Perfect

Yes, there is no doubt about it she is the perfect little girl. I know all mama's say that about there kids, and they should. Some say that toddlers are a handful, but I love this age. You really start to see their personality coming out and they are so sweet and polite. I just love my little Cami, she is just a doll. I have always said that I can never get a good picture of her, well finally here it is. This is the sweet face that I get to look at everyday.

She loves being a helper right now and she did a great job helping to decorate the tree.

I have realized that I have been MIA in the blog world for over 2 months so I am trying to get back on the bandwagon. It is always just crazy around here. I do have some news to share, and no I am not pregnant. On December 28th I will be having a hip replacement done on my right hip. This stems from my hip dislocating when I was 13. I have been living with ALOT of pain over the past few years due to severe arthritis, bone on bone, and bone spurs in my hip. I went in for another opinion and was told that my hip was starting to shift out of socket, again. So I decided that I needed to suck it up and have it done. It will be a rocky road for several weeks, but the alternative I am living is not any better. I cant even take walks right now without being in severe pain, so exercise has been out of the question for sometime and that is starting to show its affects as well. So right now I am focusing on my goal of being able to walk for exercise again and just being pain free on a daily basis. So keep Timmy in your prayers as we go on our "experience" at the end of the month, he will be taking on several different roles all at once. I wont even be able to bend over for a few weeks, darn I can't clean house, ha!

Thanksgiving 2011

We'll another Thanksgiving has come and gone, and it was a great one in our neck of the woods. We had a long day, but a very fun day. We started by heading down to Okmulgee early Thanksgiving morning so we could help my wonderful grandma cook Thanksgiving lunch. I have to admit I am terrible at getting family pics, Tim and Bailey only wanted to do funny pictures so this is the best of what I got. Bailey has discovered her hidden talent of crossing her eyes, I'm so proad, ha!

Campbell had a good time checking out everything in the garage, her favorite item was the riding lawn mower.

Me and my girl.

My grandma Pat got Campbell these boots for her birthday and she is obsessed with them. They are a bit big and it is kind of hard for her to walk in them, but that does not stop her one bit. She calls the, "my boots."

Hard to believe she will be 7 years old in a very short month.

After an afternoon in Okmulgee we headed to Bristow for Thanksgiving dinner. Grandma Melton has ponies the kids can ride, ponies on a stick that is. Cami had a good time galloping around the house.

After dinner we sat around the table so the kids could tell us all the things they want for Christmas. You might as well put a circle around the Toys R Us catalogue because they want everything in it, ha!

Bailey and Preston, cousins.

Campbell and Grandma Melton.

Such a pretty girl, I am so thankful for her!

Happy Birthday Ramsey!

We spent a gorgeous Sunday afternoon with our neighbors and good friends, the Hurt family. Their daughter Ramsey turned 2 years old. She and Campbell are only five short days apart and they are super BFF's. Over the past few months Campbell has really come to realize her friends across the street and is always asking to go play with "Amsey" and "Addison". So we had so much fun today at their Sesame Street party, it was a huge hit with the kiddos. Mama Megan is super crafty and they made so many cute things for the party, including the cupcakes and toppers.

Campbell was loving her cupcake.

Bailey enjoyed pulling the birthday girl around the yard in her chariot.

We are definitely going to have to get with it and invest in a swing set. Ramsey has a super awesome one and Campbell had such a blast playing on it, she especially loved to swing. So if anyone is wondering what to get Cami for her birthday a swing set would be the perfect gift. ;)

As I said Megan is super crafty. She and her husband cut out this super cute Elmo and painted it. I tried to get Campbell to stand next to it to take her picture, but all she did was stand and look at it. I don't think she knew what to make of it.

Well of course Miss Bailey had a blast at the party. She loves a good party or any excuse to eat cake, wonder where she gets that from?

And once again her is the famous Elmo. I am quite curious to know what Miss Megan will be doing with this Elmo now that the party is over?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAMSEY!

Labor Day & Princess

Well we didn't do much on Labor Day this year. We went outside for awhile and then did somethings around the house, a pretty boring day basically. Campbell has discovered something new, princesses. She loves princesses of any kind. She has a Disney princesses doll that is the size of her that she carries around the house and dances with.

