Introducing...

Caden Thomas Camp

April 18, 2008

4:35 p.m.

7 lbs. 0 oz

20 1/2 inches

~After a really long night, and a long day of labor, both Mom and baby are doing good!

5 pounds, 4 Losses, 3 weeks, 2 showers, and 1 roomie

Wow....it has been a while...I don't even know if I can recall everything that we have been doing!

I'll start with the 5 pounds....We went to the specialist (or in our case the sonogram dr.) over spring break! Mr. Caden is 5 pounds 15 ounces. We are hoping he doesn't gain a pound a week or I am having a ten pound baby! Which doesn't sound like much fun to me! The dr. said he has lots of hair, which just made me wonder...is it Camp blonde....or Thompson black? I really don't know how accurate they really can be, but I guess we will see!

Now on to a more difficult topic! Last night our season ended with our fourth loss of the year! The girls had a great season with a 22-4 record! They were District Champs and had advanced to the playoffs! It was pretty hard to swallow the loss last night! It wasn't something that anyone thought would happen.....but they played their hearts out and lost in overtime! We had planned on playing for two more weeks...but that wasn't in the cards! They have nothing to hang their heads about....four losses is a great season! This was a very hard season to end for Brent. This group of seniors was the group he started with three years ago when they were all sophomores. The first year was a difficult season only winning three games. But in the past three years they have come so far and the relationship they have created will forever be special! I am so proud of Brent and the leader he has been for these girls! I know the mark he has made on them is just as sweet as the mark they have made on him.

Only three weeks and three days left! Are we ready.....nope! But, maybe that is why soccer came to a close a little earlier than planned! It is time to get it in gear and get all the last minute stuff done! We are on the down hill slide!

Enough of boring talk....here are some pics! Before spring break we had two wonderful showers! The first was a couples shower, and it was so much fun having B there to help open gifts and ohh and ahh over all Caden's cute stuff!!! The HSU players and their parents threw it for us! It was for us and some of our sweet friends (the HSU coach) who are expecting one week ahead of us! I forgot my camera....I know how bad is that....but one of the girls took pics for me, but I haven't been by to get the cd yet...so no pics from that one! The next day my precious friends threw a wonderful shower for me and Mr. Caden. It was so much fun getting to see sweet friends that drove in for this special day!

Caden's sweet friends! It was so fun seeing all the babies!

My sweet friends and

wonderful hostesses!

I have been so blessed with the friendship of all these sweet girls for so long, some as far back as Madison Middle School! I love that we can just pick right up where we left off!

And my sweet college roomies! It was so special that they all came! We are spread throughout Texas, but it is always so much fun when we are able to get together!

And lastly we have a new roomie....no not Caden yet...but Brent's college teammate and friend is staying with us while he is doing a PT internship with Hendrick. It was actually great motivation to get the back guesthouse cleaned out! I know Brent and Will are enjoying acting like they are in college again....and it keeps me laughing! I am sure he is loving living with a nine month prego!

And here is the most recent belly pic! Taken at 36 weeks!

So that is about all going on! Even though I am sad soccer is over...I finally feel like I can breathe and maybe get some things accomplished!

I've been tagged!!!

10 years ago: WOW!! I can't believe ten years ago I was a senior in high school at good ol CHS! Never would I have imagined that my husband would be coaching at AHS! That was the enemy! hmmmm....what was I doing....well, I know I was enduring many long, hard, grueling track workouts and doing the normal high school girly things....boyfriends, friends, and occasionally some homework here and there! Spring break of my senior year I went on a choir trip to London where I made some of the best memories of high school.

Things on my to-do list today: My brother is having surgery tomorrow, so I need to get a little goodie basket together for him to have with him while he lounges away the next couple of days.....and my dad's b-day is tomorrow ~ I have his gift, but I need to wrap it! That is about it on my list....unusual for my list to be short!!!

What would I do if I was suddenly became a Billionaire? I really think I would continue working...I love my job and can't imagine not being a teacher. I would like to do many things of "Paying it forward" as Oprah would say!

