Summing up our week

It's 7:30 and I just layed my baby girl to sleep and now it is time to update the blog! It's amazing that this hour change has not effected her in any way. I try to make it dim in the house so that she knows it is time for bed but she always gets a glimpse of sun but is always ready to go night night. I think that routine is HUGE for all of you girls that are pregnant or going to be starting a family soon...I live my life through a routine!

We had a very busy week last week! Baseball games, workshops, parent/teacher conferences, you name it, we had it. I waited for the weekend to come so we could finally relax and that we did! I took different pictures through out our time together and I will share a bit about each of them.

Here are my two favorite girls after Ella's first birthday. This will definitely be blown up very soon! Can you believe they are only a month apart? They are going to be just like sisters.

THESE BOOTS WERE MADE FOR WALKIN!
I shared this outfit with you guys a while back being that it was one of the first outfits Dustin and I picked out for Camdyn when we found out we were having a girl. She got decked out for Sherry and Barrett on Friday and it was so cute to see her walk around in her boots and their extra comfy too!

We bought Cam a bubble machine and she was very stand-offish towards it at first since the last time she came in contact with it was at the church nursery :) Here she is making her "confused" look when I turned it on.

You would think most kids would go crazy and try to catch and pop all of the bubbles but not my Camdyn...she will focus on ONE SINGLE BUBBLE and try her hardest to pop that one. She always manages to get it though...do I have a go getter, focused and ambitious child on my hands?!!! I hope so!!

I think she gave up on one of them that she couldn't get a hold of.

Today Camdyn and I kept our promise to daddy and we went outside after school and watered the flowers. I was almost the worst mom in the world and almost watered my daughter as well. You know how the hose gets tangled and the water backs up and won't come out? Well I thought I had the spout turned off and I layed it on the ground far away from my baby girl who was watching her momma in her stroller like a good mommy would do....and then, I unraveled the hose and much to my surprise the neighbor who was standing next to me told me that I almost got Camdyn and when I looked, water was shooting out about a foot away from Camdyn. Camdyn was just smiling at me like "no big deal". I guess you can't always be perfect. :)

Here Camdyn is showing us her moves on the treadmill. This is her special dance.

She's already got the moves!

Camdyn was so sweet while we were eating dinner tonight and smiling and being very calm so I got some pictures of her. Ignore her green bean mustache.

Dustin and I taught her to go "seepy" and she will lay her head to the side.

Big beautiful hazel eyes!
Mouthful of bananas!

I just knew I was going to have a gymnast! She is already practicing how to keep her toes on the balance beam. She does this all the time!

Her bun bun sippy cup

I am looking so forward to this weekend. On Sunday, the actor from The Passion of the Christ will be at Lake Point. They are supposed to be interviewing him to find out what it was like to play Jesus Christ. I remember seeing this movie in the theatres years ago and it was so breathtaking how they portrayed the life of Jesus and he was a wonderful actor. If you have a chance, you should go check it out.

This Saturday I will also be taking Camdyn's pictures for her birthday invites. I can't wait! Jennifer will then be starting on her invitations, she is so creative!

Friday will the big baseball game against Plano West, Camdyn and I will be in the stands rooting for the Wylie Pirates!

One more thing...you HAVE to go and rent Twilight. I am one of those non-fictional/only Christian book readers so I just couldn't find the time to read the book but the movie was super! Dustin and I really did enjoy it and you will too.

11 months

Today our Camdyn Reece is 11 months. Life just keeps getting better! As always, this little bundle of joy has brought so much excitement and love to our lives and we adore every waking minute with her.

Here are some wonderful things that you are doing that amazes us every day!

*You already have the most caring personality and such a gentle spirit. Many that you come in contact with will speak about how gentle and loving you are. You will make such a great big sister in a few years.

*You are very generous with your friends and if someone takes something away from you...no worries, you will find something else to find interest in!

*You laugh out loud at Daddy and I when we make a face or do anything remotely funny. You have a great sense of humor!

*You are a little monkey and you L-O-V-E your bananas

*You love to play with balls and your favorite thing to carry around the house is remotes. Thanks to daddy you have an abundant amount to play with. :)

*You smile very easily and your face lights up when you see a familiar face or a kid.

*You are usually a content baby but you will let us know if something is wrong and you will make sure that we take care of you! *That's why God chose me as your mommy!

