HAPPY 4TH BIRTHDAY MACIE!!!!

Today we are excited to celebrate Macie's 4th birthday. It seems like just yesterday we were bringing her home from the hospital and now she is already 4. Macie loves being outside playing soccer, riding her bike and swimming. She is really excited to start school next month at our church and can count to 30, recognize all her letters in the alphabet and what sound they make, she knows her colors, numbers and shapes and she has recently started being able to write her name all by herself. Macie loves playing with the neighbor boy Cameron and has recently gotten a new best friend named Mya. We are so blessed to have such a beautiful and amazing daughter and thank God for giving her to us everyday!!!!!!

Upward Soccer

Macie was in the Marion Star today for Upward Soccer.....we are so proud of her!!!



So a few weeks ago Macie started Upward Soccer with our church, Marion First Church of the Nazarene. She is one of the youngest and smallest girls on her team so its definitely a challenge for her. She loves playing soccer and being with the other girls on her team. She has practice once a week and games every Saturday until the middle of October. Daddy has been helping Macie practice and she is really starting to get the hang of it. She has some trouble on game days because she wants to look at mommy and daddy the whole time instead of running after the ball:) but we are so glad she gets this opportunity to be with other girls her age to run around and get some of that energy out;)

Summertime....

As I said in an earlier post summertime is so much fun but very hectic. Here are a few pictures of what Macie has been up to this summer. Macie loves hanging out with her buddy Cameron that lives a few houses down from us. They are only a few weeks apart in age so they love doing the same things pretty much. She loves getting ice cream from the ice cream truck even though its crazy how much they charge for a popsicle:) Macie's new favorite routine is to sit out on the porch every evening and if she ate all her dinner she gets to enjoy a popsicle and then we catch fireflys:) She also has been helping me get stuff together for her Cinderella birthday party here in a few weeks. In our down time one of our favorite things to do together as girls is to curl up on the couch and watch the movie Cinderella which is definitely both of our favorites.

Our Big girl.....

Each day I'm amazed at how much our little Macie is growing up. It has really hit us hard lately signing her up for school, soccer, vbs and getting stuff organized for her 4th birthday party. I know it may sound so cliche' but is teems like just yesterday we were bringing her home from the hospital and we thought the lack of sleep and feedings every 3 hours would last a lifetime:) I am so blessed to be Macie's mommy and love seeing her grow into such a beautiful little girl with so much insight on life. She loves Jesus and that makes us so happy and hearing the same little prayer every meal and at bedtime just makes us realize regardless of the ups and downs we have in life we know that at least we are doing something right because our daughter loves the Lord. Here are pictures we had taken last week for her 4 year pictures:)

Great visit with Crystal....

I have been really late on updating this think i know and I apologize, july has been a crazy month as I'm sure most of you all can relate. Summertime is awesome all the fun things we get to do and the places we get to go but its so crazy hectic sometimes. A few weeks ago my good friend Crystal and her son Wyatt came to Ohio for a visit which is definitely one of the highlights of my summer thus far. We were sad Phillip couldnt come too but are very thankful for the awesome time we were able to spend with Crystal and Wyatt. One of the most amazing moments during our whole visit for me was when one afternoon after church Crystal and Wyatt came to our house for a few hours to play and hang out. It was the neatest feeling just lounging around talking and catching up on life while both of our little ones played together. I remember back 3 years ago when Macie was just a baby and Wyatt wasnt born yet and how neat it is now that Phillip and Crystal have a son and our kids can play together:) It just shows how quickly life changes. Of course we went shopping too while she was here and Karen her mom was able to come also which was a blast. I miss them so much already and look forward to their next visit around Christmas time I'm sure....much love sent to SC!!!!!!!!!!

Praying....

Letting go and letting God....

