Cameron gets a taste of Nans soda...while I think he enjoyed the little bit of sweetness, the fizz tickeled him a lot and honestly...when I've tried to let him taste a little again, he doesn't seem to care. To me...this is a good thing right?!

HELP ME! Is it seriously possible for a 15 month old to throw temper tantrums like a 2 year old? I am being beat up like crazy too! We've tried time and time again to teach Cameron that hitting hurts. Does that mean anything to him!? NO! So what does our evenings consist of with Cam the man???? See below...

I have never thought that I could ever possibly HATE a book...that was until the Little People Animal Songs Book was purchased by my wonderful sister. I don't know if I should be mad at the little people people or my sister for getting Cameron this book. Out of ALL the books this child has, what book does he pick? That darn book that plays music OVER and OVER again. While it does play cute music, the words that are supplied to the songs are NOTHING to what they are supposed to be! Take for example..."Three Blind Mice"...take that tune...and put it with the words "Three Orange Cats"...how can fisher price change a mother goose song?! What is that all about?! The ONLY song they stuck with the original lyrics too was BINGO. BUT Cam loves this book...look at the joy it brings him...

Oh..and on another Temper Tantrum note...today Cameron got a note home from daycare. I feel like I should save this in a scrapbook or something ha ha. It has been reported that Cameron has a habit of hitting others. Yeah...how nice huh? I thought I wouldn't have to deal with "notes home" until Cam started REAL school...Should I ground him?! I told Ger he needed to have a talk with Cameron ha ha. Oh well...it's late and I'm going to bed. Nights!

You have to admit...this sums up my life anymore lol

Doing a little happy dance here! See all that gibberish up top? That means I finally can have lots of fun playing with my "Raw" photos in Photoshop Creative Suite 2!!! I have never been so excited over a computer program before. Talk about a learning curve though...holy moly!

So over the weekend that just past, Gerry and I were invited (and very honored we may add too!) to a beautiful beach wedding. It was Ger's cousin Craig and his fiance Holly. I can't even begin to say how beautiful this wedding was. Every little detail was so perfectly planned. Gerry looked at me in the middle of the ceremony and asked "Why didn't we do this?!" I almost had to agree with him (though I wouldn't trade my wedding for the world...how many people do you know have the Philadelphia Eagle's mascot SWOOP at their wedding?!?!). Anyway...I just wanted to post a preview for our Aunt Ruthie & Uncle Wade of some pictures I took of their big day. I have a big surprise for you guys too! Can't wait! Here's a sneak peek!

A - Attached or Single: Attached
B - Best Friend(s): Bonnie, Keri, Amy
C - Cake or Pie: ummm CAKE!
D - Drink of Choice: Caf. Free Pepsi!
E - Essential Item: My Canon & Crumpler
F - Favorite Color: Purple
G - Gummi Bears or Worms: Gummi Bears
H - Hometown: Penndel, PA
I – Indulgence(s): Twizzlers :-) Makes mouths happy :-)
J - January or July: January...my birthday!
K - Kids: Beautiful baby Cameron
L - Life is incomplete without: Family
M - Marriage Date: March 12, 2005
N - Number of Siblings: 1 WONDERFUL older sister
O - Oranges or Apples: Apples
P - Phobias/Fears: Car Accidents
Q - Favorite Quote: "I love you you know...." "I know..." (SNL)
R - Reason to smile: My family & my camera lol
S - Season: Spring/Summer LONG days with LOTS of sunlight to take pictures
T- Tag Three: I tag Amy, Brianne, and Bonnie
U - Unknown Fact About Me: I'm addicted to my GameBoy...so sad...
V - Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animals: Love my meat!
W - Worst Habit: Waiting for Ger to get up to ask for him to get me a snack...pisses him off so bad
X - X-rays or Ultrasounds: Ultrasounds
Y - Your Favorite Foods: Pasta hands down, Pizza, Cheese Fries, BBQ Chicken, Sugar Snapped Peas, Meatloaf...yeah Im a healthy eater haha!
Z- Zodiac: Water

See! Don't they look like pox?! Nope! Harmless just bad looking! Poor little man. Good news is he's almost back to normal. Still super sleepy (2 naps a day instead of 1 like usual) and he is finally starting to eat a little now!

Do we EVER get a break?! Seriously! So this poor child has had fevers up and down for the past 4 days from his MMR shot...fever FINALLY breaks but crankiness and clingy child syndrome has continued and guess what now...A RASH! My poor child looks like he has chicken pox! Called the Dr because I didn't want to take a chance and per advice of my lovely super nurse neighbor Keri and make sure it wasn't chicken pox and have it be contagious to everyone at daycare. Turns out...ANOTHER sticken' reaction from the MMR shot! Not contagious at all. Starts on the head, goes to the trunk of the body, exits the body from the toes. Great! Oh and to top all this off?! After being super cranky yesterday, I decided when he finally calmed down to take him to surprise his daddy at his work picnic. We walk out the front door and what happens? Fall! Flat on the face! I'll have to snap a picture of that one too! We have a nice red bump/scratch on our forehead. Like I asked...do we EVER get a break?!

