Pumpkins and Baby destructo

One happy little girl! 11 mos old today, I just cant believe its almost been a whole year. I better start party planning.

Tonight, Camden's 11mos bday, we carved pumpkins for Halloween. Camden was very cautious of this new and very strange thing we call pumpkins. She was not a fan of the pumpkin guts one bit. She immediately grabbed the spoon after getting just a slight feel of the gooey guts and seeds. Oh so dainty...

A perfect replica

Yep! that lasted about 90 seconds... no more pumpkin carving for Cams

ALSO...

Camden now has 6 teeth! 4 on top and 2 on the bottom, if you look closely you can see her top teeth in this first picture.

Baby destructo begins her raid of the tupperware cabinet and then she moves her focus to the pantry!

At her gma and gpa Walz's house obliterating the bottom shelves of the pantry. Their dog, Shelby, is trying not to get whacked in the head by flying cracker boxes and pudding cups. And yes, Camden does have a bow in her hair, I broke down and put one in her hair just to see what she would do, but she was much to involved in her plan to destroy the pantry to realize it was there, so unlike hats it actually stayed on her head for the evening.

I managed to catch a video of Camden in action. She was actually throwing the food items at a faster pace during the first 5 min of her tirade, but the video is still funny. When she hears me call her name, she drops everything and hussles out of the room as to say "Oh crap, I am caught! Mom, it wasnt me, someone made a mess, but nope not me"

WARNING! White girl rapping!

So I cant believe I am posting this video but if I am determined to be the next pop/hip hop sensation this is the way to do it... the internet! I absolutely love the song "Baby down down down" by J. Sean and featuring Lil Wayne. Its a good beat and I have memorized the Lil Wayne's cameo verse -- i.e. the hilarious video that is me signing/rapping. Unfortunately you cant hear the song, just me. Adam put me up to this and it was a lot of fun to just let go, my facial experssion at the end says it all. So enjoy; and to all you music producers just have your people call my people...haha!

Here is the actual song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGxcL8CYYoc

Watch Out Divas

Lately I have been a little stressed out for a whirlwind of reasons, so instead of illegal substances (just a joke, dont freak out mom!) I have turned to dancing around my house after Camden goes to bed to the latest teen pop songs. One day I will look back and laugh...

My new favorite hit, already listened to it like 10 times today... Cam thinks its totally hot too!

Marathoning baby

On your mark, get ready, get set, 3, 2, 1 GO! Its race time! Last Saturday morning I ran a 5K for a friends charity in Xenia, OH and to my surprise I finished in the top 5! I had no idea my body even knew what the word "fast twitch" muscle fiber meant, let alone had any... haha. (all my exerc sci geeks get the humor behind the last sentence). The race started at 9am and that early in mid October, Ohio weather can be a bit unpredictable - like 40 degrees and windy ... no wonder I ran fast, I was COLD!! I am looking forward to more races and couple half marathons here in the next couple months, before the really cold weather takes over the Miami Valley and all I want to do is stay under the covers and drink excessive amounts of Hot Chocolate. By this year Kroger probably has a special stock of the low cal Swiss Miss in the back with my name on it.

On Sunday I bundled Cam up and took her for a hour jog around the neighborhood. Since I run with super speed now, I made sure to layer her up with a hat, hoodie and blanket so the breeze wouldnt be too cold for her. Little did I know my super speed is only possible with the adrenaline of race day, so my super sonic run turned into more of a brisk walk... haha! Either way I think she had fun, just check out the pics below... not a half mile into my workout and she was OUT!

Watch the drool kid!

Go Gators, Cam rides in style!

By the way, Tebow was cleared for Saturday's game vs. LSU in Death Valley. He helped lead the Gators to a modest 13-3 victory. The Gator defense really deserves the credit, led by Senior Brandon Spikes they held LSU to a measley 3 pts! Go Gators, this weekend is homecoming in Gainesville. My predictions thus far... Alabama and UF in the sec championship game with an SEC team definetly in the BCS Championship Game.

T- minus 4 weeks till I am back in FL, Nov. 5 here I come G-ville

New Foods and Polka Dots

Camden has recently discovered how yummy real fruit is, she loves melons, strawberries, bananas, grapes, almost any thing. Its funny to watch her miticulously pick up each little piece and then shovel it into her mouth... ahhh the little things in life. Camden is eating more and more real people food and less jarred baby food. Its awesome she eats what we eat, like tonight we had lasagna for dinner and Camden loves italian food. She just goobles up the noodles and meat sauce.

Miss Polka Dot! here she is in her super cute sweater from Molly and Marie last winter, She is finally big enough to fit all her cute fall jackets.

Mommy and Me

Just a couple cute shots of Camden, if you look closely in the next picture you can see her vampire fang "toofers" pokin' through