He will be missed...

When I recieved the call from Mindi with the news that President Hinckley had passed away, I felt like it was hard to be sad. What a great joy to know that he is now reunited with his sweet wife and love of his life. He was a wonderful man truly deserving of pure eternal happiness. He built so many temples, opened many mission areas and always spoke of us just being kind to one another. I always looked forward to listen to him give a conference talk; he was always so sweet and funny. What a great loss this is to our world as we know it today. We just need to strive to remember his words and live by them. I am thankful for all that he did for our church and the example he was to me.


The following is a video of Glenn Beck paying tribute to President Hinckley. He is so humble and eloquent in doing so I just thought I would share it.

MY SON STINKS!!!

I know all of my last posts are about Camden, but he is the only one that gives me really good stuff to write. So today I have to take him to the doctor... no he's NOT sick, he simply stinks. Not just stinky diaper stink but dirty rotten, coroding, garbage stink.Do you remember in elementary school when they would have you put a pinto bean and a wet paper towel in a plastic baggie.... then a week later you would open the bag and it was super stinky.... well that is what my son smells like. I thought maybe it was his breath.. I admit I am not always diligent on brushing his teeth everyday like I should be. So I brushed his teeth... nope still stinky. I have figured out it is coming from his nose. I have come to the conclusion he has stuck something up his nose and it is now rotting. YEAH!!! I am so excited. I will update later after we make it to the doctor and see what they pull out... that should be REALLY fun!


UPDATE!!!!
We just got back from the doctor and... there is nothing there. My son just stinks! They looked and looked and saw nothing. They also flushed his nose 3 times, twice in one nostril and once in the other. He did a really good job. He didn't like having his nose flushed but did let the doctor look and poke and prod. The doctor just suggested using Afrin or Neo-Synephrine for 2 days and that should open him up to dislodge anything that may be in there! Yeah, so atleast two more days of stink! One of us are going to have to have a clothes pin on our noses, either to save me from smelling him or to keep him from smelling up the house. UGH! I am so grossed out by this whole thing! When I said I wanted a little boy like Jeremy it didn't mean I wanted everything to be like him! (ask Jeremy about the time he had a pea in his nose)

Mullets 'R' Us

Definitely business in the front.. also just a really cute picture, had to add it.

PARTY!!! in the back. Not as curly today as usual...
oh well, you still get the point.

A side view.. just so you can get the full effect of Business in the front and Party in the back.
Mullets are AWESOME!

I have finally come to the realization that my son officially has a mullet! It's taken me quite some time to realize this, I have been in denial. I am using this posting as my first step to mullet recovery, I am actively seeking a MA group for added support. It's really hard though. I can't bring myself to cutting off the curls. Any support you could lend me would be appreciated. I am just hoping I have not scarred my child by allowing this for so long. Although some of the best people have had mullets, Mel Gibson, MacGyver, David Bowie, Billy Ray Cyrus, Kenny, Mindi. They all seem to be doing okay in life. A true sign of my recovery will be when I post an adorable picture of my son's first haircut... Until then keep me and my struggle to be cured in your thoughts.

A day in the life of Camden! My sweet, sweet boy.

There's nothing better than waking up and jumping right into a good ol' Tonka truck for a ride! "Can someone push me?"

Time to get ready to go out for the day. This particular day he felt it necessary to wear a hat. Lucky for us, it was a "clean" hat. (Yes, that is a diaper on his head... his idea, not mine)

We are blessed with the occassional tears throughout the day. He has been taught well... when to use them, how to make them start, and how long you should carry on.
He has learned from the masters... his sisters.

Then there is the time of day mom gets a few minutes to rest. I love to go in and watch him sleep. It makes me feel like time is standing still. I still have to remind myself that my baby is now 19 months old... it kills me! He is the sweetest little boy. I always said I would take a boy, but only if he was like my sweet brother Jeremy... well I got one. He sure keeps me busy but he makes us laugh constantly, is a #1 snuggler (which he has learned from his sisters), and is the most loving kid I know. I love when I sit down to relax and my little man comes and sits on my lap, throws his arms around my neck and squeezes as hard as he can. Although this usually turns into him climbing on my head and pulling my hair to get me to wrestle, but I will even take that just to enjoy the hugs which precede it.

