Camille's 9 Month Appt.

Camille had her 9 month appointment today. She is doing great! She weighs in at 23 lbs, which is still in the 95% but she has leveled off a bit. She is 28.5 inches long and in the 87% for height. She is a tall girl. The doctor said she is doing great and meeting ALL her milestones and then some. We are happy to hear this of course. She is sleeping better and getting cuter everyday.

Here are a couple of pictures:


Cooking up a "Mille"


The exploration begins...


Do you think she is happy?

Evelyn and Camille

We are doing great. Potty training is in full swing and Evelyn has not had a diaper on for over a week now and she even stayed all night last night. She is doing great with it all. She is so cute when she has to go and knows exactly what she has to do. Yesterday we watched the Capital Air Show from a park near our house and took Evelyn's potty since we knew the lines would be bad and she wouldn't be able to wait. We set up a little tent and put the potty inside and she did great and didn't have an accident while we were there even though she was distracted and playing with her cousins.

Camille is doing well and sleeping better. She still wakes up 2 times a night but it isn't too bad. I know some day she will sleep all night long and I will miss the waking in the middle of the night for feedings (ok maybe I won't). She is doing better everyday at daycare and they even call her "mushy mushy" since she is so squishy and loves to cuddle. She is so stinking cute and into EVERYTHING. She is pushing the push toy my parents got Evelyn for her birthday last year around and keeping up pretty good. I wonder how long until she is walking. She stands by herself and can push herself up to a stand almost all the way. She is really cute when she stands on her own. I am thinking she will be walking by 11 months. We shall see.

Here are a couple of cute pictures:


Camille happily eating a cracker.


Evelyn's "cheese" face.

Potty Training

We are on day 3 of potty training and it is going pretty well. Evelyn decided on Sunday that she DID NOT want a diaper on any more. She hasn't had too many accidents and even stayed dry during her naps this weekend. Daycare is following through with what we are doing at home which is nice. Here's hoping to a soon to be potty trained Evelyn.


The girls enjoying a bubble bath.


Evelyn LOVED the bubbles and even let us put some in her hair.

Evelyn

Things have been hard for Evelyn lately with me going back to work and her starting daycare and not being able to see Camille during the day and this we believe it the source of her tantrums she has been having. They are a nightly/morning occurrence and last for a good 30 minutes sometimes with NOTHING that will help. It is so hard and frustrating for all those involved because we don't know how to help her. They will hopefully be getting better since she likes daycare now.

Speaking of daycare, she loves going and even has her favorite teacher that she says she misses on our drive home each afternoon. It is really endearing and I am glad she has bonded with someone. She is eating more and sleeping well while she is there. She doesn't even cry much in the mornings anymore. It is so nice not to have to leave her when she is screaming "mommy." At daycare she is in a music class and enjoys it a lot and even brings home a CD each week so we play that with her and dance after dinner. It is fun to see her so happy and recognize something she did that day at school.

She is doing great otherwise. Growing tall and being cute. We have been bad about taking pictures but I did take some last night so I will post one. We need to start taking pictures. She is growing too fast. Actually she is 25 months old today. Man, time flies.


Her in her pajamas. She INSISTS on wearing the frog shirt for bed even though it is not pajamas.

Camille...

Where to start... I guess I will start with Camille being sick. She got a bad cold this past weekend and on Saturday night had a really hard time breathing. We called our doctor at 4am (poor dr.) and he had us give her a breathing treatment. It helped but she was still not great in the morning so we took her to the urgent care and they sent us to the ER, only because they didn't take babies that young. They looked her over and gave her a steroid and another breathing treatment and sent us on our way. She stayed home from daycare yesterday and luckily Cheryl was able to watch her for us so we didn't have to miss work. She is doing better but still has a cough. Hopefully she will be better soon.

Other Camille news:

* She now says "dada." This made Richard's day yesterday morning. It is really cute
* She can stand without holding onto anything for a few seconds at a time. She really wants to walk but hasn't figured it out yet, but I am sure she will soon.
* She had decided that she doesn't want to nurse and just wants the bottle. This is great because that means anyone can watch her easily. Anyone want to volunteer?? Richard and I need a night out. :-0
* She is getting cuter and cuter everyday. We love her more than anything.