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Rock A Bye Baby

I think we officially spoiled the baby! For the longest time Camryn would have her bottle and try to squirm out of my arms and pretty much wanted to be left alone and put into the crib to fall asleep. Suddenly she would have her bottle and just cuddle up in my arms or lay with her head on my shoulder and it was so sweet so I (or Bert) would just cuddle and rock her to sleep. Well now she HAS to be rocked to bed. She’s addicted! And it’s naps too! I tried to put her down for her nap and listened to her scream until I couldn’t take it anymore. I scooped her into my arms and she was asleep within a minute. I guess I could have bigger problems then a sweet baby who wants to sleep in my arms.

On another note, the past weekend was great. Saturday we met up with Calvin and Duane who were in town for a white water rafting trip, and we went to Seasons 52 for lunch and did some shopping. Sunday was Bert’s first Father’s Day. Camryn got him a travel mug with her photos on it, and I made him some of his favorites, including biscuits and gravy and a cheesecake. Definitely not a low calorie kind of day. I hope he felt special because he really does do such a great job as a husband and father.

This coming weekend we have Emersen’s first birthday party, which is crazy since I feel like she was just born!! Not to mention she’s about 10 weeks older than Camryn so that means I’ll have a party to start planning soon. Although anyone who knows me knows I’ve been mentally planning it for a while!

For some new Camryn party tricks, she is now dancing. She just sits in her highchair and bops her head around. I have a video I’ll post. Also she was saying “hi” but I’m not sure if it counts as a “first word” since she repeats it. I think I’ll count the official first word when she says something on her own and looks like she has an idea of what it means.

Miss Picky

Since my last blog a few milestones have passed. One being my birthday! Unfortunately Bert was out of town last week on business but I made the most of it and brought the baby to Provino's and met some of the girls from work for dinner! When Bert came back to town we celebrated by going to Benihana and to see Shrek in 3D (we've seen every Shrek movie together). He also got me a dozen roses and a gift certificate to the spa, so I think I forgive him for missing my birthday. Camryn got me a nice card, she said it was all she can afford :-)

Camryn and I had a good week even though Bert was gone. She did her best to take it easy on me although she was cutting a tooth so two of the days she was easily agitated to say the least. We missed him a lot and are very grateful to have him home, and very grateful to Jan for coming an extra few hours to give me some time to work and a little break!

Almost forgot to mention that Camryn had her nine month dr. appt on June 4th! She now weighs 18 lbs, 11oz. (47%) and is 28 1/4" tall (73%). The doctor said she's very healthy and is doing great!

She is just getting so big! This morning she sat and ate her banana pieces like a big girl. She also loves the Gerber cheese puffs, which is interesting because she used to hate them. I also gave her some baked blueberries tonight which I think she liked. She's actually becoming quite the picky eater, and it's not from a lack of me trying! Here is a list of current food failures:

frozen green beans

no salt added canned green beans

peas

strawberry

american cheese

cottage cheese

chicken

I'll just keep on trying, I suppose!

Camryn is also walking with assistance and cruising along the furniture. I plan on getting her one of those toys where she can push it along and practice her walking. She is also repeating us if I say "Camryn say mama", she'll say "mamamama." Also she's learning the meaning of "no" and she doesn't like it! Must get that from me. For example she'll be headed for the catfood and we'll say "Camryn NO, NO playing in the catfood!" And she'll put her head on the floor and start to cry! Little diva!

We also had Camryn's picture taken at the Target Photo Studio. Here is one of my favorites:

My Sweetie Girl!

Putting a Ban on Teething

Well life has been so busy lately I feel like my head is spinning and it's only about to get busier! This past weekend was really nice, we went to a wedding and decided to make a night of it and had Jan watch the baby overnight. Of course I woke up at 6:45 missing her so we headed home early! Sunday we relaxed and had an impromptu block party which turned out to be a lot of fun, and Monday we ran some errands and took the baby to the pool for the first time! It was fun and Camryn didn't seem at all bothered that the water was FREEZING. As a matter of fact she tried to jump out of her float a few times into the pool.