I love you little man... don't grow up too fast!

I just thought I would add a picture of my cute children. They all had on their "old man" pajamas this night so I had to take a picture of them.

Okay so it's been forever....

So I updated my blog around Thanksgiving, but it was really still only one post since September....

I warned everyone I would not do so well at this. Now I am thinking I just need to make myself sit down and do it. Even if there are dirty dishes in the sink and laundry piled on the floor.

But I hope between this and the new Family forum I am promoting that my whole house won't fall down around me.

So we have been doing well. The kids are great. Lynae is such a great kid. She is definitely mom #2 of the household. She helps out so much, for instance tonight was fend for yourself dinner, and I asked Reagan what she wanted to eat and she said Lynae was fixing her food for her. Sure enough I went in the kitchen and Bagels were cooking in the toaster and yogurt was out on the counter all ready to serve. Sometimes I don't know if I should feel really proud or worry that she has had to fend for herself a little too much. But she is definitely my little motherhen.

Reagan is doing so well in school. We finished up speech therapy back in November and she has done so well maintaining. Every once in awhile we have to tell her to slow down but other than that she's doing GREAT! In Kindergarten they are doing a lot of math and reading and she's just cruising through it. Some of the homework (I KNOW HOMEWORK IN KINDER!!! CRAZY!?) she gets sent home just floors me, they are usually word problems and I think there is no way she's going to understand it, but usually she has already read it and knows the answer. She's just amazing. All is good with her other than our 5 year old whining stage which we are fully in right now... JOY!

Then there is my boy Camden... Let's just say I am exhausted by the end of the day with this child. He is really a sweet loving little thing, but into trouble, I mean exploring ALL day long. I think the only time this child sits still is when he is sleeping and getting his diaper changed. That's it! He loves to climb to get to whatever he wants and loves to empty everything, the trash, the cabinets, drawers, dog food bowl, cat food bowl, oh and ocassionally a toy basket or two. Notice his favorite things are things he SHOULD NOT be touching. But his sweet smile saves him EVERYtime.

Just reminding you all what my children look like...

Here are some pictures from the first day of school.

Again remember, I really do not know what I am doing, and this will not be as cute as Julie's...maybe one day.





Lynae is our big 2nd grader! Where does the time go. She also is much more excited about school this year. I think last year we had to do a lot of repair from our dreadful kindergarten year. Her teacher is absolutely fabulous and we are really looking forward to this school year.

I can not believe my "baby girl" is in school. Reagan is so excited about school. Her first week was so exciting for her. She came home one day and said they were learning to read and that "it's so much fun I can't quit it!" Kindergarten is definitely a much better experience this time around for us.

And then there is Camden, our 100% boy!!! He drives me to the end of my rope everyday. I feel like all I do is chase the child to pull him off of something that he has climbed or clean up something he has spilled (intentionally) or to throw away the thing he has gotten ahold of and torn to little itty bitty pieces (he loves paper and kleenex). I now know why Heavenly Father made him so cute... it keeps me from beating him! I have to admit though, he is equally as sweet as he is ornery. He had a few confusing days when the girls first went back to school. He would walk around the house all day looking for them. Now he gets super excited for them to come home. He always goes straight to Lynae (mom #2) and expects her to hold and snuggle him before she gets a chance to do anything else. He sure loves his sisters.







Be patient with me.. I will get more pictures up soon.

Hello Family and Friends,
I have come to realize that I need to sit down and do this. My children are growing too fast and it it impossible to get pictures out to everyone to share their growth.
I have no idea what I am doing. So it will probably be choatic and unorganized at first but atleast you will be able to see our pictures.
We love you all.
The Pitcocks