Happy List Saturdays #6

It's that time again! I am so glad that we've made it to another Saturday! I've missed you all and I can't wait to read what has made you happy this week!!!! So here's my list for the week :)

♥ The March of Dimes Walk for Babies- OMG I just have to say a super HUGE thank you to all the amazing people who have donated to my Walk for Babies in honor of Aiden!  When I decided to do the walk a few weeks ago I set my goal at $500.  I told Nygel I knew there was no way I could raise that much money by May 1st but I wanted to try anyway.  By the end of the first day I had $490 and 5 people on my team!!!!!  My friend John (who is also walking on the team) told me "Ummm I think you need to raise your goal- you're clearly gonna get $500)"

WOW!!!!  I am so humbled by everyone who has donated to the cause.  I hope that our walk helps a lot of families not have to experience the pain of losing a child.  If you'd like to check out my page, donate, or join my team click here!

♥ Cami Cam- We missed her soooo much while we were gone and I am amazed sometimes at how attached I am to her.  Some of you may remember that I didn't really want to get a puppy when Nygel did.  But this dog has given me some things that I never expected to have again after losing Aiden.....laughter, joy, fun times.  Thank you Cami for always making me smile and being on my Happy List every week!  Here are some pics from this week:

On a walk around the neighborhood

Big girl yawn!

Serious face!

Giving me kisses :)

♥ Making people smile :)  I love this and get so much joy from the joy of others :)

♥ Chinese Food!!!  Yum!  Had some from my favorite place last night!

♥ Flowers!  I think this is on my list every week too!  Nygel loves Elephant Ears and my mom and I planted some for him in the yard.  The one by Aiden's garden is starting to peak out :)

And I just love this picture of some flowers in our neighborhood. I posted it on the Blocks of Love blog page as well!

♥ New pillows- just got some cute ones for the couches!

♥ Cute nail polish on my toes- I love summer!!!  OPI is my favorite brand of nail polish!  I love the cute cool names they give their nail polish colors! My absolute favorite OPI color ever???? Lincoln Park After Dark!!!  A very lovely dark purple shade :)  I have several bottles of this in my bathroom!

♥ My new devotional book- I love this book!!! It's so cute and fun and just a lovely devotional for busy women.  Hmmmmm......I think I may know some of those ladies! I definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a good way to take some time for yourself!

♥ Breakfast- ummmmm love breakfast and I'm ready to get some right now!!!  My favorite breakfast items- cheese eggs, bacon, hash browns, grits, and biscuits and gravy :)

♥ Carson- I feel like I don't talk about my Car-Car enough because Cami needs so much attention all the time- so spoiled :) But Carson is my little angel.  When I was pregnant he got up with me every single night when I couldn't sleep and kept me and Aiden company.  He knew Aiden just like we did :) He is the most friendly cat and he LOVES people!!  He loves to visit and make new friends.

I love this little cat!  I call him my monkey cat and he sleeps with me every night :)  I also make up songs with his name in them and sing to him all the time- this really cracks Nygel up!!  Love my little Car-Car!!!

His perch- hiding from Cami!

Look at that sweet face :)

♥ Getting my hair done by some one else!!!!  Love my Gabriel!  He is the best!

♥ Shopping- think I'm gonna do some soon!!!

♥ Working on projects!! Nygel and I have lots of time this weekend so we are going to be working of lots of nice little things :)

♥ BBQ & Grilling!!!  My absolute favorite thing about the summer time is GRILLING!!!  I love BBQ and I make some killer BBQ baked beans. We are going to get a new grill this weekend!! Yay! Can't wait to grill later today!  Here's a pic:

Isn't it cute?????  Can't wait to get this baby going!!!!  Ummmmmmmm.....hot dogs!!!!!

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So that's my list for this week!  I hope you enjoyed it!  I can't wait to read what has made you all happy this week!  Don't forget to add yourself to the Linky AND copy and paste the code to your post so others can link back to all the other Happy Lists!  The Linky will be open until Monday for those that need some extra time :)

*****UPDATE***** I've had a few people ask how to add the Linky to their post.   It's easy just follow these steps:
1. In the blog list at the bottom of this post there is a link that says "Get the code here.....".  Click this link :)
2. Copy the code from the Linky website
3. Go back to your post and click the tab that says "EDIT HTML"- normally we work in "COMPOSE" when we write blog posts.
4. At the very bottom of your post (while in the HTML tab) paste the code from the Linky website.
5. Publish your post
6. The Linky code should appear at the bottom of your post with all the entries in the blog hop listed.
7. Enjoy reading all the blogs!!!

And if you won a prize from me yesterday don't forget to send me an e-mail!!!  I'm going shopping for supplies tomorrow and I want to get yours too!!!

Sending you all peace and love.....

Aiden's Dog....Cam

I'm sitting here this morning visiting all my favorite blogs to see how everyone is doing this weekend.  And I have company....Cami Cam.  She's sleeping on my leg quite comfortably right now.  I have mentioned Cam a lot on this blog but I don't think I've every shared her story....

