An Artist is Born

Like most toddlers, Camdyn easily becomes OBSESSED with certain items, people, or the mastering of a particular skill. We are currently in the middle of three such afflictions and can't seem to get enough of farm animals, rocks (stay tuned for a stone-themed blog) and trying to color. Well, perhaps trying to color is a bit ambitious. Although we do love to create lines and dots on nearly any surface (as seen in our masterpiece below), our biggest passion seems to be attempting to fit all 12 crayons into our tiny hand at the same time. Nearly 1-2 hours each day at mom's work is spent trying to wrap our minuscule hand around each of the crayons, without one falling from our sweaty little grasp. When one jumps ship, we make a frustrated scream, take a deep breath and start right back at it.... Since fist to crayon ratio is obviously not even, I fear this feat is virtually impossible...however, Camdyn never seems to quit trying...and although it may seem cruel, it is keeping us occupied, so mom is not going to say a thing.

Dressed in our Easter Best!

If getting the dress and stockings on weren't tramatic enough, you should have seen us trying to get a picture of the Easter outfit. After multiple attempts, and some very dirty white tights, we simply settled on a few happy shots with our dad!

A Seasoned Veteran

I often marvel at where children learn things. It seems that almost daily, Camdyn demonstrates a new skill that I, in no way, shape, or form, have ever attempted to teach her. Although a large number of the tasks (flushing the toilet, shoving trash into the garbage, etc) are clearly performed after hours of observing mom and dad, I don't recall the great skill of Easter Egg Hunting ever being incorporated into our daily routine?!?!?!

However, this holiday weekend, Miss Camdyn made it very obvious that she was an old pro at finding those colorful eggs and placing them gingerly into her Easter bag(seems this slacker mom forgot the basket). Although we only collected four eggs, as opposed to the dozen our friend Jonah managed to gather, we proudly WALKED to each egg with very little assistance! It is obvious nature prevailed over nurture in this vital life skill.......bring it on Easter Bunny...there is no egg we can't find!

My Redneck "Play Pen"

When living in the country, why not act country!?!?!? As the weather turns nicer, and Camdyn becomes even more mobile, we have been at a loss of how to keep her contained and safe from the street. While trying to wash the Subaru last weekend, we found a brilliant solution....the bed of Jeff's truck! Don't worry......we didn't take our eye off her....and unlike a pack-n-play, she seemed to love every second of containment!

Special Delivery

Who needs expensive toys when you have cousins and an empty box from UPS!?!?!

A Belated 1-Year Snap Shot

Camdyn Jane Weer

Also known as: The Great Camdini, Monkey or our Little Monster

Lover of: furry animals, running around naked, anything Mom deems dangerous or off-limits, peas, shoes, her dog Barley, eating bubbles in the bathtub, playing with Momma's hair, emptying drawers, washing hands, her tricycle, wrestling with dad, the book Hooray for Fish, going down slides, all 4 grandparents, brushing teeth, closing doors and doing just about anything outside.

Not so Excited about: having a continual runny nose, washing her face, taking naps, getting strapped into car seats, cuddling with mom, going to a babysitter, eating meat and wearing any type of clothing

Has Mastered: Opening and Closing everything, throwing, crawling at least 25 miles per hour, getting trash and diapers out of the garbage, reading herself stories, standing on her own, using a straw, taking actual bites of food, going up and down stairs, sneaking Barley snacks from her high chair, answering a phone, turning off the TV, stacking 2 blocks, climbing up just about any thing, wrapping Mom and Dad around her little finger, saying dada, dog, ba (barley) and shoes?!?!?

Still Working on: Taking more than 3-4 steps, saying mama, coloring on the actual paper, actually talking on the phone, pointing at pictures in a book, putting things back into containers, sleeping past 5:00 am.

Home Sweet Home

After over 2 weeks on the road, the Weer family has FINALLY returned home. Mom and Dad have been settling back into the work routine and Miss Camdyn has been struggling to readjust to a little time apart from her parents. However, all good things must come to an end, so after a WONDERFUL and beautiful weekend at home, Mom is finally feeling motivated to start blogging again.......or perhaps just watch the Sunset with Dad, Camdyn and Barley.....