The Meaning of the Candy Cane

Ok so our Sunday school teacher was passing these candy canes out today and I thought I would share what is written on it. Its pretty awesome.

The Meaning of the Candy Cane
Many years ago, a candy cane maker wanted to make a candy that would symbolize the true meaning of Christmas-Jesus
The hard candy was shaped like a "J" to represent that Hesus is our rock of all ages. The Candy was made of white to stand for the pureness of Jesus. The red represents the blood that Jesus shed to save us from our sins.
So the next time you see a candy cane, take a minute to remember the REAL meaning of Christmas-CHRIST!!! :)

Thats all for now! Much Love and God Bless!
-Sarah

shutterfly!!

So I LOVE shutterfly! They just have so many cute things available right now and I am just having a hard time choosing! Let me know which one you all think would be the best one for our Christmas cards this year! Here are my top 3 favorites :)
http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/cards-stationery/snowflake-sprinkles-christmas-card-5x7-flat?sortType=1&storeNode=93479
This one is cute and simple. Extremely classy!
http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/all-whitney-english-designs/elegant-floral-black-christmas-card-5x7-flat?sortType=1&storeNode=93479
I really like this one but I am afraid that it might be too similar to the one i sent out last year haha...but we will see! damask is my favorite pattern ever.
http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/cards-stationery/with-love-chartreuse-christmas-card-5x7-flat?sortType=1&storeNode=93479
And this one is the last one. I like the collage idea!
LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINk!!

Holiday Fun!

Ok so it is officially my FAVORITE time of the year. Thanksgiving and Christmas time is the best. I love...

1. The extra time off from work that Chris gets to spend family time together <3

2. Yummy candles

3. Warm clothes, scarves, and boots!

4. Thanksgiving and cooking all day for the ones that I am most thankful for.

5. Christmas shopping!

6. Christmas decorating!

7. Baking

8. Snow!

9. Christmas music

10. Our little family tradition of christmas light seeing.

11. Going to see/get pictures taken with Santa Claus

12. Wrapping presents with pretty paper and ribbons

13. Putting up the Christmas tree as a family :)

14. Caroling

15. Christmas morning breakfast and then opening presents from eachother.

Ahhhh im just so excited. Those are just some of the things that I look forward to about the Christmas season. Next week is Thanksgiving and my dad is coming to spend time with us. This is my FIRST year to do Thanksgiving all by myself. Last year, me and my girldfriends got together and all pitched in but this year Im going solo. I think I have everything under control though. My momma gave me all of the recipes I need. I am very excited to see how it all turns out :).

We are getting Christmas pictures taken next week so that I can go ahead and get our Christmas cards made and sent out. Hopefully they will turn out as cute as they did last year!

I have already begun Christmas shopping. We are actually almost finished with Cam already. We got him so much its ridiculous haha. That little pumpkin is definitely spoiled! But he is so sweet. We have already put up our Christmas tree and I wish I would have taken a picture of Camden's first look at it. It was priceless! He was just in awe! You can tell that he likes it but

My mom and step dad will be joining us for Christmas and I am so excited about that! I cant wait to see my momma.

Pregnancy update!!!!- So, my pregnant belly is growing on schedule. The baby is measuring bigger than he should so they told me to expect another 9 pound baby at least haha. I will just feel blessed if he is as healthy as Cam. I am moving a little slower but Camden keeps me running! We are sooo ready for Cayson to be here. Well, almost. I start the nursery at the beginning of December but once that is finised, we will be completely ready!

Well thats all for now. Got some chicken enchiladas in the oven so I need to run!

Much Love and God Bless!

Sarah

Blessings

Sometimes I get so caught up in life that I don't take the time to stop and think about all of the blessings that I have. Chris and I have just been so blessed beyond belief and I need to remember to be thankful more often.

1. I am thankful to have an amazing God who will love me no matter what and will not ever forget me.

2. I am thankful that I have a hard working, providing, patient, loving, passionate, understanding, and just over all amazing man to call my best friend and husband.

3. I am thankful that Camden and Cayson have the best daddy in the world who completely adores them.

4. I am thankful that I have a happy, healthy, full of life little boy whom I completely adore with my whole being. Being a mom has shown me a new kind of unconditional love that I literally cannot explain in words.

5. I am thankful for the fact that I am on the right path to having another happy, healthy little boy. So thankful for a good pregnancy.

6. I am thankful that I get to stay home with my child all day long and experience all of his firsts instead of having to send him to daycare.

7. I am thankful for my beautiful house that we live in.

8. I am thankful and proud of the life that Chris and I have made for ourselves and our children completely on our own.

9. I am thankful that there is such a thing as online college. I am not far from getting my bachelors and becoming a teacher and I could not be any more thrilled about it.

