Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Camden is Five Months Old!

Wow I am very behind on this blog post.. She is two weeks from being six months old HA! I think my computer is finally going out on me (after 9 years!) Probably time to upgrade. My last post left off with Camden's four month doctors appointment, and starting solids, we will get into that in a few!

A few days after was my 27th birthday.. I am officially in my "late-twenties" how weird is that? I still feel like I just graduated high school sometimes, but I guess having a baby now helps me feel a little older. We went to dinner at a hibachi grill with mom, dad, jessica, kevin, aunt linda, and of course tommy and camden. The trips had their four year check up and got all those fun shots before school, so they were a little sore. And by the way, I still, to this day, remember getting those shots. I couldn't move. So I feel their pain! Dinner was great, and I was SO surprised to get my dream tablet from my family, the Samsung Note 10.1.. You know us Samsung lovers over here. It was perfect timing to, because we were leaving the next day for my birthday trip to DC and this thing takes great pictures!

So we left that Friday morning around 830am.. Now, Camden usually sleeps til 10am, so this being out first car trip with her led us to decide whether to just put her in the car and let her fall back asleep, and stop if we needed to when she woke up, or change, feed her and and start our three hour clock and go. Thats what we decided to go with. We ALMOST made it there without Tommy having to hop in the back and feed her, but we ran into a bit of traffic (duh) making it take us four hours instead of three and a half. But all in all, it wasn't so bad. I am so glad she is back to enjoying car rides.. Those few weeks of screaming the second the car seat hit the base was brutal! Our hotel was awesome, after unloaded all of our (Camden's) gear, we realized, we forgot her bed. Thankfully most hotels have pack and plays. Its funny how much stuff you need to pack when going out of town for a baby. I still think we need a bigger car, but I can't imagine what we will do when we have to fly.. OR when we have 2+.. When we arrived we decided to go shopping, haha. They have lots of outlet malls in that area, and you know us Suggs like to shop. My best friend Sable who recently moved to the area was going to meet us there with Halston, but wasn't able to make it because of traffic. We decided to head back to the hotel, and check out this metro system. Our hotel was in Arlington, just outside of DC and they had free shuttles to the metro station. After arriving, I quickly remembered how these systems worked from my trip to NYC years ago. However, I forgot they have COLORS, and we hopped on yellow instead of blue. But after looking at the map, we  figured out where we needed to get off at, and we weren't out of the way at all. DC area is goregous. I love all the people outside, running, playing, just enjoying life. I understand we have that at our boardwalk, but it just didn't seem to be the same. We visited almost every single monument that night, and headed back to the hotel and ordered room service. We all woke up early the next day. So happy that Camden slept just fine thru the night like normal. That day was ZOO day! The DC zoo is huge. I think we were in one part of the zoo for like four hours. It was so nice, and nice that it is free. Can't wait to take her back in a few years so she can really enjoy it! We were so worn out from walking up and down hill all day, and walking around all of DC the day before. Sunday we visited a few more places, and hit the road back home. Stopped at Potomic Mills on the way home, but just as they were closing, so we will have to make a trip back there as well. But it was a great first family trip, and can't wait for many more!

The weekend after we got back, Tommy had a work trip to Atlanta to drive some Land Rovers and Jaguars at Atlanta Motorspeedway. I was so excited for him, but also nervous that this was the first time I was home alone with Camden. Four days and three nights. Night time without tommy alone scares me. But I managed. I actually decided while he was gone that Camden didn't need to be swaddled anymore. She would fight it so bad, but we were scared that she wouldnt sleep thru the night anymore, so I figured while Tommy was gone was the best time to test it out, and she did just as good as usual.

So Camden started solid foods. I made a little book for myself to keep track of everything she ate. The first week I just did carrots and rice cereal. She caught on so quick to eating from a spoon. Especially when I thickened up the rice cereal. My plan was to introduce a new veggie every Monday, and a new fruit every Thursday. That gave her body time to react in case there were any allergies. I use Beech Nut. I love their just collection, in that nothing else is added to their foods. I got almost all of their stage 1s to test out what she liked. Then I browsed the ingredients in their state 2s to get ideas for food I wanted to make her. We went golfing one Sunday and that night, I went to work. I made her peas, green beans, beets, peaches and black beans. It was so much fun! It took me about 3 hours, but in the end I wish I had more food to make. I had saved all my Beech Nut jars to store all the food in, which also helped because I usually got 3 serving out of each jar, so it made it easier to know how much food I needed for a weeks supply. In my book, I am also keeping track of how much of each ingredient gives me  weeks worth (i.e: three large beets is one week of food!) She did so good eating everything as well. So far I think sweet potatoes and green beans are her favorite. But she isn't 100% on the black beans. And most of the fruit hasn't been as much as a hit as the veggies which was a surprise to me. But nothing she hasn't eaten, or even gagged on. So looks like I'm raising a good eater!! :)

We almost got to put together her highchair, which she eats in every night, and we finally moved into size 2 diapers, which is awesome because we have about 1000 of them (no joke). Everyone got us size 2s at our shower, and now five months in, we have yet to buy diapers. And I am sure we will be set for another 5 months! Camden has a new found love of babies. I think she loves that they are "her size". She sees babies and just smiles and giggles and wants to "nuzzle". Yes, if she is close enough, she will grab on and give them a nuzzle, its the cutest thing. I hope she never looses that! I am so glad she isn't shy. She also learned to sit up. I still get nervous leaving her totally alone seeing that we have hardwood floors. I always layer up a blanket to give her some cushion, but I know its not a soft of a fall as with carpet. She still loves her feet, loves to put them in her mouth. Silly.. AND she said her first word.. "Da-Da".. Its too funny when I sent the video to my mom she said "Yup and she will say it over and over and over again until she learns something new!" Sure enough, she did until it came out as "Ba-Ba".. Now she doesn't quite know to put Tommy and DaDa together, and sometimes she just says BaBa to say it, but at times she does say when she is hungry! She is just growing up too fast. Now I'm like MaMa MaMa MaMa!! ;)

For our five month outfits, I actually painted her shirt to match a shirt I had. I also went to the fabric store and made us matching pink turban headbands. I also made her a tutu to match her thanksgiving shirt (a headband will be next in a few months!) And I also made her a fabric dallas cowboys tutu and silver start headband! They looked so cute. I can't wait for her 6 month pictures. I actually ordered them early in fear I wouldn't get them in time. I am also doing a little photo shoot for her "half birthday" I am so excited to share those with you in a few weeks..

Until next month! 
















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