Happy 10th Anniversary

Warning: The following may contain mushy gushy stuff. Reader discretion is advised.

I am writing this as a little tribute to my husband. Today is our 10th Anniversary! I seriously can hardly believe it. We were supposed to go out tonight and celebrate. Instead, Camden has strep, Charice is sick (not sure what yet) and Teige has an ear infection and the oh so dreaded h1n1 flu! So, it's take out chinese and tylenol, motrin, tylenol, motrin, tylenol, motrin.

I am so lucky to have such an amazing husband. He works his butt of so that I can stay home with our children. He puts our family before everything. He is such a good husband and such a good Dad. He truly has a heart of gold! I love you Babes! Happy Anniversary!

Sand Dunes

A couple of weeks ago we went camping with Wayne's family. Since we have outgrown our small camper, Wayne's mom rented a big motor home for all of us to stay in. Even though the weather was super crappy, there was 12 of us in one motor home, my boys got sick and still have a lingering cough, the kids had a blast! The last night we were there, the wind was so bad it blew one of the camping chairs into the fire. These pictures are quite deceiving. We took them during the only hour of sunshine we were given.

Baby Blue

To our surprise, our little Teige has big blue eyes. Since Wayne's eyes are hazel and mine are brown, we never expected to get so lucky! There is nothing wrong with brown eyes (we have a household full of them), it's just so fun to have some blue ones too! Teige will be 5 months old tomorrow we are so grateful to have such a sweet little guy. He is so easy going and so happy.

Sibling Bonds

Camden making ghost puppets!

Wayne caught this adorable moment.

I love the bond I have with my siblings and I hope my children will always have that same bond. I feel so lucky to have such a great relationship with my brothers and sisters and I love spending time with them. Just recently, Camden has started to think of Teige as his brother and not just a bother. He is always trying to hold his hand and always telling him he loves him. He will ask me when Teige will be old enough to "sight" (he means fight but can't say his f's too hot yet). Charice and the boys also have a close bond. She puts her brothers above and beyond everything and sometimes when Camden gets hurt, he will go to his sis before even me. I feel so blessed to be able to have all of my children and I just pray that their amazing relationship with one another will be as good as the relationship I have with my siblings.

Lions and Tigers and the most adorable Baby Elephant!

The kids and I went to the Zoo a couple of weeks ago to see the new baby elephant. It was the cutest thing ever. We loved watching her splash around in the mud and play with her mom. I think they said she was 250 pounds at birth and the same height as my little Camden. We also got to see the baby tigers and baby giraffe (Camden's favorite).

Such a silly little man!

Not sure why I bring this double stroller. I swear I end up pushing it completely unoccupied within 10 minutes of getting there.

I can't believe this is the best picture we got of the baby elephant. Camden hadn't had his nap and was throwing a humoungo fit at this moment so I really was lucky to get any.