Camden's Arrival

Camden Thomas Paxman
Born: 6/11/11
Time: 11:36 PM
Weight: 7.4 lbs.
Height: 20.5 in.

Here is a quick run-down of Camden's arrival:

I was supposed to be induced on the 9th but every woman in Mesa/Gilbert AZ was going into labor apparently so we waited two full days with great anticipation and got in on the 11th.

We arrived at the hospital at 3:45 PM, I got hooked up to some pictocin and we relaxed and watched a couple movies. About halfway through I got my epideral fix. My anesthesiologist did an AWESOME job! In fact I seriously had no complaints this time, everyone was great! I really didn't progress much so at ten pm my ob broke my water and BAM an hour and a half later Camden arrived!




Camden has been a super sweet/calm baby. He seriously came into this world calm, hardly cried at all. There is a HUGE difference in he and Crew's personalities so far, not to mention looks.

I have been loving every moment with this sweet boy! A little to much in fact, I've pretty much held him for two weeks straight and now he's pretty sure he's supposed to sleep in my arms, NOT his bassinet.

I just can't resist spoiling my babies!!! So what if they're high maintenance.

Crew is uhm. . . Well, he's slowly adjusting to this whole big brother deal. He goes from sweet moments like this where he begs to hold him and love him and kiss him and SQUEEZE him. . .

To this! An absolute crazy, wild, emotional, NAUGHTY boy.

We feel so blessed that Camden arrived safely and is a sweet healthy boy!

Crew's last solo YOUTUBE video.

Seems like after I watched this you might think all we do is play in the water.
Here is a bunch of little video clips.
Mostly for Grandma's but thought I'd share anyways

-Chris

20 Months

Crew is exactly 20 months today! Handsome little devil.

He has tons of fun and tantrums these days. I've realized I'm in a little over my head with this toddler stuff so I finally broke down and bought a parenting book. Considering I'm due in three days we'll see if I ever actually get around to reading it.

This is Crew's 'Ooooo, Ahhhh' face he's been giving us lately. Love it!

Lake Powell 2

Just had to share a few more pics from our Lake Powell adventures.

This is Chris and I in July of 2007, about a month after we got married. Look'n mighty fine!

We hadn't been to Lake Powell since than and my goodness, we have changed. I got a pretty good laugh seeing how we've grown. . . Outward, especially in my case!

The wet suit boys.

Crew goes through phases of being obsessed with his belly button. . .

Captain Crew at the wheel again.

He thought the jet ski's were fun as long as it didn't go past idle and daddy was driving.

Lake Powell

Wednesday of last week after talking to a couple of my sisters, I realized the majority of the 24 Hughett grandkids had been prompted into this world via induction. I was 37 1/2 weeks and thought heck, why should we spend our weekend at home waiting around for no baby to show when we could be at Lake Powell. Chris of course was on board right away and we headed to the Lake the next day.

The lovely house boat.

This thing was rock'n! Since Chris and I are the only one's supplying a Paxman grandkid right now we got the sweetest room in the place, Score!


Chris still has some pretty sweet moves at 30!

Auntie Andrea took Crew up on the top deck of the houseboat, set him in a lounge chair, gave him her ipod and said she was trying to make him 'high maitenance'.


Captain Crew!



We had a GREAT time and thankfully our baby is still in my tummy for the duration.

Diaper Duty

For my early birthday present/Mother's Day/new baby Chris and my sister Tami bought me cloth diapers and all the fun stuff that goes with it to get me going. They just arrived yesterday and I have to say I'm pretty excited to get those cute colorful diapers on my babies bums.

Chris wants me to sign a contract declaring now that the cloth diapers are purchased, I will NOT go back to disposables. I think he's a little skeptical of my cloth diapering abilities (mostly the laundry). They are a pretty pricey deal to get started but I am excited about the money we will save. From my research you save $2,000-$3,000 over a 3 year period per child. . . and since we are planning on making our very own Paxman soccer team, I think that's a pretty good deal.

Spring Fun

I guess the nice thing about not blogging for awhile is y'all well get the short and sweet version of what's going down.

Here we are at the Renaissance fair. I HAD to have a giant turkey leg!!! They looked so good but honestly 4 bites into it I threw it away. Should'a gone with the extra looooong sausage. . .


Swimming fun!



This was before my poor dog Skippy was attacked by three pit-bulls while Crew and I were taking him for a walk. He is now TERRIFIED of other people's dogs, sad deal.

Here I am at 32 Weeks pregnant. Last pregnancy we took belly pics every two weeks, this time around, well, that's the first and probably the last.

Look'n good with that camera!

Crew at 18 months. He is sooooo much harder to take a decent picture of now. Should be REAL interesting to see how we handle photo shoots of our two boys together.

Love the look he's giving Chris here.


Other News:

-Chris turned 30 and it was the worst birthday I've ever witnessed. Let's just say he's still limping.

-Crew handled Easter like a pro. He is completely obsessed with candy so I was pretty sure he'd catch on quickly.

-We moved and have been busy with all sorts of miscellaneous repairs that we hope will END soon.