4th of July

We had another great 4th of July this year. I think this is the 4th or 5th year in a row we attended my sister and brother in law's block party. There is always a lot of good food, fireworks, and a live band. J and I decided why July 4th is such a great holiday. No work, no worrying about getting presents for anyone, lots of  food, family, and of course fireworks. It doesn't get any better than that. Camo enjoyed being with his cousins. He adores his older cousins and they all play so well together. Camo enjoyed riding his bike and holding the sparklers. TJ enjoyed the swing.

Not a Great Start to the Summer

During the month of June we had a few warm days that we took advantage of to go to the pool. Shortly after Camo broke his wrist. It all started at the beginning of June when Camo was playing on our computer chair that swiveled. He decided to jump off of it and landed on his wrist. He was complaining about it for the next few days, but was still playing on it so I decided not to take him to the doctor. Then about 3 weeks later he was running around in our living room, tripped over some toys, landing right on the same wrist. We heard a snap and clearly you could see a deformity. He didn't belt out crying, but he was definitely in pain and crying softly. He was such a  brave boy. We immediately grabbed TJ out of his crib and and we all went to the emergency room. According to the xrays, his ulna and radius were indeed broken. They gave him some medicine to sedate him, set it and put him in a splint. He was in a splint for a few days before we took him to the orthopedist to have him put in a hard cast. When the orthopedist looked at his x rays, she asked if he had a previous injury. I told her about he computer chair incident. She told me that he had a fracture from the first fall and they would have put him in a cast had I brought him in to have x rays. I felt terrible, until she told me that it happens a lot to kids and they heal just fine without a cast. That's probably why he completely broke through both bones the second time because his wrist was so weak from the first fracture. You live and learn. He only had to have the cast on for 4 weeks, but it felt so long. He couldn't swim which was a bummer considering July was really hot. He also had to wear a plastic bag over it when he took a bath. We all survived and I can happily say that he is now cast free.

A couple funny things he said after he was coming out of the sedation.
"Daddy, why did you have 4 eyes?"
"Mom, that ride was fun at the hospital. It was kind of like a merry go round."

Also the 3 days before he got his cast on we kept asking him what color cast he wanted. He kept saying pink which we were okay with. Then the day of, he told me that he no longer wanted pink because pink was for girls. Ha. I have no idea where that came from.

I will add some more pictures showing the break when I get them from J's phone.

Grand Floral Parade Walk

We have done the Grand Floral Parade walk here in Oregon for the last few years. We have loved it every year! This year Bank of the West was sponsoring it, which is the bank my father-in-law works for. We get to walk in the parade at the beginning and then the parade follows us with various different floats. Camo loves watching the parade. His favorite is the marching bands.

Camping

In May, Camo and J were supposed to go on a father son's camp out. We had been talking about it with Camo the entire week and he was so excited. I was excited to have a quiet evening with TJ. I can't wait for the boys to get older so they both can go and I can get some peace and quiet for a night.   It was so disappointing the day of the camp out because  it was raining so hard. Camo was really sad but perked right up when we told him we would set up our tent in the living room and eat snacks/treats. Camo had a lot of fun!! When we asked him what his favorite part about the night was, he said the food. He must be our kid.

Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival

Back in April we decided to go to the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in Woodburn, Oregon with some friends. Another great thing about living in Oregon is all the tulips you can see in one spot. It was so beautiful. They also have a really cool area for kids to go on rides, go down slides, and ride the cow train. Camo was talking about riding the cow train the entire time. As soon as the train started to go, he was all smiles. He loved it!! He is still talking about it to this day. 

Family Update

It's so hard to keep up with this blogging thing, but I know I will appreciate that I kept up with it someday. Here is an update of our little family.

TJ
He is now 11 months old. I completely missed blogging about his 10th month. He is such a happy baby for the most part, but don't look at him the wrong way or he will completely change.  I never know what kind of mood he is going to be in. He is weighing in at roughly 21 pounds. He is cruising along couches and will now stand by himself for about 10 to 20 seconds. I think he is still a bit nervous to take any steps. Another funny thing about TJ is he loves putting things over his head like clothes, blankets, diapers(clean of course), etc. However, he doesn't like when we put hats on him. He is very ticklish. We have tried to take him swimming a few times this summer, but he doesn't like the water like Camo does. I think it's because they keep our swimming pool a bit too cold. He is finally sleeping well through the night, but sometimes he wakes up early. He still takes a morning nap and afternoon. He has completely stopped nursing which is a bit sad for me. I wanted to go until his birthday. I did start him on whole milk out of a sippy. He still eats baby food 3 times a day and will go through about 7-8 jars. I can tell he wants our food though because he gets very upset if we don't give him what we are eating. He is starting to say a few words like daddy, mama and uh oh.  He still absolutely loves his brother.

Camo
He is 3 1/2 years old. He is still the sweetest little boy. I was just thinking the other day that he is getting so much easier. He still has a few tantrums every once in a while, but for the most part he handles things pretty well. He is super funny. Here are some things he has said lately. It's so shocking that at 3 years old he is so observant.

Camo to Megan(Owner of Training Day PDX)- Did you paint or something in here?
Megan- Why yes I did!
Camo- It looks really nice.

Camo to Megan- Megan, your looking kind of funny today. (She just recently dyed her hair.)

Camo to Andrea(my friend) It smells like ingredients in here. (He said this when we walked into her house. She had done a lot of cooking the previous night.)

Camo to mommy- Mom, don't drop your phone or the battery will fall out and your phone will die just like Jesus died.

This kid is super smart and impresses me every day. He is starting to call me out on things when I am wrong. Sometimes I think he is smarter than I am. He is really into Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Jake and the Neverland Pirates, Handy Manny, and Bubble Guppies, Kipper, and Caillou. He is really into motorcycles and big trucks. He loves to ride his bike.  He loves music and  we are told that he is the loudest singer in nursery. We love his sweet, mellow personality.

T
I am still just trying to keep up with the motherhood thing. Sometimes it feels like I can never get caught up on anything. I am really into cooking lately and I love to try new recipes. I am still personal training at the studio a couple nights a week.

J
He is still working at Back to Health Clinic as a chiropractor and loving his job. He has been playing basketball one night a week and really enjoys that. He is now involved in a softball league a couple nights a week throughout the summer time.

Leprechaun Lope

While I was in Utah I decided to run a 10k with my friends Valerie and Sabrina who used to be my running buddies in Portland. Our original plan was to run a half marathon, but Valerie had a baby 3 months prior to the race and I just wasn't feeling up to a half marathon yet. I am so glad I decided to just do the 10k. I remember all my long training runs while training for The Suavie Island Half and I don't miss them at all. Don't get me wrong, I will probably train for another half in the future, but now isn't the time. I didn't really have a goal time for this race because I have never done a 10k before so I wasn't sure how fast I could run it. I also wasn't sure how the altitude would affect me. When we got to the race start we had no idea what the course would be like. We just prayed that it wasn't uphill. Well our prayers were not answered because the first 3 miles were completely uphill into the canyon. I remember just getting colder and colder the higher up the canyon I got. My lungs were burning within the first 2 miles of this run and I blame the altitude for that.The only thing that got me through the first 3 miles was knowing that as soon as I got halfway I would be going back downhill the rest of the race. I think I averaged about 9 minute miles on the way up and 7 minute miles on the way down. I was the first female to finish in my age group 25-29 and I was the 4th female overall to finish. I think my time was around 51 minutes.