Thought I would at least share a cute picture to make everyone giggle. Cam the Man playing peek-a-boo with Nan...notice...he's cheating! Little stinker!

Guaranteed meal....Spaghetti...but it also means guaranteed MESS!

Yes, I feel the need to get Cam the Man down to a diaper during this kind of meal. I refuse to let him get messy in his clothes with sauce and cheese. Cam of course loves this idea because that means we can use our belly and chest as a napkin ha ha.

Oh...he's also taking after his mother...he LOVES CHEESE...lots and lots of cheese. MMMMmmmmmm!!!!

Obviously this kid doesn't understand quality music when he hears it. Since when is twinkle twinkle better than Billy Joel?!?! SOOOOOO his father! Cameron felt to need to be on my lap every time I sat down at the piano to play. When he was really little I used to play the lullaby by Billy Joel to him and he used to LOVE it...now he hits my hands until I play twinkle twinkle little star! WHAT IS THAT ABOUT?!?! It is very cute though, he feels the need to stand next to the piano when I play a song he likes and dances. Just toooooooooooo cute.

Cam the Piano Man...

NO BILLY JOEL!!!

See Daddy? She plays what I WANT!

Okay so I know this picture is way out of focus and technically wrong...but look at these 2. Isn't is just sooooooooo cute?! I didn't have the heart to delete this picture!

WHOA HOT! 97 today and yesterday...tomorrow the same. Crazy hot outside. Cameron spent Sunday in the pool with nan and his Daddy (of course, after all the napping from the previous post ha ha). I even joined in the pool fun which is a rare occasion! Cameron has been pretty unsure about the pool lately and I don't know why, he loved it in Punta Cana. All in all though he did have fun AND to top it off, Aunt Debbie came with a cake that was PURE HEAVEN in her hands for us. She makes this awesome chocolate cake with vanilla icing inside and chocolate icing on the outside. Obviously I LOVED it and Cameron didn't think it was too bad either.

So Cam the man woke up at 6am on Sunday. I don't know when this kiddo will realize that weekends=sleep in!!! ANYWAY...we went food shopping at 9am and by 1030 he was dead asleep in the car on the way home. We got him out of the car still dead asleep, brought him inside and I laid him down the on the living room floor because we were going to be running out right away after we unloaded the groceries. He slept on our living room floor and didn't even realize that I laid him there. I than picked him back up and put him in the car and he was still dead asleep. I just couldn't believe it. Food shopping must of been a lot of work for him. He was allowed to ride in the little car cart for the first time today and he was having so much fun in it honking the horn. Must of wiped him out. Oh well...here's Cam the man dead asleep on the floor from today!

The last picture I forgot to add a few days ago from the 4th of July.

Photoshop Weight Loss

4th of July...Independence Day. How can you possibly begin to thank all the men and woman out there overseas fighting for what we are able to celebrate today? Everyday these men and woman risk their lives.

Today we had a picnic with Gerry's mom and her friend Phil and Cameron had a blast. I was watching Cameron and his Grand mom playing on the slides and swings and just sat there thinking how lucky I am to be able to be relaxing in that way with family. I got sad though...I can't imagine not having my family there with me. It's something I can say I definitely take for granite. I am able to share these moments with my family. I definitely don't think I thank our armed forces enough for all they do. Not only the armed forces men and woman out there fighting for our freedom, but the wives, daughters, sons, mothers and fathers that are missing their loved ones. Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I can only pray that they all have a safe return home and are able to enjoy what they have given me, this same time next year.

Happy 4th of July!

Again, thank you for making our country a safer place.

Just a few more of the cutie pies from over the weekend.

So over the weekend we had a great playdate with my photography buddy Amy & her beautiful son Nolan. He is just the CUTEST little boy ever. SO smart too. He loves to count and sing with you, its just too adorable. Anyway...here are a few pictures of our fun time at the playground over the weekend. Amy & Nolan, we can't wait to get together again. Cameron had a blast and loves having another little boy to play with!!!

Scroll allllllllll the way down...see the fridge?? Leave a message and click save! Make me laugh.

So I almost forgot about these 2 pictures! My sister who is starting to dabble into photography now got herself a macro lens that of course I needed to try out. Of course, now I want a macro lens to play with.

50mm Macro Lens

ISO 100

s.s. 1/160 F 2.5

Not with the macro, but a random shot of Cameron and his Aunt B.