Praying for Stellan

Stellan is a sweet baby boy who since before birth has had heart problems. I am not familiar with all the medical terms and I am not going to attempt to explain it all. But, this sweet baby boy is in Boston having surgery on his baby heart today. PLEASE PRAY for him! If you have not read his mom's blog, you should do so. Please read Mckmama's blog and lift up your prayers for Stellan, his family, and the medical team that are working with him. The above picture is a healthy Stellan (his mom calls all her children by a nickname. He is MckMuffin. There is also a Big Mac, MckNugget, and Small Fry). Below is a picture of Stellan just before he went into surgery this morning (pictures courtsey of MckMama's blog).

Donuts, Slugburgers, Fishing and Snakes.....What a weekend!

We had such a wonderful weekend! Christi, Jermey, and Camden got here Friday night around seven. We grilled out it was yummy. There were several people that came by to hang out including the Stanley's so Camden and John got to play. I think they had a big time.

Camden had said the whole Lord's Prayer to Christi the night before when she was putting him to sleep and they were saying their prayers. He calls it "Our Father". We had him say it several times thoughout the weekend, and he does an awsome job. He never misses a beat. It is amazing that a three year old can say something that long with unfamiliar words by heart. But, he did and he was great at it.

Saturday was the most fun though. Saturday morning my mom and I took Camden to Harlow's for donuts. While we were there we saw Bo's uncle and cousin John and Bailey Butler. Bailey is 10 or 11 and he had killed a turkey. They were next door at Handyman showing the turkey to Bailey's dad Johnny. Camden was amazed with the dead turkey. He was most impressed that it had blood on it's mouth. There was blood on the ground, so I had told Camden "not to step in the blood". So all day long he would tell people about the turkey and say "I am going to kill me a turkey, but you don't want to step in the blood".

Then for lunch we took Camden to Borrum's and he tried his first slugburger ever. While we were downtown we ran to Kate's and Company for a few minutes. Camden had a good time with the display stamps. Then we went and bought crickets, and headed to Wildwood. By the time we got to Wildwood he was exhausted and snoozed the first hour or so that we were there. But, then he woke up and was ready to "catch sharks". We caught a few fish, but he wasn't into the whole having to "wait" on a bite to reel it in. He did help us reel some of our fish in, and he held a few of them as well. William (Bo's dad) went snake hunting on Saturday and got back before we left. He brought two cottonmouth's back for Camden to see. Camden has no fear. I was holding him and he wanted to hold the dead snakes, I made him get down to hold the snake. I could just see him getting scared and throwing the snake and it landing on me and then having to revive me from the heartattack I would have had. By the time we got home and Camden got a bath and some supper he was out like a light. He had a very busy day. Christi, Jeremy, Bo and I played Catch Phrase (which is my new fav game) all night. It is so fun. If you have not played it I highly recommend it.

I spent Sunday recovering. We had so much fun, but I am defiantly not ready for a three year old I was WORN out! HAHA

Camden eating his first Slugburger

In our driveway waiting to leave for Wildwood

(Don't worry we didn't let him ride in the back of the truck)

Note the stamp on his face from our trip to Kate's

Uncle Bo helping him put on his lifejacket

Getting ready to hold the snake. He didn't hold it long enough for me to get a good pict

Ready for the weekend!!!!

So this weekend, one of my best friends and college roomie is coming for a fun visit! She is bringing with her, her WONDERFUL little boy Camden, and her new BF Jeremey. Bo and I are so excited to have them! This is our first time meeting Jeremey and we are really excited. We have heard nothing but wonderful things about him. I haven't seen Christi since Christmas (which is WAY to long for us), but I haven't seen Camden since his birthday in September. I hope her recognizes me. (haha he knows I always have presents, he knows exactly who I am). Everytime I talk to him on the phone he says "Aunt Prentiss when are you going to bring me presents?" This weekend he is going to get a fishing pole, because we are taking him fishing at Wildwood. I am hoping for a superman one, but I haven't gone to look yet. (His last request was for Superman presents). We can not wait for ya'll to get here!! YAY I hope to have lots of fun pictures to post next week of the weekend!

Christi and I right before my wedding

Christi and I on my bachelorette party at the beach

Sweet little Camden Payne