Blake and Em!

Our Emerson is getting braver by the day!! She walks all over the house by keeping a hand on various pieces of furniture!! We're sure she could let go and walk on her own, but she hasn't quite figured that out yet ;) She's such a little munchkin! She plays so well by herself and with Blake. It's fantastic and really lets us get things done around the house when we need to! As long as she has a cup of water where she can get it, she bum scoots or walks around and plays and stops for a drink of water and plays some more! She loves emptying baskets, boxes, etc and then putting everything back in again! She's also started stacking items, which is really cool! As always, she still enjoys watching Blake play and really loves to laugh with him!! He can really get her going!! She loves music and has the cutest little dance moves, which I hope to catch on video!! She squats and sways side to side! Emerson is a little parrot and still tries to copy a lot of what we say! She can now say Grandma and we're working on Grandpa!! And Easter long weekend she said Aunty a few times!

I think Blake is really changing fast too! He's so much fun, and as I've said a zillion times I just love the things he comes up with. His imagination is so awesome and I swear his memory is way better then mine, it's crazy!! Blake also loves playing with Emerson and by himself. He often "talks" to himself (gets that from his Dad ... right Cal?!) and is great at entertaining himself!! We've been accident free for quite awhile now ... knock on wood! He is wearing a pull up to sleep, so we should work on that soon. One of Blake's favorite things to do is puzzles. He is really, really good at puzzles. We have to start buying him some more complicated ones, because he's masters all the 3+ puzzles after doing them once or twice (definately gets that talent from his Dad)! I think we'll have to try some 50 or more piece puzzles next! Blake's really slowed down in the weight gain department, but continues to sprout up!! He's outgrowing a lot of his size 3 clothes and I'm now buying him size 4 pants (he's not even 3 until May 5!!). And his feet are growing just as fast!! He's a bigger boy that's for sure, although by looking at him he doesn't look overweight at all. His shoulders are quite broad, as compared to a lot of kids his age, but I'd say he gets that from his Dad and Grandpa D! Sturdy is a good way to describe him ;)

My position was finally posted today ... it's taken longer then we expected. I believe it will be posted for 2 weeks, then I'm sure it will take another 2 weeks for interviews and a decision to be made and then the successful canidate may have to give 2 weeks notice to their current job, SO I'm thinking I'll be working 2 days a week for at least another 4-6 weeks. Which so far is okay. As long as Cal doesn't get too far behind at work, we should be good! If not, I could always go down to 1 day a week. It's so much less stressful for both of us, to not have to worry about the kids in someone else's care. Last week my manager asked me if I would like to stay on the casual list, which I hadn't even thought of, but I told her for sure! That would mean covering a day here and there or perhaps a vacation leave.

This weekend we're back to our regular events (last week, due to Spring Break and Easter long weekend we didn't have gymnastics or swimming). Cal was hoping to put his new leaf blower/vacuum to use, but all the leaves in our yard are covered with that yucky "S" word ... let's hope it melts asap and we get back to the higher temp's we had earlier in the week!!!

Have a great weekend everyone,

Cal, Tracy, Blake and Emerson

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter from our family to yours! We hope you've all had a nice Easter long weekend, spending time family and friends! We had Lindsay, Lesley, Gerry, Colby and Jenna over yesterday afternoon for Easter dinner. The boys played so well together and Jenna and Emerson were little angels! It was a nice afternoon/evening! Today we woke up to treats from the Easter bunny ;) I think our oldest bunny had a bit too much chocolate though! He was so tired tonight and went to bed early, but has woke up a few times. I know if I have too many sweets I usually have crazy dreams, so maybe that's what is waking him?! This morning we went to the Easter service at Church with Lindsay. Cal took Blake downstairs for awhile and Emerson walked around the chairs at the back of the church and "talked"!! Lindsay left to meet Jeremy right after Church and we came home for an afternoon of naps and relaxing. We're all home again tomorrow and hoping for a nice day, so we can get outside and play! Have a great week everyone :)

xoxo The Cameron's