31 Months

This part of July is always busy for us since we've got pre-teen camp and teen camp just a week apart from each other. This year, I didn't go up to pre-teen camp for the entire week, but Kami and I did go up for part of the week. Kami had a blast digging in the dirt and playing with Brock and I tried to not lose it since it was pretty freakin' hot up there. Kami and I also got to visit Garrett at teen camp for a day and again, she had fun digging in the dirt, playing on the swings, and riding in the golf cart.

We're still working on potty training Kami. She's getting the hang of peeing in the toilet as long as we're taking her to the bathroom every 30 minutes, but pooping in the toilet escapes her and we have gone through many pairs of underwear because of it. Hopefully this too shall pass, but I'm thinking that my dream of having only one kid in diapers is fading seeing as though we've got seven weeks left till D-Day.

She refers to this panda hat as her "Mickey hat" since it's got black ears on it. She's obviously retarded. :)

Nice teamwork! Brock and Kami trying to kill ants, which they did for a while.

Haha!

Kami's new trick on the swings. She was pretty proud of herself when she showed us how she could swing.

Cute girl on the swings.

The golf cart was the high part of camp for this girl. It was for me too since it meant I didn't have to walk anywhere.

When Kami falls asleep with her mouth open, we know she's exhausted.

"Sook at my muscles!"

She was really excited about this horse to begin with, then we put the quarter in and it didn't quite live up to her expectations.

We've now had fish for about a month and have gone through a few of them, so we again returned to the pet store in search of some hardier fish.

She was very proud of her new fish in her own cart.

"I have a band-aid on my forehead Mama!"

I can hear their brains turning to mush...

The hat definitely matches the personality.

For some reason, while Garrett was gone at Teen Camp, Kami wanted to go sleep in mama and dada's bed. I'm a sucker for her cuteness, so I let her fall asleep in there twice and then took her to her room. Not sure where she got this idea from, but she's cute so I couldn't say no.

"Mama-I payin the drums!"

"Come here ball!"

She's got places to go and people to see!

She LOVES "simmin" on Dada's back.

She's got her game face on for swimming.

Dada teaching Kami how to swim. What you don't see here is her terrified face after they got to the other side of the pool, but she did a really good job of kicking!

30.5 Months

Happy 4th of July! The Price family had a fun time with the Bewley clan. We swam a bit, ate some hotdogs and hamburgers, played at the park, and watched stuff blow up. Is there any other way to celebrate our freedom?

On another note, Kami had some leftover mosquito bites that are very evident in some of these pictures. Some of them even blew up to quarter-sized blobs and we were a bit worried. They ended up clearing up with a little hydrocortisone and antibiotic cream, but she looked pretty miserable. We've also began to seriously potty train her, which has been going smoothly. She goes pee in the toilet, but pooping is another subject all together. One afternoon when we were at home, she got really quiet in the bathroom while washing her hands, so I asked her what she was doing. She responded "I poopin' mama!" I asked where she was pooping at and she said "In my pants!" Nuts. We're really hoping to have just one kid in diapers, so we've got 9 weeks left. Wish us luck!

Kami was very excited to wear her new clothes for the 4th from Grandma Dokken. Notice how her mosquito bites match her ladybugs...nice...

"Sook (look) at me mama! I smilin'!"

Kami loved the sparklers.

Very proud of herself.

Brock, Kami, Brayden, and Uncle Chad lighting some fireworks.

Run away!

There's nothing like blowing stuff up to celebrate our country's independence, right?

"It too loud mama! I cover my ears!"

Ready for her close-up.

Brock, Brayden, and Kami after a successful 4th of July.

Sweet girl.

Don't look at me! This is her attempt at putting lotion on herself...not too effective...

"Sook (look) at me mama! I skiing!" Garrett was very excited for this.

On a totally unrelated note, I had my first green bean harvest this week and they were delicious!

2 1/2 Years Old!

Since we got back from Hawaii, the Price family has been laying low. We did manage to get out and go camping with the Weares, which resulted in many mosquito bites for our poor girl. She had a blast and so did we. We also got some fish for Kami and a new crib for our new baby girl. Kami is now 2 1/2 years old and I keep thinking we should work on potty training since everyone says it's easier in the summer. I wish I could just drop her off for a few days and pick her up without a diaper on, but I don't think there's a magic potty training camp anywhere around. I suppose I just need to suck it up and start taking her to the bathroom every five minutes. She has managed to go #1 and #2 in a toilet a few times, but no consistent performance yet. Oh well...enjoy the pictures!

The new crib courtesy of Grandma and Grandpa Dokken for the new baby girl!

Fabulous paintings from a fabulous friend! Amy painted these for Kami's room, but now mama's got to figure out where they go and actually organize Kami's room...
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Camping pictures:

Kami getting ready to bodyslam her big bear. Uncle Nick must have taught her a thing or two.

She thought she was pretty hilarious, but so did we.

Action shot!

Kami was thrilled to not have to sit in a car seat while we drove to the hot springs in the Weare's van.

Kami's fancy get-up. It was actually really hard getting her shoes on over socks and pj feet, but what Kami wants Kami gets. I keep thinking that will change some day...

Little Miss Diva in Mama's sunglasses.

What a camera hog.

Kami going fishing for Dada.

Nice head massage.

This looks comfy...

Nice foot in the neck.

Peek!

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After we got back from Hawaii, we decided that we needed a pet around the house since we are dog-less, and Kami thought she wanted some "fishies" since she had seen so many in Hawaii (they're everywhere!). So $100 later and two visits to PetCo, here are Kami's new pets!

We got her two of the blue fish and three little red ones. We might add some more to the tank later, but we're good with 5 fish for now.

Kami was quite proud of herself and her new pets. She is a responsible pet owner and feeds her fishies whenever she eats and right before she goes to bed. The only thing that mama and dada have to do is clean the tank once a month. It's much easier than picking up poop or taking something on a walk! I highly recommend fish!