At Long Last, A Name!

... Alma James Cameron!

Alma: Most of the time we lived in Vancouver, we lived at the corner of 8th and Alma.  It is a place of treasured memories.  It's also the place where we lived when Asher and Bella were born, so they are dual citizens.  We're happy to give Alma a name that connects her to her siblings and our time in Canada, even if we can't give her citizenship.  Alma also means a variety of things in different languages.  Most significantly, it means "nurturing" or "fostering" in Latin, as in alma mater.  It also means "soul" in Spanish, "learned one" in Arabic and "apple" in Hungarian.  A lot of layers to a rich name!

James: The middle name was easy - whether boy or girl, the middle name was always going to be James after Tami's father.  He is a wise, godly, simple - in the good way - and loving man and we are thrilled to give Alma his name.  You can't separate the man from his profession either, Jim is a farmer through and through.  Farming is something that runs deep in both Tami and my families and that is a connection that we wanted to make with this child.

If the wait was long for you, it was excruciating for us.  This girl was hard to name!  Alma was one of our favorites before she was born, but she didn't look like an Alma to us, those soft consonants weren't working.  We wanted something stronger.  In the end, we decided that if we'd call her Alma James - a double name in the Southern style - that would fit her well.

Introducing...

Drummer Boy

Baseball with Grandpa Cameron

Nana and Grandpa Cameron came for a visit in July and this was a sweet moment I managed to capture. Baseball is big in the Cameron family!

Earlier her Nana was trying to help her bat for the first time and Nana told Bella to "keep her eye on the ball." Bella proceeded to lower the bat, walk up to the tee and put her eye right on the ball. :-)

Chic Fil-A

One day every year (usually in July), Chic Fil-A offers free food to anyone who shows up dressed like a cow. This is a very big deal. No gimmicks, they really give you your whole meal for free with the exception of milkshakes and lemonade! Around here this means that the Chic fil-A's everywhere are packed with people dressed like cows. It's hard to find a table and it's pretty fun. :-) We know a family that eats there for breakfast, lunch and dinner on that day. No joke.
So here we are...getting our free food.

Hey Biggars, check out the cankles on Bella. ;-) Like mother, like daughter.

Asher's 1st Bike

This is Asher's first bike.

If you listen closely, you'll hear Asher singing a fun song he made up as I was filming.

BBQ...after the Train Museum

Something in southern culture that we have fully embraced is BBQ. So...following the train museum, we found ourselves a local BBQ joint. I can't believe I'm posting the last photo - it's only because I love you all so much I guess.