Birthday Party

Some photos from Camille's princess party. She seemed to have a good time and since she is so social she loved having everyone here -for her.

CAKE!!! She mainly ate the icing.

Camille and her boy's Ethan & Avery

Camille found her presents!

Photoshop

Mommy playing in photoshop!

11 months... almost 1 yr

Mommy is happy and sad... the baby days are gone... happy toddling days are here!
I will post more photos soon... I have to buy batteries for the camera to download. We did get one year photos done but I have to make those smaller to post. Hope everyone is doing well.

almost 9 months

and surprising us every day....

Crawl

Well one tooth is coming in and she is starting to crawl. It is fun to sit and watch her... I normally put her down on the floor to play with her toys sitting up. She will throw a toy, lean forward and fall onto her tummy. She will then push up with her arms and then do a face plant and pull her knees under her. Tonight she got up on her knees and then pushed up with her arms (she was in the crawling position). She looked so proud of herself.

time is flying...

sorry it has been a while... here are some updated photos.

Meem, Mom, Camille and I went to the beach for the day.

Cousins after baby dedication.

Camille sitting at the picnic table at Matt's brother home on Lake Gaston. That is the water in the background.

Camille's first time playing in the pool.

Missed Photos

Do you ever wish that you had a camera when a photo opt comes up... lately I haven't been able to use any of the cameras since the digital needs batteries, the video needs charged and I ran out of film in my 35mm. Camille was laying on her tummy on my bed and watching tv - she looked so cute and there were no cameras so I could share the moment. Well I am going to get everything work before Saturday since it is baby dedication. Since I work at the church I get to see the backside of events and details going into different events - and since one of my dearest friends works in children's ministries I see what goes on... she has to give Pastor Scott a list of how to pronounce the babies names... so to be funny he was mispronouncing Mariana and saying anna instead of ona. I am going to laugh if he says it wrong at dedication. I will have pictures after tomorrow... she has the cutest dress to wear (Thank you!! Meem!)

Home Again!

Cami and I are so excited today! Matt has been gone for three weeks and this evening he is coming home! Those that know me well know that I am scrambling to get everything clean since he is the clean one. I am trying to at least get our bedroom straight. And since Meem (my grandma) is here I have time to clean - well she has been doing a lot too - cleaning, ironing and watching Cami. Well off to get more stuff done!
Welcome Home!

Trying new things

Well I haven't taken any photos of the azealas - and since we had a freeze the flowers died so it will be a while until I get some good photos of that so here are some updated photos of Camille.

Easter Ears
Easter Ears falling off...
Go-go (Grandma) Feeding Camille rice cereal - it was the first time she really figured out what to do with the spoon (well as much as she could with the sucking she knows how to do).

Yummm! If you notice she is in a Bumbo seat. Ours is a loaner (Thanks Wyatt!) and we really like it...

Rollin Back

Today we learned to roll from tummy to back. I was getting ready for work and had just laid Camille on her tummy on my bed (in the middle with pillows around her). I was fixing my hair and watching Cami - then I looked in the mirror than back to Camille and she was already on her back. She only did this once today but I was so proud of her - even though she was mad cause I laid her on her tummy.

Azaleas

So I think I said something about trading our boxwood's with my friend Ginny for her azaleas... Ginny and Andrew (her husband) are awesome - They brought us the azaleas and helped Matt plant them - I will post pictures later but they look so great. One of our neighbors commented on how they compliment our house. This week we will have to get some mulch around them then I will take the pictures. Yesterday while Camille was napping and Matt was fishing, I walked around the yard and started picking up rocks (we have a ton) I went to pickup a quartz rock and couldn't pick it up so I started to dig - well this thing is so big. Okay maybe not that big but it definitely felt heavier than Camille. Well the princess is waking up - so I have to go.

New Plants?

Sorry it has been a while - life gets away from me. We are trying to keep up with the neighbors and get in the yard to give it our own look. I found a plant that said it was new that I really like. Then I found it online in other colors (we got the Chramed Wine with purple/black clovers) - http://www.provenwinners.com/plants/detail.cfm?photoID=8033. We need plants in the back yard that are okay in shady areas. I really like this website since it has pictures and that gives me lots of ideas when I look through it.

My favorite thing is going in to get Cami when she wakes up in the morning - she is sooo happy and fun and very talkative (which I say is cute now but give it sometime and I will be asking her to give mommy some morning quite time) :-)

Here is one of the latest pictures. Once I figure out how to download video I will post her rolling over and talking.

