Camden has his first...

ear infection. My poor baby. He has an ear infection in both ears. Last night he had a temp of 100.6 and it would come and go without meds. Took him in today to the dr's and yup, just like I thought...ear infection..


Poor baby. It does make me really sad to know he is sick. I have an ear infection (again!) and let me tell you its no fun. I do feel bad. Thankfully, he is still fairly happy and talking. Just sleeping a lot and wants mommy...

Off to medicate the poor guy!

Christmas 2008

Christmas 2008 has come and gone. It seems like we spend so much time preparing for Christmas. The shopping, wrapping, sending out cards, holiday parties, preparing to mail boxes,put the lights up, the tree up, Santa pictures and so much more. We stress about what we need to get done and what we havent gotten done and then in the blink of an eye it is all over with. This year I ended up wrapping ALL our Christmas presents on Christmas Eve morning, wrapped more into the afternoon and once we got home from my parents I still had a few to wrap. After wrapping ALL those gifts, I looked at the clock and realized it was after midnight and in just a few short hours all those nicely wrapped boxes in shiney, colored paper would be torn to shreds. All the hours of work put into wrapping those boxes only to have them ruined.....the good part was seeing my family light up and be so thankful for what we each recieved. (Next year I will wrap sooner so I can enjoy the pretty boxes!)

The Powell Christmas was a great one. We spent this year with our newest family member Camden. Nathan and Breonna as they have gotten older are more understanding of what Christmas truly is about. While the gifts are wonderful they know that the gifts arnt what Christmas is ALL about.

Nathan and Breonna got some really nice gifts from family and friends. We got to spend time with my side of the family on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. I think the BEST part of Christmas 2008 was having Roger, Floyd's dad here for another year to celebrate with us. We are truly blessed to have him still here with us. Roger told me on Thanksgiving "I know I am sick, I know I am supposed to die, but Nicole I will live another 10 years!!" And if I must say so myself I think he really will too!

Christmas Eve is my favorite day of the year! This year was even more special. Camden is here. My sisters,their boyfriends, my mom, my dad, Nathan, Breonna, my husband and myself all just dote on him. He is not lacking for arms to hold him or hugs or kisses. The child whimpers and 5 people flock to see what they can do to make him smile or coo at them.

Here are some pictures from this Christmas 2008. Nathan and Breonna of course, run from my camera. I am sure one day Camden will too. Since he can't now, I will take as many of him as I can!!


Camden on Christmas Morning 2008!

Camden and Uncle Kam. This is Aunt Emily's boyfriend!

Camden and Aunt Stephanie on Christmas Eve

Papa and Camden on Christmas Eve (my dad!)

The kids in the snow.

Well Floyd and I bundled up Camden and found Nathan playing outside and pryed Breonna (who just got warm) away from the heater vent and I made them go back outside. The pictures turned out pretty cute

Enjoy!

Snow

Yes, we have had snow. This is also the 2nd day the kids have not had school. Currently the snow is coming down hard and fast. I love it. The ground is all nicely re-covered and Nathan and Breonna are enjoying their snow day! They have both been out in it a few times already today. The come in soaking wet and freezing, dripping snow all through the house. About 2 hours later once they have defrosted they are back out there with neighborhood kids playing. When I get a chance I will have to take a picture of it before it melts. In the mean time here are some pictures of Camden. He is 10 weeks old now.

The new stuff with Camden is:
*He sleeps better!
*He knows when it is bedtime at nighttime and no one and I mean no one can keep him awake if it is past 8pm.
*Camden is smiling so so so much more. And its a real smile, with a little sparkle that just melts your heart.
*Camden totally knows when you are leaving him. He follows you with his eyes and gets this adorable "boo-boo" face, which breaks your heart and you HAVE to just pick him up.
*He loves to snuggle with you
*He is talking to just about everything these days. The tv, people, stuffed animals, you name it he will babble to it.
*Camden lights up when the dogs come into the room. They will be best buds for sure!
*Camden is in LOVE with himself. He loves the mirror on his bouncy seat and on his floor gym. He just smiles and coos to himself when he sees himself.


Nathan and Breonna are doing so well. Christmas is nearly here and I know they are antsy to see what "Jolly ol'Saint Nick" brought them. Floyd and and I have watched enough holiday movies with those two to last a lifetime. I know both kids are excited (and so am I) to have the daycare closed. I am so excited to spend it with just my family and just relax. Everyone is so much happier after a nice vacation.

Gymboree Contest

So I am on a forum for Gymboree Clothes lovers. I do love alot of their lines for Camden. Anyhow the forum I am on is having a referral contest. The person who gets the most referrals via their link wins a 150.00 gift card TO Gymboree. I would LOVE this. Camden will be getting bigger at some point and this would be so nice to have. You do have to register but really, just register and don't come back??? Its easy to do :)

Your help is appreciated. I would do it for you!!!

http://www.GymboPlace.com/index.php?referrerid=1949

Its ONLY Thursday..

and it was a long, long, long day! Camden started this nasty cough on Friday morning. He acted fine and is fine. Happy, smiling, talking to us, sleeping and eating well. On Monday we went in for his 2 month well baby and his Doctor said just to keep an eye on it that he sounded fine. His lungs were crystal clear. Last night I noticed him coughing more frequently and this morning when he woke up he was coughing more too. I called the nurse and the nurse said Sara Husarik A.R.N.P (his "doctor) wanted to see him. We got there 15min early and waited in the waiting room for 45min (ANNOYED!), got into the room and got Camden weighed again (10lbs 11.5oz)and waited for another 40min for our Doctor to get in here. Sara apologized saying this cough was something EVERYONE was coming in for. Anyhow, she listened and his cough has infact gotten worse to some degree. She had us stay and do a nebulizer treatment and it worked great. So Camden is on the nebulizer every 4 to 8 hours as needed. FUN! NOT! Thankfully, Camden is still just has happy as can be. We go back Monday morning for a follow-up.

Here are a few cute pictures of Camden from today in his new "Future Rock Star" Pajamas! So cute! (thanks Mary for taking them for us!) See how happy he is? Camden is so so so sweet and just all smiles and coo's these days!






(yes, he fell asleep!!!)

Spending the evening with mommy