Visit to Grand Junction..and three days left

Last weekend was a lot of fun. We went to Grand Junction for a wedding and got to see some great friends who we haven't seen in a LONG time! We decided to turn Cam around for the trip in his car seat to see how he would do.. he seemed to really like it! And.. wow.. is he loud when he yells! What a difference from backward facing to forward facing. :) We went to a store first before we checked into our hotel. Once we got there, we went down to visit with Rachael, Mark, Matthew, and Jaclyn! I have to say that I have never seen Cam so shy! We get into their hotel room and he just hides behind Chad when people come up to him. It was so cute and I so wish I had my camera to capture that moment. Matthew was so cute! and getting so big too. Finally Cam came out of his shell and started to "play" with Matthew and saying hi to Rachael. :) It was cute. We let them get back to doing stuff before Jacob's wedding by us going to the pool. Chad and Cam swam together while I watched and talked to my mom. It was so hot there about 96 degrees which we are going used to like 80 something. Poor Cam was so cold from the pool that it took him forever to warm up. We got ready and went to the wedding. It was a really nice ceremony which pictures will show. And it was just great to catch up with Jaclyn who I hadn't seen since her wedding and when we found out we were pregnant with Cam. :) My mother-in-law kept saying to me that I better not have baby two there in Grand Junction! We took the hospital bag to make sure. Sadly, we didnt' get to hang out with Rachael, Mark and Matthew on Sunday because poor Matthew was sick. So they decided to head back home to make sure Matthew got sleep and didn't get sick later the next day. Chad, Cam and I enjoyed our last hotel trip with just the three of us. and we got to watch some of the olympics! Which maybe means nothing to others but that was all I have gotten to watch since I never think about getting on the computer much anymore. (yet here I finally am!)

My handsome men! (Cam's pointing at an airplane)

Jacob and his wife!

Rachael with Matthew, me with Cam (and can't see the belly much of little bit)

me, Jaclyn and Rachael

Watching the Olympics with Daddy

On the 14th, we had my doctor's appointment which we found out that I was 3 cm dilated and 50% effaced. So baby could come anytime but we are planning on Tuesday for sure! Wow.. I only have two days left until then. Yikes! So the plan is (if this all goes according to plan): to drop off Cam at a friend's house, go to my doctor's appointment at 1:20, have her strip my membranes then go to the hospital. I feel a little bad for Chad because he is coming off of night shifts.. so no sleep for him on Tuesday! Unless he gets a nap in the morning which I might try to make sure that happens.. again.. if it goes according to plan. And we should have baby girl aka little bit later that day! Wow.. life is going to get crazy this week! I can't believe I'm doing this whole birth thing again. Granted, I knew it was coming but it is still crazy that it is just around the corner now. I'm excited to see her since I've dreamed of her the past two nights but here is just praying and hoping that she waits until Tuesday. :)

Countdown to Showtime

Four weeks... seriously? I can't believe in about four weeks that our "little bit" will be here! Chad is really excited to hold her and everything. I'm a little nervous...yes, I am. I know now what birth is all about but still a little nervous about this one. I might be induced unless she comes on her on before the 29th or 30th. So there is that.. and then.. I'll have two kids to take care of! AH! I mean, I have a good routine with Cam but adding a newborn? Hmm.. we shall see how well this goes. And I'm sure that everything will work out just fine with having Cam and little bit. I am happy and excited to have her in my arms (espeically so I can sleep on my stomach or back again :)) but still a little nervous. Other than that: nothing else is really new with us except that we are getting ready for baby girl's apperance...but the best thing was that Chad and I went to the royal gorge railroad to do a dinner train ride and a night at a motel without  Cameron. It was so strange not having our little man there but it was so nice to. Poor Grandma Corder...she had him for a day and a half, but it was good for Cam too. This shows that he does okay without us espeically since I'll be in the hospital for who knows how long with little bit and what not. We shall see. But the train ride was a lot of fun and it was just nice to be us two again. And yet it was so strange without the third and soon to be the fourth. :) It is so funny how things are when you are so used to being with your child for 24/7. Even with some breaks, you think about them all the time when you are not with them. But I do have to say.. it was great sleeping through the night and in! I hardly ever get to do that any more.. and it is just going to get worse with lack of sleep with a newborn again. :) Joys of parenthood...but so worth it :)

To Ohio...Back to Colorado

I had a wonderful time in Ohio at the beginning of this month. My mom flew myself, Cameron and my mother-in-law out to Ohio. I am so glad she came with me to help with Cam.. cause it was great to have her on the plane rides. Cameron did really well but still, I would have been driven crazy by myself. One of my best friend's got married and I got to be in her wedding, hence the trip to Ohio :) I was so glad to be there for her and her husband, even dressed in my least favorite color (pink) but the wedding colors looked great together! I got to visit with a bunch of family which was so great to see and show off how big Cam is now. What was a little scary while I was in Ohio was that two wildfires happened back home. Scary! Those were not close to the house, thank goodness. What a reality check when you live there. Also, before our trip even began, Cam kept getting sick: Two weeks before we leave, found out that Cam  had a double ear infection, One week before fly, Cam breaks out into rash: fifth disease plus fevers; and when we get home, sickish with red throat. Crazy kid! I had my blood taken before we left to make sure about fifth disease and being pregnant: I'm immune! Chad was so relieved to find that out and me too. Little bit (baby girl) has been moving like crazy the past few days. It is just such a cool thing to experience as a mom to be. I am almost 29 weeks along.. really? Only like ten weeks left? So now I am down to seeing my doctor every two weeks. Here in about four weeks we get to see her again! So exciting and nerve racking too. But the trip to Ohio was great to see my family and great friends again. Can't wait to be back in the winter time with two kids! (such a crazy thought!!) Hopefully here soon I can post pictures from my friend's wedding

