Mother's Day

We went to my parents house and to Mama Lucy's house for Mother's Day this year. Kamdyn enjoyed playing in the yard at Mama Lucy's house on Saturday. She got to pick flowers and run around!

On Sunday, she chased bubbles in the yard at Na-Na and Pop Pop's house. Then, she showed out (in a good way) for all of us during our Mother's Day Lunch. She talked, she made faces, she got mad at me, she threw food in the floor, etc. She is such a hoot! It's not even possible to explain her personality in words on this blog. I'm going to have to get better at including more videos so all of you can REALLY see that I am not exaggerating about how energetic, talkative, precocious, etc., that she can be. We really have our hands full, but it is the most wonderful and enjoyable experience that I've ever had. I wouldn't trade any of it for the world! She is the most adorable thing that I've ever seen. She makes me smile and laugh outloud like I never have before!

A Day in the Yard

Here we are spending a Sunday afternoon in the yard with Kamdyn. She absolutely LOVES being outside. When we make her come back inside she throws a temper tantrum. She has gotten so good at walking around. We no longer feel the need to follow her everywhere she goes out of fear that she will fall and hurt herself. However, when she is outside she tends to gravitate toward the concrete. And that does make me a little nervous! She loves to pick up leaves, say "leaf", throw them down, and them stomp on them. She does this over and over and over again! By the way, we desperately need new patio furniture. It was handed down to us and it's going to be a purchase that I make in the near future (right, Richard!). :)

First Concert

North Augusta had a "Hammin' and Jammin" festival this year. It was the first one, but is going to be an annual event. Basically a bunch of people get together, tailgate, and BBQ pigs. Then, they compete to see whose tastes the best. They have different vendors there along with concerts each night. The Blue Dogs played on Saturday night at 7:00 so we decided that we would brave it with Kamdyn in tow. Mrs. Georgia (babysitter) was actually on one of the teams competing for the BBQ competition. So, we visited with them for a while, ate a little bit of BBQ, and then enjoyed The Blue Dogs. You can see the Blue Dogs in the background of a couple of the pictures with Kamdyn.

Kamdyn did really well, much to our surprise. She did so well that we even got to stay and hear Aaron Tippin sing a few songs, too. However, she did have a few screaming spells. To our advantage though, no one could hear her over the music! She refused to give up and go to sleep in her stroller. She would dance a while, look around a while, cry a while, lay back in her stroller a while, and repeat it all over again. She finally got in to the bed around 10:00 that night. It was a late night for her! We just knew that she would sleep late the next morning. What were we thinking? She was up with the chickens promptly at 6:30 AM!!! Oh well!!!

"Spotted" in North Augusta

This weekend, Richard, Kammy, and I went to a Grand Opening for a new Riverfront Property in North Augusta. As we were walking around, a photographer for the Augusta Chronicle stopped us and wanted to take our picture to be in the "Spotted" column online. He says we may make it in to the newspaper, too. I won't hold my breathe for that, but it was kind of neat to see our picture on the website.

Here is the link

http://spotted.augusta.com/display.html?event=53908163&gallery=66688&page=3&photo=271082&sort=

Here is the picture

Polka Dot Birthday Pictures

Here is Kamdyn with another birthday cake! I think she has decided that she LOVES cake after having eaten 3 entire cakes for her birthday. She is such a mess! When this "photo shoot" was finished, both Kamdyn and Mommy were completely covered in cake. The things we do for our babies!

Pictures with the Bunnies

I scheduled Kamdyn to have her Easter Pictures made at Fitz-Symms with real bunnies. I had seen pictures from previous years and thought they were just adorable. I didn't really think about the fact that Kamdyn might not LOVE the bunnies. I find out quickly, however, when the photographer took the bunnies out of their cages just how much she DIDN'T LOVE the bunnies. They were the most beautiful rabbits that I had ever seen. Kamdyn thought they were fake at first so she kind of entertained the white one. As soon as that bunny moved, Kamdyn was out! She started crying and ran over to me as fast as she could. When I picked her up, she started acting as if she liked the bunny. She said, "dog!" As soon as I started petting the bunny and tried to get her to touch it, she started crying again. So, we put the white bunny up for a while and tried to get Kamdyn to smile for a few more pictures. Then, the photographer set up the tea party scene and tried to get the brown bunny out of his cage. Needless to say, there were NO pictures taken with the brown bunny. Kamdyn jumped out of that chair quicker than the lady could sit the bunny in the other chair. Kamdyn had to have a tea party for one! She was quite content with being alone with her little flower in her hand.

Miss Independent

I feel so horrible that I haven't posted anything in over a MONTH! But, things have been so busy between Kamdyn's birthday, going to St. Lucia, my Daddy being sick, and the end of another school year that I've not had a spare minute to even think much less play on the computer.

I did want to let you all know the many things that Kamdyn is now doing. As if walking all over the place wasn't enough, she is now repeating most anything that anyone says. Yes, we have to be VERY careful of what we say. The other day we were riding in the car to pick up her birthday pictures from Fitz Symms and I almost turned in the wrong driveway. I, not thinking, said, "Oh, shoot!" And, yes, I really said "shoot!" My sweet angel in the back immediately said, "Oh shoot!" Except.....hers sounded a little more like that dirty four little word. OOPS! I couldn't help but laugh. My laugh prompted her to say it over and over again. Needless to say, we are much more careful about everything we say. I'm getting good at spelling out lots of words that I don't want her to repeat! :) Oh the joys!!!

Words she says often include juice, no, Da-Da, Na-Na, ball, no, dog, pop, eye, no, ba-ba(bottle), bye-bye, no, hey, flower, bath(as she runs to the bathtub), no. Yes, I meant to include "no" that many times. She hasn't figured out how to say "yes" quite yet. However, she does shake her head viciously back and forth to answer most any question to which she wants to answer "no." My favorite is when Richard says, "Give Daddy a kiss." Kamdyn shakes her head "no" and runs the other way laughing. It cracks me up, but I think it's starting to hurt Richard's feelings. :( I'm going to try to capture this on video soon!

She also wants to do EVERYTHING herself. She rarely wants to be held. She wants to walk everywhere by herself. She wants to turn the pages of the books that we try to read her by herself. She wants to feed herself. And, the list goes on and on. I guess I failed to mention that she can throw herself in to an all-out-fit in a matter of seconds if she doesn't get to do exactly what she wants.

I must say that we have our work cut out for us! How will we ever teach her all of these rules without "breaking" her independent spirit? She doesn't seem interested in hearing us tell her "no." She continues doing what we tell her not to do unless we remove her from the situation. I'm not exaggerating either. Richard wants to know how I can control all of those 4 year olds, but can't manage to control our independent one year old. :) The verdict is still out on this!

She is so much fun! I never imagined how wonderful all of this could be. She is constantly making me smile with each new thing she discovers, each new word she says, and each new precious face she makes at me. My heart couldn't love her more!

Check back in a couple of days. I will be posting her Easter and birthday pics from Fitz Symms. I also have to post her 9 months pics from Fitz-Symms. I am WAY behind scanning and posting!

Kamdyn's Birthday Party at Na-Na and Pop Pop's

Kamdyn not only had a BIG birthday in Augusta, but she had another BIG birthday party at Na-Na and Pop Pop's (she has decided to call my Dad, Pop Pop, instead of Poppy). Here are some pictures from her other birthday party that was actually held on her birthday while we were in St. Lucia!

Anna and Kamdyn

Lindsay (cousin), Aunt Brenda, Lorri (cousin)

Kathy and Brandi

NaNa and Pop Pop laughing at Kamdyn!