On January 5th, we celebrated Camille turning one with a big "snow princess" birthday party at the Fountain Inn Center for Performing Arts. It was a nice space that served us well, and we were so happy to have so many good friends and family there. I am sure Camille felt quite loved as she partied it up ( Read more... )

IMG_0739 a video by roseanneschmidt on Flickr.

It is unbelievable to think I am writing this post, but it has finally happened. My third baby has turned ONE! Camille is officially... well, she's still a baby. But she thinks she is a big-girl baby now :). Actually, she really does try to be a big girl. She has been walking for 1.5 months now, has several words ("baby is her favorite!), and ( Read more... )

I have been pretty absent around here, but I am trying to catch up again. I have been reading and plan to start posting more. Thought I would pick things back up with a little recap of Christmas...
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Cross-posted from my blog, but wanted to share here...

Halloween was extra special this year. It was Camille's first! She had no idea what was going on, but Anson started to figure it out, and Grady was like a pro!

Early in the day I made a Haloween sensory treasure hunt bin for Anson, and even Camille joined in...


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First, to update everyone on the trip, we have decided to go to Antigua. Now sure whether we will do Sandals or another resort, but it seemed to offer a lot of what we want. We will be going in July, so I am super excited about that ( Read more... )

So Eric and I are planning a big 11th anniversary trip for July (would have done 10th but Cami surprised us!). We have thought a LOT about it and settled on 2 very different choices. I seriously want input because we can NOT decide ( Read more... )

Miss Camille is such an amazing little baby. She is so very mellow, happy, content, and sweet. She loves her brothers (especially Grady!) and enjoys watching all that they do (which is pretty much constant entertainment ( Read more... )

Grady started kindergarten, and is at a new school this year! He is going to Five Oaks Montessori, a beautiful school that is housed in a 100 year old farmhouse on 10 acres of land. So far he is loving it and making lots of friends. He was so excited on his first day!

Here he is with Cami, who is chewing on his new pencils


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