Rollin Rollin Rollin

Guess what I am going to say!!! That's right we have a little girl that rolled over. Matt got to see the first roll Sunday, March 11. I was working on the computer and missed it - but was in the same room.
Camille had a doc appt today - 13lbs 11ozs and 24 1/2 in. long which puts her in 55% in both.
On another note Matt and I have started landscaping the yard - we have lots of ideas. I want to take the boxwood bushes out and put in azaleas. I am trying to firgure out what I want to go infront of them - guess I have to wait to see what color we get too. I would love to start a compost one reason is bc we don't have a garbage disposal - it couldn't smell worse then the chicken farm up the street. We are also going to start pricing stone for around the ditch by the road and mailbox. It would be fun to make a stone paito in the backyard too (that might have to wait until next year or longer).

Thanks Mom!!

I have to say THANKS! to my mom for coming over when Camille and I were sick. She took care of Camille so I could sleep but she also took care of me by making me soup for lunch and keeping my drink topped off.
I always want my mom when I am not feeling well and I thought that day Camille is going to start wanting her around when she doesn't feel good since that is who was taking care of her.
Well I am off to try and get some toys put together since Camille is getting a little more interactive with the toys.

Not my idea of a fun birthday...

We (Cami and Kelly) got whatever Matt had at the beginning of the week. It has not been a fun week. I thought Camille was going to be okay since she was happy and didn't seem like anything was wrong but after she ate it all came back out. What a scary feeling - the first time your child throws up. (I know it is gross to talk about - sorry) But it was scary - I cried. She didn't cry but she didn't react at all so that was a little strange to me. So we sat on the bed and rocked a few minutes and then she was back to laughing and talking with me. I still think her tummy is bothering her. Well off to bed to get some rest.
Oh yeah - now my department isn't coming over since we don't want to get them sick - even though this house has been lysoled today.

Photo Shoot

My friend/co-worker Ginny took some photos of Matt, Cami and me. Thought I would share some - they were too cute. We don't have a lot of photos of Camille smiling but Ginny was able to get some really good ones. The ones I posted aren't really the smiling ones but I thought they were cute.

Today Matt is sick - not fun since he is in bed all day and evening. So if I have called you tonight - thanks for chatting with me so I could have some adult conversation. Hopefully he will get better soon since we are having my department over for game night on Saturday night. Don't worry guys I am going to disinfect everything!!!

Growing

Cami is soo much fun! She is becoming much more interactive... and smiley. I do have to say that today she was frustrated and grabed my hand and squeezed it as hard as she could. It was so cute to me that she was letting me know she was not happy.
I was a little sad last night while getting her 0-3 month clothes together. She is now in 3-6 but they are still a little big on her.

Contest

We entered the contest for Babytalk magazine and GMA (good morning america)
Here is the photo we submitted. First there will be 8 finalist then there will be 3 finalist and the public gets to submit who they think should win - once that happens and if we are selected I will let you all know so that you can have all your friends and family to choose Cami.
http://www.parenting.com/parenting/babytalk/photo/contest/

Busy Busy Busy

HI all - We have had a busy week... Camille sat in her high chair for the first time, she was holding her bottle on her own for her Daddy, she was making squaking noises for Grandma (she sounded like a cat).
She slept through the night again on a night that Matt didn't have to work the next day... we all woke up today at 9:something - that is really late for Matt and me.
Meem notice the pjs she has on...

Working again

Nothing new is really going on - cept I am starting back to work this week. I am looking forward to getting back into the swing of things but pray I can balance both home and work. I know Matt hopes I will still make dinner like I do - if not more ;)
I am going to miss Camille like crazy! She was soo cute yesterday - she was laying in my lap with her thumb in her mouth and her other hand playing with her hair. I wish I could have gotten a picture of that. We are slowly but surely getting on a schedule. She still wakes up at least two times a night but sometimes we get full nights of sleep - mostly on the weekend nights that Matt can get up too.

Welcome

Hi all! I am going to try and keep up with a blog to let you know what is going on with Matt, Kelly and most importantly Camille! Right now she is swinging and talking to her little lamb rattle. We are all doing well - today was Camille's first snow. It started around 6 this morning and now it is 1pm and the snow is almost gone. We didn't make it outside - too cold.

Camille is now 11lbs 11ozs and 23 inches long. She is 75% in both weight and height.