Happy Halloween - Never Roam Alone!

Travelocity Gnome. Never roam Alone!

Camden loves books, he had our friend Abby read Peter's busy day to him!

Handing out candy

Ready to go trick or treating!

Here are a few pics from the past few weeks. Trey and I went our to Cedar hill Farms in Hernando, MS a few weekends ago and had a blast! They have a real pumpkin patch, hayride, petting zoo and lots of other things for little ones to get into. Camden had a great time. He even made a new friend (a girl) on the hayride and went over to her grandad and just climbed up in his lap! The man was very sweet and let him ride there for a minute, we all got a kick out of it. Last week mom and I went with Cam and Walker's daycare class to the zoo for a field trip. The weather couldn't have been better it was a sunny break from the downpours we had the rest of the week. We had so much fun admiring the fall trees and the new exhibits at the zoo. The Tetkon Trail was amazing! It is a huge log cabin that has an "old faithful" out front and features a huge bear's exhibit as well as elk, wolves, and other northern animals. The boys, mom and I had too much fun I was so glad I didn't work that night and got to enjoy the whole day with them. Last weekend was Halloween of course and Camden went as the Travelocity Gnome. We had come up the idea months ago and I was just going to make the costume, but then we actually found it in a store and he really wore it all night so we were excited!  We went to Jo Jo & Grandad's house and had hotdogs, then went Trick or Treating down our street and they handed out candy to all the neighbors (camden's favorite part) and then had a cookout with some friends. We are looking forward to some traveling soon, Oxford next weekend for the Ole Miss TN game, Dallas after Thanksgiving for the Texas Tech game and then of course our annual Texas trip to see all the great grandparents. Camden is getting more and more advanced. He now knows all of his body parts and is recognizing more things and calling them by name like "cat", "plane" (points up to the sky every time one flys over), and even said "TT" tonight when my sister came over (she is known as aunt "TT). We are having a blast watching him learn and grow!!

Cousins on their field trip

Loving the fall trees at the zoo!!

Made a new friend on the hayride! Ha!

Cam's first hayride!

Before Church

What we've been doing lately...

It's been a while since I've posted mostly because school is alot more time consuming than I thought it would be!! Camden is grown into a full fledged toddler. He is now 16 months old and every bit a boy. He loves his new daycare and now Walker goes there too which is nice and the boys have a blast playing together. They have lots of activities - Fire Safety Day (with real firemen & firetrucks!), a St. Jude Trike a thon (cam rode his push car and raised $75 for St. Jude!), and we have a field trip in 2 weeks to the zoo (I'll be going too). Trey's work had the Anheuser-Busch Clydesdales in town 2 weeks ago and it was a blast! Trey took Camden and Walker to the rodeo and saw the Clydesdales show then on Sunday we went to meet them up close and personal. Camden loved it! We also went to pick out pumpkins. Last weekend was the Ole Miss Alabama game and we braved the rainy cold weather to take Camden to his first tailgate. James & Joan had rented 2 RV's and had a big tailgate setup and we went and saw other friends in the Grove. I had alot of family in town from Alabama and we had a great time visiting with them too. Then this weekend Mom, Walker, Cam & I went to the Litcherman Nature Center to see the scarecrow exhibit it was so cool! There were some hilarious scarecrows. Both boys had fun. Lately we have been getting involved in church more. We joined a young married sunday school class which has some great couples our age and we really love hanging out with them. We had a couple's dinner tonight at the Ruff's house which was nice. Camden's new words are : Hot (he thinks anything that is warm, cold or hot is "Hot", he says "Bye" and somehow has learned "My" (he means it as "Mine" I think this comes from daycare :( and is constantly babbling. He knows where his bellybutton is, ear, and nose and will point to it when asked. He likes to climb -alot, on everything. He is in 18-24 mths clothes. He likes to pretend to talk on the phone. He's been going through a sleeping transition, some nights he will go to bed at 8:45 some we can't get him to sleep at all or he will wake up screaming at 2 am. I think he is teething and he no longer has the passie which I will still give him at night since he has started waking up crying. It's been a rough couple weeks especially on Trey since it always happens the nights I'm at work and they are there alone. Please pray this is a phase!! We are staying busy and have alot of traveling coming up!Here are some pictures from the last few weeks.