Three of my bad habits: - letting the dogs on the furniture ~ not the bed, but I have justified that it is ok for them to be on the love seat as long as a blanket is covering it....this could be bad once Caden gets here!
not getting up when the alarm goes off ~ and this morning I walked up right before the bell rang.....the closer to summer the harder this gets! and the good thing is pretty soon I won't be needing an alarm clock....I will have my own personal greeter in the morning!
I can't think of a third....and I don't want to think that hard!!!!

Five jobs I have had: Teacher, Receptionist at a Dermatologist's office, AYBA ref, and this is stretching it but a babysitter

Five things people don't know about me: -our house in Keller is finally leased again!!! YAY for not paying two mortgages anymore!!!!
I only have one more year of grad school left and I will take the test for principalship this summer!
Even though I have watched B play soccer in high school and college I have never really totally understood all the aspects of the game until the past probably two years ago~After games B and I stay up and watch video and discuss the game, since I come from a basketball, baseball family I have never been a soccer lover~ but I can honestly say I like soccer and look forward to watching or discussing it! (as long as it pertains to Brent) I can't say I would randomly turn on soccer and watch it like Brent does.
I love Big Brother;
and # 5 We get to see Mr. Caden again tomorrow!

I tag.....Shannon, Ally, Leigh Ann, and Flea

Bebe Update

I can't believe I am already 30 weeks!!! Time is flying! I think it helps that soccer is keeping us very busy!!! We painted his room last weekend, and the furniture came in. Brent spent a couple of evenings after team dinners and games getting it all put together! Mom is working hard on the bedding. She brought the bedskirt over yesterday and it looks great....she has to lengthen a couple of sides and then it is ready to go!!! Several have asked for pics...so here goes!

To keep all of you happy here is a belly pic!!

Room ~ Before

After

and the furniture ~ before

and after

the fabric ~ before

and after (kinda)

so can you tell my type A personality likes to see the before and after!!!

Getting our babies ready for baby!!!

For the past five years these two have been our babies! In three months, they will no longer be the babies!!! They will still be so special to us and we will love them just the same, and as much as I don't want them to not get all the attention anymore.... I know that they won't!!! I am not so sure how this is going to go over with them! Ele has an anxiety order (yes, I know she is a dog) but she has been diagnosed....she breaks out in hives and swells really bad! She doesn't handle change well at all! Adi, is just a princess....she doesn't think of herself as a dog, and she is going to have a rude awakening when she isn't allowed up in my lap all the time! My mom cut an article out of the paper last weekend about getting dogs ready for a baby! She knew we would need to read it because they are sooooo spoilt!!! We have already started a couple of changes, such as using the soaps and lotions occasionally that we will use on him so they will be used to the smell (plus I just love the smell of baby lotion) and we have already broken the habit of getting them out of our bed (this was harder on Brent and I than them)....but there are some things on the list that we refuse to do..... One of the suggestions is to carry around a babydoll so they can get use to seeing us with a baby....REALLY???? One thing that worked for my brother and sister-in-law was bringing home clothing that smelt like the baby from the hospital before bringing home the baby! We might try that also! Anyways, it was a very interesting article...with some great suggestions and some over the top suggestions! We are hoping the change won't be to hard on either one of them!

Update!

Well, an update has been requested by the blogstalker! I haven't posted because there isn't much to post about! Don't get to thinkin we haven't been busy, I just figure you don't want to here about soccer scores, team dinners, grad classes along with remodeling talk....but if you insist ~ here goes!!!

The lady eagles are 10 and 1! I am so proud of them and the coach!!! They are doing awesome! They went to a tourny in Stepenville (with the aliens) and took first place! We ended up losing one of our starters to a blown out knee, but other than that the weekend was great! I got to hang out with my cousin who goes to Tarleton and baby shop (at the few stores that are there) in between games! We never play anywhere that you can get right up next to the field, but that weekend you could....and I was so mad I didn't take my good camera that zooms far away, cause I could've gotten some really great pics!!! I guess I'll know next year!

