Camden's 2 Month Doctor Visit

Courtney took Camden to the doctor for her 2 month well visit on Tuesday, August 30th. Since Joe was working, Grammy went to help out. Our little girl is growing like a weed! She weighs 13 pounds 13 ounces which puts her in the 95th percentile! She may have started out smaller than Carter but she is keeping up with him now!! She measures 23.5 inches (85th percentile) and her head is small (just like Carter's head) with a circumference of 15.2 inches (40th percentile). Carter was so sweet at the doctor's office and very concerned about his sister getting shots. Our FABULOUS nurse, Nurse Lou, gave Carter some stickers just for being a good big brother and he decided to give one to Camden since she had shots. We had to put it on her dress just like Carter likes to put his stickers on his shirt! Carter even got bubbles from Dr. Roberts! He is just spoiled rotten to the core but we wouldn't have it any other way! After the doctor appointment, we all went to lunch at Silver Spoon and headed downtown to Mast General Store and Rita's for dessert! We even had time to let Carter splash around in the water fountains downtown! We had a great day even with getting shots!

Camden is so chubbalicious! We could just eat her up!

Carter gave Camden tons of kisses since she was about to get a shot!

Our wonderful doctor, Dr. Roberts, with Camden!

Camden with her boo boo bandaid! Love her little heart!

Check out the Thomas sticker on Camden's dress from big brother Carter! Too sweet! Camden and Carter with Grammy! Carter was giving Camden some leg love!

Our Wild Time at Wilderness!

Courtney's family went to Wilderness at the Smokies on Saturday, August 20th- Sunday, August 21st. It was nice to have a mini vacation after a long first week of school for everyone. We had a great time playing at the waterparks and playing putt-putt with the whole family! We also enjoyed yummy shaved ice while we were there! Courtney put together a photo slideshow since we have so many pictures from the weekend!

On a side note: Although we had a great time at the waterparks, we will NOT be returning to Wilderness at the Smokies. We had issues from the minute we checked in with our rooms being messed up and even had 3 of the 15 family members come down with illnesses the week after related to unsanitary water! That is just GROSS!

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Our Bouncing Boy... and Sleeping Girl!

The night of Thursday, August 4th, we met the Brantley family at Bounce USA for a night of bouncing and jumping on the big inflatables. Carter loves this place and it's a great place for him to jump on EVERYTHING he wants... instead of all the furniture in our house! There was no one there- we had the entire place to ourselves most of the night! They have coupons in the mail flyers all the time so it only cost $4 for each child! What a deal! It was nice to let the kids... and Joe... go where ever they wanted to play and not worry about a big kid running them over. Camden did so well and actually slept most of the time while we were there. Carter had a blast with his little buddies! Thanks Brantleys for joining us for the fun!

Family picture time in the monster truck bouncer!

Bounce, bounce, bounce!

Jumping with Mommy!

Ballpit fun with Matthew and Katie!

Carter loved thowing the basketball... even if he couldn't get it in the hoop!

Carter had the best time being adventurous on the slides with his Daddy!

All the bouncing wore our baby girl, Camden, out for the night!

Rainforest Adventures

The weekend of July 30-31, MawMaw and PawPaw came into town from Alabama to visit. We decided to go to Pigeon Forge on Sunday to Rainforest Adventures (we had free coupons!). Carter loves animals and the displays were all at his level so it was perfect for him! There were several snakes, lizards, and birds to see but Carter's favorite part was feeding the goats. After we left Rainforest Adventures, we were hungry so we went to Gatti's Pizza. Carter ate 2 plates of pasta! Gatti's may have been the highlight of the trip for him! We had a great time in Pigeon Forge and visiting with Joe's family!

Camden and Carter with MawMaw and PawPaw

MawMaw,Carter, and Courtney watching the monkeys!

Carter was fascinated by the crocodile!

Joe and Camden checking out the lemur! We think this picture is pretty funny since it looks like she's looking at the animal!

Carter loved feeding the goats outside!

Feeding the goats with MawMaw!

Feeding the goats with PawPaw!

Our family picture!

