Recap...2013

Hello Friends & Family--

I found this unfinished blog post in my draft folder, so I thought I'd share since it does recap a miniscual part of the last year. 

So I disappeared. I guess life just got the best of me after Cam's 2nd birthday and then the holidays hit and it's all downhill from there. I miss blogging about our little guys so I do have plans to keep up with it in 2014. I don't want to make any promises, but I'll do my best to keep you all up to date on Cam's latest happenings.

Just a quick overview of 8-9 months :)

We spent our summer outdoors! Almost every day we played in the water, chalked, went on walks or played outside in some way. We were able to spend a few days on the boat too. Not as much as we'd like with our busy schedules.

We have a park across the street that we frequent

We tried out lots of parks this summer

He looks so young here :(

Cheese break on the boat

We took a trip to Door County this summer, Cam spent a couple extra days with just his Grandparents and Aunts. I think he enjoyed the boat ride in the harbor! Mom & Dad ventured off to an adults only cabin weekend. It was nice to get away, but we missed our little bugger.

This Fall we took a trip to my home state of Nebraska. We were able to take Cam to the Henry Doorly Zoo. If you've never been, it's a must see while in Nebraska. I can't say enough about the zoo. Our free zoo just doesn't compare in anyway, but hey it's free! Grandma Ninny & Aunt Amy were able to join us, and my oldest friend Kristin & her precious daughter Ruby. We also had a great time seeing some of my family in Grand Island area, there's never enough time to see everyone though.

We spent Thanksgiving at our house, we hosted Grandma Ninny and Aunt Amy for a few days then Chris' family joined us for the turkey celebration. We went to get our tree, as it's beomce a yearly tradition to do after Thanksgiving. We had lots of fun. I am just thankful the weather was cooperative for the most part--you never know!

This year we also hosted Christmas, Grandma & Grandpa Masters, Aunt Alysia & Abby, and Mark (Abby's boyfriend) came to stay with us. We had a fun just hanging out--Wisconsin is not warm in December :) We had a nice Christmas celebration with Chris' family at his Grandparents house too. Connie always out does herself! The holidays can be so hectic so I was happy to just have a low key celebration and keep the important stuff a priority. 

**Addition to the original**

Spring is still yet to come and we are anxiously waiting a warm up so that we can play outside 24-7. We've had a few warm days, followed by frigid weather or sometimes even a bit of snow. My guess is we'll have a super hot summer to make up for it then and we'll be stuck inside from heat advisories--haha. We've the best of it by playing in our NEWLY finished basement, making homemade moon sand and lots of playing! I'll have to do some separate posts on the DIY moon sand and the basement project. 



Thanks for sticking with me! 2 posts in one day after a 1 year hiatus isn't bad!



 Love,

 Chris, Amber & Cameron

Happy 3rd Birthday!

Hello Friends & Family--

It's been almost a year. Wow. I failed BIG time this last year to keep the journey of Cameron going. Overall the last year has been a GREAT one, so I guess I was busy with life :) Can't complain about that. I'll try to do a bit better, but I can't imagine with the warmer weather coming (maybe...) that I'll be consistent. Life just gets in the way and we have a very busy summer coming up :) So here's to my very first post of 2014, hopefully not my last!

The end of April marked Cam's 3rd birthday! I can't believe my little love bug is THREE! We had a family/friend party at the house again. I think next year we'll have to do a smaller family party and a separate one for his friends next year...he's just growing up too fast! Of course this year's theme was Construction, very similar to last year's Modes of Transportation.

His gift from us, a John Deere Gator!

His "Dig Dig" cake, courtesy of HY-VEE

Happy 3rd Birthday, Cam!


I saw this on either pinterest or some blog (sorry I can't give credit to the source). I've wanted to do it, but last year he was a bit too young to answer questions. I look forward to asking him for years to come. I took him out for doughnuts on his actual birthday and while we ate we talked and I was able to ask him all these questions with the only distraction being the yummy doughnut!

THREE YEARS OLD

1. What is your favorite color: BLUE
2. What is your favorite toy: LEGOS
3. Who is/are your best friend(s): TYLER & OLIVIA (brother & sister that are neighbors)
4. What is your favorite show: PAW PATROL
5. What is your favorite food: MAC & CHEESE
6. What is your favorite game: FIRST WAS HILL CLIMB (on the phone), SECOND WAS HUNGRY HIPPPOS.
7. What is your favorite movie: THE LEGO MOVIE
8. What is your favorite thing to do with Mommy: PLAY DIG DIGS
9. What is your favorite thing to do with Daddy: BUILD HOT WHEEL THINGS
10. Where do you want to go on vacation: THE AIRPORT
11. What do you want to be when you grow up: NOTHING (he keeps saying he doesn't want to be bigger).

I loved hearing his answers, some he knew what to say right away and others he thought about for awhile. It was so cute and a great time to bond. Though I knew the answers to most questions it was fun to see his reaction to every question.

Love,

Chris, Amber & Cameron