As far as Camryn news goes, she finally cut a tooth and now I'm wondering why I was wanting one to come in so bad, she was miserable for about three days. I tried Tylenol, which works but I don't want to give her a ton of it, and these homeopathic teething tablets, which maybe, kinda, sorta, possibly work a little, as well as the standard teething rings, wet wash cloth etc. If she gets this crabby for every tooth, I'll just hope that she stays toothless :-) She also is picking up major speed on her crawling and her favorite things to go for are the cat food and dvd player! She also is clapping her hands and it's so darn cute! I really can't believe she'll be nine months old tomorrow!

In other people's baby news, Karen had baby Wade last week. He is so cute, and has the biggest cheeks ever! I couldn't hold him at the hospital because he was hooked up to tubes from some respiratory issues, so hopefully I'll get to see him this weekend and give him some snuggles.

This coming weekend should be fairly relaxing. I am hoping to see SATC2 with Heather, go see baby Wade, and help Bert get back up for his week long business trip to Plano, TX. Not looking forward to him being gone a week. I hope Camryn is on her best behavior for me!

A Little Ham in the Sky

We are back from our week in NY! We had a great time, and kept an action packed schedule. I was proud of Camryn, once again a good little traveler. On the way there she was great on the plane. She didn’t cry and mostly just hammed it up for the other passengers and blew them kisses. When we landed one of the women gave her a gift of a ceramic angel from Puerto Rico! In NY we kept busy by visiting friends and family, going shopping, going to the Museum of Natural History and Central Park, eating more pizza then I care to admit, and of course going to the graduation! My family doted on Camryn and babysat so Bert and I could have some free time. While we were there Camryn learned some new “party tricks”. She learned to pull herself up to stand, point at things, drink from a straw and make that ah-ah-ah sound by pushing her hand up against her mouth. We also found out she loves cheerios! She got some really fashionable summer clothes from a children’s boutique that my mom used to shop for me at, and I can’t wait to dress her up.

On the plane ride back about halfway through Camryn got tired and crabby. She was fighting sleep and finally sleep won and she passed out on my shoulder. I was so uncomfortable but didn’t want to move and wake her up, so Bert suggested today I go get a massage, and of course I took him up on that offer, it was wonderful.

This week Bert starts up his Summer session, so he’ll be really busy over the next eight weeks, which means I have extra baby duty, but as I always say when he’s done it will all be worth it. On the bright side the pool is about to open so when he’s studying on the weekend I can take the munchkin out for some fun in the sun!

Aunt Rebecca with Camryn

Hanging with Ali and Nicole in CT.

An Exhibit at The Museum of Natural History.

She's officially a crawler!

Well I have to say my first Mother’s Day was nice and relaxing! Camryn must have known to be extra nice because she’s not much of a cuddler and we cuddled in bed while Bert made me breakfast. He even got one of those breakfast in bed trays! We spent lots of family time together and then I got some “me time” and enjoyed a mani/pedi. I also got some beautiful tulips from my mom, which was so sweet of her to do.

Also Camryn has hit a huge milestone. She is now crawling forward. She had been taking a few little crawls here and there but last night she really started to get the hang of it and today she is really crawling around! Time to start babyproofing! All I have done so far is stick the outlet covers in the downstairs outlets. She is also pretty much holding her bottle full time, which has been a big time saver, now I can get ready for the gym and she can feed herself at the same time-shaved 10 minutes off my morning routine :-)

For some reason she has been the pickiest eater lately! We got her these melting yogurt bites that I tried, they’re yummy, but when she eats them, she looks like she’s sucking a lemon. I ended up eating her little cheese puffs cause she hated them and I love anything that resembles a cheeto! I was giving her this babyfood that was bananas, apricot and oatmeal (sounds good to me!), she ate a few bites then pursed her lips. I then broke out the green beans, ate the whole jar! I was worried about how’d she would like yogurt and she actually really seems to like it, except she’s been spitting up more, so I may have to stop feeding her one of the foods that she actually likes. I’m pretty sure she’ll grow out of it, and I find it more funny than anything.

Tomorrow we are off to New York for Rebecca’s graduation. I’m so proud of her! It’s so crazy, that my little sister is graduating college. I remember when she was Camryn’s age. Time is really just flying by!

I’m sure we will have a great time on our trip. I’m planning on seeing some old friends and family, and it will be nice to get out of town. I already know that Camryn is going to get spoiled rotten by her family!