Cam loves Basketball!

Like Father, Like Son...

Camden has begun to show quite an interest in sports in the recent year or so. So after two successful (?) seasons of T-Ball, we enrolled him in Beginning Basketball, which was being offered as an after-school activity at Brownsville. His kindergarten teacher, Mrs. McCartney, is his "coach" and is seen in the pictures with him. This was his second lesson...and he loves it!

Who knows? Maybe he can teach his dad a few things!

Cam & Zach's Fish Tank

Granny and Grandaddy bought the boys a fish tank! It stays at Granny and Grandaddy's house. Camden picked everything out and even helped set it up!

Enjoy!

Happy Birthday Zachary!

Happy Birthday Zach! Zachary turns two this Thursday the 20th, but we had his birthday party this past Saturday. A Diego theme, of course. TD did an incredible job on the cake. He drew Diego's face on the cake.

Camden did an excellent job helping Zachary open his gifts. I had prepared myself for a meltdown of "I didn't get any presents!", but not once did he mention that. Of course, the fact that Granny Breeden brought a bag of goodies for Camden helped too; and Pop and MawMaw gave him money. Camden helped, honestly helped, his brother open his presents. Camden got more excited than Zachary did. We had a great day!

The first pic is the Diego cake, then Zach attempting to blow out the candles, and then clapping when Cam helped him blow them out!

Uncle Mark & Aunt Kris

This is Camden and Zachary's Uncle Mark and Aunt Kris. Of course, you all know TD and I don't have any brothers or sisters, so our best friends become aunts and uncles.

Mark is TD's old roommate from bachelor-hood, and I met Kris when she married Mark. Kris and I have become very close and I consider her one of my very best friends.

Anyway, this pic is from Cam's Preschool Graduation. Camden absolutely adores Mark and Kris, and we are so lucky for them to be a part of the boys' life.

And, a cute picture of Zach in MawMaw and Pop's garden!

An Old Favorite

Okay, here's an old picture of TD and Camden from the Summer of 2003. They were walking to Friend Day, which is put on by local law enforcement agencies to show kids that police officers are "good guys" too. I just love this picture, I still have it on my desk at work.

One lady I used to work with asked me one day (joking), "Why is that man taking that little boy to jail?"

Pop's Shirt

I snapped this cute pic this past weekend....Zach loves to put his Pop Layman's shirt on and walk around the house.

Unfortunately, the past month, Zachary has been bit at pre-school a few times by another child. Last night I told Camden that he got bit again at school that day. Cam got real serious and said "Looks like I'm gonna have to take the day off from school tomorrow and go sit in Miss Keri's class to watch what's going on. Isn't that right, Mama?" So grown up. He was so upset that Zachary got hurt again. He loves his little brother so much.

Student of the Week!

Camden is Student of the Week this week! How cool? Wednesday he gets to bring anything from home for show & tell...but, according the note sent home: it has to be able to fit in his backpack, cannot be alive, and cannot contain any toy weapons!

He and his Grandaddy Breeden caught a live Praying Mantis on Sunday afternoon at our house, and he asked his teacher, Mrs. McCartney, if he could bring that. She said it would be fine since Mommy could help him bring it in the morning. He is so excited!

He started afterschool basketball yesterday. My mom picked him up from practice, and took some pictures of him in his room. Enjoy!

New to all this

I came up with the idea of creating this blog from my wonderful cousin, Amber, who created one for her son, Kenden. It has been so much fun being able to enjoy Kenden through her posts! Amber, her husband Jeff, and Kenden live in Virginia Beach, and we rarely get to see each other...so this has been wonderful!!!

Anyway, back to our family!

I want to make a goal to post on here at least weekly, so be sure to check back often for updates on the kids!

Camden started kindergarten this year. LOVES IT! He was a little nervous the first morning...but so excited the night before he couldn't go to sleep. Very excited that morning, but as we pulled into the parking lot, he said he was beginning to get nervous. Bless his heart, he did wonderful...no tears. More than I can say for myself...I cried all the way to work. I am lucky enough to be able to take him to school every morning and then he rides the school bus home every afternoon, with TD's dad meeting him at the bus stop which is the end of our driveway. He loves riding the bus and having his special "Camden and Pop Time".

Zachary turns 2 on the 20th of this month! Where did the time go? I can't believe how much he is growing! He loves his big brother so much...BoBo as Zach calls him. They get along SO good. Camden loves to help take care of him. It's actually one of his "jobs"...according to Camden, it is. Zachary has really grown in the past few months. Talks a mile a minute! We ask him, Who loves you? Zach responds: BoBo. Then we ask Who do you love? Zach responds: BoBo, and just smiles! He has become a huge fan of Go, Diego, Go! Or, Daygo and the tit-tat (Diego and Baby Jaguar). We've become quite familiar with Diego, and are having a Diego party for him this Saturday the 15th.

TD is the most wonderful, handsome, intelligent husband in the world. He's second to none. TD and I are good...more on us later!