*You are now piratically running instead of walking and you have learned how to climb up and down steps and unlock locks!!!

*You love being outside and cuddling up to your Bozley

*You say Hi and wave to the kids on your Baby Einstein every time you watch it.

*You understand so many new things each day that we say to you; we can tell by your simple reactions.

*You are still sleeping through the night like a big girl and if you ever have a bad dream you melt in my arms when I come in and hold you. (This is the best thing)

*You look beautiful in any color we put you in!! That olive skin is perty!!

*You are down to about 4 bahboos a day but you sure love your bahboos.

*You still have 2 1/2 (that one is still not through) pearly white teeth!

*You are still being a good girl and eating your baby food probably because you know the good stuff is after that!

*You love drinking cold water from your sippy cup

*You kick your legs when you get excited

*You love riding the horsey :)

Alright, time for me to stop now. With this one year approaching soon, I want to get everything down because I know all of these milestones and personality changes will happen so much quicker the older she gets!

Yesterday, us 3 went to Lowes and hunted for some flowers to buy for our front yard. Since Spring is here, it's a MUST that we keep up with the neighbors! We bought some pretty annuals and begonias. Daddy planted them while we watched! Now I promised Dustin that Camdyn and I would actually water them every other day...I hope I can keep my promise because I didn't last year...oops!

Camdyn thinking about helping Grandad

Camdyn deciding to go ahead and help Grandad

Here is the leaf that Camdyn kept chasing around the yard and trying to catch...good girl, you got it!!

Dustin's grandma, "helping" plant flowers...she's so funny...we love her!!

Mr. Hardworker!

Okay, now to what I have been spending some time on once Camdyn falls asleep or when I get a chance to search...and that would be....Camdyn's big upcoming birthday celebration! I want it to absolutely perfect for her since this will only happen once (As Dustin likes to put it). I do have to bring myself back down to Earth but I can still get some great stuff for it!! I get excited when I get home and find a box on my front porch step, knowing it's something for Cam's B-day. Today I received her birthday dress! Her first year birthday dress and it turned out precious! I had the lady add and take away some things when I was ordering it and it turned out just as I had imagined it. I tried it on her and it was too cute. Here is a sneak peek!!!

As much as I would love to show family and friends...I am saving it as a surprise!!!

Have a great week! Tomorrow is umm, lets see Tuesday, not Wednesday, not Thursday, not the weekend but Tuesday. Oh well, I guess we should all be blessed for the life that we have!!!

A little get-away

On Wednesday we headed out for our little family trip! We had the best time! We could not have asked for a better 10 month old companion that Dustin and I had with us. She ate every bit of the trip up and enjoyed every waking minute of it! Us having this little get-away, leaves us excited for our Summer vacation.

Here is a brief description of what we did :) We woke up and started out a little later than we anticipated because of the carpet cleaners, however, we left our house around 11:00. We then stopped in South Lake (this place has some amazing shopping!) and shopped at a precious store for Camdyn's upcoming birthday bash. Then we headed to the Gaylord. We checked out the pool and Camdyn approved of it so we went down to get our bathing suits on. We stayed at the pool for a little over an hour and missy got her a tan! She is so lucky to have gotten her daddy's bronzed skin instead of mine :) This was her first time as a "walker" at a pool and she walked around the whole time touching peoples toes that were laying out (gross I know!) and smiling at everyone she passed. We held her under all of the water falls and she would gasp every time the wind would blow the water on her. It was much too cold for us to get in so we walked, drank our water and enjoyed a banana by the pool. When we were finished sister went down for a nap and then we headed out for some shopping at Grape Vine Mills and dinner at this fun Seafood place. By the time we got back to our hotel it was 9:30 and baby girl was still in a great mood! We put her down for a good nights rest while Dustin snuck out and got some ice-cream and coffee for him and I and we finished up our night out on the balcony. She loved our little family trip and her most favorite part was walking on the balcony and staring at our atrium view. The next morning we woke up and ate on the river walk cafe (this is wonderful and it has everything imaginable to eat on it). This was such a relaxing trip and it makes us look so forward to Summer!

Here is her first time on a balcony :)

Here we are checking out the pretty pool, fully dressed

Cam spotted a lady next to us and couldn't take her eyes off of her...notice the above 3 pictures she is looking at her instead of the camera.

