I'm getting old!!

So, My 26th birthday was last Friday... I feel like i'm getting way too old for comfort! I feel old, too! I have a hard time staying up past 10:30 most nights, I have a hard time staying up all thru the day without a nap. Next i'll be yelling at teenagers to turn their music down LOL! Oye! To get old... Anyhow, this is what Danny and the kids gave me for my b-day. A new bedding set for our bed (yes we have tons of pillows! I have pillows hiding behid pillows). They also gave me a big bag of pistachios. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE pistachios! Danny made me a great steak and baked potato dinner with sauted mushrooms and onions! Then after dinner, we rushed over to Nadja's house because it was also Mattingly's birthday, she is two years old now! We didn't eat any of the b-day cake because Danny had purchased me an icecream cake from Baskin Robins! YUM!! So, when we got home, even tho we were still full from dinner, we ate my icecream cake! Watched a movie (without the kids) then I went to bed... one year older than the night before.

My baby boy is already 9 months old!

My sweet little Camadoodles turned 9 months the other day! He has learned so much since my last post! He is now crawling (started at 8 months), he can pull him self up to standing (started last week, just under 9 months), he has two teeth (got them at 7 months), he CAN say mama, he only refuses to and thinks it's really funny to say dada instead! He loves to play with other children (especially cousin Kissyfer!). He is total mama's boy, but not to the point where I cant leave the room without him. He loves to play, sit on moma's lap and give big brother little HAHA! looks! (they actually fight over who gets to sit on my lap) He is such a little joy!! He is always so happy (rarely cranky). He is just one of those happy to be here type of people. I feel really blessed to have such wonderful children!! I love you Camadoos and Rockets! (aka. Cameron and Alex :))

What's in a name?

Found this on my cousins site and thought it was really cute!


1.Do you have cultural or religious naming traditions? No


2. Did you or your partner come to your marriage with pre-selected names? Yes. He wanted our first born to be either Alexandrea or Alexander. i liked the name and agreed.

3. Did you consider the sound of the first and middle and last name combination? Yes! Alex's first name is Henry, just because Henry Alexander had a better ring to it than Alexander Henry. it just sounded kinda funny!

4. Did you have veto power? I didnt really need it, but there is noway i'd let him give our kids a name that I absolutly hated!

5. Did baby naming cause arguments? Nope.

6. Did you think was easier to name boys or girls? We have two boys. The first one was super easy. We'd decided alexander long before we thought of having kids and Henry, after grandpa and great grandpa Bradford. Cam's was alittle more challenging because we thought he was a girl, and lets face it, when I found out I was pregnant i was hoping for a girl. I WOULD'NT change him for anything, tho! I do have a girls name picked out, that was going to be Cam's name.. It is Elyse Lola Bradford. (dont steal that name! It is mine!)

7. Did you eliminate names because of people from your past or present who you don't like or because a certain image come to mind? YES!!! There are tons of names out there that I would never even think about naming my child because of somebody I know, or knew who weren't very nice or had a really bad reputation....

8. Did you tell people the child's name before it was born or 'keep it in the vault'? everybody, only Danny wanted to keep it secret .. If he wanted it to be a secret he shouldn't have told me HA!!

9. Did you use baby name books. I did.. I still look at it from time to time, to pick out more names (boys) I really think that I'm gonna have all boys! They're tons of fun, so I cant complain!

10. What is baby's name? Henry Alexander and Cameron Daniel Bradford
Henry after papa and great papa, Alexander after Danny's best friend, Cameron because we liked the name, Daniel after what's his face (j/k) named after his daddy :)

The Christmas Shopping Experience :)