New Harvest Park Water Play Area

On Friday, July 29th, Courtney, Carter and Camden met Amy B, Matthew and Katie at the New Harvest Water Play Area. Since we got there early, there were not many people there yet. It was wonderful! The kids had a great time running wild through the water and playing on the playground. Camden didn't care for the cold water getting on her so she slept most of the time while we were there. We had a great time with great friends!

Mommy and her precious babies!

Matthew and Carter- little buddies!

Carter LOVED splashing in the water!

WHEE!

Little Sleeping Beauty in her bathing suit!

Katie and Carter taking a ride on the bouncing bee!

Carter had so much fun riding on the bouncing bee and grasshopper!

Parkway Drive-In

On Friday, July 22, we decided to go with most of Courtney's family to the Parkway Drive-In in Maryville. They were playing "Mr. Poppers Penguins" and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2". We thought Carter would enjoy the first movie and Courtney wanted to see the second. I wish we could say we had a great time but... it was pretty miserable! Outside was EXTREMELY humid most of the night but we had a nice breeze at times, thank goodness. Courtney held Camden the entire time which was like holding a little heater so she and Camden were both very hot. We thought Carter would fall asleep sometime while we were there but he was up the ENTIRE time!! He finally fell asleep when we left at 1:30am! We were barely out of the parking lot when Camden woke up and thought she was starving to death so we had to pull over at an abandoned restaurant and feed her. Needless to say, we would NOT recommend taking a 2 1/2 year old and 1 month old to a drive-in movie. Yes, we could have left but we just kept sticking it out thinking it would get better and yes, we were wrong! At least we got to get out of the house for the night and see 2 movies since our movie theater days are over for awhile. We did manage to get a few pictures before our night got too "adventurous".

Grammy, Camden, and Courtney!

We took Carter's mower, weed eater, and leaf blower with us. He loved playing before the movie started!

Aunt Mandi packed outside games to play and Carter loved them!

Our "camp" for the night- we had TONS of stuff to keep everyone entertained!

Carter playing catch with his Daddy!

Our family picture- all smiles even in the heat!

Our Wild Animals!

At Camden's doctor appointment, Dr. Roberts said we were ok to start taking her out places as long as we didn't play "pass the baby" (as she called it) with people. We were so happy to be off of house arrest! (At least that's what it has felt like for the past 4 weeks!) We hadn't been to the zoo all summer so we thought that would be the perfect outing for our family. On Saturday, July 16th, we had the PERFECT weather... high 70s and overcast! We all had a great time getting to walk around the zoo and see all the animals! Camden did so well and we are so glad that we can start going places together as a family!

Carter and Daddy at the bird show!

This bird can dance and wave- it's so funny to watch!

Can you find our wild animals? Look closely at the zebra and elephant!

We tried our best to get Carter and Camden in the monkey faces. This was the best we could do!

A fussy little monkey!

Carter loved watching the monkey swing all around on the branches!

Camden was worn out after our trip to the zoo!

Our family picture with the zebras!

Camden's 3 week appointment

It's hard to believe that our little girl is already 3 weeks old! There is hardly ever a chance to sit down, eat at the table together as a family, or even take a breath but we wouldn't trade it for anything in the world! We know that this is a phase and are looking forward to all the great times ahead for our family. Camden does great during the day but has developed colic from around 9pm to midnight. We hope that she will outgrow this soon but in the meantime we are just happy to have each other in the evenings to pass her back and forth! She is already developing a little personality... she loves her big brother and will not take her eyes off of him, she loves to be held and screams bloody murder if you put her down when she isn't ready to be put down, she likes to yank her hairbows off when she gets mad, and she loves to talk, hum, and squeal a high pitch sound when she is happy (it's too cute!). We love her more and more each day and are so thankful God blessed us with a new addition to our family!

Our little diva ready for the doctor on Thursday, July 14th!

These two are more precious than anything in the whole world!

She weighed 9 lbs and 12 ounces (she is now in the 90th percentile!). I told Dr. Roberts that she was just trying to catch up to her big brother! She measured 21 1/2 inches long (90%) and her head measured 14 1/4 inches (50%).

Her belly button still had not fallen off at this point so Dr. Roberts put a special ointment on it and it came off the very next day! YEA!