Sunday, December 23, 2012

Camryn Elizabeth- 7 months

Why is it that the first few months dragged on forever....and now the time is just flying by?!?? My baby girl is 7 months old. She is beautiful, happy, curious, bouncy, and full of JOY. She makes everyone around her happier and she is so perfect I could not have asked for a sweeter daughter. She lights up our lives and makes us feel so blessed. I can't even put into words how special this girl is to us. 
 We went to see Dr. K. on Tuesday, and she weighed in at 17 pounds 8 ounces which puts her between the 50th and 75th percentile. Everything was perfect and normal. Praise the Lord for this healthy baby!

Here are a few things about her today: 

Food: Cami is eating around 5 bottles of formula per day (6 oz usually) and eating solids 2-3 times per day. She sometimes grabs her bottle to hold by herself, but she still likes for us to hold the bottle sometimes as well. She LOVES baby oatmeal and green beans. She tolerates most other baby foods and this week we put some apples in her mesh teether for her to chew and suck on and she has loved that! Another new favorite, thanks to Mimsy, is baby Mum Mums. She LOVES the independence of holding them and munching on them all by herself. It's a great new method of entertainment. :)
Play: Camryn is obsessed with her "jump-a-roo" bouncy toy that she sits in and jumps and jumps and jumps. She especially likes to jump and watch Mickey Mouse on tv or watch her brother play. She also loves to roll around and play with Sophie (her squeaky giraffe) or any other toy that makes noise or that she can chew on. She sits up very well and grabs everything within reach (including Colby's beloved cars and trucks....we have had many many lessons on sharing lately)
Sleep: The saddest thing happened in our house this month. Our little lamb swing's motor DIED! This has forced us to wean Camryn off of swinging during naptime. It's just not the same. She usually wakes up to eat a bottle around 5am, I lay her back in her crib and she'll sleep for a few more hours. Then, during the day she will take 2-3 naps depending on the schedule of that day. Usually the morning and evening nap are shorter- maybe around 45 minutes or an hour, and then we can get a few hours (MAYBE) out of her in an afternoon nap. No 2 days are the same. She usually goes to bed at night around 7:30. I can't say that she is as good of a sleeper as Colby, but she's not too bad. :)
Teeth: FIVE! (four on the bottom and one on the top)
Colby has given her a new nickname: Nummy
We have no clue why or where this came from, but it is sticking! It's pretty funny. When he goes into her room in the morning, it's "good morning nummy nummy nummy!" or in the car it's "hey nummy! What are you doing nummy nummy?" haha
My amazingly talented (and 9 month pregnant) friend Lindsay took these precious pictures of our girl. I will cherish them forever. She did such a great job capturing Camryn's sweet personality. 
Happy 7 months pretty girl!

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Book Exchange

This year for November (yes, I'm a few weeks late on this, but the pics were too cute not to post) supper  club we had our 3rd Annual Children's book exchange Christmas Party! The Armstrongs hosted and threw a fun spin on it by making it a PAJAMA party with gingerbread house building and ornament making (Thanks to our "big girl" art teachers). 
We had SO MUCH fun with these amazing friends and precious kiddos. These nights are my favorite. 
me and my little Santa Baby
 Reagan, Colby, Brooks and Harper in the trampoline- this cracks me up!!!
 Camryn- 6 1/2 months, Tucker- 7 months, Abigail- 7 1/2 months
 And Kinley- 11 months! :)
I would say that these 4 will be trouble some day, but I think they may actually be the laid back babies of the group.
 THESE guys are going to be the trouble makers! :)
 Ready for book exchange
Missing Abigail (already in bed), Tucker and Grace (where were they?!??)
LOVE,LOVE,LOVE these kids!!!
Thank you Jenna Mae for Colby's new book, The Goodnight Train
and thank you Landyn for Camryn's precious and soft hungry little caterpillar book!! 

Next Month- ADULTS ONLY! :)

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Bath Buddies

Love these two little doodle bugs and their playtime together!! 

Christmas Shower for Brittany

Yesterday, Cami and I helped to host a Christmas shower for my cousin, Brittany. It was so fun! We had it at Debbie's house, which is GORGEOUSLY decorated for Christmas. Most of the people at the shower came from out of town, so it was wonderful to see everyone, especially some of our new baby cousins!! :)
Jayci was a great babysitter and helper. She fed Camryn, played with her, and toted her around like a babydoll...and Camryn loved it! :)
I love these pictures with my Mamaw
Lots of our ZMZ ranch family came up from D'Hanis, Hondo, San Antonio and Boerne and Carol came down from Dallas. 
Hunter and Augie were definitely troopers coming up for the shower. It was so wonderful to see those happy boys!!
I think Brittany and Andrew are definitely all set for Christmas. Now they just need to move into their new house so they can decorate!!! 

Pictures with Santa

For the past few years, the Pitts' have hosted a "pictures with Santa" party. It's always SO fun and takes the pressure off of standing in line and trying to get the "perfect" picture in 5 seconds at the mall. The kids get to chat with Santa, he reads them a story, they can play, and if they get brave, hop up on his lap for a photo. Colby has been very leery in the past. We've convinced him to at least stand by Santa in a picture, but I don't think he ever sat on his lap. 
This year he was shy at first. (Probably because he had NO NAP, fell asleep in the car and I had to wake him up....that makes for a bit of a grumpy bear boy) But he did warm up and tell Santa everything that he wanted for Christmas and smile for a few pictures. His list this year includes a gun laser (??), trampoline, Peter Pan and cars and trucks (surprise, surprise). 
 Camryn did great! No tears....just a little confusion. :)
Cami and Abigail were so cute :)
When we got home I tried to get a cute picture of my kids by our tree since they were all dressed up in red, but they were done....oh well!
looking up at the lights and ornaments on the tree :)