Pool time under control

Pool time, out of control!

No Camdyn!!! Don't touch this stranger's toes!!! (Notice my hand PULLING her off of her toes!)

Perfection!!

And finally here she is saying her farewells to the chair and our balcony


I have a new update on our sweet Camdyn! She is now saying Hi, smiling while she says it and a waving...all 3 at the same time! We were sitting out on the swing the other day and she did it to me about 6 times. It was the sweetest thing ever. She even changes her voice when she does it. Now, whenever I want her to do it, she usually won't but whenever she sees someone, herself in a mirror, or her doll she will usually do it. I'm sure it will become more frequent soon though. Tomorrow is Sunday and that means back to reality!!

Spring (Break) has sprung!

Well our long awaited Spring Break is finally here and started! I'm so glad it was not last week due to the nasty weather. We have already started our break out with a bang! On Saturday we had a great day. I had cheerleading try-outs and then we headed to North Park to meet Dustin's parents to shop around and for dinner at Cheesecake Factory. We had about a 45 minute wait (yep!) so we headed down to our Favorite...Barnes and Noble and Cam and I went and spent about 30 minutes looking at the kid books...I could get lost in that place...I love it. Camdyn had a great time too talking to a sweet little girl who was in third grade while I hunted for her some books. We headed back to dinner and if you have not found out about this "complimentary child's plate" you need to!! That's all you ask for is the child's plate and they bring out a little plate before the meal for them to snack on. It has little diced up bananas and slices of bread for your little ones. Missy loved it! She ate all of her nanners and she was a perfect angel.

Sunday was a great day except for the um...nursery. This was Camdyn's first time to attend the nursery and she was not very fond of it. They finally had to page us on our "pager" for us to come and check on her since she was so upset. When I came in, I found the poor thing with her head buried in a ladies chest and crying very hard. I felt so bad for her. She is a very observant little girl and I'm sure she was wondering who in the world all of these people were that her parents had left her with. Needless to say, I'm not sure if I will be doing that again anytime soon. Looks like we will be spending more time in the hospitality center...oh well, I think God will understand if we only hear bits and pieces of the message while we chase our daughter around?? :)

Here are some recent pictures taken to give you a little taste of what's been going on with us!

I think I recently mentioned us having to get used to wearing some shoes while walking so I have been letting Cam wear her shoes occasionally around the house. These are the new ones that are not a size too big like all of the other ones so she is a smooth walker in these.

Dustin was on the treadmill and I didn't want "shoe girl" to try to get on there with him so I had to close the french doors and this was pretty funny...daddy on the treadmill, Bozley trying to get out and Camdyn trying to get in.

On Sunday after church we went to Target and I got Camdyn a toy that I thought she would love, instead she cries and runs away every time he makes a noise or she touches him. The predator is in the back and she is trying to escape!

Very scary I know...I think she was still thinking about the church nursery :(

I had to get my camera out for this one! I knew little diggers were good for something! Camdyn came in the room today carrying a dollar bill and her blankie. We took it away and then she came back into the room carrying more! I found out that she was getting it from an old diaper bag!

I was Betty Crocker today or maybe Martha and I made one of these healthy snacks that a little girl brought for a snack in my class last Thursday. I asked her mom for the recipe because they looked delicious and I made them today while Cam was digging for money (just kidding!) I did make them though after she went down for a nap. I took a picture of the recipe and I'm hoping if you would like it, you can click to make the picture larger. Since Camdyn can't have honey yet I'm "practicing" making them for Dustin and I!!

Last but not least, Ashley, Amanda, Camdyn, Ella and I went tonight to eat at Zanatas and I was excited that none of us had plans. Camdyn has been perfect when we have gone out to eat lately, she had had 2 good naps and I just KNEW she was going to be her happy self, well not for long :( She wasn't in a very good mood and I knew something was wrong when she wouldn't eat her bananas. We still had a good time for the short time she was calm. Sorry Amanda and Ella! Here she is in a good mood at home :)

Camdyn Reece talking with Bozley while he was outside. She looks like she is saying "Listen here you furry dog!"

I think Bozley talked back during this picture!

And here is Camdyn who looks identical to her daddy here

See the resemblance anyone??? I love this picture of him...he looks like a ham!