Camille 8 months

This girl turned 8 months old yesterday. . .

 Typical Camille. . .

Let's see. . . A few things about Camille. . .

She now has two teeth (bottom middle).

She is 20 pounds even!

She takes a bottle every 4 hours and is now getting 2-3 meals of food per day. She gets pureed baby-food but is also experimenting with finger foods. She loves pretty much anything we give her but especially the all natural white cheddar Cheetos. (They are all natural so pretty much means they are super healthy for babies, right??!)

She also loves chewing/gumming jumbo size marshmallows. I am such a good mom.

She takes two solid naps per day, on most days, and is going to bed earlier around 7pm.

Loves: smiling, playing in the mirror, pulling Clara's hair, eating, grabbing mommy's nose (or anyones nose for that matter), swinging, bubbles, looking at books, playing with Clara (seriously, she always wants to touch her and just be next to her) and just enjoying life and being her happy self!

Does not love: changing clothes (this is a new one. . . que the screaming), when we take away a toy/her sippy cup etc, or when I try to rock her at night (girlfriend is trying to break my heart).

She is babbling up a storm and is so close to crawling. . .

Happy 8 months, sweet Camille!! Love you tons!

Camille 4 months

4 months old on May 14, 2014

Loves: Smiling, babbling, laughing, eating, watching big sister play, and looking at herself in the mirror.

Does not love: Being cold, when she has poop in her diaper, when we take the bottle out of her mouth to burp her, or when she looses her paci during the night/nap time.

Eating: Eats every 3.5 hours.

Diapers: Size 2

Clothes: Size 3-6 months

Weight/Height/HC - 15 pounds 13 oz (68%), 25 inches (50%), 16.73 inches (84%)***

Sleeping/Schedule: She continues to sleep well (still swaddled). We have been able to shift bedtime a tad earlier so a usual night of sleep is 8pm-7am or so. She usually wakes once to eat around 4am, although this week she has gone two nights without eating. As mentioned above, the girl loves her paci, so we have fallen into the "reinsert the paci 500x a night" game (ok, maybe not 500, maybe more like 4-6x which can feel like 500x), but as of now, we are just going with it. She takes three naps a day usually around 9am, 1pm, and 5pm (give or take 30 minutes on either end). She can last about two hours awake before needing to go back down for a nap.

Development: She can roll over from tummy to back. Her babbling is starting to have a rise and fall rhythm to it (changing tone), and she loves to babble all day long. Cutest ever! She has started giggling, which 100% melts my heart. It is so fun to see her laugh in response to others actions or voices. She also kicks and moves her arms in excitement, in response to familiar faces.

(Yes, the Bumbo is on the counter here. I assure you I never left her side.)

Adventures: No big plans in her future, just little play dates & outings here and there.

Happy 4 months, little Camille. We love you so very much!

*** We had to reschedule with the pediatrician several times, so these stats were taken on June 6th, which is actually closer to her 5 month birthday.*** :)

Camille Elaine

Camille made her arrival Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at 7:45am. . . and for a second time, at that moment, by God's sweet grace, our world changed forever. . .

7 pounds, 15 ounces & 20 inches of sweet baby perfection. . .

We were admitted to the hospital Monday night, 1/13/14, to be induced. Baby girl was getting a little too big for her living quarters if you know what I mean. Induction started that evening as planned, but when my Dr came to check me bright and early Tuesday morning, we learned Camille was, again, breech. C-Section was scheduled for an hour later. Talk about a whirl wind. . . We learned she was breech at 6:15am, walked into the OR at 7:26am, and Camille was born 7:45am.

We had lots of family eagerly waiting a sneak peak of our second girl. . . 

Big sister not too sure what to think about little sister. . .

Sharon, my Dr's wife, and a dear friend. . .

Clara was more interested in walking the halls . . .

And a few pictures from home sweet home. . .

There are really no words to describe how blessed & thankful we feel this Sunday morning, as we look around and take in our little family of four. Great is His faithfulness.