Friday, January 30, 2009

New Skills

Cami is doing all kinds of new things lately. 1) She has finally accepted the fact that she needs to eat food off of a spoon and not to rely solely on the bottle for her nourishment. The meals are so much more enjoyable now. No more crying at the highchair, from me or her! 2) She is able to sit up unsupported. Although, she can only sit up when we put her in that position. She has not been able to sit up from a laying down position. But, hey, we will take what we can get! 3) She FINALLY rolled from back to tummy. I was starting to get concerned! Now that she has learned to do this skill she does it constantly. Especially in her bed when she should be sleeping :) 4) She reaches for mommy and daddy. This is the cutest and most heart warming thing she could ever do! She has learned that when we come over to her with arms extended that she will be picked up. So she will reach her arms out (not up, yet) to show that she wants to be picked up. I'm not sure if she is just 'helping' us out or if she really is showing that she wants us, but I am choosing to believe the latter. Just to show how much she has grown and changed in the last 6 months I added some pictures from Cami's 1st week of life until now. (Thanks for the idea, Vanessa) My how she has grown. Cami's first week of life. She was hanging out naked by the window to help with the jaundice. Cami at 2.5 months. This is the first time I got her smiling on camera.
Cami today. Her feet almost hang off of the swing. This is probably the last time she will sit in this swing. She does not like it anymore. I guess she doesn't want to feel constricted and confined.

Friday, January 23, 2009

Professional Pictures

Cami got her first photo shoot with a professional photographer on Tuesday. We took her in as a happy baby and she left a very unhappy baby. I guess it's a lot to ask of a 6 month old to pose for half an hour! Although she was not in the best of mood they still captured some fantastic pictures! When they brought the finished products out for us to see in frames (great selling tactic) tears filled my eyes! Cami looked so angelic and beautiful!!! I wanted to buy all of them. We compromised on these 5 shots, but it was so hard to choose.
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Thursday, January 15, 2009

Friends

Yay for friends! Cameron had a big play date yesterday with all of her friends. We try to get them together every so often so they can play and we can have an actual adult conversation :) The two older ones, Ben and Avery are 2 weeks apart and very close to 1 year old. Then Emma and Cameron are within a month apart at 6 and 7 months old.
We knew we would only have a matter of seconds to get a picture of all the babies before they all wanted down, and sure enough-we lost one. The little brown head that you see at the bottom is Gracie. She hangs out with Amy and Avery each day.
Emma is such a cute little social butterfly. It looks like she is putting her arm around Cameron for a good friendly picture. But, as you can see by Cameron's face she was not interested in taking a "friendly picture." This cracks me up.

Monday, January 12, 2009

Almost 6 Months

Cami had her first trip to the park today. I have been dying to put her in one of these baby swings and I finally found a park that had one. After I got over my initial paranoia of all the billions of germs she would be touching from getting in this swing I let loose and we had a great time. Plus, I remembered I had hand sanitizer in the diaper bag :)
I don't know if Cami liked the strings on her hat or the shadow from the equipment better. They were both equally interesting...not so much the swing. But, she will grow to love it!
The first trip down a slide....man, that slide was fast!
Here are a few random pictures I have taken over the month. Since I have not been blogging lately, I decided to add a few extra pictures.
Cami got this robe as a shower gift. Although I thought it was super cute when we got it, I now realize that a robe for a baby is not very practical. However, I don't want it to go to waste so we put her in it one night after bath time. She seemed to like it better than the typical wrapped up in a hooded towel! I thought it was too cute to not take a picture so I took like 15...crazy first time parent!
We started a nightly tradition of "naked time" (for Cami, not us) before we begin the bath. Here is a picture of the little sweet cheeks as she chills out watching Baby Einstein.
Cameron is now eating solids! She started with rice cereal which was not a hit. But, we quickly moved to oatmeal and she tolerated that. We have also tried carrots and prunes. It all depends on her mood whether the meal is a success or not. Happy baby! Cami is such a wonderful baby! Her little smile and big bright eyes just make my heart melt. Cami has been trying really hard to sit upright. She gets better and better each day. I don't think it will be long before she is sitting up without toppling over. If you look closely you will see her jammies are covered in drool....teething much!!! Cami fits perfectly in the sink in the bathroom. This is the kind of picture that I will look back on in 10 years and think "wow, you were so tiny...you even fit in the sink!!"

Monday, January 5, 2009

Christmas

Our family had a wonderful first Christmas with Cami! Although she is too young to care about presents and Santa we still had so much fun helping her open presents and watching her eat all the wrapping paper and bows. It's so true what they say...babies love the things presents come in more than the actual present! Cameron had a very busy week meeting lots of new relatives. After spending Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with my family here in Dallas, we traveled down to Marble Falls to see Neal's side of the family. Cami was such a good baby as she was passed from new person to person. After the weekend, we came back to Dallas for Cameron to meet some of my side of the family. She was a hit. Everyone commented on her big cheeks and blue eyes. Click on the picture to see a slide show of all the Christmas pictures.
Christmas