10. I am thankful for my wonderful mother that loves me to pieces.

11. I am thankful that Camden has loving grandparents and aunts and uncles.

12. I am thankful for having such a sweet best friend.

13. I am thankful for my good health

14. I am thankful for all of the nice things that we have.

15. I am thankful that I have such an amazing sister-in-law who is totally awesome in every way. She is making the CUTEST baby bedding for Cayson's nursery and I just feel so blessed for it.

16.I am thankful that we have everything that we NEED and a lot of the things that we just WANT.

17. I am thankful for my extended family. Its not a perfect family, but there is love there

18. I am thankful that I have a good group of friends here in Delaware.

19. I am thankful for our church.

20. and lastly, I am thankful for this life.

Take a minute today and just reflect on everything that you are thankful for in your life.

That's all for now.

Much love and God Bless,

Sarah

Loving Fall :)

Here is a little preview for Cam's Halloween costume this year! It was so hilarious when we put it on him. He was running around everywhere just laughing so hard. That little laugh completely warms my heart and makes my day. Needless to say, he was pretty proud of his little costume hehe cutie pie.

We are heading to fifer orchards this coming Saturday to pick out some pumpkins from the pumkin patch and then possibly go on a hay ride and go through the corn maze. I love fall so much and spending family time with my boys. So many memories that I will forever cherish.

I am on candy duty this year and daddy is going to take Cam trick-or-treating for his first time! We feel that if we are going to have children trick-or-treating and expect other people to hand out candy to our kids that we should do the same. I cant wait to take lots of pictures of my little man :)

The friday night before Halloween, we have a halloween party with our church friends that I am so excited about. Chris and I still arent sure what we are going to go as but Im sure we will think of something.

Well thats all for now

Much love and God Bless,

Sarah

BOY O BOY!!!!

Mama was right again, we are being blessed with another little boy!!! I will count my self double blessed because Camden is so wonderful and now I get another one! His name is Cayson Trevor Smith and he is now due on march 4, 2010. He has a heartbeat of 150 and is in perfect health! Praise God for that, I know that there are many women out there that are faced with the facts that their babies are not healthy or growing properly, so I am just thankful to God that this baby is in good health. We could not be any more excited!

Although a girl would be fun, I am somewhat relieved that we are having a boy again. I am one of those very controlling people that likes to have everything done and in its place and if they were to have told me today that I was having a girl, i would feel so behind and like I needed to run out and buy 23423490892 different girl things haha.

I am just so happy that we can start calling the baby by his name. Cayson!!!! I'm so happy :) We knew that if we were going to have another boy that he had to have the same initials as his daddy just like Camden does so we had to find a suitable CTS name that we both liked. We couldn't agree on anything! haha. Finally, one day I was looking on the internet at C names and I came across Cayson. I have yet to find a name meaning but I'm sure there is one somewhere. It just says "unknown" everywhere I look. Now the middle name. The first name and the middle name, of course, had to flow off of the tongue right so we tried a million T names and we didn't like any of them. Finally we thought of Trevor which is Chris' best friends name. We both knew that was the name for our second baby if it was another boy! Turns out it is!!! Uncle Trevor was pretty excited when he found out we were naming our son after him :)

I am READY to tackle that nursery!!! I have been waiting and waiting to find out the gender so I could start and now we can. My mom will be here exactly three weeks from today so we will start then.

We feel so blessed to be having another boy and we are just on cloud nine!

Thank you for all of your thoughts and prayers!

Much love and God bless!

Sarah

8 more days!!

This will probably be my last post until we actually find out what our baby is! I try not to be one to be pursuaded by "old wives tales" when it comes to knowing the gender but this time around its a little bit harder. I have gone back and forth with what my heart thinks it is (not that it matters haha as long as its healthy) but, my guess is going to be boy. However, all signs ( wives tales ) are pointing to girl.
Im carrying very high
the baby's heart rate has always been above 150
I had horrible morning sickness in my first trimester and none with Camden
I will admit, I am a lot more moody :)
I am craving sweets ( I craved salty foods with Camden )
My hair is a lot thicker and fuller this time ( I was shedding with Cam lol )
I know that these are all silly, but Im sure Im not the only anxious mom that wanted to know what my baby is hehe.
8 more days until we go and get our sonogram!!! I am so excited and so anxious.... I am ready to tackle the spare room and turn it into another nursery. I just need to know the gender first so that I can make the final decisions of the decor!
Well, thats all for now
Much love and God bless,
Sarah

my pregnancy thus far...

