New Moon

Some friends went to see the midnight showing of New Moon. I would have loved to go, but it seems that the second I walk out the door, even just to run out to the car, Camille knows it. And there is crying, screaming, and gnashing of gums. It's too bad movie theaters are too loud for sleeping babies. Camille actually wanted to go. Here is what she had to say when I told her she couldn't go see New Moon:


Is it bad that I think pictures of my daughter crying are funny?

Thank you!

A big THANK YOU to Jess and Ezra for the adorable handmade outfit! Camille and I both loved the onesie and fun tutu! We send our love to you!

Some in-action boxing!

I am 2 months old and loving life!

So apparently 8 weeks is NOT two months old. I had Camille's 2 month doctor's appointment scheduled for today only to find out that I was mistaken. On the 20th she will be 2 months officially. SO this is her 8 week posting instead. To celebrate being 8 weeks old, Camille decided to surprise me by sleeping 8 1/2 hours last night!! It may never happen again, but boy was I excited! She started the day out all smiles, that is until we were at the doctor's office and I told her she had to get some shots.....

As you can tell in the picture, she was a little nervous. After a few screams and tears, she quickly calmed down and was sleepy and wanted to snuggle all afternoon and evening. Poor baby. Nobody likes to see their child get shots!

Even with the shots, the appointment went great. Camille is growing well and is healthy and happy. Here are the stats for today:

• 9 lbs 13 oz, 30th percentile for weight
  
• 22 1/2 inches, 65-70th percentile for height

It's been getting colder during the day, and because I don't want to stop going on walks yet, I tried out Camille's snowsuit today to keep her toasty warm. Unfortunately it is enormous on her, and she resembles a little pink Gumby. A cute one I might add.

Don't worry her little arms and legs don't even come close to the ends of the suit!


Some wonderfully nice friends here threw me a baby shower last week. We had chocolate and cheese fondue and it was a fabulous evening of lots of chatting and no kids. :) One of the fun things Camille got was this cute little red umbrella stroller. We have a jogging stroller, but it's too big for shopping trips etc. Here is Camille trying it out before we took it to teach Camille the virtues of outlet mall shopping!

Some cute little boots from Camille's cousin

This is the first night we tried out our jogging stroller. We got a double so that we wouldn't have to buy a new one when we had another child. Little did we know Camille would just use it to go on dates with her boyfriend Alex! He is a hot commodity here being the only little boy in Nick's first year class. Camille lucked out


Camille showing off her mad skills holding her head up. I love how she is sticking out her tongue to concentrate! This was Saturday morning when Nick was kind enough to get up with her and let me sleep in a little. When I woke up she was enjoying some tummy time with dad, who had her dressed in her jean mini skirt. I think he loves her clothes as much as I do!

Smile, You're on Candid Camera

I fell in love with this goofy little smile from the start. Camille "smiled" in her sleep and on occasion when she was awake for the first few weeks of life, but her first REAL smile was when she was 4 weeks old exactly. I told her that she couldn't eat until she gave mom a smile. (joking of course!) Instantly she gave me a huge sweet smile. I couldn't have been happier. The smiles are coming more and more freely every day. What fun! They are hard to catch on camera, so unfortunately I only have a few from my phone's camera which is not as high quality. Here's what I've caught so far:

Excited for her first day of church!


A series of smiles I captured on a particularly happy morning when she woke up:










I know every mom thinks so, but I definitely have the cutest kid ever! :)

Being a mom!

So the last post was about Camille, now a little about mom for the record books! Some things I have learned being a mom so far:

• The first two words that came to my mind after giving birth were: 1) WOW and 2) OUCH!
• I thought I knew how to take care of babies from my years of babysitting, but there are so many little things I didn't know like how to swaddle!
  
• Laundry increases by at LEAST 3 times. Not sure how that happens when baby clothes are so tiny!
  
• Thank heavens for a fabulous mother who teaches her daughter everything she knows about being a mom!
  
• I now know a little what it feels like to be an amputee. It isn't as easy as it looks to make dinner with one hand while holding your baby with the other!
• Sweet smiles in the morning from your baby make the worst nights worth every second of lost sleep!
  
• Some things come instinctively, others come through great advice from friends and family
• I think all of my clothes will permanently have spitup stains
• If I thought time dragged on the last few weeks of being pregnant, it makes up for it by FLYING by once your baby is born! I can't believe Camille has been in our lives for 2 months now!
• Each child is different, and no matter how your baby acts, it doesn't mean they will be like that forever. Some of the sweetest people I know said they were really fussy babies. That makes me feel much better :)
• Blogs are much easier to keep up with a cute kid to post pictures of!
• Plan at least an hour longer than you think it will take you to get out the door for church etc.

I could go on and on with all of the great knowledge I've learned so far. I am getting the hang of things, and loving every second of this new learning and growing I get to do. Being a mom is great, and I am so grateful for such a sweet, special little spirit in my life.

Sunday best

Our little lady on Sunday. This first one is when she is stretching which she LOVES to do. And I of course think she's so dang cute when she does!





So now for a little Camille update, more for my record than anything. At 7 weeks, Camille is

• smiling regularly--yay!! (she had her first "real" smile at 4 weeks. I have a few pictures I will post later)
  
• sleeping for 4-6 hour stretches at night
• getting a lot less fussy in the evenings
• still LOVES her swing. it has been a lifesaver!
• getting really good at holding her head up for awhile during tummy time
• a good little eater
• still doesn't like a pacifier much
• finally out of most of her newborn clothes, and starting to fill out her 0-3 month clothes. she has a dr's appt next week so I will post her stats then
• still has "instant emotions" as my mom calls them. Yesterday Nick was holding her, and she would give a really sad face with a big lower lip, then instantly smile, then sad face, smile.....I think she just likes to tease. It was hilarious. Simple pleasures :)
• loves to be sung to and likes to sit up and see what's going on
  

Halloween

On Halloween we went with some friends to a pumpkin festival. During the week you can come and carve a pumpkin and then each night they light them all up on display. Most of them are normal sized, but some of them are huge! It was really pretty and a fun atmosphere with music and food.





We also carved pumpkins with friends


and Camille got to wear her glow-in-the-dark skeleton onesie. Such a fun holiday! :) Next year there will be trick-or-treating. We figured Camille wouldn't care if she went this year, and we didn't need the candy!

Something new

Camille is modeling her new blankie that her Grandma Johnson made for her!

We both love it! :)


Thank you to Camille's cousins for all of the cute clothes! We both love playing dress up!

First day of church

On the day that we took Camille to church for the first time, I planned enough time so that I could get ready, then wake her up 30 minutes before we needed to leave so she could eat and get dressed. Well somehow I underestimated how long it takes to get babies ready, because we were definitely not ready to leave on time. To top it off, she looked so dang cute all dressed up that we had to stop and have a photo shoot before we left. (we were already late anyways, and you only have one "first day of church" after all!)




Camille slept most of the time, and was happy and quiet when she was awake. Her favorite part was the music!

Pretty fly

Ok the title is a little cheesy, but our little ladybug was definitely not! Camille was ready to take flight in her cute little ladybug costume at our ward party. I threw on a wig (cher maybe??) and Nick donned his school attire for "Dr. Pepper". We had a fun time showing up for a bit to see some friends and mingle with our new ward. We are so excited to be part of Parkway ward! :)