6 Months Old!!

Wow! It is so hard to believe that our baby is six months old! Where did the time go?! I have to say that Camille is in her most fun stage yet. Some new things that she started this month: "advanced" rolling- she can roll over to either side and many times in a row, feet discovery- she holds her feet/toes now anytime she can get hold of them... and has gotten her toe in her mouth a couple of times, loving tummy time now and grabbing/reaching for her toys- she still amazes me how she can get hold of some things that seem so far away- she is determined, solid foods- not just cereal anymore- we are doing 3 baby food meals a day. She LOVES all the fruit of course and is tolerable of the vegetables, especially if we mix them in her fruit cereal :) Carrots seem to be the only food that she actually spit back out. She is laughing too- takes awhile to get her going, but once she finds something to be funny, she will keep on laughing. She has graduated to the 3-6mth clothing despite that she doesn't seem to have gained much more weight.

This picture is Camille in her bumbo... she is so cute in it and it makes her feel so grown up, yet she still likes to lean over and grab her feet- not carrying much about sitting straight. Oh well!

She has her 6mth appointment next week so I will report back then on weight gain, height, and shots :(

Camille's First Beach Trip

I hate it took so long for me to get these precious pictures up! Nick, Camille, and I spent Mother's Day weekend in Myrtle Beach with the family. We had a wonderful time and even spent a few hours on the beach! Camille LOVED the breeze and all the activity- she managed to get in a nap too! She was such a greasy baby since we had coated her in sunscreen despite the fact that she remained under the umbrella the entire time :) Better to be safe than sorry!

Warm weather is finally here!

This is Camille in a little summer one piece outfit.... we are so glad the weather is warming up!

Going backward.....

This week we seem to be going backward as it relates to Camille's sleeping habits. Up until now she has been sleeping from 8pm-6am consistently each night. Well, she recently started teething and we seem to be back to the infant days of waking up every 3-4 hours! It is so pitiful to think about the pain those tiny little teeth breaking through the gums can cause. As Camille is still a very well behaved baby, the fussiness has increased along with the lack of sleep :( She does stay content as long as she is chewing on something, but that is next to impossible when she is trying to sleep! Her normal giggles and coo-ing in the morning have turned into high pitched screeching- talk about your own personal alarm clock! It is a little overwhelming to think of all the teeth that have yet to occupy that mouth of hers! How long must we go through this?

As most of you know, all the Tylenol and Motrin products have been recalled, so we have purchased the Target brand tylenol to use for her pain. It definitely does the trick, but only for 4ish hours at a time and we don't give it to her during the day. Thank goodness for daycare! Ha!

I feel I haven't posted in awhile, as we have some other "new" news in the world of Camille. Not only was she a champ at eating her rice cereal, but she is even better now that we have introduced the mixed fruit rice cereal! She is up to 2 feedings a day of it and she chows down- never leaving one drop in her bowl. We have also been giving her a "splash" of pear juice in some of her bottles which she loves. We are a week into it and she seems to be doing great, so more food will be introduced soon! Mrs. Ruth at school even commented what a good eater Camille was- and quite neat- not leaving to much on her bib :) That is mommy's girl for sure!

I have some cute new pictures to post soon!

5 Months Old

Camille is 5 Months old today! We have hit many milestones over the past few weeks. Not only is Camille a rolling machine.... she is now eating cereal once a day :) She makes quite the mess, but she seems to enjoy her highchair and the whole eating with a spoon thing. We still aren't completely successful with it, but we are only a few days into it! She weights about 13lbs now and is growing like a weed!

Charleston/Mt. Pleasant Trip

Here are some pics from last weekend's visit to Charleston/Mt.Pleasant. The wedding was the highlight of course, but we managed to get some time to enjoy the Old Pitt Street Bridge and lunch on the water at Red's Icehouse.

Our little Easter bunny

We had a great Easter weekend! The Easter Bunny didn't make a stop at our house this year, but the Easter Bunny's parents did :) We had a warm weekend full of outdoor meals and strolls! Camille seems to love the outdoors! If the pollen weren't so bad, we would have been out even more.

Camille wore a precious pink smock dress for Easter. We took her to church and she slept through the entire service! We managed to take this picture before we headed to church- the wind was blowing and it was a challenge to get Camille to sit up and look at the camera :) She was precious though!

We have hit some more milestones with Camille over the weekend and week too. She has hit another growth spurt! She is now drinking 6oz at each feeding and up to 7oz before bed! She is getting some more leg rolls to show for it :) She has also decided to not use her sleep positioner at night. I say "she decided" because over the weekend, I discovered her on one end of the crib and the sleep positioner at the other. Don't know how she managed that, but I will take it as her final sign to us to not put her in it anymore :)

The biggest milestone yet- Rolling Over!!! Yep, she officially rolled over on her own last night. She has been showing us for a couple of weeks now that she was close.... Last night I was cooking dinner and had her in her "jungle" play mat. She was making all kinds of noices like normal and then suddenly the noices turned into grunts. I turned to look- she was on her belly looking up at me! I was shocked- how had I missed this! I decided to flip her back over on her back to make sure it wasn't a fluke :) Well she quickly went from her back, to her side, to her belly, in a matter of seconds. I gave her lots of praise and she sure had a look on her face like she knew she had impressed me :) She was too tired to show Nick when he got home, but we know its do-able now :) Camille may still prefer to do her tricks in private for now.... Shows how quickly you can miss something!