More Birthday Pictures

Happy Birthday Cameron and Cole!
I love these mirror shots. They give me a great visual of what life could have been like. Miss you lots little birthday angel!


Cameron and Cole's birthday cake...it was supposed to be angel food cake with butterflies (they've become symbolic of Cole for us)...but the store was out of angel food cake...and I am way to lazy to make one from scratch!


This cake was made by one of my students...isn't it cute!
Cameron could hardly wait to get his hands on it!


and it tasted GREAT!!!!

And the best part....presents...or rather the wrapping they come in!!!!

Happy Birthday Sweet Miracle Boys!

Wow, a year has gone by already....feels like just yesterday that I was so full of mixed emotions about this day. I'd say it's gone by quickly but truly it hasn't. Maybe that's because I treasured each and every moment with this little miracle who almost didn't get to be here to have this special birthday with us.
I am posting a few pics of the celebration from last weekend with the Ireland gang and will post more pics of today and tomorrow (when our friends come over) later in the weekend.
I thought I'd add the link to my other blog here as the other emotions about today are there along with a piece I wrote for the boys...a powerful one I think that is not full of sadness but honesty and hope...this blog is just for photos and joyful thoughts today!!!


I'm hoping this video will work...not sure the others I posted lately can be viewed...blogger seems to have issues lately.


HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAMERON AND COLE, WE LOVE YOU BOTH SO MUCH!!!!

Our own Tim the Tool Man (AKA Brycen) appeared beside Daddy one day to help fix the dishwasher dragging his own toolbox.

He was quite funny to watch....



Cameron has been very active lately. He is getting so brave....

And he decided to get out of the chair himself...

Not so sucessfully...


But off he goes anyway!!!

He is now pulling to stand completely on his own...and nothing is safe now!!!

Cameron is really on the move lately too. He still army crawls most of the time but he is starting to get up on all fours. The greatest success he has with this is when he's crawling with bare legs.....


He even has a speed wobble in there!!! I laugh each time a watch this and I laugh each day with this precious little boy. What absolute joy he brings to our lives!!!

Winter Fun!

A few weeks ago we packed our crew up and headed into Stratford to go tobogganing at a local highschool. It was not only Cameron's first experience in a sleigh but also Brycen's first time on a big hill. He was scared at first and rode with Edith (our exchange student) or with Geoff.



Zack is an old pro at tobogganing... he gets to practice each day on his crazy carpet at school. He was very excited to be going down such a HUGE hill!!!


So excited...and so cold!!!


Cameron seemed to enjoy his sleigh ride and watched from the top of the hill while we all took turns. He was so calm and quiet but grinned and laughed when we pulled him around.

Brycen's first trip on his own....and yes that is a mix of excitement, fear and my smile is frozen to my face!!!

Cameron's baptism....only a few months late in posting!!!

On November 15th Cameron was baptized at our church in Monkton by our dear friend Rev. Theresa MacDonald-Lee.


Our dear friend (and amazing daycare provider) Cheryl is also our church elder so she took part in the service as well.


Theresa is also the minister who helped us honor our twins back in May with a very touching goodbye and blessing for Cole and a welcoming and dedication for Cameron. Cameron's Godparents Charlotte and Kerry Myers were able to be at that service and we felt that was his true baptism, his true welcoming into God's family but we also needed to complete this formal service as well.



Cheryl is very special and important to all of us, especially our boys and she enjoyed showing Cameron, at her first baptism since becoming an elder, off to the congregation.

Meeting the children of our congregation.

Cameron on the move!

As Cameron screams at me to focus on him not the computer I am going to quickly give an update on him.


As you can see he is upset these days with a few things...the first being illness. After 4 weeks of ear infections he ran a fever and got a cold again...so off the ER we went yesterday thinking we'd be demanding to see an ENT for his ears. Low and behold they are fine...but unfortunately the 103.5 temperature, the laboured breathing, the not wanting to eat or drink...all signs of something else. After listening to his chest the doctor sent him for chest x-rays. They came back okay but not great and the doctor says he has pneumonia. He's fussy, can't sleep and wants to cuddle...okay for a mommy who is off work for another 2.5 weeks... I love the snuggles and the excuse to get nothing done. Oh and the doctor we saw yesterday said the next time he gets an ear infection we are to 'demand' to see Dr. Scott (the ENT). He was shocked to hear we hadn't been there yet and that Cameron's been treated for these ear infections for 4 weeks now.
And as you can see he also has some new 'hardware' to show off!!! That would be the second reason for being upset. I'm sure he's working on a few more...he's sure biting like he is!!!!



I love his toothy look!
He was weighed and saw our doc (who doesn't think he needs to see an ENT???) about 10 days ago. He was only 200 grams more than when he saw her mid November. If he hadn't made such a HUGE gain in September she might have been concerned but as you can tell from the chubby cheeks and tummy... he's not in any danger of falling off the growth chart...he just likes the bottom of it!

He is crawling so much now...I can't believe how busy he is.


Despite being fairly sick with Cameron has been entertaining me with his new crawl today...half army crawl, half on all fours...and all incredibly cute. I tried to capture it on video....







Oh just in case you are wondering what happened to my other kids...they really do still live here LOL! They don't pose as well for pictures but I do have some great pictures to post of our tobogganing trip a few weeks ago...but they are on Edith's camera (our exchange student) so I'll post them later!

Updates...sort of

Just wanted anyone who's new to reading this blog or anyone who wants to read the story of the Journey of Cameron and Cole to know to look back in June 2009. I cut and pasted our story from my Caring Bridge site to here. It's a lot of reading...I am sooooo wordy. Hopefully anyone who is looking for this info can find it now.