Well morning sickness is gone, i have some energy back, and I was feeling great for a few weeks. This past week, I have been hit with HORRIBLE headaches that I cannot get rid of. I try to take medicine and it doesnt help, I try t take a nap but I still wake up with in pain, and I even try sitting in the dark but it will not go away. I went to the Dr. last week and was fine and my blood pressure was low like it noramally is. Everyone has been telling me it could be my blood pressure but I doubt it. Regaurdless, I am going to call my OB tomorrow and see if I can come in. My house has begun to show the side effects of my headache by how messy it is. I feel like a slug because all I want to do is go in my dark room and go to sleep for a little while. Im praying that this wont last long...
On a higher note, my grades are great! A's in all of my classes and I am half way through my semester. I can't wait to have the accomplishment of my degree under my belt. It will just be such a relief to finally hacve it complete.
We find out what the baby is in 2 weeks!!!! I can't believe how much faster this pregnancy is going than my last one. I seriously felt like I was pregnant with Camden for a year! I can't wait to find out what we are having....I have a feeling of what I think it is but I dont want to feel stupid and be wrong lol. I have FINALLY figured out what I am going to do with the new nursery. For the longest time I could only figure out what I wanted to do for a girls room. Now I found a boys room idea that I am really excited about as well. I can't wait to tackle that nursery. That is one of my favorite parts of being pregnant. I am getting so anxious, its all I can think about. I just want to know what I am having!!!!!!
Sarah

Come on fall!!!

Let me just say, I DO NOT like being pregnant in the summer. I feel like I have been cooped up in our house for too long because Its just too hot to go outside and enjoy the sun unless we are headed to the pool. Cam and I go to the park every once in a while just to get out but its just soo hot and humid here. Today, its been raining all day and the temp outside is 68! Maybe if it stops raining and is just cloudy I will open up the windows! Anyways, I am so ready for my beloved fall to get here! There is so much to look forward to!
September 12, Chris' parents are coming in to town and we are going to my FIRST NFL football game! ( Green bay vs. Eagles) in Philly. I just ordered our cute packers shirts for the three of us 2 days ago.
October 20th marks my pregnancy at 20 weeks exactly. We haven't set the exact date to get out sonogram to find out the sex of the baby but it will be the week of the 20th. Plus my mama will be here for it and I am so excited. I have made myself open minded about it all. With Camden, I knew in my heart that he was a boy and I had no doubt at all that when we went to go find out his sex that he was all boy! I was right! With this baby, I will admit that I am hoping for a girl because this is our last baby and I would like one of each. This pregnancy has been SO different from my last one which makes me think its a girl, but hey that could just be wishful thinking! Either way, I will be so thrilled with whatever we are having. If its a boy, the plus side would be that we already have everything that a boy needs! We are just praying for a healthy pregnancy and big healthy baby. We are on a good track so far!
Some other festivities about fall that I am so ready for are
Fifer Orchards- pickin' fresh apples and going to the pumpkin patch and riding the hayride!
Halloween! I am way excited about this years costume for Camden. Camden and Chris are dressin up together and its going to be so cute. I'm not going to give it away because it was completely Chris' idea. Hey, anything to get Chris to dress up for Halloween right? haha. The only hint I will give is that they are dressing up as a duo. It will be so cute!
Fall Colors. That is something that I definitely favor Delaware over Texas. I love Texas but there are not enough trees. Up here, trees are everywhere! Last year was our first year here and I was truly amazed by the changing leaves. Its really beautiful up here during the fall time of year.
Fall decorations and yummy candles. I go all out for Halloween and then for fall. Its just fun for me. Although, some of my Halloween decorations are scary pirates and skulls lol. I hope that it doesn't scare Cam. I also cant wait to get out my pumpkin spice and apple cinnamon candles. Yum!!
Cooking and baking. I cook throughout the year of course but there are some things that I make that I think are only good when its cold outside! Jalapeno cornbread and chili, all kinds of soups, and then of course all the yummy things you can bake! Mainly desserts! I cant wait.
Sweaters, hoodies, and scarves! I always look forward to getting out my sweaters and scarves every year. I love getting warm when its cool outside :)
And who could forget Thanksgiving! last year was our first one away from family and it was surprisingly wonderful. We got to spend it with our military family instead. This is going to be the case again this year. Its a lot of fun. Me and all of my girlfriends get together and cook all day for dinner with our husbands.
Well, I have talked enough about the excitement of fall, how about a little update on my boy?
Camden is growing so quickly and its so fun watching him learn.
He says dada, mama, dada, bye bye, dada, night night, dada, hi, dada, yum, dada,uh oh, dada, dada, go go, dada haha.
He waves bye bye, brings me a diaper when he needs to be changed, turns on and off the tv with the remote haha, gives you a kiss when you ask for one, eats by himself, and walks everywhere! He loves to go up the stairs but only when mommy and daddy are behind him :) He has become quite the independent little man. I am one proud mama. I feel so blessed that I get to do it all over again!
This was a long entry but is definitely been a while since I updated.
That's all for now
Much loves and God bless,
Sarah

