HATTIESBURG - Sorry it has taken so long to post. Between work, jet lag and other things, I simply have not had the time to post as often as I did when Pam, Camryn and I were in China. Oh well, c'est la vie. At any rate, here are a few photos I thought you'd enjoy. Oh, and as a side note, I have not yet watched "Lacombe, Lucien." - Terry R. Cassreino
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Here, Sophie, Camryn and I watch television on Saturday night, April 15, in Hattiesburg. It was one day after we returned from China. We were wiped out; I still haven't recovered from jet lag. Sophie seems a little jealous, but she also seems to have accepted Camryn.
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On Easter Sunday, we celebrated Camryn's homecoming with family and friends at our house. The main attraction was a crawfish boil orchestrated by my brother-in-law, Paul Amore, aka Uncle Paulie. We also celebrated Camryn's first birthday, which actually took place two weeks earlier in China. Here, we nearly set the birthday cake in flames.
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Pam wanted to see Camryn's reaction to her own cake. So Mommy bought her baby daughter a special cake. Camryn stared at it at first; she only got aggressive after I urged her to do so. And even then, it was relatively uneventful.
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Nana Jo came by to visit for part of last week. She helped Pam with Camryn. And while I was away at work, they kept the house clean. Here, Nana tries to put Camryn asleep while I recline in an adjacent chair.
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Aunt Brandi visits with Camryn outside our house. Aunt Brandi also visited last week and helped Pam and Nana Jo decorate Camryn's bedroom. Sorry the photo is overexposed.
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At first Camryn despised baths. She screamed bloody murder, puked green pea soup, spun her head around and shouted frightening baby gibberish. It was a horrifying sight. Then, she found out she loved taking a bath in the kitchen. Here, she decided to eat the bath sponge before Pam begins the rinse cycle.
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Here, I watch Camryn practice for this year's running of the Kentucky Derby. I actually thought it's a bit too soon for her to try something so ambitious. But Camryn disagreed and said the best way to prepare is to ride the rocking horse Maw Maw Gay gave her. After all, Camryn says, you can even hear the horse gallop when you squeeze the ear.
Photos and text copyright 2006 by Terry R. Cassreino.
