Another tooth

Sorry I don't have pictures this time. Just wanted to say that Camden cut one of his top teeth yesterday. It's just barely through, but enough so that when he puts your finger in his mouth now you get bit from top & bottom :) That's kinda how I found out....he was chewing on my chin yesterday (OK, I know it's weird that he had my chin in his mouth, but you have to understand that he has been chewing on absolutely anything he can get his hands on) and I thought "hmm....that feels sharp from both the top & bottom." So, I checked & sure enough it had come through his gum.

Tonight we took the girls bowling. Mackenzie actually did really well! She got a 90!! Granted she had the bumpers up, but she actually got the ball down the alley quite a few times w/o hitting them! And in the 2nd or 3rd frame, she actually got a strike w/o hitting the bumpers!!! We were absolutely amazed. Tom only beat her by getting a strike in the 10th frame, and he ended with 105. Needless to say, Mackenzie was not too happy that he pulled through in the end to beat her. Must be she inherited our competitive spirit, and she did not like to lose. For those of you that may remember, we used to be able to say she was the 2nd winner, or whatever, but that no longer works. I tried to keep her innocence as long as possible....

Jenna on the other hand was just happy to get the ball down the alley. Her average speed was about 1.5 mph I think :) And Camden was happy to just sit in the stroller & watch the screen & lights & such. I opted not to bowl (probably so I wouldn't lose to Mackenzie).

Guess that's it for now!

Just another update

Once again, we've been keeping busy. We went to my sister's house in Ohio last weekend...
We went to the beach & Camden loved the sand!!


Tom & my brother-in-law Dave are having a singing "competition" here:


Camden is continuing to get better at lots of new things! The other night the girls were in the bathtub & he crawled into the bathroom & pulled himself up to watch them! He was so excited.


His crawling is getting better & better. This is a quick video from the other night:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fwK95aS480

Teeth

Well, Camden's teeth are in. Actually, they've been in for a little bit, but I just haven't had a chance to take a picture & post it. Both bottom front teeth came in at about the same time, so that was fun. Well, not really, because it caused some poop issues, but I think we made it through that. For about 3 or 4 days, we were going through clothes like crazy cuz no diaper could keep the pooh contained! It went all over the stroller one day, the car seat another day, and his bed numerous times.

Anyways, here's a picture:



Besides that, we have mosquitos around here like nobody's business!! Poor Jenna has been eaten like crazy. We really do spray her with spray, but it doesn't seem to matter. Last night before her bath, I counted 22 on her, which includes like 5 or 6 on her face! Camden has a couple, too, and Mackenzie has lucked out with only 1 or 2. Speaking of Mackenzie, she ended up having strep throat on her extended weekend! Let's hope this isn't a sign of what the school year has to bring for her. Luckily it didn't seem to bother her much, and we got her on antibiotics so she didn't miss a day of school!

More Big Stuff

Camden had his 6 month checkup at the doctor on Monday, and he now weighs 15 lbs. He got another round of shots, and is doing well overall. In just the last couple days he's decided he needs to get around, so he's started crawling!! Here's a little video from today:

He was so excited to get a hold of that paper!! He also sat up on the "sit 'n spin" toy:

And finally....he's working on getting his 1st tooth in! Stay tuned for a picture. It should be completely in any day now! You can see it coming through his bottom gum, and just barely feel it. Yeah!

THE BIG DAY!!

Today was a big day at the Palmer house!! Mackenzie started school, and boy was she ever excited! :) Can you tell from her smile?


We have to walk down just to the end of our street, and don't you know it was POURING down rain this morning? We haven't had much rain all summer, and today it just wouldn't stop! We had a whole group of us (g-ma & g-pa Palmer came from Ohio for the occassion as well), and then to top it all off, the bus was like 30 minutes late, and we were all soaked by the time it finally came, but it didn't dampen the kid's spirits! Here's Mackenzie with her friend Nick from across the street who is also in her class at school.

Here she is getting on the bus. (That's the neighbor talking to the bus driver as she's getting on)

And here she is this afternoon getting off the bus. I might add it was STILL raining, and the bus was 45 minutes late this afternoon, but all in all, she looks like she had a good day!

And lastly, here she is asking Jenna if she had a "good day". Surprisingly, she didn't really have much to say about her day once we got home. She said she didn't even know anybody else's name in her class besides Nick. Hmmm....

Palmer family vacation

Last week we did a little vacation with Tom's family just north of Fort Wayne at Pokagon State Park. Here's a few fun pics from this trip:

Jenna & Mackenzie did pony rides

A big family picture (minus Jim's family who couldn't make it):

Trying to get one of just the grandkids...impossible to get them to all cooperate!

And since we've been home, we finally started Camden on some REAL food. The funny thing is I think the girls were more excited than anything! It was like this big event that he was eating green beans!! Mackenzie is anxious for him to try every last kind of vegetable :)

A TON to update!

Sorry it's been so long...there's a bunch of stuff that we've been up to!

We took another trip to Pittsburgh & visited our friends that just got married, and also dropped Mackenzie off with my parents so she could spend a week. Tom was trying to sleep on the way, so this was his solution to keeping the sun out of his eyes:

While in Pennsylvania, we visited Mars & had a photo op on this spaceship :)

On the way home, Camden discovered that he LOVES his toes! He couldn't get enough of them in his mouth!

A week later, I picked Mackenzie up & after we got home, she had a little mishap on her bike. Evidently she was riding way too fast, and hit the curb wrong & landed right on her mouth. She had a huge fat lip, plus bruised gums. Luckily her teeth were just fine! She just had a bunch of scrapes & looked pretty beat up for a couple days.