Pregnancy blahs

Well morning sickness has hit me like a train! I have pretty much had morning sickness nonstop for the past week and its not fun. It is an interesting feeling though. I did not have any morning sickness whatsoever with Camden my whole pregnancy. I know that every pregnancy is different whether the sex is the same or not but nothing about this pregnancy seems familiar to me. Maybe its a little girl??? To be honest I am hoping for a girl since this is my last baby but a little boy would be such a blessing as well. Camden would have a very close playmate and they will only be one grade apart in school. Either way, I am just hoping for a healthy baby. Anyways, all I want to do is sleep and drink sweet tea. Most food makes my stomach hurt but I am trying to eat a few very small meals a day just to give me a little energy.
My poor house looked like a tornado hit it until today :(. It kind of makes me feel like a bad wife and mother when my house gets messy because i feel like I am not taking care of my family. I know I'm pregnant and I guess its okay that I don't feel good but I just love taking care of my family with the cooking and the cleaning. I haven't really been able to do either for the past 2 weeks or so. I have either been too tired or sick to my stomach to do anything.
I am so thankful for a sweet understanding husband. He has been so great. He has done the laundry, dishes, and cooking. He is such an amazing provider for our family. I am so thankful for our home and everything that we have built as a family. I guess all I can really say is that I am blessed.
As much as I don't feel good, I know this time will pass and I am just thankful to be pregnant. God is so good.
My next Dr's appointment is August 10Th and I am really looking forward to it because we will get to hear the heart again! I will keep everyone updated on everything!!
That's all for now!
Much love and God bless,
Sarah

Sonogram picture :)

This blog entry is going to be short but here we go! We went to get our first sonogram today of Smith baby number 2! The reason that we got to get a sonogram so early in my pregnancy is because we werent sure exactly how far along I am. As of today, I am 6 weeks and 1 day pregnant! My guess of 6 weeks was close. That makes my due date March 10, 2011. The baby's heart beat was nice and strong. It was so funny to see a little flicker (the heartbeat) on such a lttle peanut! lol.

We could not be any more thrilled and we are looking forward to what is to come!

Thats all for now!

Much love and God bless!

Sarah

Im Pregnant!

Well, Chris and I are expecting Smith baby number 2! we are so incredibly thrilled and feel so blessed that we are pregnant! We decided that we were for sure ready to start about a month ago. I am so happy of how easily it happend! Didnt take very long at all! If I am correct with my dates, I should be due sometime at the end of March. This feels perfect to me because the majority of my pregnancy will be in the cold!
I was at the grocery store yesterday and walked past the pregnancy tests and thought I should pick some up just in case cinsidering I was off the pill. I have not been expiriencing any pregnancy symptoms yet other than I am a little bit more tired than usual. I just thought it was because I have been working out more lately and chasing after Camden. Anyways, when I got home from the store, I decided that I would just go ahead and take he test while Chris was at work so that I could just get it out of the way because I was pretty sure that I was not pregnant. about ten seconds after I took the test, the second line showed up VERY bright pink! I couldnt believe it! I am actually pregnant already! What a blessing. Chris was supposed to be home in an hour so I decided to take another test just to be sure. I took the second test about 30 minutes later and it was positive as well!
When Chris got home I asked him if he wanted one of his birthday gifts from me and of course he got excited and said yes! ( of course he had no idea because I hadnt previously told him that I thought that I could be ) I told him to close his eyes and hold out his hands. I put the pregnancy test in his hands and told him to open his eyes. He freaked out! We both started crying. We are SO EXCITED!
Today is my sweet Chris' 23rd birthday. I can't believe that I started dating him when he was 17! Its truely amazing how time can fly by! Happy Birthday my love!
Well thats all for now. I will definitely keep everyone updated on doctor visits and such!
Much love and God bless!
Sarah

My baby is 1!!!

My baby is a year old! I can't believe how quickly this year has gone by. I know I am a few days late on posting this but we have been super busy traveling. We just got back from a wonderful three week vacation to Texas visiting our family. It was so good to see everyone. It is hard sometimes being so far away but I am so thankful for facebook and blogger so that I can keep everyone updated on us!

We flew in to Dallas to see my dad's side of the family. We only stayed for one day but we got to see a lot of my family. I got to see my great grandmother and Cam's great great grandmother. It was so good to see her. We got to help celebrate her 86th birthday while we were there!

