Mommy's Little Girl

We are currently in New Jersey fulfilling Camryn's important flower girl duties for Gina and Paul. Our first mission was a very special one. Camryn had her very first pedicure and manicure this morning with the bridal party. I have been painting her cute little toes for quite a while now, but she has never had a professional job. She sat in the chair like a really big girl while she had her feet washed, massaged, and her toes painted purple. Next, she sat very patiently while her fingernails were painted to match. She had a very serious look on her face the entire time, but I know she was enjoying every minute of it. She has been looking at her nails ever since and is very eager to show them off. I can't believe how lucky she is to have such pampering so early in life. I am excited, though, because this just means that I will have yet another friend to join me in spa days!!!

She is currently sound asleep in the hotel room for a nap before we go to the rehearsal and dinner. She is excited to meet Dylan, the ring bearer. She has been saying all week that she has to "hold Dylan's hand", so I hope she actually does it tonight. More importantly, I hope she does it tomorrow for the wedding!!! I will be sure to post more updates about the exciting weekend and there will be a lot of fun pictures to come on the website once we get home. For now, send good thoughts our way for a successful day tomorrow!!!

A lot to be thankful for...

Happy Thanksgiving!! We just got back from visiting Chris' family for Thanksgiving. We had a wonderful time and really enjoyed all of the yummy food!! You just can't beat Thanksgiving dinner!!! As you can see, Camryn wore her new shirt because she is thankful that she is going to be a big sister. Many of you who actually read this blog already know our wonderful news, but we are officially going public with it now that I am safely in my second trimester. Our actual due date is June 10th, but we are sure that the special day will be a little sooner since it will be a repeat c-section. We are so incredibly excited about adding to our family and Camryn already enjoys giving the baby in mommy's belly kisses. We just hope she enjoys the baby as much when he/she arrives!! So, we have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving and continue to pray that everything goes smoothly!!

Speaking of going smoothly, we are also praying that this weekend goes off without a hitch (other than Gina marrying Paul). This is the weekend of Carmyn's important flower girl job. We have talked a lot about it and she is very excited to wear her "purple shoes" and "pretty princess dress". Needless to say, mommy and daddy are nervous and hope she takes her job seriously! I will be sure to keep you updated!!! Now, I am off to pack for the weekend. Fun.

Long Overdue

I am about to go to bed, but I wanted to let you all know there are lots of new pictures on the website. There are 6 new albums that I added today. Enjoy and goodnight!

Two Important Days

We have had 2 very important days in the past week. The first day was Halloween. We were all looking forward to the fun that Halloween brings. Camryn had a party at school with her friends and was very excited to have the job of providing the juice. She even got to wear her costume in a parade around the school. Believe it or not, when we got home, she told me what every person in her class was. If I ask her to this day, she can still tell me all of them. Her memory is amazing! That night, we planned on going trick or treating with Connor and Ella like we did last year. Just like last year, Camryn had so much fun!! She was so excited to wear her costume and walked up to the doors by herself, said trick or treat (about 50% of the time), and said thank you. As soon as she would get back to us, she would immediately say, "I want more candy!!" Needless to say, we had a great night!! And, interestingly enough, she didn't even ask for any candy the next day. Mommy and Daddy have eaten most of it - isn't that why she wanted more candy anyway??

The next very important day this week is today. We have been very excited for this election and couldn't wait to vote this morning. We told Camryn when she got up that she was going to go vote with us for a new president. She seemed very excited about it!! We put on her new "Vote Now" shirt and she started yelling "vote now" and "vote for president" around the house. We had the TV on and, of course, we saw both McCain and Obama on the news. I told her who they were and I asked her which one she liked. She thought about it for a moment and said, "Bara(t) Obama". So, if she were old enough to actually vote today, I guess her vote would have been for Obama. She was very excited once we got to our voting location and eagerly watched while mommy and daddy voted. Now, we are all anxious to see if our wishes come true!

On a sad note, my grandma passed away late Sunday night. I got the phone call early Monday morning, which was not a good way to start off my week. I am headed home to Meadville tomorrow after school to be with my family and attend services on Thursday and Friday. It is going to be a rough few days.