A Whole New World

I never used to understand how people could surf for hours mindlessly on the Internet. What the heck do you look at?

Well, now I understand. I have fallen (quite happily, I may add) into the world of craft and homemaking blogs. I love them. It's so great to know that there are other people out there who love to craft as much as and more than I do! There are some crazy talented people out there. And now, I can spend hours staring at and reading about all the stuff that they make and feel crazy jealous of them all. :) One I recently found is Lu Bird and this and that. this and that shows you how to make stuff. I love how-tos!

Okay, enough time-wasting. Back to cleaning. And here's a random photo of Eden. :)

Rainy Day Fun

It's been raining here a lot the past few days. Today we saw sun for the first time in a while. So we have been keeping ourselves busy inside, hanging out, being lazy, taking photos, browsing blogs (and wow have I found a bunch I love!), and generally doing anything to avoid doing the things that I need to do like clean, do laundry, etc. (Although, today I did bathe Ruby. Yay me.)
Anyway, today I took a photo of Eden standing pretty steadily holding on with only one hand. She is quickly progressing from scooching to crawling to pulling up. I know walking is right around the corner, far sooner than what I'm ready for, but I'm also very excited by it. So here's a photo of her standing. It also appears that her clothes are slightly too small as well. Guess I should get her some bigger clothes.

And I just have to share with you how long her hair is getting. It's really crazy. Some days it's curly. Some it's straight. Here's what it looks like straight out of the bath, freshly blown dry.

(I know my facial expression is crazy. I was making random noises to get her to look at the camera. By 6:45 at night, you never know what's going to come out of my mouth.)
Eden loves cuddles and affection. I started kissing her hand through the pack-n-play one day and she thought it was hilarious. Here's a video. Don't mind the barking. Sparty was playing, too. And it's his fault the video ends. You'll see.

Kissy Giggles from Cameron Lawracy on Vimeo.

And of course, I have the requisite child-questing-for-dogfood video. Luckily she doesn't actually eat any.

Dog Food Quest from Cameron Lawracy on Vimeo.

And finally, another (yes another) bath time video. In this one, she's talking quite loudly to herself - literally to her reflection in the overflow drain in the tub. I thought it was hilarious. Password is same as always.

More noisy bath time fun from Cameron Lawracy on Vimeo.

Happy Monday!

What a start to the new year it's been! We've already had friends visit, been to SC to visit family, and attended a beer festival (well, Kevin did that. Not me.). Eden is crawling all over creation and likes to play "chase." And, she is already pulling herself up on various things to a standing position (and consequently causing the rest of my hair to turn completely gray). So here are some photos from the past month. Enjoy!


Mmmm, wood. Already eating junk from the ground. Hurray.


I gave her the cinnamon container to play with and the stinker got it open and decided to suck on a stick.


Oh, to be a puppy. It's a hard life.


The joy of magazines. At least she's not eating these.


Like mother, like daughter. Ahhhhh, sleep.


Hurray for prunes! And crazy morning hair!


Sometimes it's just kind of fun to freak your baby out.


You know it had to happen eventually. Poor Ruby.


Leg rolls and pigtails. Good gravy, is there anything cuter??

And finally, you can experience Eden's first taste of banana. Unfortunately, it was not so pleasant for her.

First bananas from Cameron Lawracy on Vimeo.

Eden's newest tricks

She's not crawling yet, but it'll be soon. Here she is a-scoochin' away. You'll need the same password my other videos need because yes, she is naked in this one. And by the way, the background noise for this one is strange. I was on hold with the medical clinic on base and their prerecorded message was playing on speakerphone. I do believe this noise helped motivate Eden to go for it.

scooching...almost crawling from Cameron Lawracy on Vimeo.

And as bath time is still one of her favorite times of day, here's another video of her in the bath, this time licking the water. I find it pretty funny. And yes, you'll need the password again.

licking the bath water from Cameron Lawracy on Vimeo.