From the Phone

Random pictures from my phone...

Last night, one of the sweet boys (Mason) from our neighborhood came over and gave Camp all of his old toys. When he knocked on the door, Camp was sooo excited to see him! He ran out to the front porch and started hugging Mason and then looked at me and told me to close the door! He wanted to go outside and play!

Camp had a blast going through the bags that Mason brought over.

He immediately put on the hard hat and started inspecting his bug catching kit!

He loves the rake and tries to rake everything in sight! He also got a shovel, a police car, a football and a soccer ball! We were all excited about his new loot!

On Wednesday, Camp and I went to Lucy & Leo's Cupcakery to give them another shot. You might remember when we tried them a year ago...we weren't all that impressed. We are huge fans of the Cake Shop and rarely do we come across anything that's comparable. Well, I'm happy to report that the cupcakes were pretty darn good! A LOT better than the last time we tried their cupcakes. We will definitely go back and I wouldn't mind one of their cupcakes right now!

While I ordered the cupcakes, Camp sat in the nice comfy chair!

I got Camp a plain vanilla (not pictured...he ate it way too quickly!)

The cupcake with the straw was called Coke Float...YUM! And the bottom cupcake is chocolate and peanut butter.

Camp being silly!

At the shop...his favorite place in the world!

Camp loves coffee! He expects to get Starbucks every time we go to Target. We order an iced decaf cinnamon dolce latte and he drinks most of it himself!

I can't believe he ever fit in that thing!

We spent the morning with Mamaw last weekend. Camp had so much fun!

Good Finds

Wow, July has come and gone and it’s now August!! Where has the summer gone? We have a contract on a new house and we are hoping to close in a couple of weeks. Paper work, appointments, and the daunting task of packing up the house have taken up most of our time! :) We are so excited, though, and have our fingers crossed that things continue to move forward!

We also have a family mountain trip coming up! We’ve been waiting all summer to go and I can’t believe it’s almost here!

I recently discovered these tortilla chips. They are the tastiest things ever! They can be found in the organic section at Publix and they are the closest thing to authentic tortilla chips that we've ever had! Please try a bag for yourself!

And this is our favorite store bought salsa! We used to buy this all of the time, but there was about a three year span where I couldn't find this salsa ANYWHERE. It's magically back on the shelves and it's so good! Adam's the pickiest salsa eater...can't be sweet in the slightest! And this Tostitos Restaurant Style is DIVINE!

Camp didn't think the wooden hammer that goes with this toy would get the job done so he brought in the real deal! (Actually, I think I've already packed up the hammer that goes with this toy! :) )

Lollipop boy!

Camp continues to amaze us everyday! I can’t even begin to list all of the new things that he says and does. One of the most exciting is that he’s been going poo poo on the potty!! Out of the blue last Thursday night, he told me he had to go, so we went in to the bathroom and viola! I couldn’t believe it! He is soooo proud of himself and continues to do it every single night. I really wasn’t planning on potty training for another year or so, but he seems to be extremely interested. I think after our mountain trip I will get serious about it. We will see! Thank goodness our new house has NO carpet! :)

Oh and another cute thing is that he’ll say “Hold You” when he wants to be held! I love that.

He also just started asking to sleep with his “ight” on at night. Bless his heart!

New Words:

Uncle Trip- Chi

Uncle Dave- Day

Water- Wawa

Milk- Moonk

Boo Boo – Mo Mo ( he still looooves to search out our Boo Boo’s and kiss them)

22 Months

Can't believe this sweet boy is 22 months! Just the other day as I was pushing him in his stroller, I looked at him and thought he almost looked too big to be sitting in one! He's definitely a big boy now and not a baby!

He's starting to put words together to form a sentence (other than thank you, I love you, etc.) For example: "Bop Bop's truck." The other day I caught him "talking" on the phone saying "Dada, Bop Bop, Umm, Truck, Umm, Mama, Dada, Bop Bop, Truck, Um." It was pretty funny and I must say "um" a lot! :)

His first words are evolving to sound more like the true word...tuh is now truck/tractor, Melmo is Elmo, Da is now Tane To (Thank You), he used to wave his hand goodbye to go outside and now he says "outide". He is a talking machine!

His cutest words this month are "ok" and "see ya". He's also named my mom (Mama Byrd) "Baby".

The other day he was coloring on a piece of paper and I said "wow, that's so cool!" This morning he came up to me with a pen and paper and said "cool". :)

He loves to sing the Two and a Half Men theme song.

Another favorite song of his is Kesha's "My First Kiss" :)

He loves bubblegum and everytime he sees me go through my purse he asks for it.

Favorite foods are strawberries, black olives, french fries, and lollipops.

He's hard headed and sweet all at the same time. We love this little boy sooooo much!

