Sometimes I’d like to buy one for James. Because time is going by faster than I’d like it to, and my Chubby Jubbers (apparently I’m not allowed to call him that now), is growing up faster than I’d like him to.

But I know it wouldn’t be fair to want him to stay a baby forever. I know long gone are the days when he would willingly let me put a plumeria flower on his head. He has years ahead of memories to make, happy and sad days to share, and I will be proud to be a part of many of them.

One such milestone happened today! His first day in the first grade, in his brand new school! And of course I had to snap some photos in the morning before dropping him off :)

He wasn’t *too* excited to be posing for me saying, “It’s too early, Mommy!”

Here’s his “ok, that’s enough” face lol

But he let me take just one more…

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…because even though he will inevitably grow up, I’ll always have these photographs of him as my baby Jamers to treasure for as long as God will allow me to.

And even this morning, I think I had more butterflies than he did, as we entered his classroom and said good morning to his teacher. And as I hugged and kissed him goodbye, he said, “It’s ok mommy, I’ll see you later again when you pick me up!”

Oreo McFlurry’s, catching up on my google reader, and watching The Office episodes on the laptop. That pretty much has been the extent of the excitement of my Labor Day and I am loving it! Chris has the boys outside, enjoying a swim with their daddy, and I am now thinking of making a nice and icy margarita :)

Oh yeah, and here are a few more of the highlights from our camping trip/ hubby’s bday celebration from two weeks ago, all courtesy of my trusty point and shoot buddy:

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Silverwood Lake and all it’s sparkly splendor

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(not ours, we foung her on the bike trail… found her owners soon after)

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Our waterproof iPod thingy magigy that brought us hours of musical entertainment

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Here’s a shot of the tent (aka Hotel Conover) showing Logan’s pack and play fitting in nicely with the two king sized blow up mattresses.

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My super cool father in law, Bill.

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My big bro Mark, visiting Cali from New “Joisy”

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Yes, that’s Chris doing his incredibly crazy stunts

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Here’s a video of it:

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Our uber awesome buddy Jess (aka my shooting partner) and our cousin Abigail

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You can see the rest on my flickr page if you’re so inclined ;)

Well that’s what everyone called our six-person tent. Everyone else had the standard  two to three person tent and ours even fit Logan’s pack and play, plus two king size blow up mattresses.

So here’s a sneak peek of our annual “Conover Camping Trip” a.ka. “make the husband happy for his birthday even if I don’t like bugs and sleeping outdoors trip”. More to blog later (yeah as if I haven’t neglected this poor webjournal long enough). ;)

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