Camille Meets Santa

After her school play on Thursday, Camille got to visit with Santa. She gave him her signature stare down, but didn't seem too bothered by being on his lap.

Camille's best buddy Madelyn was also a sheep in the play. They were worn out after their performance and decided they needed to sit down and take a break.

Camille's First Christmas Play

Who would have thought Camille would be debuting in her first play at the age of one! Her school put on a play this week about the birth of Jesus. Camille's class, along with the other younger ones were all sheep in the play. They didn't have any lines to memorize, but they were the hit of the play! Their teachers wheeled them through the audience and they were instant celebrities. Here are a few pics of the little sheep.

Our Little Cindy Lou Who

Hair, compliments of her afternoon teacher Miss Anna. Picture, compliments of Britton :)

The bday girl in action.....

Here is our sweet little angel in her bday outfit ready to play (and open gifts). :)

She isn't walking yet, but loves to stand on her own- as you can see, she is quite proud of herself!

She loved opening her gifts! Though the tissue & ribbons seemed to be her favorite part, she did check out the actual toys & outfits when we got home :)

The party.... before.....

Mimi & Aunt GJ did a great job making Camille's birthday banner!

The gift table was the perfect spot for Camille's 1yr old photos that Megan Lane Photography turned around quite quicky :)

We had quite a yummy spread of food thanks to all the helping hands!

And the cake was quite impressive, thanks to Martha & Graceson!

Here are all the yummy goodies we had.... Notice the little cupcake at the top... that was Camille's personal bday cake :) topped with sugar bananas!

Camille caught a cold this weekend- right in time for her party :( She was a trooper though.... She clung to Mommy most of the time, but enjoyed the company of her family & friends. She ate lots of good food & loved opening her gifts. She got a little distracted with the bows & ribbons, so Mommy had to help her finish opening each one. We took a video of Camille eating her cake- it was quite a site! She didn't leave any part of her face uncovered- and smelled like icing the rest of the day. Mommy ended up taking the rest of the cake away from Camille b/c she liked it so much and had started to shovel it in! We will email the video out this week :)

Camille was so tuckered out after the big celebration, so she slept the entire way back to Raleigh. When we got home she was recharged enough to open the rest of her gifts. She is a blessed little girl- our house looked like Santa had come early! We appreciate all the thoughtful gifts and Camille certainly enjoyed playing with all the new items before her bedtime. My guess is that she will sleep well tonight :)

Happy Birthday Camille!

Camille's MawMaw & PawPaw brought her an early birthday gift that we waited to give to her until the actual date :) We let Camille watch us open up the big box and she sat very patiently watching us pulling out the contents that were inside. She loved "helping" her daddy put her new house together.

Once her house was ready... she didn't hesitate to start exploring.... she loves the sounds her house makes and her favorite piece seems to be the mailbox. Camille finds it amusing for Mommy to put mail in the mailbox, her to open the mailbox, take out the mail, and then hand to mommy to start all over again :)

So, as you can see, Camille loves her new toy! Overall, it was a great birthday day, but more celebrating to come this weekend!

Here is one more picture of Camille getting ready for bed, but showing off her Suprise! face :)

Camille's 1yr old checkup

Camille had her big girl checkup today with Dr. Tanaka. She fell asleep on the way to the doctor and so she was a little mad that I had to wake her up from her nap. Once we got inside and she had an eye on the fish tank that she loves so much- she was back to her happy self :)

She weighed in at 18.5lbs (7th percentile) and was 27 1/4" long (7th percentile). More confirmation that she will be petite like mommy :) Her head circumference was 18" (65th percentile). So her brains are growing faster than the rest of her body :)

I had to answer a 1yr old questionaire once we got there..... questions around her communication, motor, problem solving, and socialization skills. Some of the questions made me worry b/c I was thinking to myself that I hadn't yet tried that with her.... For example, If you scribble back and forth on paper with a crayon, does your baby copy you? ... Haven't ever tried that.... If I had a crayon in my purse right then, I would have tested her on the spot. Luckily, Camille was showing average or above average in all areas even with the ones we hadn't tried yet :) Her highest marks were around her fine motor skills.

Dr. Tanaka did the normal heartbeat, ears, and eyes check... but the funny part was that Camille kept pulling his stethoscope out of his ears and laughing. He ended up giving her some tongue depressors to keep her occupied, even though she later started reaching into his shirt pockets.... I was so embarrased, but he seemed used to it.... She just wanted his name badge & pen :) He instead gave her a rubber ducky to squeek. He was happy with her progress & especially her love of milk & eating.... though he warned me that picky eating could still develop a little later.

Last came the dreaded part of the visit- shots! She had 3- the 2nd flu shot, the MMR shot, & the chickenpox vaccine. The nurse warned that 2 of the 3 would burn... lovely. I had a juice bottle ready as a treat for Camille, but she was mad as fire after those shots. She slapped away everything that was given to her and just wanted to be taken out of that room (and away from the nurse that had the needles). Once we got into the lobby she stopped crying and was looking around for her juice :) She then waved bye to all the nurses as we were on our way!

I will post some pictures tonight that we took yesterday on her birthday. Her teacher at school said Camille had reign over the room yesterday since it was her special day.... lord only knows what that means.. ha! She did say that Camille gots lots of happy bday songs sang to her throughout the day and that one of her fav school meals would be given to her today, after the shots- spaghetti! I made sure to dress her in red :)