The Doty Family: Camden is 2

I can't believe that Camden is 2! Time is going by fast. It seems like he as been with us longer than 2 years. He is such a good boy. He loves playing with his sisters, especially Tahlia. He takes such good care of her. He loves any activity that involves a ball. He loves to throw them and kick them. If he is feeling shy, mad or sad and we want to distract him all we have to say is, "Were is the ball?" and he totally switches gears. One skill he has been working on mastering for the past few weeks in drop kicking a ball. No one showed him this, but he loves doing it! I love hearing him laugh as he plays... his laugh is very infectious. Tahlia is trying to learn to kick the ball and Camden is very patient as she kicks a ball back to him. There are great friends. A few weeks ago we had a family birthday to celebrate Camden, Dane and Reagan's birthdays. Reagan had already had a friend party so this was more about the boys. Mary got this idea rolling. My family all came from Idaho over Memorial Day weekend. Saturday, the girls got up and went shopping, and then we did the party in the late afternoon. We went to Riverton Park and let the kids play while Alan and Bryce went and got some chicken. We had brought salads, fruit, chips, etc to eat with the chicken. After we ate we had a football pinata, which was the toughest pinata I have ever seen. It was hard to break open! Thank Mary for the pinata. After the pinata we sang happy birthday and had cake. Mary also found a great football cake mold. She made a football cake with the boys names on it... Poor Camden had been getting some teeth for the past few days so when it came time for cake the medicine and worn off so he wasn't really into eating the cake... Dane made up for it though. Reagan had requested cup cakes, so we had cup cakes for the rest of us to eat. After we cleaned up the kids got to open gifts. They all got spoiled. We started off trying to open them slowly but it soon become a free for all! I was trying to take pictures but there was too much going on... so much that I forgot to take a picture of Camden's big present a basketball hoop. The party was a huge success but everyone was tired and ready to leave around 8. Parties are fun but wow... I'm glad I'm done for another year! Thank you everyone for coming! Thanks Mary for doing so much work for this. Happy birthday everyone but especially Camden. We are so glad you are in our family!