Warm Beach

Last week Shanny and her kiddos were in town for a visit. So Les & I packed up our kids and headed north. They all had a blast playing on the beach & exploring. The weather wasn't the greatest, but that never stops Cameron from a little swim. He usually starts by just running in the shallow area a bit, and the next thing you know his clothes are soaked and I have to completely undress him, except the boxers of course!

Look at all the kids between the three of us!

Leslie's girls are Maggie, Ava, & Lucy...

Shanny's kids are Emery, Ty, & Piper...

"The girls"
Cam 3 1/2 & Jillian 4 months

Today we took the kids to the train park by our house. Cameron is really into going there now cause they have monkey bars that he is able to reach. He can't go all the way across, but he can sometimes swing to the next one. So as he's standing ready to swing across the bars, he notices a man and a woman walking towards us. The man has a really long beard (down to his stomach) and long hair. Cameron says to me"Mom, is that God?" I say "no honey, God lives in heaven." He continues to stare at them the entire time they are walking towards us. He had several more question about him, and his questions weren't quiet. I'm learning to be quick with my responses to what feel like very loud questions.

Miss Jillian is close to 4 months old. She is full of smiles and giggles. She only cry's when she's hungry, tired or when I put her in her car seat. She doesn't mind being in the seat once she's in the car and we are driving. She love to watch her big brother. She especially loves hanging out side. She's so much fun to have around.

4th of July weekend

This weekend was a fun one...

Cameron climbing at the beach.

He is very into "fireman Sam". In this picture he is pretending to rescue a kitty from a tree. Check out his arm. Can't you tell he's bringing a cat down the ladder? :) He will do this over and over and over again. He's very into repetition.

Sweet little Jillian hanging in her stroller at the beach. Next year will be a different story. So I am enjoying the non mobile child for now.

We headed to Lake Wenatchee for the day on Sunday. I got to catch up with Sandy, while Cameron and Paul headed to the lake to check out the wind.

This little game Sandy always brings out for Cam to play with is called don't wake daddy. He also learned how to play go fish.

Daddy and Jillian coming back from the river.

Here we have our own fireman Sam again. It is a pretty hot day and he's all geared up to fight some fires and rescue more kitty's. This is his pretend fire truck and when he turns the lights on it makes a dinging noise & that my friends is his siren.

This was the first year he stayed up late enough to watch the fireworks. He thought they were pretty cool. We sat on our deck and could see all the fireworks across the water from Silverdale to Kingston. They were pretty good.

This picture I love...Cam's natural sweet smile. The one he gives when he is really impressed by something.

And last but not least...Today we spent the whole day outside. We filled up the pool and played with the hose so long that I'm sure I will see the damage on our water bill. We also filled up balloons and tossed them back and forth, and then tried to throw them into the pool from a few feet away. He thought that was a ton of fun. Cam and I had alot of one and one time together thanks to Miss Jillian sleeping for 3 hrs. in the morning and another brief nap in the late afternoon.

A morning with one of my favorite Leslie's

Today my dear friend Leslie and her girls came over to play and meet Jillian. Cameron enjoys playing with her younger daughter Tia, whom he renamed Tia Tortilla. The kids had a blast playing store and riding bikes outside. As you can see we even had a picnic. Lately Cameron has been very injury pron, but today was a good day. See the helmet on his head??? I pretty much have him keep it on for every activity that we do (outdoors of course).

Kira was very excited to meet baby Jillian and hold her. Leslie told me she even asked her if she could feed her. So of course at her next feeding I asked Kira if she wanted to do it. I totally remember getting so excited to hold, feed, change a diaper or what ever any mom asked me to help her with.

making up for lost time

Little Jillian really is the second child...

Her brother had a ton of posts on this blog when he was born.

So tonight I just decided to pick a few pictures of the last

few months.

Jillian's first week at home.

Cam and Jillian waking up the other morning. Cameron really loves her.

He usually scoots over so she can lay beside him on his pillow. Sometimes she even grabs his hand, he thinks that is really cool.

My little Popsicle boy. He kept telling me take another picture mom.

A few weeks ago I had my dance recital. I had to go down to the garage to find some fish net tights and this is what Cameron found. He wore them most of the day. He kept getting upset that they wouldn't stay on his feet.

Here is Cameron and Jillian for Jillian's first photo shoot. She was 6 weeks here.

After reviewing this post, it appears that Cameron still is dominating this blog. Sorry Sister I will even it up. :)

Jillian Claire

Our little family of four

my favorite nurses Kristi was so sweet to come visit us both days on her lunch break.

"the girls"

After much anticipation little Jillian Claire was born March 16, 2011

She Weighed 7 lbs 6.5 oz & was 19.5 inch long.

I was induced two days prior to my due date so that I could have my doctor deliver her. That morning I waited for the hospital to call me to let me know what time to come in. I received the call and was at the hospital by 8:30 a.m. They started the drugs right away. My nurse took her lunch break, and it was during that time I felt like I could feel Jillian ready to come out. I called for a nurse to come in and told her what I felt. She peeked under the blanket, but did not do anything more then that. Then right after that my doctor came in before she was about to do a C - section. I told her what I was feeling and that the previous nurse didn't really check very hard. So she gloved up and said "yup your baby is right there." "I had a feeling you would go fast." So everything happened super quick after that. Jillian came out just 15 minutes after I started pushing. It was so much easier this time around. Like last time...we once again left the hospital with out a name for our baby girl. Choices were Natalie, Ali, Taylor, I think there was one or two more but I've already forgotten them. Eventually we chose Jillian which was one of the girl names we had on our list when Cameron was born. Claire is in honor of Paul's father. She received her name two days after leaving the hospital. We decided two days faster this time around. :)

She is now 3 1/2 months old...It goes so quickly. She is wonderful and Cameron has adjusted quite well. I think the 3 1/2 year age difference is perfect for me. He loves her and now she smiles and enjoys watching him. I figured this post was beter late then never!

Almost 8 months ago already, Cameron had his first dentist appointment

at his Daddy's office. He did a great job. He of course had the most

fun holding the suction and the "squirt gun" not to mention

the chair ride. For the longest time every time we went up there

he had to go into Bogi's room and ride the chair. He also wanted one of us to

be the patient. He would put gloves, and a mask on, turn the light on and

point it in our mouths. He then let us know what our diagnosis was. If you ask him though what

he's gonna be when he grows up, he will tell ya "a fireman"!