State Fair

Mykenzi's first memorable trip to the fair, and Camden's

first ever. Mykenzi got to do many things here, such as

ride kiddie rides for the first time at all, including a

small roller coaster, ride a pony, watch racing pigs,

eat German roasted nuts (out of Tupelo, MS by the way),

sit in a State Police car, pet piglets and a 4 day old

duckling (the duckling picture was too blury), see goats,

sheep, cows, and horses, as well as a 2 day old calf

that didn't quite know how to use her legs yet, fish for the

first time (she didn't really catch one, but was handed a rod with

a fish already hooked and proceeded to pull it out of the water,

very exciting, but the picture was blury), and she ate her first

funnel cake. Camden was awake for most of the time at the fair,

and mainly took in the new sights and smells.

First Stop: Lunch, a State Fair corn dog of course.

On to Kiddie Way. Not being familiar with rides,
Mykenzi chose the bouncer as her first activity.


On to the bulldozers. Rather low key, until she decided to
go all the way when she saw the...


Dragon Roller Coaster, which she loved! One big hill and a
quick turn, and she was cracking up laughing!

A bumble bee that flies up in the air around in circles.

Also fun, but Mykenzi appears to like fast rides with quick jolts.

She was always a dare devil, even at Camden's age.

Like this ride. You'd think it would be tame, a bunch of whales

going around in circle, but I guess they're mimicking swimming

and quickly bumped up and down as they rode around in circles.

This also had her cracking up laughing.

Another round the circle ride, not too exciting. However,

there was a strange attendant taunting her on this one,

so she was eager to get off and move on.

Now this was exciting. Two turns around the race track,

both of which made the car fishtail and had all the

mini drivers laughing uncontrollably, as well as all the

spectating parents. Much like at all the rides, when the

children were laughing and having fun, the parents were

laughing much harder.

While this two-car train slowly wound it's way around

on an oval track, Mykenzi was thrilled to be on a train.

It didn't matter that it didn't go fast or that she didn't

get to ride in the engine where she could ring the bell,

she still enjoyed the ride.

You can't see her beautiful smile in this one, but she

liked flying in the air above Mommy, Daddy, and Camden.

And of course every little girl has to ride the carousel.

Then we spotted the jet skis. Living close to the Potomac River

Mykenzi has seen many jet skis racing along the river during

our regular rides and walks around the point. She has become

fascinated at jet ski sightings so it was neat that there was a ride

there giving her the perfect opportunity to pretend she was

bouncing on the waves in a jet ski on the river.

A first pony ride! What fun!

Time for the Racing Pigs!

Even the baby doll had to witness this. You see her

there on Daddy's knee. He was instructed to help

her clap during the introduction of the pigs.

Even Camden got out of the stroller for this. I was worried

that he might be scared at the loud noises of all the people

cheering on the pigs, but he didn't mind at all.

This video was meant to capture Mykenzi's excitement

during the pig races. However, what you hear is how

crazy people go over watching any sort of competition.

Checking out a real State Police car. We told her the backseat

was the wrong place to be, but a State Trooper was standing

next to the front door explaining what all of the controls were

for, and Mykenzi doesn't get too close to strangers.

Petting piglets for the first time.

Checking out the little chicks. We even saw some

hatching from their eggs.

Riding a submarine. She started winding down here.

Going through a fun house with the ultimate reward,

a huge slide at the end.

Mykenzi's first funnel cake!

You can't really see it here, but after we finished the

funnel cake a huge gust of wind came along blowing the

plate up in my face and showering Camden and I in

powdered sugar. You can see it on me, but you can't see

how it covered his face in sweet little white specks.

This was the end of the fair for us, but it marks the beginning

of our favorite time of year. There is so much more to come on this

blog, with outdoor pictures of the kids with beautiful Fall foliage,

the Fall Festival/parade, Mykenzi's field trip to the pumpkin

patch, possibly our trip to another pumpkin patch, Halloween,

Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Of course those will all be

firsts for Camden, which will definitely be captured and blogged.

Along with the first holidays will be his adventures in learning to

eat rice cereal, vegetables, and fruit. For now the next milestone

is sure to be sitting up on his own, which he was doing very well

this morning before falling foward to eat his toes, but I forgot my

camera. Soon we'll give rice cereal a try, but his pediatrician has

suggested that we wait until he eats more during the day. I'm trying

to hold out, but really, what can it hurt? He needs to learn to

eat, and I just want to give him a little each day. The only problem I

see may be that he might want to eat that instead of the bottle,

and I'd have to confess my introduction of cereal to the pediatrician.

Camden is 4 Months Old!

Camden had his 4 month checkup this morning.

He now weighs 14 lbs. 6 oz. and is 26 inches long.

He was given 4 vaccinations, 2 shots in each leg, so he's

had a rough morning, which means no 4 month pictures

to post yet. He's busy nursing his boo boos in the swing for now,

resting up as the shots tend to make babies sleepy.

Jesus Loves Me

Mykenzi singing Jesus Loves Me.

Camden - 16 Weeks

Trying to roll from back to tummy, but he can't quite make it yet...

Found Those Toes

No matter what Camden's doing, he loves to hold his toes.

One morning during breakfast he was sitting on Jonmark's lap

with one hand on Jonmark's and the other holding on to his toes.

Last night during his bath, he was holding his toes, and he even

tries to do that when I change his diapers!

Kenzi & Camden

Look how big Camden is getting.

First Ride on Daddy's Shoulders

Mykenzi's First Day of Preschool

Today was Mykenzi's first day of preschool. This morning

she ate breakfast, put on her backpack, and was very excited

and ready to go. When we first arrived and sat through

Jesus Time, she seemed a little uncertain about what was

happening, but once we moved into the classroom and she sat

down on the floor with the other boys and girls, I slipped out

the room and I'm not sure that she even noticed. When I picked

her up I was surprised to find that I have my first piece of school

artwork to save, a piece of black construction paper with her

handprint in white paint (a wolf she tells me) and 2 yellow stickers

on the hand that she says are the wolf's eyes. Mykenzi excitedly

told us about all the things they did this morning: read a book (about

a wolf she says), played with sand, played with play-do, painted, and

had a snack, Cheez-Its with water and berry juice. Mykenzi is

looking forward to going back to preschool on Monday,

so today was definitely a success.

In front of the preschool.


Sitting on the floor for Jesus Time. She was a little
uncertain about things at this point, choosing to sit facing
us instead of the preacher who was welcoming the children
and singing songs with them. She sat like that for the entire
10-15 minutes looking at us with her fingers in her mouth.