Playing Euchre

Euchre is the card game in Indiana. And since Camden decided she wanted to learn it as early as possible, we headed to Grandma and Grandpa French's house for an evening of play.

Camden found the game a little boring and wanted a nap instead. We decided it was a perfect opportunity to do a photo shoot. She is so beautiful when she sleeps.

Daddy's feet are thiiiisssss big...

We were bored...

...so we decided to go for a walk around Waveland. We thought it would be fun to get pictures of Camden at different places around our little town.

Our first stop was the post office to get our mail.

Then as we walked by Papaw's house, he came out to greet us and talk to Camden.

And then...it started to rain. And by rain I mean remnants of Hurricane Gustav rain. We were about 3/4 of a mile from home, so there was no making it back without getting drenched. We had to take shelter in someone's boat storage barn for about 20 minutes while the downpour passed. Luckily Camden peacefully enjoyed the layover.

It finally let up enough for us to walk home, through the downtown of Waveland, in just a fine mist of rain.

Next time we're bored, I think we'll just tickle Camden on the couch!

Labor Day

It's always fun to spend time with family. Since Kevin had the day off and we had some errands to do, we headed to Lafayette and spent time with Gina's family.

Camden got to meet her Great Uncle Jerry and Great Aunt Karen.

One of Uncle Jerry's skills is woodworking. He made each of his children's first babies a beautiful cradle. His youngest, Gina's cousin Marissa, generously let Camden borrow hers for the first few months so Camden could stay in Mommy and Daddy's room before she was ready to sleep in her nursery. We love it!


Camden also got to spend more time with her great grandmother. She always loves being in Grammy's arms!




Then it was off to Aunt Carole and Uncle Ric's for a day of eating, games, and lots of fussing over Camden (we aren't complaining). Between her Cousin Lauren, Cousin Rachel, and Aunt Carole, there is much holding and cooing.

To make it even more fun, Grandma Pat (and Grandpa Jim) were there too! We wanted to capture Grandma with her four grandchildren.

The highlight of the night, however, was seeing Camden miraculously sprout some hair.

But on further inspection, we realized it was just Camden in one of her favorite spots...curled up on Daddy's chest.

But really, anywhere close to Daddy is a good spot!

Unbelievable...She's One Month Old!

Could it really be that a month has flown by?

Camden is growing and changing rapidly. She has moved out of her "E.T." phase and is looking more and more like a gorgeous young lady. Though you can't tell in pictures yet, she is getting a bit more hair (hard to tell the color yet) and her eyes look like they are going to turn brown (but who really knows?!?). She had her one month visit with her pediatrician, Dr. Joshi, and is getting to be a porker! She's reached 7 lbs 14 ozs and is 21" long. Grow baby, grow.

Camden was given a little bear in the hospital from her Grandma and Grandpa French. We took a picture of her with it when she was just a few hours old. We are going to take her picture each month with the bear to watch her growth.

She also got a big bear from her cousin Amanda which we thought would also make a fun comparison.

And, what's a blog post without some cute pictures...just because!

New Car

Kevin came home from work yesterday and announced that he didn't think the reliable green stratus was going to make it anymore. Granted, we had been driving hundreds of miles a day - literally...when we both are working, we put 192 miles every work day on it. That translates to approximately 1000 miles each week...or 40,000 miles since last October. We'd been putting it off for months, but the inevitable was here. Now, however, we had a newborn baby to tag along which made test driving really fun! So we called Aunt Carole, who willingly took Camden for the day while we went shopping. It's important to note that this was the first time since she was born that Camden has not been in my immediate surroundings. BIG day for momma!

And, Kevin was right. While driving from one dealership to another, the car broke down. After a brief cool-down, it started up enough to limp into the next dealership, where we bought our new/used 2008 Buick LaCrosse. It is bright red (ugh, but slowly growing on me) and is loaded with leather interior, heated seats, individual climate control...gorgeous!

Getting clean is a tough job

Camden's cord fell off on Wednesday, August 20, so it was time to give her a real bath. Just like her previous sponge baths, she just loved getting naked and being put into water. Hopefully it won't be too long before she does enjoy bathtime. Maybe we're biased, but we think she's adorable even when she screams.











She sure is relieved that bath time is done. It's almost a smile!

Wings and things

Camden has been out to several places to eat, but we wanted to record her first visit to Buffalo Wild Wings. "B-Dubs" is our favorite place to go in the fall for football...oh, who am I kidding...this is one of our favorite places to go any time of the year. The newest phenomenom in dining out is that the waitress has to come back four and five times because everyone is stopping to coo over Camden and we don't get a chance to look at the menu. What can we say...she is a cutie!