Happy Birthday

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It's Brian's 31st birthday, and unfortunately, it's not a great day! He's taking exams today and very busy! We were able to celebrate a couple of weeks ago when we went out for our combined birthdays, and I made his favorite pound cake last weekend. The good news is that after tonight, he's finished until mid-January! I took Camden Tuesday night after work to buy a card. I let Camden pick it out and help pay for it. He was soooooo cute! When we got home, he "signed" his name, and I made a big deal about it being a secret. Well, you can imagine how well he kept that secret. Not so much! Brian got a good laugh out of it, though.

We tried it was time to try giving up the night-time pull-ups again, but after 4 nights and about 8 bed changes, we decided to wait a while! I just don't think he's ready, and all those bed changes in the middle of the night are not fun!

Went grocery shopping after I picked Camden up from school today since I'm working tomorrow and part of Saturday. Camden was so funny. I let him walk beside the cart instead of riding in it. He's just too big for the cart these days, even though that's so much easier! Well, he pretended the cart was Lightning McQueen (from Cars) and talked and talked to that cart the entire time. It was hilarious!

Got our first call from our new social worker today. She seems really nice and helpful. Also had our first little snag. I'm trying to just let it go and not worry. No used getting worked up on what will only be the first of many hitches in this process!

We found out yesterday that Camden's class at school has a Christmas program tomorrow night. I'm so excited about seeing him in it - I bet they'll all be adorable!

Okay, I guess this is enough rambling about nothing! Here's a LO I did tonight using Dani Mogstad and Shawna Clingerman's A Year of Memories.

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