Where do I start? An introduction!

Wow- where do I start? I mean really? I have been wanting to do a blog for quite some time now, just haven't gotten around to it. Well here it goes!

First off I want to share how excited I am to do this blog, not only will it be another way for me to look back and remember but it is such a wonderful way to share all the new and exciting things happening in our family!

Cody and I have been happily married for five years this year and we have two little boys which bring so much joy into our lives..I get the privelege of staying home as my boys grow and couldnt imagine not being here sharing in every day with them. Cody works for Meridian Mfg in Storm Lake and does inside sales..I am thankful that he has such a great job that gives us this opportunity of me staying home.

Carter- he is the main reason I wanted to do a blog. I want everyone to know where he is at in his physical motor abilities, what he is doing one day that he couldnt do the day before and such. Well now we have Camden as well! I get to blog about the two best boys in the world, my boys!

Okay- lets start from the beginning with Carter. Carter was born November 20, 2006 and was a miracle from day one. We knew he was going to be special and boy he is special (he is now our little comedian!) Carter was born with a diagnosis of A-CC (Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum) which means he was born without the middle part of his brain which connects the left and right halves of the brain. We were told this could be anywhere from very moderate to very severe on his learning. I joined an online group the moment I found out my baby had this to try and learn anything and everything I could about what this meant for him and us. As you know, when you read online posts these are very different people and so at that moment I decided that Carter will be just as God wants him to be and reading about others will only make things more uncertain. Carter is 2 yrs 9 mths and has been walking anywhere from 5-17 steps at a time now..some people may think this is not a big deal, but to us it is a BIG deal! I tell myself that we all have abosolutely no idea how it is for Carter..we were all born with a corpus callosum and did not have fluid on the brain like Carter. We have not had 4 brain surgeries thus far! The main thing is, is that Carter is progressing and all in God's timing, not ours. For those of you who dont really know Carter, he is a happy, strong willed, determined and funny little hunk of a boy! I will blog more in the future on a regular bases on what Carter is doing (and it shouldnt be as long as this is!)

Camden..My baby boy Camden..First off Carter loves his little brother Camden and says "Baby brother!--Cam-ba-den" which is the cutest..Carter smiles at Camden and Cam smiles back which then causes Carter to say "Smile!" to his brother. Camden was born May 13, 2009 and so today is his 3 month birthday! He is a little brute weighing in today at 16 pds and 25 1/2 inches long which the doctor tells me is at the top of the charts (go figure! his daddy was the same size at this age and look at him now!) Camden has rolled for me 5x tummy to back..he likes to jump in his rainforest jumparoo and also likes to sit up in his bumbo. He smiles all the time and coos appropriately. He is already wearing 6 month clothing and fills some of them out quite well! I have been fortunate to be able to breast feed him and plan on doing this til it just doesnt work anymore (my goal is a yr). I wasnt able to feed Carter this way and find that this is the easiest way in the world, there are no bottles to clean, no milk to warm, nothing to pack for him when we go places, etc!

I await the day when Carter and Camden are able to play together and walk together hand in hand..I will be misty eyed for sure..What else is new though...? I am always misty eyed and consider any accomplishment a milestone!

More blogging to come..thanks for reading!