After a little stay in Dallas, we drove to Lubbock. We had a really relaxing vacation kind of just doing whatever we wanted to and hanging out with friends and family. It was so nice. :)

On May 28th, my sweet baby turned 1 year old. The next day on May 29th, we woke up and went to get Cam's first haircut! It defenitely took some talking dad into it because daddy wasnt ready but it was definitely time! Of course he looks precious with long or short hair!

Later that day we had Camden's 1st Birthday party! It was sports themed and so fun! Camden had his own little finger cake which of course he made a complete mess of but he really liked it. We were really blessed with a lot of gifts from our family and friends. It was such a fun day!

Well now we are back home in Dover and getting back to our schedule. Camden slept 14 hours the first night that we were home! He was one tired boy.

This past year has been such a blessing. Camden and complelely changed Chris and mine's life for the better and we are just so happy and blessed. From the first smile, to him learning to say dada and mama, to crawling, and now to him almost walking......its been an amazing year. I am so complelely in love with my boys.

Thats all for now,

Much love and God bless!

Sarah

Excitement!

Wow this has been a very busy month in the Smith household. I'm not complaining though because its really been a great one.

I just completed my semester and get a nice long 5 week break. I made an A and a B in my classes which I'm so proud of. The class that I made a B in what my English class that just about killed me. I have never had a problem with English classes before but this one really did a number on me. We had soooo many long papers due every week and being a full time mom to a very energetic little boy that gets into everything made things a little more difficult. But I can proudly say that I am finished with all of my English classes forever! I wouldn't normally be excited about a B but in this case I'm exstatic! I love online classes. I was so worried that after I had Camden that I would'nt go back and I would be the only one on my family without a bachelors degree. Online classes have been such a blessing because its self-paced and I can do it on my own time instead of having to go to a set class every day and leaving my sweet boy at a day care. That would kill me having to drop him off somewhere. I don't want someone expiriencing all of his firsts before I do.

Camden is getting so big. He is wearing size 18-24 month clothing, size 4 diapers, and size 4 shoes! Hes so fun and I am loving every minute of being a stay at home mommy. We play all day! He is in to everything! Its hilarious to go into the kitchen for 2 seconds to get a soda and come back to see Camden pulling out all of our dvds and blu-rays and putting them all over the living room. Hes a mess, but i love watching him. He is walking but only if he holds on to the sides of the couches or mommy and daddy's hands. Hes the light of my life and a total joy!

Yesterday I had my first mother's day. Last year I barely missed it by a few weeks and I was kind of sad. I know that I was technically a mommy last year because I was pregnant but it didn't feel like the same thing. Yesterday though was so special to me. I woke up and Chris made some very delicious breakfast burritos and coffee and then we went to church. The service was amazing of course and then we came back to our house and had a cook out with the Womacks and the Welters. It was fun and the food was so good! Later that day Chris gave me my mothers day gifts. He gave me some beautiful yellow roses and some perfume from him and Cammy. I loved it and will forever cherish the memories that we make as a family on special days like yesterday.

We are headed to Lubbock on saturday and we are so excited! We will be there for 3 weeks so it will be a nice long vacation. Chris has been working so hard lately and is really looking forward to a little break. He is such an amazing provider for our family and I am so blessed to have him as my husband. I try to thank him often for everything that he does so that I am able to stay home with our babies. Hes just so wonderful. We can't wait to see our family and friends back home.

Camden turns one next month! I can't believe how the time has flown by. It feels like only yesterday and I was waiting and waiting on him to get here. Now hes here and it feels like time is just speeding past me. I wish I could slow it all down, but i know this is how it goes. I try to take as many pictures as possible so that I can remember each and every little bit of his life. It has been fun though getting ready for his party. Its going to be great and I cant wait to see him dig into his little finger cake!

Well that's all for now!

Much love and God bless

Sarah

A fun little survey.

