost walking. (He's done it, walked by his birthday I might add... has taken a few wobbly steps but I count them!) lol. Yay for our big boy! I'll post photos after his party tomorrow!