Happy 22 months, little Moonsie!

Sun, Soulmates, & Seafood ;)

We spent last weekend in SGI with our sweet friends. We had so much fun and I loved being able to spend time with my boys and friends all at the same time! We stayed in Marcus' family's home and it is the perfect house for lots of people and kids.

Mary & David hooked the kiddies up with awesome beach buckets and toys.

Bathtime!

Bananas for breakfast!

It rained Saturday morning and early afternoon so the girls headed to Apalach for lunch and the boys stayed home and napped! :)

By the time we came home from Apalach, the weather was perfect! We headed to the beach for some fun in the sun!

Camp watching the kites!

Camp putting the moves on Riley...I think he was really just trying to steal her beach chair!

Our favorite snack of the weekend "Havartay and Lavasch" ;)

Spiderman!

Camp loved learning a few daredevil tricks from Lucas. :)

Our Saturday night spread. YUM YUM!!

I loved the fact that Jake and Cara picked the oysters themselves and Adam caught the fish. That made the meal even tastier!!

There is NOTHING better than Apalachicola oysters.

Thank you, thank you Edenfields and Radcliffe-Micas for inviting us on this wonderful beach trip! Adam and I are ready for the next trip!!

And for those who are keeping track, I did not forget about Camp's 22 month birthday yesterday. The photos have been taken and I will do his monthly update ASAP! Can't believe he'll be 2 in 2 months! Get ready David Mica... ;)

Boys from the 'Hood

Yesterday, a few boys from our neighborhood knocked on our door to see if they could play with Annabelle. Of course Camp had to join them!

Camp was so cute trying to keep up with these big boys! He copied everything they did!

The boys were soooo sweet to Camp! They tried to teach him how to play Hide & Seek and always let Camp win. They were so patient with him!

It was about 110 degrees outside and all four boys were running around non stop. So they all took a quick break for some water. Camp really thought he was one of the big boys!

The boys even shared some of their Silly Bandz with Camp!

I sure hope these sweet boys come over and play again soon!! Camp has never had so much fun!!

Here's a pic from earlier this week... :)

Happy weekend!

Long Time No Blog!!

Sorry for my long absence!! We've been a little preoccupied and I haven't had any time to blog!

 Camp is at such a cute stage right now. He's talking up a storm and I love it!

Camp has a new found fascination with black olives. He taught this to himself and likes to get black olives on both of his pointer fingers. I'm so glad he loves black olives just as much as me....I could eat a whole can by myself and now I have someone to share them with! :) Adam doesn't particularly care for them!!

He also loves guacamole! He loves to dip things. Hummus is also one of his favorites.

When he's not eating semi-healthy foods, he likes to eat cupcakes!!! He can say the word "cupcake" perfectly!!

 This is an Elmo graham cracker stick, but Camp pointed to it and said "poo poo".

I hope none of you find this offensive.....I found it downright hilarious, so much so that I took a picture of him pointing to it! :)

Last weekend we headed to the Edenfield's for a little cake party. Mary and Holly's sweet mama made a cake that I'd been eyeing on Mary's blog. It was soooo extremely tasty!!!

Camp and Sally Kate

Camp loved this slide!! The first time he went down was an accident, but once he knew he could do it, he went down again and again!!

Cake party gals! Chocolate cake with seafoam icing....enough said!

And what is seafoam icing you may ask? It's delicious...almost a marshmallowey consistency? It's hard to describe, but it's divine!

Camp has started wearing hats recently and he likes wearing them backwards. I guess it's easier for him to see, but he looks like such a cool dude!

I promise to not go a week plus without blogging!!! Hope everyone is having a great week! Can't believe it's already Wednesday!!

At the Car Wash & More Good Stuff

Adam took his truck to the car wash so Camp and I joined him!

I took my car last week to get washed, but didn't have my camera with me...I made sure I brought it this time because Camp is so cute watching the cars go through!!

He loves to walk up and down the stairs too...he'll say "uh, two, uh, two"

Look at his little feet!

Camp got a kids meal from Firehouse and it came with a fireman's hat!

He loved it!

Baking Funfetti cupcakes!

Kaitlin's birthday dinner at FGF

Hey Lauren! :)

This girl makes me laugh so hard!!

This weekend we took the boat out to Lake Iamonia.

I can't even believe it, but we SWAM out there too!! Growing up it was either dry or infested with alligators (I'm sure it's still infested with alligators, but there were so many people tubing, skiing, and swimming and I tried not to think about it too much! Ha!!)

It was a glorious day!

Chandler even joined in on the fun!

(we made sure to stay clear of the lily pads aka gator territory)

In other news...I got a BlackBerry and I am sooooo incredibly excited. I love that I can take pictures and share them! Now I will never miss a photo op! :) Haha!