SIX MONTHS!! My sweet girl has been with for half a year. Its mind boggling. And of course we celebrated her half birthday, but we will get to that a little later. We started out this month with a 10 hour road trip to Ohio for my cousin Holly's wedding. I was very nervous since Tommy wasn't going to be making the trip with us. I just envisioned in my head that we would have to stop every three hours, for about an hour each time, and a 10 hour trip would turn into a 15 or so hour trip. I went with my Aunt Linda, and at first we were going to leave Thursday evening, which would have been great in hopes that Camden would just sleep the whole trip, arriving in the early morning, but she got off work the whole day Thursday, so we decided to leave at 9AM, my parents left at noon, and Jessica and Kevin around 2PM. My aunt has a crossover type vehicle, you know a bit bigger than a normal car, yet smaller than an SUV. This has confirmed my thoughts of us needing a SUV. Tommy keeps picking out these smaller crossover style cars. Camden has WAY too much stuff, and it will only get worse once we start adding more Suggs into the picture. But Camden did great on the trip. We did have to stop for diaper changes, but I was able to feed her in the car as we drove. So we ended up making it there on time! I was so proud. We had lots of fun in Ohio. Trip to Tony Packos, Holly & Jake's Wedding that Saturday, and Put-In-Bay trip on Sunday. And of course, seeing all the family is the biggest plus of it all. The trip back home was just as good. My aunt actually bought her a portable DVD player to keep her occupied between naps so she wasn't so alone in the back seat. Although I did sit back there with here every now and again. I am soo happy I have such a good baby. Next task to test out.. Flying. But who knows when that will be!
While we were in Ohio, Camden found out she could control her hands. She has this cutest "Miss America" pagent wave. I love the amazement on her face. She also went from saying "da-da" all the time, to "ba-ba". All day everyday its "ba-ba-ba-ba-ba".. Again I am still working on that "ma-ma". She also started sitting in highchairs and the big girl part of the stroller. We sent daddy lots of pictures..
As you all know, we are die hard Dallas Cowboys fans. Its a wonderful thing marrying a fan of your same team. Makes it that much more fun. So there should be no doubt in anyones mind that Camden too, is a Cowboys fan! First game she wore the tutu and headband I made her and we took our family game day ready picture!! A few days later, my best friend Jessica brought over Ava's jumperoo she didn't use anymore after I told her I had been looking for one, and she had an extra. Camden LOVES it, and jumps so crazy in it! She reaches perfectly on level 1, so shes has plenty of room to grow in it! That day was gorgeous, and I know we don't have too many warm days left, so we decided to take that thing off road and go play outside. I am starting to have Camden explore different textures, so she was able to get her piggies in the grass, as well as sit in it and grab it with her hands. She had a blast. And I got some cute pictures too. We also let her explore more textures by playing with Jello. It was adorable, she didn't want us to take it away, and note, use yellow. Blue stains the hands a bit! ha
I had another one of my baby food making days, as I try to do them once a month. This being my second time, it was a lot easier. And I got a ton of food! Asparagus, Avocado, Spinach, Roasted Red Peppers, Mango, Blueberries, Blackberries, and PUMPKIN.. I was soo excited for the pumpkin. Especially since she seems to really like sweet potato and butternut squash. I did it this time while Tommy was at work. But luckily Camden is so good at being content on her own for a while. Between naps, laying on her blankets and her new jumperoo, momma was able to get all her food made that day! I also picked up some chalkboard paint and a bistro chalk marker so I could better label all her food. They look so cuute. I had so many people ask where I got the jars from! CRAFTY ;)
That weekend we had Tommy works annual picnic at the Hunt Club. It always makes me so excited cause I know my favorite time of the year is just around the corner. And it was a blast this year cause we had Ben, Jen & her son Blaine to hang out with. As well as Scott, Heather & Jackson. We made ourselves a little spot on the grass with our blankets, ate good food, tried to win some raffle prizes, and played with the animals in the petting zoo.. Camden LOVES animals. She laughs everytime Punky gets close to her, but the Punk is so jealous of her, she doesn't really let Camden get too close. So Camden went nuts over the baby goats. We need to take her to more petting zoos! For weeks now Camden has been on the verge of crawling. I make sure she gets plenty of time on her tummy to be able to get her practice in. I just hate that we have hardwood floors cause I feel like its very uncomfortable for her. I can barely lay on the floor for more than a minute or two! But at her six month mark, no crawling yet. Just lots of scooting and sliding! But we will get there, she is a smart girl.
I had a craft day getting props and such ready for her Half Birthday photo shoot. It is so much fun transforming things into these amazing pieces. I need to get into that more. I turned a old picture frame into an antiquish looking mirror with a gold frame. And two plates and two candle stick holders into a cake tray. And I did some glittering of some mason jars! Everything is better in gold and glitter! It all turned out great for her shoot.
So we have put Camden in her crib so many times, but we always bring her back because I didn't want her away from my side. She has always done great, but it has always been me. But she was starting to wake up a lot in the middle of the night trying to toss and turn in her sleeper. So we knew it was time. To help mommy and daddy transition, we decided to put her pack-n-play at the end of our bed. Of course the first night we try this, come to find out, she got her first bout of diaper rash. 51/2 months we were able to go with no diaper rash. I'd say that's pretty good. Tommy and I did so much research on it. She had a nakey booty day, and I kept it clean and coated in cream. It cleared up in about 48 hours. I believe it was from the corn she had just started eating two days before, so I took her off that, and didn't start her on anything new until the next week. That seemed to do the trick. She really liked corn too, we will have to try it again in a few months. But the pack-n-play only lasted a few days before she was in the crib. She loves the room! We lay her down and she immediately turns to her side. We still check the monitor like crazy, but its easier to sleep knowing she is comfortable. She typically wakes up facing the complete opposite direction, and on her belly. Silly girl.
September 23rd my sister came over to take pictures of Camden for her HALF BIRTHDAY!! Yup, I celebrate her half birthday, I love anytime to celebrate. I would celebrate mine too if my parents kept up with it my whole life (January 30th by the way!) I had all the outfits that thankfully arrived in time, and all the props I wanted to use. It took us about an hour to get it all done before Camden started getting fussy. Its funny, when she was days old for her newborn pictures, she didn't want to sleep. Yet 6 months later, it seems like all she wanted to do. The pictures were amazing, I am so glad we were able to capture them! My friend Lindsay also came over and had a half birthday gift for Camden. It was Dallas Cowboys leg warmers and a headband she had ordered for her on Etsy! And they will probably fit her for years which is awesome!
We did our 6 month growth photo, again wearing matching outfits. Gold leggings and t-shirts that said "Trophy Wife" and "Future Trophy Wife".. Because every woman deserves to be treated like a trophy, for her husband to think she is his prized number one. I don't believe the old meaning of that title. She had her 6 month check up a few days later. She weighs 14.14 pounds (50th%) and measures 24 3/4 inches (25th%). Doc says she is sure to have a growth spurt in length soon since she hasn't had one since her 3 inch spurt at two months! But other than that, she is doing amazing. Doctor Stephen's is so happy with her development, says she is very advanced and was so happy to see her sitting up by herself when she walked in. Shot on the other hand, didn't go so well this time. Camden hates oral medicine, but this time really didn't want to take it, so the nurse did kind of have to force it. Which made her cry off the bat. She didn't calm down from that, so three shots in a row didn't help.. (She got half of the flu shot which she will go back for the second half on Halloween).. To all these people that don't cry when their babies get shots, or say "it gets better".. YOU'RE CRAZY. It has only gotten worse for me. haha.
Until next month!
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