Yesterday my sisters, mother, and I got up bright and early to go Christmas shopping! Alot of stores was having their black friday sales, so we decided we'd rather go now, than the actual black friday, with all the crazy shoppers! We left at 7:00 a.m. drove to Henderson, to our first location, Toys R Us!!! That store is so much fun!! I got both kids two "big" presents , Alex some books and, Cam some things to chew on. After I spent more than half my money on toys, we left for our next destination! Old Navy!! There I got both kids some clothes, and by the time we left there, I had $40.00 left! When we left Old Navy, we headed over to Target. Going to Target and not spending a dime is so hard, but I did it! I probably would have spent the rest of my money on more toys, but I needed to have something left over! We went to the Macaroni Grill for lunch. We got two entres and shared them between the 4 of us. (we always fill up on bread!) While eating we decided to go see New Moon because none of us had seen it yet. We were all a little dissapointed with all the Jacob and wearwolf stuff! The movie was like the book, it dragged on and on! When Alice came back for Bella, it got good again. By that point the movie only had about a half hour left! Anyhoo, I could go on forever on why I didnt like it.... We all left the theature annoyed, not hating the movie, but not loving it! We then went to the mall to pick up Lara's family pictures at JC Penneys and decided we needed some cinnabon, got our cinnamon rolls, a drink, then headed home. I got home about 6:00 p.m. Danny was annoyed from LSU losing ( I was glad I wasn't home to see that!) I ate dinner, played with the kids, got them ready for bed...... It was a long eventful day! I had a blast!

Boy's Dr. App!

Yesterday my mom and I took the boys in for check ups and shots! Though Cam just got his 6 month shots (he's now 8 months), it's all good ;). We are a little behind! Anyhoo! Cam weighed only 16 lbs and 15 oz (only in the 5th %) he was 36 in long (in the 25%) and his head was in the 5th % (dont know the measurments). He is very tiny!! He's healthy and growing, but tiny!
Alex got the flue mist up his nose. He wasn't too impressed by the whole thing, but we told him that it would keep him from getting really, really sick. Still, not impressed by getting stuff shot up his nose! He weighed 31 lbs, which made me so happy!! He is finally big enough to get into a booster car seat!! Cam is getting too heavy to be carried around in an infant seat! I didnt see how tall Alex was, but he was in the 50th % for both height and weight. My big chunka monkeys!!

Happy Halloween!!

On Alhallows Eve's Eve, My sister and Brother-in-law (Nadja & Nathan) threw an awesome Halloween party! Alex was dressed as Buzz Light Year, Cam as a polar bear, and Danny and I were Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Luvett. It was so much fun to get dressed up!! I have not dressed for Halloween since I was in middle school, which is weird because Halloween is my favorite holiday! We Spent the evening, eating, chatting, watching the kids (especially mine) run around like crazy kids do, kids sneeking treats off the treat table. It was just a really good time!!

On Halloween my mom, sisters, and I went to see "Paranormal Activity". We decided it was the perfect scary Halloween movie! and that, it was! Such a scary movie! We ate lunch at the Japanese resturaunt before the movie, then came home to find out my kids were little stinkers for their dad (muahhaahhaaahhhaaa (evil laugh)) watched football until bed time, then I realized it was daylight savings time! YUCK!! I went to bed, completly freaked out, because of watching "Paranormal Activity", then having a totally explainable exerience happen, caused by the breaker popping, but the experience reminded me of the nightmares I used to have. All was good, tho. Haloween was fun!! Can't wait til next year! I'm already plotting out next years costumes :)

A Brother's Love

As you all know, I love both of my sweet little boys dearly..but, they can be little stinkers. Dont be fooled by their little angelic faces. Cam, although, only 7 1/2 months old has already figured out a way to get big brother in trouble! Cam loves to go in Alex's room with him and play. He has tons of toys, stuffed animals, a little t.v. with a dvd player and they watch Little Einsteins, or Mickey Mouse Club House. Although, Alex Is not completly inocent, Cam on occasion cries wolf. He will sit there and scream until I come in and yell at Alex to leave him alone. When come to find out Alex is no where near him, usually sitting on his bed watching his cartoons. He always gives Alex a smug little look as I carry him out into the living room. He thinks that he should have big brothers undevided attention.

The naughty litte things Alex does to him always keeps me running! Alex loves to rough house with poor little Cam. He has discovered tackling! Yes! Big Alex tackling poor little almost defensless Cam! Thank goodness nobody has gotten hurt! Alex is the true meaning of big brother! He is very sweet with him, most of the time, but the times he's not so sweet, he's horrible! He sits on Cam, he takes his toys away and makes him cry, he kicks and hits him (which usually gets him put in time out!), he tries to hide Cam under stuff (like wrapping paper, blankets, pillows, stuffed animals, ect...). Someday Cam will be bigger and give Alex a taste of his own medacine.... I hope I can survive!!