Happy 11 Months, Camden

Happy 11 Month Birthday

August 15, 2013

YOU STARTED WALKING!!!! Actually, you started walking on your 11 month birthday exactly.  Yay.  Go Camden! You are growing up!  These milestones make me happy and sad all at the same time. 

This month was fun.  It has been a hot summer, but we have managed to stay cool and do some really fun things.  We went back to Lake Compounce.  This time, we went with Grandma, Poppy, Vavo, and Vovo.  We did the water park this time too and we all had a great time.  And you went on the Carousel.  You threw a little fit when it was time to get off though.  You loved that ride.

We went to a couple parties and picnics too and you were happy and sweet.  Cousin Jordan had a graduation party that we got to a little late because you were napping.  You wanted to walk holding hands back and forth on the grass.  We went to our neighbor Liam’s first birthday party and you had a good time eating the pizza and black beans.  We went to our friend’s going away picnic and you had a great time letting some other family members hold you and play with you. 

We went away on our first vacation with you.  We drove down to Sesame Place in Pennsylvania the beginning of August.  We left really early in the morning (5am) and you and your brother were sleeping.  You slept until we were almost to the hotel.  It only took us 2 and a half hours to get there.  We went to the hotel and saw Auntie Kim, Uncle Jeff, and your cousins.  They had slept at the hotel the night before.  We went to the park when it opened (it was right across the street so we just had to walk there).  We had a great time.  You played in the sand and in the little splash pad.  I carried you around in the Boba carrier for a while.  You slept in the stroller.  You were happy and relaxed.  We watched a couple of the shows and YOU WERE SO EXCITED.  You love Elmo, Cookie Monster, and the other characters.  You were so happy.  The next day, we had a character breakfast.  You went NUTS with excitement when you saw Zoe.  You LOVED LOVED LOVED her.  You looked like a bird trying to flap its wings to fly away.  It was so cute.  You sat on Elmo’s lap and took a picture and it was so cute.  You got angry and started yelling and trying to push off me when I took you back from Elmo. 

We stayed at the hotel for two nights.  When we got up the last morning, we didn’t rush to get to the Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia.  We got there before lunchtime and had a great day.  There were lots of things to do there and you and your brother had a great time playing with the different setups.  You both were great on the drive back home too. We were all very happy with the vacation.

You make me laugh and smile all the time.  Sometimes, when you get angry or frustrated because we say no or won’t let you play with something, you sort of stomp off, but it’s crawling. It sounds like stomping though because you smack your hands down hard and crawl away yelling.  It cracks me up every time.

I love you.