So I havn't updated in like over 2 weeks! I need to get back on the ball with this blog.
I have 2 more weeks left in this semester and then a nice 2 week break and Im so excited about that. I can't wait to be done with school....I still have another 2 years but it will be totally worth it once I get that bachelors degree and I am a teacher! Being a teacher will be so great for me because I will get to have summers and holidays off with my babies.
Here is a little mommy survey for fun! If you are reading this you are tagged and have to do the survey!
1. Where you married at the time?
- yes I was happily married for about 6 months when I found out that I was pregnant!
2. What were your first reactions?
- well I was at home by myself when I found and I was so shocked but definitely excited!
3. How old were you?
- I was 19 when I found out I was pregnant but 20 when I actually delivered.
4. How did you find out that you were pregnant?
- Well I was late and Chris had just left to drive back to Wichita Falls and I randomly decided to take a test. After I took the test I forgot that I had taken it and went to the mall with my mom. When I got back home I remembered I took it and went to go check it and totally freaked out! In a good way of course ;)
5. Who did you tell first?
- I told my sister first because I was planning on driving to Wichita Falls the next day to tell Chris to his face!
6. Did you want to find out the sex?
-Absolutely! I couldnt wait to find out the sex so that I could start buying stuff and getting his nursery all decorated!
7. Did you deliver early or late?
- Ugh late! I thought that I was going to be pregnant forever.
8. Did you have morning sickness?
- Not at all. I actually loved being pregnant until the last 2 weeks. My lower back really started to hurt there at the end, but no morning sickness!
9. What did you crave?
- I craved mexican food, pickles, and anything with mustard on it!
10. Who irritated you the most?
- ummm no comment haha.
11. What was your first child's sex?
- A beautiful little boy!
12. How many pounds did you gain throughout your pregnancy?
- 36 pounds! too much.
13. Did you have any complications throughout your pregnancy?
- Only one little problem at the end. Camden was sit on my siatic nerve and my leg would just go dead and I would almost fall. Thats all though. I had a great pregnancy.
14. Where did you give birth?
- I gave birth at Kent General Hospital. I had a huge room and great nurses. A VERY good expirience.
15. How many hours where you in labor?
- 38 hours. A very long time! But it was so worth it :)
16. Who drove you to the hospital?
- My amazing husband. He was so wonderful and calm.
17. Who watched?
- only the doctors unfortunately....I had to be put out so Chris couldn't be in the room. It was sad but once we had Camden nothing else really mattered.
18. Was it natural or a c-section?
-C-section. I tried to have him naturally but his head was too big and I couldnt push him out.
19. Did you take medicine to ease the pain?
- Haha funny story. I really wanted an epidural but there just so happend to be a 10 car pile up wreck that happend right around the time I needed the shot so all of the anesthesiologists were down in the ER saving peoples lives.....my epidural wasn't important that day lol. Once I got the shot I was too far along and it didnt help much. I made it though!
20. How much did your child weigh?
- 8 pounds and 10 ounces. I had a big healthy boy!
21. Did your child have any complications?
- Not at all. He was just too big for me to push out but he was totally healthy.
22. What did you name him/her?
- We named him Camden Taylor. We wanted him to have the same initials as daddy. Taylor was a special family name. It was Chris' Grandmother's maiden name.
23. How old is your first born today?
11 months old! I am loving watching our little boy grow!

Thats all for now!
Much love and God bless,
Sarah

Camden's First Easter!

I can't believe that Camden is 10 months old now and we have just celebrated his first Easter! Chris and I had so much fun getting everything together. I will forever cherish these memories with him. We love being parents so much its just unbelievable. We started the morning waking up and getting ready for church. We put hair spray in Camden's hair for the first (and last) tim ever! I wanted him to have a nice combed hair do for church but I realized right after I did it that his hair has totally become part of his personality so we are going to let it stand up from now on! Its just so cute. We all three came down stairs and Chris and I just loved the expression on Camden's face when he saw what the Easter bunny had brought him. His easter eggs were full of animal crackers and puffs so that he could eat them. After we let Camden see his goodies we headed to church where we got to hear a great sermon and see Calling Levi! I absolutely love them! They are fabulous. I am so thankful for what Jesus did for me and that he rose again!

So Easter Sunday also happend to be my 21 birthday. We went out to eat at Olive Garden with good friends that night and we had a good time. I am a lucky girl to get to share my birthday with such a significant day!

Thats all for now.

Much love and God bless,

Sarah

P90X

It's finally here. I have really been wanting to do P90X for a really long time. I am so ready for this change. Its going to be extremely challenging but I am just ready to get this baby weight off. I say baby weight but its really a lot more than that. It all started when my parents got divorced my senior year of high school. I started to gain a little weight. While Chris and I were engaged, I broke my back when I fell off of a horse which made me not able to work out at all before our wedding which made me gain more weight. 6 months after we got married, I got pregnant, which made me gain even more weight! Needless to say, I have gained some weight and I am really ready for it to come off.

I was looking back at old pictures to get encouraged to lose the weight again. These pics are from my Jr. year of high school before it all started when I was in the pageant system. I was miss teen Golden Triangle and was in the best shape of my life. I am very determined to get back down to a healthy weight again like this.....I know it will take some time, but I have all the time in the world. Please Pray for me!

Much love and God Bless,

Sarah

Love

Yesterday, March 1, 2010, my sweet Chris and I celebrated our second year of marriage. We joke around like this was our first year of marriage because most of the real first year of our marriage Chris was at BMT and tech school for the Air Force. It was definitely hard being far apart from eachother but I love him so much for doing it for our family. He has been the most amazing husband and I cant wait to spend the rest of my life growing old with him. He is truely my best friend and soul mate. I am so lucky to be married to such a loving, patient man. God definitely knew what he was doing when he put us together as man and wife. I really dont think that anyone else in the world come put up with me. Sometimes I get so stubborn and I am so thankful to have a husband who is so kind and patient with me. I love him so much. This has been the best two years of my life. So many changes, so many adventures. I love my life with him.