Pink, Pink, and more Pink

Well for those who have not been told or have not seen on facebook... Chad and I are expecting baby number two this year! And... it's a GIRL! We are both really excited about this new coming addition to our little family and happy to have a girl :) I think Chad was way more excited than me (and I was pretty excited) to find out and see our little one at the big ultrasound. Cam still doesn't understand that he is going to be "big brother" and have a "little sister". But I'm sure that he will once she is here. And I am way excited to buy girl clothes...yes that means dresses. Even though I am so tomboy.. I'm excited for some pink clothes and girly things :) One of our best friends sent us some girl clothes and that made me happy to think about. So the hard part comes down to the names we like. We had three picked out when I was pregnant with Cam but which one do we pick? One of our traditions is to go pick out a stuffed animal for out little one after the ultrasound. It took us FOREVER to do. And we ended up having Cam help us out! :) She will have a pink hippo since that is the one he kept grabbing first. It was that or a really cute cow :) We didn't even pick out an outfit like we did for Cam. It was TOO hard! I mean I"m excited to have more selections but maybe there is too much compared to the boy stuff. lol. This is going to be interesting when I go to munckin market here this coming week. I'm shopping thursday, have a youth camp fundraiser for church friday, and more shopping saturday and possible camp kick off that day too for girls camp. Talk about busy. Plus thats when Chad has that weekend off for work. Crazy!
But bring on the pink with our new addition!

Hunting Eggs

CAm, Baili and the Easter bunny

Cam and I waiting in line for the egg hunt to start

Easter was a lot of fun this year. On Saturday, I took Cameron and his cousin Baili and her friend to the egg hunt in town. It was a lot of fun. Cam was in the age group 0-3 and could only find 5 eggs to make it fair for everyone in the group. Instead of finding eggs right behind us, Cam took off across the lot and then went left then straight then left again to find his eggs! He did a great job of finding, picking them up and bringing them back to me. :) He was SO cute! He was also so curious of the people dressed up as Peter Cottontail and the Easter Bunny, and two donkeys (due to our town donkeys). He didn't know what to think of them at first then got to touch one to feel their "fur" and then kept pointing at them. Not because he wanted to be held or touched by them but because I think he wanted to "pet" them. Lol! My cute boy who is so used to animals!!

On Sunday once Daddy got home from work, we did a small family egg hunt upstairs. Of course, I hid the eggs in plain sight but it was still fun to watch Cam. Espeically when he would find an egg and go "oh". :) So cute! I can't believe how fast he is growing up. He will be sixteen months on the 17th. Two more months and he is in nursery at church! I'm excited and a little sad too... but I know Cam will LOVE it! :

Zoo Adventure

a chicken trying to escape :)

Daddy and Cam coming out of a "bear cave"

sleeping porqupine (spelling is so wrong!)

Mountain Lion/Cougar

My favorite.. OTTERS!

so cute!

Looking at the fish in the bear's habitat

relaxing

love tigers. so pretty

Cam got to touch the Wallaby's nose! :)

Feeding the giraffes!

It was so much fun having a good family day on Chad's week off in March. We went to the zoo down in Colorado Springs. Even with it being the week of spring break, we saw the whole zoo in about 3 hours or so. The best (and our favorite part) was feeding the giraffes! Cameron didn't know what to think of their tongues but it was so cool! Cam stayed awake the whole time we were there. As we were eating our lunch, we ran into one of our friends from church and her two cute girls. :) After the zoo and being in the sun ALL day, we met up with Chad's mom at goodwill and I got some shorts for the summer! So excited! :)

Still following in March

Here are some OLD pictures from last year.. that I just haven't posted..better late than never!
Cam and his cousin all locked up in a dog carrier

Static hair!

Playing with Grandpa Corder's christmas present!

What did Santa bring?

Opening first present.. he had fun ripping the paper!

Poor Chad...after getting so sick in Feburary what happens on his week off at the end of the month and the beginning of March? He gets sick of course! He has sore throat, cough, headache...poor guy of mine. I don't know where he is picking it all up from. Our best guess is from the gold mine since it is that time of year where sickness gets passed around. So yeah, he is just so tired of being sick all the time. All I have to say is that I hope he doesn't get sick at his next week off.. I want to go to the zoo!!

Other than that...there isn't much going on with us. CAmeron is as busy as ever. Still not much on the talking side yet, but will get there. He can now climb onto all of the couches on the main floor. He is such a smart cookie and I just don't know always what to do with him. Today was fun because he "helped" me vaccum and take out the dirty water to throw out. He LOVED being outside. I am so going to have to do that more with him. Of course, he doesn't always listen when I say "Come here" when he runs off. can you say independent?