She loves to twirl around and around with it and it is so sweet. She loves to watch the movie Tangled and I think that is where it all began. We had planned on a Mickey Mouse party but we may have to re-think the whole thing.

Basically from now on when you see pictures of Campbell she will look like cousin It. She has started this other new thing where she wants nothing in her hair. She walks around with hair covering her face and it drives me crazy. I hope to somehow fix this soon.

Many of you may not know that we had a new addition to our family a few months ago, his name is Charlie. He is now 7 months old and driving me completely INSANE! He chews, digs, whines and jumps. I know that he is a puppy and I am hoping that I can make it thru this phase without killing him. Shelby on the other hand is madly in love with him and has a nervous break down if he leaves the yard for any reason. We got Charlie to help Shelby shed some pounds and regain her confidence, which she has done both. I snapped this picture of him today to remind myself that he is so cute and I just need to wait it out, so far its not working,ha!

Happy Birthday Tim

Mr. Melton turned 38, yes you heard me right 38, on August 29, 2011. We had a little cookout/get-together in Timmy's honor.
Doesn't he look so cut blowing out his birthday candles. I thought only two were necessary so that we wouldn't melt the cake.

The Birthday Boy

Tim's sister came over with her 2 boys and we tried very hard to get a good shot of all of the kids. Which would have been perfect if my Campbell wasn't being her usual self and running from the camera. The picture below is a perfect example of how my pictures usually turn out.

This is Noah, he is Tim's sisters boy, he is just to cute for words. Tim couldn't help himself, he had to break out the hair gel and give him a Mohawk, can you see how desperate he is to have a son of his own!

We tried again to get Campbell in a shot somehow but once again she is trying very hard to get away from the camera, no modeling in our future here!

Bedtime

Here are some pic's of the girls getting ready for bed the other night.

Campbell decided that she was going to put on as many clothes on that she could. At this point I think there were about 5 things around her neck.

I tried to get some shots of them together, but as usual that never happens, lol!!

Nighty night all!

Miss Campbell Avery

I wanted to give a little update on Campbell. Since I have started working I have fallen off the blogger bandwagon. I do keep up with the girls thru scrapbooks and journals. I am one of those people who likes to have a tangible item in their hands and I want to have something that I know my girls will have 20 years from now. We have a great time pulling out our scrapbooks and looking at pictures and pages of all that we have done. So please know that I am documenting their lives in many ways.

We took these pictures of Cami on Baileys first day of first grade. This is in front of our sitters house, Miss Whitney, who Campbell loves. She will be 2 years old in only 28 short days and I plan to give a full update at that time. She is running, laughing, and talking up a storm these days. She has discovered how to dance and twirl and it is the cutest thing ever.

She loves giving hugs and kisses. She will come up to you out of nowhere and say, "I give you hug mama!" My heart just about melts. She wraps those little arms around my neck and it takes my breath away. She loves to watch the movie Tangled, that is her very latest thing. I don't know what it is about that movie but she will sit and watch the whole thing. She is just so fun to be around, Tim calls her his stress relief. She is such a laid back little girl who doesn't have a care in the world, she is truly amazing!

Our beautiful girl!

First Day of 1st Grade

Yes, it finally happened, Bailey has started the first grade. I honestly just cannot wrap my brain around it, it doesn't seem real. Here she is in all her blondie beauty, that's what her daddy calls her. She was so excited for the first day of school. She has a new doggy backpack and lunchbox. Bailey has decided that she needs to take her lunch this year because the school food is just "slop."

We decided for a dress ensemble for the first day and I think it was a great choice, she looks so grown up.

Her teacher this year is Mrs. Caussey and she has been a teacher in Broken Arrow for 20 years and I think she is really great. She will teach the kids all the normal reading and math, but she is also very big on manners and compassion for others. I like that she focuses on who the child is as a person and not just what they learn academically.

On our way to school, even Campbell is excited!

Miss Caussey asked the kids to each bring a bear for the first few days of school, an idea that Bailey loved. I think it gave them some comfort in there new environment.

Family picture time!

I hope that you have an amazing year in first grade Bailey. You amaze me with all the things that you know and learn on a daily basis. I love that you are such a smart girl with an awesome heart, I love you!