Much love and God bless,

Sarah

My 2 Valentines :)

We had the most wonderful day. Chris and I had our Valentines day on Saturday instead of Sunday because Chris had to work. When I woke up Chris told me I couldnt come down stairs for 5 minutes because he needed to do something. When I came downstairs Camden was in his high chair holding/trying to chew on my Valentines card from him. Chris let him scribble all of the envelope and inside of the card. I love it, ill keep it forever. I of course cried and then Chris gave me his sweet card. I loved them both. After that I made breakfast burritos and gave the boys their gifts. I gave chris a big box of chocolate kisses and Camden a box of dum dum suckers. We decided to be lazy for the rest of the day because Chris told me he had something planned for us that evening. After I put Camden to sleep I went and got all dolled up and then went downstairs to find a beautiful table with candles, rose petals, and my favorite ( Olive Garden ). We had so much fun just eating and talking. Chris gave me a beautiful bouquet of red roses with a very sweet note that read : You are the greatest wife and mother in the entire world. Be ours fover. Love Chris and Cammy. I love my sweeties. Roses are very special to me. It is the flower that we used in our wedding. It is the only flower that Chris has ever given me, they are my favorite. Needless to say, we had a beautiful day that I will always remember. I am so lucky to have such a wonderful husband that spoils me and a baby that loves me unconditionally. What more could I ask for?

Much love and God bless,

Sarah

Busy Busy Busy!

Well this week is my last week of the semsester for school and I can gladly say that I am very pleased with my grades for my classes. I have a two week break before my next classes start which will be nice. I love my schedule for classes and I feel so blessed to be taking online classes and staying home full time with my beautiful child. I love that my classes go nine weeks a semester and then two weeks for break in between. No, I dont get an actual summer off but I will finish a lot quicker this way. My hard work will definitely pay off in the end.
The weather has been so crazy lately. It is supposed to snow 24 inches tomorrow which is completely insane. I do love the snow and watching it fall but I dont like not being able to get out of the house. Atleast I am all stocked up so we really dont have a reason to get out. This is definitely hot soup or cornbread and chili type weather......yum. I think that we may take Cammy out in the snow for the first time tomorrow. We might build a snowman in out backyard! That will be so fun to do as a family.
Camden went to the doctor this past week and he weighs 21 pounds. I am so thankful to have such a happy, healthy little boy. He could not be any more of a joy. His baby dedication is coming up at church. We will be sure to take a lot of pictures. His vocabulary is really starting to develop and he has a lot to say. Its so sweet. He is still crawling backwards but today for the first time he went forward for a little bit, but then went backwards again haha.
I am so excited for certain events that are about to come up!
-Valentines day is next weekend
-Our 2 year anniversary is 2 weeks later on March 1st
-My twenty first birthday is the next month on April 4th
-Camdens first birthday is the next month on May 28th and we are going to have a cute little - birthday party for him.
-We are taking a nice long 3 week trip to texas from May19th to June 5th. I know it will be a great break for Chris.
We are going to have a busy next few months but it will all be fun memories.
Chris has told me that he is in charge of Valentines and our anniversary this year so I am so excited to find out what he has planned. Im sure it will be very romantic!
Well thats all for now
Much love and God bless,
-Sarah Elise

Teeth :)

Well it has finally happend. Camden has cut his first tooth. Big day for Cammy, sad day for mommy. So much has happend this month that are big milestones for camden its just insane

1. we have started crawling ( backwards teehee )

2. we are getting our FIRST TOOTH!

3. we got a big boy car seat that faces forward

4. we have officially put away any clothes that are below 12 months :(

5. we have had our first ouchy. he crawled under our coffee table and bonked his head.

6. we have had our first cold.

7. and we have pulled up into a standing position ( holding on to daddy of course )

Needless to say its been a big month for Camden. He is such a joy and I can't believe how wonderful he is and that hes mine. I know I have said it before but being a mommy is truely the biggest blessing in the world. I love how much he loves me and he just cant help it. He makes me a better person and I love him for that. Hes just so sweet in every way

Now I need to brag on my husband for a bit. Hes so truely amazing and I am just so proud of him. He has recently been told by his supervisor that he is eligible for "below the zone" and his supervisor really think that he is going to get it. For those of you who arnt familiar with the term, below the zone is when you get to put on your 3rd stripe 6 months before everyone else with your rank. He graduated first in his QTP class and was awarded distinguished honor graduate and passed his CDC test with flying colors. They have recently changed the test and made it much harder to pass and a lot of his buddies that had taken it before him had failed so it kind of made Chris uneasy about the whole thing. But, he did VERY well on it. I am just so proud. We should find out if he gets it or not in March. Even if someone else is chosen, it is still such an honor to be put up for it. I am just so proud of him for all of his hard work. He is such an amazing man and would go to the ends of the earth for our family. I admire him in all that he does. He also starts back at college at the end of the month. He will graduate in a little over a year. Im a little jealous lol but he has had more under his belt than I did to begin with.

