Mother's Day '09

Mother's Day this year was so nice. After getting lots of hugs and kisses from my boys I opened my special gift from Chase that he picked out for me: a Little Mermaid watch, ice pack and raft. Yea! What a great gift. Apparently he wanted to get me all Spiderman stuff, but Doug steared him in the more feminine direction. I wore my new watch to church and showed it off. There's nothing like a cheap digital watch to make your wrist all sweaty and itchy. My number one man, Doug, got me a spa gift certificate, now I just need to carve out a few hours for myself, can't wait! After church we went to my aunt and uncle's house way out in the middle of nowhere. We love being there because it's so secluded and relaxing. They have a pond on their property and Chase brought the fishing pole that my Aunt Julie and Uncle John got him for his first birthday. Chase was very excited to take his tackle box and pole out to the pond. He truly takes after me, though, and refused to touch the worms, or the fish when he (and my cousin James) caught one. I was hanging out in the kitchen when the boys were out fishing and when my uncle came back in I asked him how Chase did. His response: he's not my son, that's for sure! Haha! It's true - Chase has a very gentle soul and absolutely hates to be dirty. He's probably the cleanes three year old boy you'll ever meet.

In other exciting news, Cameron took his first steps on May 1st and took seven consecutive steps on the 14th. We're hoping he will walk more consistently before we go on vacation to visit my dad and Emma in Vegas mid June. He is a super crawler, quite the fast little guy. He is talking and saying lots of animal noises. He loves to give kisses and hugs and pretending to talk on the phone. Cam, so far, is a naturally funny guy and has the ability to make people crack up. He's also quite the eater. I call him the hungriest baby in the world and have given him a (hopefully temporary) nickname of Piggy. As you all can see from the pictures, I still haven't cut his hair. His curls are just too cute and sweet. There's rarely a day that goes by when someone doesn't call him a girl, or say "she's so cute." I suppose the day will come when I eventually cut it, but I'm putting it off for now. Enjoy these pictures from Mother's Day.