The house is coming along....we hope to be done by the end of March so we can have a couple of weeks to relax before our little man gets here! When we aren't at a team dinner or soccer game we are at home slaving away....ok Brent is slaving away, and I am just helping here and there! I really can't take credit for all the work! He has been awesome! I will post before and after pics soon! We are going to paint the nursery this weekend...the furniture and fabric have been ordered! The plus is all the boxes are out of his room, so we can actually do something to it!!!

So I know it wasn't exciting & there wasn't many pics, but there is an update to satisfy~ for now!

We had a wonderful Christmas break! There wasn't much relaxing, but it was nice to be able to get more boxes unpacked and things put into place! We loved spending time with family and friends! We started out with a trip to Ft. Worth to spend Christmas with my grandparents, cousins, aunt and uncle. We always have so much fun with this group....my face hurt from laughing and smiling when we left. Those of you that know my Mamie know that she keeps everyone on there toes! They had a new puppy this year, so Cocoa had to be in the family picture!

Next was Christmas with our families. Since both of us are from A-town Christmas day can be pretty crazy. It all starts on Christmas Eve with FBC service with B's family. We then went home and had our Christmas together after midnight service. The girls loved their gifts!

It was so nice being able to have Christmas in our own house this year....not that the lakehouse wasn't a home away from home....it was just nice getting to be "home."

Then Christmas day was a whirlwind rush of going from house to house eating and opening gifts.....then eating more and opening gifts!!!! We started off first thing at my parent's house with gifts and Christmas breakfast!!!! It was fun to add another girl to the fam this year!

Yes, as you can tell T.J can't be normal in a picture!!! Believe it or not this was the best one.... somehow he is doing something is all of them!!! In one he is holding up a rake that my dad got for Christmas!!!

Then off to B's parents for gifts. The best part is watching the kiddos! I love the pure excitement!

Then off to my grandparents for more!!! Somehow this was the only shot I got over there! My uncle takes great pics, so I just left the picture taking up to him.Christmas night B and I dropped dead in our beds! It was fun, but always tiring!!!! Our favorite Christmas gift this year is Mr. Caden Thomas! (Even though most of you know the name I don't think I have officially posted the name so.. there ya go!) We are so thankful for him and he isn't even here yet!

My favorite ornament this year! We have a little tradition of getting each other an ornament every year. Here is Caden's first!

We enjoyed the rest of our break. It was mainly filled with house stuff! We are getting slowly settled in. I don't have many boxes left and the kitchen is finally useable! We got lots of stuff marked off the getting ready for baby list! We made two different trips to Ft. Worth to do some touch ups on our house there, and managed to shop for baby stuff and see some friends!

(Let me clarify!!!! Ally is NOT pregnant....we took a pic like this when she was prego so we wanted to duplicate while I was prego!)
Hope everyone enjoyed your holiday! For us, it is on to soccer!!!!

She's All Done

This past weekend we went down for Chandra's graduation from Tarleton. I know she is so glad to be finished with school and is looking forward to finding a teaching/coaching job next year! I remember that feeling when you are finally done with school....it is such a weird feeling! Entering the real world where you can't choose what time the day starts or getting Tues/Thurs or M/W/F off! Anyways ~ enough reminiscing! We are so proud of her! Here are some pics!

The newlyweds being goofy!

We always tease T because when there is a camera he ALWAYS pulls a Chandler!!!!!

We took a family pic, but I can't find it on my camera or computer! Which makes me very sad!!

Not that you can miss the belly in the previous pic, here is an official belly picture for all of you belly watchers out there!!! It took a while but when I finally got one, it came in full force!!!

Are ya happy now????

I Don't Wanna Grow Up!!!

We had a great time this past weekend at G's 5th b-day party! It was at a place where they had huge bounce houses! There were these giant pits that had the balls that you play around in....except these balls were the size of basketballs! The guys had a great time playing dodge ball and seeing who could do a flip off the highest house! The little ones had a ball too! I am not sure who had more fun......the little boys or the big boys!!!! I guess you never really HAVE to grow up!!!

The birthday boy!!!!! I can't believe he is 5!!!!