Cami Cam

Cam and her Lamb...just like Aiden's Lamb 

We got Cam on December 19, 2010 by accident kind of.☺ We were sitting at home with family and Nygel was looking on line at a local puppy store to see what kind of dogs they had in stock.  He really wanted a dog.  Even before I was pregnant he wanted a dog.  I kept telling him to wait.  Wait until we got a house, wait until we had a baby so they could grow up together.  Well we got the house and Aiden was on the way.  So Nygel knew he'd be getting a dog soon!  And then we lost our son and neither of us could think of anything but our overwhelming pain.

So on that Sunday in December the furthest thing from my mind was getting a dog.  We had discussed getting either a Chocolate Lab or a Weimaraner because we thought those would be good family dogs.  Our final decision had been a Chocolate Lab.  But again I wasn't thinking about a dog....I was thinking about Aiden.

When Nygel called the puppy store it was to see if they had any Chocolate Labs...they didn't. But they did have 4 Weimaraner puppies.  OMG Nygel was ecstatic!  He wanted one of those puppies.  It was going to be my Christmas present.  I had been telling him over and over again after Aiden passed that I didn't want a puppy.  And I told him that again that Sunday.  The girls and my sister all looked disappointed.  I went in our room and he came after me.

"Do you know why I want a dog so badly?" Nygel asked me.  "No, I don't" I responded.  I didn't...what was the big deal?  I wasn't thinking about a puppy- I wanted my baby.

"I want a dog because I was going to get Aiden a dog after he was born.  I wanted him to have a puppy and even though he's not here I still want to get him his dog." was his response.

Wow.  Ever had one of those "Ah-Ha" moments Oprah talks about?  This was definitely an "Ah-Ha" moment for me.  Now I understood why Nygel had been hounding me about getting a puppy.  Why he wanted to give me a dog as a Christmas present.  He wanted to remember his son.  He wanted to remember the things he planned for his son.  He wanted to get Aiden's dog.  "Ah-Ha" now I get it.  Why didn't I see it before?  Not sure....but in that moment I got it.

So off we went to get a puppy.  Me, Nygel, Carissia, Kayla, and Nylah.  We were going to get Aiden's dog.  I told them in the car the puppy's name would be Cam.  I just love that name and I wanted to keep up the "C" name tradition we started with our cats- Carson and Chloe. All of them were like- ummm ok we don't like that name.  But I didn't care- the dog's name was going to be Cam.

We got to the store and saw the most adorable Weimaraner puppies ever!  We played for about an hour with the 2 boys and 2 girls- the kids wanted to take all 4!  We debated getting two at first but then decided that one puppy was enough.  I knew I wanted a girl.  Cam stood out to me because she had so much energy....spunk.☺  She was absolutely beautiful!  She was the one.  You'll never guess when she was born.  November 4, 2010...just 2 days after Aiden.  Wow again.

While we were taking care of all of her paper work the girls played with Cam.  Still thinking she might be named something else Nygel asked the girls what they thought.  Nylah said "I've been calling her Cam,  I like it now that I've been saying it"  and she smiled.  Ummmm hmmm- that's right....I picked a great name!  So we had our Cam.  My Christmas present, Aiden's dog.  We were just going to take care of her for him.

Baby Cam and Carissia

Cam and her monkey

Cam has been fun, crazy, silly, sweet.  She terrorizes the cats- I know Chloe has lost a few pounds since December- lol!  It's ok though- she needed it!  She has been to the vet so many times in the last 2 months that they know her and us by name when we come in and over the phone.  I swear one of the front desk girls is going to try to steal her one day.  We took her in yesterday for puppy shots and to check on her itching and the girl couldn't stop saying "Oh Cam I love you!!" But she's healthy now and just perfect.  Like my Aiden.  When she drives me crazy I remember that she's Aiden's dog and that makes me smile.

Trying to get to Carson

Poor CarCar :(

Yesterday at the dog park a bigger dog stepped on Cam while they were playing.  She cried out and my heart stopped.  No!!!  Not my baby's dog.  I took the other dog's foot off her little tummy and rubbed her.  Nygel didn't want me to but I picked her up in my lap and held her for a few minutes.  She calmed down and eventually when I was convinced she was fine I put her back down to play.  I know Aiden was watching out for his puppy.  She was fabulous at the dog park!  She played with the other dogs and wasn't too scared, she drank from the puppy water fountain, she even ran across a puppy beam.  I am always amazed at how smart she is.  Cami Cam- Aiden's dog.

As I sit here typing and she lays on a blanket on my leg snoring, I think about my son.  I love him so much.  I did and would still do anything for him.  I love Cam....she's Aiden's dog.  And I will always take care of her for him.  I'll take care of her for him and love every minute of it!

Cami Cam after chewing the wall- "Sorry Mom"

I love you my sweet angel baby!  Forever and Ever....
Love,
Mommy