Well I have 2 more weeks of my first semester back in college since before we got married and I am so pleased to say that I have an A in both of my classes! Its been hard work getting back into the groove, especially with having Camden but Im very determined to get my degree. It will all be worth it once I get it!

Well thats all for now!

Much love and God bless!

Sarah

A new member in heaven....

This past thursday, Chris' grandfather went to be with our savior. It was not unexpected by any means but that does not make this any less hard for our family. Chris has lost three grandparents in the past year and a half, his grandma Hazel, his grandma Vi, and now his grandpa Moody. All three have been on his father's side of the family so this has been particularly hard for him. All three were sick and we are very glad that they are no longer suffering and are spending the rest of eternity with the Lord. Please pray for Chris and our family in this hard time. We could definitely use all we can get.

Chris went to Lubbock today for the funeral on monday and will be there until wednesday afternoon. Camden and I are roughing it alone this week. Hes only been gone for not even a full day and I already miss him like crazy. He is my other half and i just feel incomplete when we are apart. I will be counting down the days until he comes back home. This is my first time to be here at home by myself since we have been living in Dover and since we have had Camden. This week should be interesting. Chris is Camden's everything and it makes me sad when he keeps looking around for him....He will be so excited when he gets back. Chris has already texted me a few times asking for me to take a picture of Camden and send it to him. I know hes really going to miss his boy, and me of course.

Thats all for now

Much love and God bless,

Sarah

alot going on!

i feel REALLY overwhelmed right now and im not really sure why. I feel like things just seem so fast paced right now and i really havnt added that much to my schedule. I think its because i had a nice 2 week break from school and now its started again lol. it also might be that i have gone to lubbock texas, new york city, and washington dc in the past 3 weeks. INSANE! but so fun.

Im getting back on schedule with everything so hopefully things will slow down again. I like feeling in control of everything and having a set schedule and when things dont go that way i tend to get stressed out which i know is silly lol.

i need to start back with working out/tanning. I didnt work out the whole time i was in lubbock or when chris' parents were here because we were in ny and dc. i feel pasty white and sluggish from not working out so i have got to get back into gear! im determined!

im so happy that school is back ....i know im totally a nerd but i just feel so much more productive when i am going towards my goals for my degree. I only have 4 more weeks until my semester is complete so i will be really excited to have my first semester through my new college complete.

I miss church. I missed when i was in lubbock and then the next week it was cancelled because of the severe snow storm that we had here and then we went to nyc and dc the next week and this past sunday camden was sick...so we missed again. I will be really glad to get back to my church family next sunday.

im going to the movies tonight! havnt gone in a while but im way excited.

our anniversary is coming up and i cant believe that we have almost been married for two years and that we have a beautiful little boy. Chris is such an amazing man and I am so blessed to have him in my life.

I cant believe that my baby will be one in may. time has gone by so fast and its just insane. Hes so wonderful.

thats all for now! much love and God bless!

Sarah Elise<><

Goodbye 2009! hello 2010!

I can't believe that this year is over and we have begun a new. So much has happend this year that were life changing for me.

Moved out of lubbock for the first time in my life. We have found a love for Delaware and feel so blessed to have had this expirience of moving off together and only having eachother to depend on. It has made out marriage grow so much.

Celebrated our first anniversary in March. I feel so lucky to be married to the most wonderful man in the world. he is always so loving and patient, when i can be short and stubborn.

Got out of my teens and into my 20s.

Gave birth to the most beautiful, happy little boy in the world on may 28th

Joined a new church here in Dover that we have been so blessed to be a part of. Its so wonderful to have a church family that you know will cover you in prayer.

Got some new friends that i know will be lifelong. I have never had to make new friends in my life because i always went to the same school and had the same ones.

Gone though some ups and downs financially but have really learned how to get through it and live on a budget.

learned how to cook alot of different things for my family.

Camden learning new words, waving bye bye, laughing, almost crawling, and just being a wonderful little person.

there is so much more but in all 2009 was a wonderful year full of new expiriences that i will treasure forever. welcome 2010!
much love and God bless

Sarah