Well we wanted to update everyone since its been three weeks since the iui procedure. We found out last week the procedure wasnt successful so we arent having another baby right now. After much prayer we have decided to move on and stop any further fertility treatments. We believe if its the Lord's plan for us to have another baby it will happen. The stress of infertility is crazy and its been 20 months now since we began this whole battle and we are ready to let go of this burden for awhile. I feel like a huge weight has been lifted by just giving up our control and focus on getting pregnant every month we can focus on other things and just live life not worrying all the time about dr. appts, medication, ultrasounds and much more. God's plans are far better than ours and we will just let go and let God write the next pages of our lives, who knows where it might take us.

Cousins.......

Bethy, Macie and Brady having a great time playing in the sprinkler together!!!

Waiting.......

So we wanted to update everyone a little about whats been going on in the cameron household. After many dr. appt.s, fertility meds, and tests we went through with the intrauterine insemination today. Everything went well but I feel miserable now and in alot of pain, so i'm resting the rest of today. I heard this song this morning on the way to the dr. and thought to myself "ok God, I soooooo get it" now we just wait. Thanks for all your prayers, we hope to have good news soon!!!!!!!!!

Summer Fun....

Here in the Cameron house we have really been enjoying the nice weather lately. From the time we get up to the time we go to bed Macie wants to be outside at all times. She loves blowing bubbles, riding her bike, playing with the sand table, swinging and swimming in the pool. We got to hang out at our friends house for a few hours tonight and swim which was awesome. The water was freezing at first but after we got used to it a little it felt amazing. Macie is just tall enough this year that she can touch the bottom in the shallow end all by herself. Scott has been playing softball with church which he really enjoys and is looking forward to going to Cincinnati again this september for nationals. Its going to be a crazy couple of weeks for us ahead, we go to the dr. next monday to start the next step in the whole infertility process. We hope to have updates soon, just continue to keep us all in your prayers.

Splashing around in the puddles....

Tonight Macie and I were sitting outside for a bit and all of a sudden it started getting really dark. I told Macie that I thought it was going to rain and I asked her if she wanted to get her rain boots on and play in it. She was so excited, she hurried in the house and put her hello kitty rain boots on and waited patiently for it to start raining. She asks us all the time if she can play in the rain but usually its in the middle of the day or we are on our way out the door but tonight was pefect so that afterwards we could throw her in the bathtub and get her ready for bed anyways. So it poured pretty good for a little while and she ran up and down the driveway splashing in all the puddles and screaming her little heart out. After Scott got home from a banquet at school he was able to play in the rain for a bit too. Macie couldnt get over this giant muddle puddle in the street and she kept jumping in it until we had to empty her boots out from so much water getting in them:) After we got Macie a shower and put her p.j.s on we went back outside and was amazed because there was a beautiful rainbow right in front of our house. Macie is already looking forward to next time playing in the rain as I am sure daddy is too:)

Busy Weekend...

We really enjoyed the sunshine and extra day off this weekend for Memorial Day, however we were so busy all weekend long now were all exhausted from running around like crazy. Saturday we pulled up all the brick on our patio out back and relayed them because there was grass and stuff growing up between them.
I worked saturday half a day and then after we all went to a cook out at julie and rubens house from our community group. We had good food on the grill and played cornhole which was pretty fun. Sunday we had a special presentation the "Children of the World Choir" so macie stayed up in the big sanctuary with us so she could see the service. Her eyes were glued on the kids the whole time, they did such an awesome job. Yesterday we spent the entire day doing stuff around the house that we have been wanting to do for awhile. The biggest thing we did was to get Macie's big girl bed put up. We have been having some issues lately keeping her in the toddler bed because she is so tall and she moves around so much when she sleeps she kepts squirming right out of her bed in the middle of the night. Her room looks really great and all grown up with a bigger bed now. Its one of those bittersweet moments for Scott and I to see her in a big people bed, its really started sinking in to us that she isnt a baby anymore she is growing up. We also got some stuff done in the basement and Macie and I transfered our sunflowers that we were growing in a cup to out in the backyard so we will see if they continue to grow. .After that we grilled out some dinner and hung outside for a few hours in the beautiful weather. We are so thankful for everyone that has fought in the war so that we can have feedom and enjoy our lives every single day!!!! Happy Memorial Day!!!!