Wow, so behind on this blog. So two months will be written in one day! Thankful for facebook with the reminders of our months. Every month seems to get more and more eventful. This month I finally busted out the letter and number mats my sister gave me when Camden was born. This helped so much because Camden was sitting up now, and it was making me very nervous with our hardwood floors that she would fall over and hit her head. These at least, lessen the fall a bit. She was also trying to crawl, so the blankets on the floor weren't helping, only making her slide. I spelled out her name "Camden Dixon" for a little fun. She loves them. Before we knew it, it was October, which means time to decorate the house for Halloween. Halloween is my favorite holiday by far, and usually goes in order, Thanksgiving, then Christmas. But I have to say, the Christmas hype this year had me all thrown off. And it being Camden's first Christmas, had me even more excited. But none the less, we got the house decorated just like every year, no new additions, but Camden did supervise. Next year we will have to get more lights since some of them were on their last legs. A friend from high school, Kristen, whom I probably haven't seen since high school was in town for a few days, and has a son a few months younger than Camden. We decided to meet at the Norfolk Zoo to catch up. The kiddies made it about 1/4 of the way thru before taking a nap, and then waking up as were leaving ha. But it was nice to catch up and meet Noah and Chris.
My sister and I went to the Hunt Club with Miss Camden a few days later to get some nice Fall pictures. It was a perfect day, sunny but not cold. And NO ONE was there. So we had free reign of the patch and got some really good pictures. I was very impressed. I had made Camden a little scarf that she wore in her pictures too! This month Camden started saying MAMA!! Ahhh, it was music to my ears. She mainly said it when she was upset or whining, but none the less, it was MAMA! After a few tries I finally got it on video. But "ba-ba" is still her favorite. She says that all day long. Our best friends Sable & Halston came to visit one night they were in town. Gosh I miss my best friend so much. I hate her living a few hours away.. I need her more in my life. But it was great to see Halston growing up so fast. He was 9 months then and he was already crawling everywhere and standing up on his own. He would be walking in no time! Him and Camden had a lot of fun together, and us mommas got some catch up time.
A little closer to Halloween we had a trip to Busch Gardens and Halloscream with Jessica and Kevin and a bunch of our friends. Mom, Dad and Aunt Linda watched all the little ones all day and had a blast. We made a whole day of it, and surprised I almost couldn't last haha. My feet were so sore and just about lost my voice from all the screaming. But there was nothing better than getting back home to Camden still awake of course, haha. But the smile on her face when we walked in the door. It was priceless. That was only the fourth time I have left her, and for more than four hours. Its never easy.
I had another baby food day for my November foods. Strawberries, russet potatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, cranberries, plums, kiwis, raspberries, melon, kale and spaghetti squash. WOO thats a lot. I had a few fruits from October to finished up as well since there don't seem to be as many season fruits as there are veggies. Its always so much fun though. I feel very accomplished after I make her food. And so excited for her to try it. There hasn't still been anything really she didn't eat. I hope she keeps that up. In the mist of all these fruits and veggies, I completely forgot she was old enough for meats. I had bought a Gerber Chicken baby food jar at the store. Upon opening and noticing a pink tuna smelling gunk inside, I was completely grossed out. I couldn't feed her that. So I boiled some chicken breasts in some stock and celery for flavor until cooked, and pureed it up. Now pureeing chicken (or any meat for that matter I am sure) is also not the easiest thing for the stomach, ha. But at least it looked like chicken and SMELLED like chicken. And it had great flavor. Camden seemed to like it, but the texture is a little odd. The people at Gerber definitely have a way of getting it smoother. But I will figure it out eventually. Hooray for homemade baby food!
Tommy and I brought Camden to the pumpkin patch for our official first family visit. We got our pumpkins and a few pictures in as well. We went home and got to carving. We cut open a big one, gutted it, and made some leg holes, put Camden's name on the side and put her inside. I don't think I have ever seen a happier baby. She absolutely loved being in the pumpkin. And we again got some great pictures.
So 7 months. 7 months it took for me to experience my first "sickness" with a baby. I had about a 2 week long cold I just couldn't get over. It actually started with Camden. She woke up very stuffy and snotty one morning. But a quick trip to BRUS to get her her own humidifier, and suctioning out her nose a few times a day, she very quickly got over it. Again, I wasn't so lucky. A few days it was near impossible for me to get off the couch my body ached so bad. But thing needed to be done, and I did. Camden is just such a content baby, she had so much fun playing by herself for a few days that I was able to get some rest. And when Tommy got home from work, he quickly took over, even he too wasn't feeling too well. Such an amazing dad.
Until next month..
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