The sun came out for a little while yesterday and Cameron was itchin’ to go outside. Usually we go out during Eli’s nap but I thought that maybe Eli could benefit from a little fresh air too.
Cameron helped me shovel the driveway for a little while, not a very effective shovel though.
Then he decided to try eating snow.
I love this picture of Eli. Most of the time we were outside he just sat in his stroller, ate snacks and soaked it all in. Here he is sitting in the back of the van while I put the stroller away.
This is Cameron splashing in puddles and refusing to come inside.

Last night Cameron got his shirt about half-way off, as you can see, and then went crazy running around the house. It’s a little embarrassing how skinny the poor kid is, but it’s not for lack of effort on my part. Or on his part, he likes to eat.

My older brother Bryan and his wife Brittany were married last weekend in Utah. It was great, everything about it was great. Great weather (for January) great company (love my new sister-in-law and her family) great food (brunch at Magelby’s and homemade soup at the reception) and a really great sealing in the Timpanogos Temple. (Don’t think I spelled that right.)

Here is Eli at the reception being very cooperative while I try to take his picture. That is just his nature.
Here is Cameron not being cooperative. He is about to hit Eli because he wants the chair.
So he gets his very own chair and now he is being slightly more cooperative but not really. At last he give me a decent smile and pose.

Here’s our whole gang.
This picture definitely requires explanation. This was Brittany’s garter that for some reason all the single men refused to catch so Eli ended up with it by default. Brittany pointed out that it isn’t a garter at all, it is just a cute little headband for a baby girl. We thought it was a good photo-op since Eli ended up with it. Richard wasn’t too impressed.

I love this picture. For one reason in particular. Eli has kind of a crooked smile. A little backround: In the mouth there is something called the midline. It is an imaginary line between the two front teeth on top, and between the two front teeth on the bottom . It is supposed to line up, but you can see in the picture that when Eli smiles his jaw moves to the side so the bottom teeth are to the left of the top tooth, not directly below. Maybe it’s because I look at teeth all the time that I notice, or maybe I would notice anyway. But it’s adorable to me. (You can see it best if you click on the picture and make it larger.)

I may have to buy a few extra mattresses or make a couple trips to the ER over my lifetime but I just can’t break up a good bed-jumping.
Cameron and his buddy Zeb were jumping on the bed and they were having so much fun I just let them be.
It’s hard to get good action shots though. They wouldn’t slow down for me.
Luckily no one was hurt, and who knows what it did to the bed.

I don’t remember having days like this last year, but maybe I just didn’t take advantage of them. But it just seemed to snow all day today. While Eli was taking a nap Cameron and I ventured outside to build a snowman.
Cameron named this snowman “Vick” but he names everything “Vick”. (Don’t ask me where he got that one.) This was his first snowman. He has “wickerish” (licorice) for a mouth and it was really hard to keep Cameron from taking it off his face and eating it.
This is Cameron’s attempt at a snow angel. He had a hard time opening his eyes because snowflakes were falling in them. He’s got lots to learn about snow angels. Our neighbors gave us a hand-me-down snowsuit. He looks like a little marshmallow but it kept him warm and dry.
After we built the first snowman Cameron wanted to build another one. I wasn’t really up for it so I made up a lame excuse that we couldn’t build another snowman because we didn’t have another hat. Cameron said we could build a “snowman wif hair!” It amused me enough to put forth the effort to build another snowman. Nice hair huh?
Well he stayed warm except for his face I guess. He and I both had some rosy faces by the time we came inside. We had hot chocolate and my only regret about our afternoon was that I couldn’t have a picture of us together. Oh well, some other time!

I’m a little slow getting pictures up but here are a few. Unfortunately I seemed to forget my camera everywhere I went over the holidays so this is the best I got. This is my brother Bryan with Cameron and his cousin Charlie.
I wish Cameron really liked books this much. He just likes this one because it has Lightning McQueen.
Eli was pretty easy to please. He was mostly interested in bows and wrapping paper.
Richard and I got to enjoy a lot of great food cooked by our mothers.

For those of you thinking that Cameron is too young for scouts, you’re right. For an activity the elder’s quorum did a pinewood derby. Richard made his car at the last minute, with limited materials and I did a hurried job of painting it. It was pretty ugly to say the least. He took Cameron with him to the activity and the car didn’t weigh much so Richard had to improvise.
As he was leaving I jokingly said, “Hey, maybe it will win!” And surprisingly it did. This is the trophy. Richard said the best part was just watching Cameron. He loved the big race track and watching the cars crash as they shot off the end.