Decisions, decisions....

Going to class with "Mrs. Kittie scarecrow"!!

                  

Tin Man scarecrow

You can't have a contest without an Elvis scarecrow!

This one was made of recycled trash

Cece and Camden

Meeting the clydesdales, they were HUGE!

The professional tailgaters

Uncle Trey/Daddy at the rodeo

Visiting the Dukes in Florida

Last Thursday we made a long awaited trip to visit our great friends the Dukes. Brooke and I were sorority sisters at MSU and have been best friends ever since. She and her husband Anthony have been good friends of ours for years and we have all been through college, weddings, showers, lake trips, children, etc together over the past 10 years! So we have been dying to make it down to Florida ever since they were transferred there and once they welcomed their newest addition CeCe Duke in July we knew we must go. We did a ton during the few days we were there. We made it to the beach (Cam's first time), great restaurants, a naval museum, shopping at the outlet mall in Foley, AL and just chilling with the family at their house. Camden loved the beach and got pretty brave running into the waves, we had to keep a close eye on him. He also had a blast playing with Anthony and Brooke's 3 year old Bryce. Camden learned alot from him and had a ball trying to immulate him. They had great toys and he had too much fun playing with them all. They took us to some cool restaurants one of which, Lulu's (owned by Jimmy Buffet's sister) that had a life size sand box and fun waterfountains. Cam and Bryce got filthy and had alot of fun playing while we enjoyed a yummy lunch. CeCe was the sweetest, most mellow baby I've ever seen. We loved looking at her and holding her. All in all we had so much fun that we totally forgot to take any pics of Brooke, Anthony, Trey & I! But I did manage to snap quite a few of the kids! We had a great time and the hospitality was perfect. Thanks again Dukes!!

Absolutely loving the waves

Exploring the beach with dad
Can't believe he let us do this...
Playing in the ocean with mom

Lulu's Restaurant, playing in the fountains
Pretty girl.
Hi CeCe!!With Daddy in a real fighter jet
At the naval museum, these real sailors were sweet enough to let Camden take a shot with them! It was so cool!

Eating breakfast together
Playing with Reagan. She was so tolerant of Camden, he loved climbing all over her;)
The boys playing w/ Bryce's water table we added baby shampoo to the water. Cam loved it!

15 months old, children's museum and 1st day of school

First day of school (well daycare) w/ his new backpack doesn't he looked thrilled??

So this has been a busy month! I started back to school and it has been quite an adjustment! I'm taking 2 classes, but it feels more like a full load with working full time and being a wife and mom! Camden started to his new daycare and is loving it. His teachers send home report cards everyday and he always gets a smiley face and his moods are usually "silly" "happy" or "playful" and he is napping great on his new nap pad which I was worried about since he always sleeps in his bed. They have chapel daily where they learn christian songs and Bible verses which I am so glad about! His teachers say he acts like he has been here all along. Walker my nephew started this week and so it is a nice addition to have his cousin in his class to play with. We have been busy with going to weddings, tailgates, the children's museum and little local carnivals. We ar looking forward to going to Florida this week to visit our friends Anthony & Brooke and their newest addition CeCe :) We want to wish a special Happy Grandparents day to all of Camden's grand parents and great grandparents! It is bitter sweet since this is my first Grandparent's day in which I have no one to call. But I know in my heart they are all in heaven having the best Grandparents day imaginable! I do love and miss them (Ma, Pa, Granny & Grandaddy) though.

At the children's museum. Learning how to drive.

Cowboy or construction worker...decisions, decisions...


With Daddy at the Children's museum in the big red firetruck



Again at the museum, his first and last time in the back of a cop car! HA!!

My future pilot
Learning the importance of teeth cleaning.
In the mini grocery store, always my favorite exhibit! Camden's too as you can see.


With Dad on the big carnival slide near our house

such a big boy he rode this one all by himself!! He did great, we were scared to death!

New favorite hobby, trying on all of my shoes. his favorite- heels!
And you can't forget the boots!

At my friend from college Erin's wedding

At our tailgate for the Memphis vs. Ole Miss game. Too fun!