Dear Santa

Dear Santa,
I have been really good this year. I have been especially helpful for Christmas.

I helped Mommy and Daddy decorate the tree with all my favorite toys. I make sure to throw a couple of Leggos in it every day and sometimes a car or two if it is looking bare.

I even helped mommy find a toy that was all covered in paper under the tree. A perfectly good toy that was almost lost. Glad I rescued it!

And I know you are old as dirt Santa so I was sure to scream my Christmas wishes at you during our meeting so that you could hear clearly.

So Santa please bring me …..COOKIES!
Xoxo
Camden Marsden

Yeah!!!! The blogs been updated, his baby book is almost completely filled out, and I`m in the middle of printing out my computer archive of 1000`s of pictures and putting them in an album. I`m not feeling so overwhelmed anymore and I`m finding time to blog about the little things. Like the fact that my Haan steam mop is being delivered tomorrow! Oh yeah! I can`t wait for the sanitizing power! our floors are so sticky and I think they get more food served to them than Camden. Clean house = Clean soul! Chris has also got a little project of his own going on in the backyard that is well deserving of a blog entry. I will give you a hint..."ahoy mate!" To be continued...

The Lonely Picture

Ok girls...this beautiful pic of the cutie, Ethan, and one bathtub picture is all that came out of our family in Arkansas. I was bad and did not pick up the camera enough. Thank goodness you all have sent so many nice pictures, Thank you. "Miss you Ethan", XOXO -Camel

Blast From The Past

Mr. Cate with the next generation Westerfield

Robin & Jackie

Friends 4-ever

The mom`s!

Childhood Friends
by Mindy Carpenter

As childhood friends, we grew up together,Swearing to be friends forever and ever.Sometimes we would argue and fight,Other times we would laugh and stay up all night.We went from playing with games and toys,To talking and dreaming about different boys.My thoughts and feelings, to you I would confide,Never having anything to hide.Friends we do remain,Things changing, and things staying the same.To each other we still listen and share,About each other, we will always care.

Robin, I miss you so much!

Seems like just yesterday we were playing in the woods, making up stories, and annoying our brothers. ( ; Now we are wives and moms! True friends can always pick up where they left off. Thank you for being a true friend.

Boo! I mean..."Woof!"

I loooooove Halloween! We kicked it off with a visit to Bert`s Pumpkin Patch Halloween morning. It was perfect because it was cold and rainy but, as soon as we got there the rain stopped and the sun came out. There was no one there really so we had the place to ourselves. It was complete with music, hayride, and apple cider. Yum!

We went with Chris`s brother David his wife Amanda and their son Andrew who is 5 months older than Cam.

The Pumpkin`s were huge! I can only imagine how much fun it must be to be a toddler roaming around a magical pumpkin patch.

Apparently there was something great about this one because they fought over it.

Andrew won.

Camden loved Trick or treating! They would give him candy and he would reach in his bag and grab a fistful and put it back in their bowl. Way to share baby!

Cam was a dog (his favorite animal) and I was a cat! (just because)

Woof!

What have we been up to?

Well we have been so busy trying to sqeeze the last drop out of summer that I have not been faithful to my blog. I have tons of pictures and stories to share from the last couple of months but here are just a few to get me started again.

Summer fun with Cousin Andrew at the Duluth fountains. He loved this and his shoes were perfect for the occasion.

CAMDEN`S 1ST HAIRCUT

His hair was just getting so long but, I did not want to cut the curls off. It turned out great though! He still has curls and he looks more like a little boy. ( : This place was adorable! It was called "Pigtails and Crewcuts" and was just for kids. He got treats and they blew bubbles to distract him. So cute!

My new favorite picture...

At Chris`s soccer game

Still Growing...

Camden and Chris share a special silly bond.

He loves Cars!

Loves Cars!

Favorite food now is pasta with red sauce.

Glad this is at Mimi`s house. ( ;

We are really having fun exploring the world together. This is a really fun age!

We`re Still Here and Growing!

He`s walking!

He plays peek-a-boo!

He has 6 teeth! 4 on top and two on the bottom.

Camden is getting bigger and looking more and more like his Dad every day.

Help!!!!

I have tried and tried to upload pictures and video for the last month and have had no luck. It is very frustrating cause I try to do this during Camden`s nap time and then he wakes up and I have accomplished nothing. AHH! Does anyone have some blogging advise? So sorry that there is nothing new. I have lots to show but I`m having technical difficulties. ) :

Camden`s Birthday Party