handful

Camille is still of course a handful. She would not be the Camille we all know and love if she weren’t. She has moved into this “mommy” stage and that comes out of her mouth a million times a day. I can’t do anything or go anywhere in the house without holding her and carrying her. I wonder if she senses the big change that is coming?!?!?!

After being a TERRIFIC sleeper for about a year now she has moved into this monster of a sleeper. She wakes a least once a night and screams this terrified scream until someone goes in there. She screams “mommy, mommy, mommy!” but is just equally as happy if daddy comes to her rescue. There is a mirror tied to her crib that has been on there since Av was a baby, so a long time. The other night she woke up and it freaked her out. She was screaming and pointing to it. J showed her it was okay and since then the mirror has been fine but she still freaks once a night. It’s not too bad though bc once you go in there and give her a hug and tell her everything is ok she goes right back to sleep but then I’m awake for awhile afterwards. Ugh.

Putting her to bed has also become a challenge. She used to just play in there and go to sleep. Now she screams. You have to keep going back in there to calm her down. It is somewhat sweet though she wants a hug and you to sing to her. She stands and I hug her (not picking her up) and sing, “you are my sunshine” twice. Then leave her to go back and do it 15 minutes later. Usually it takes about twice.

I know I am going to regret saying this but we have not had a biting incident in over a week. She has not bit Av or anyone else. Is she starting to get it??? I hope. The girls still wrestle and it still makes me nervous but lately it has not turned nasty. They just giggle and love it so much.

Camille really gets her feelings hurt when you sternly reprimand her these days. Her little lower lip comes out and quivers and she gets so upset. The emotions are good though; hopefully it means she is getting it!!

Mister Dustin, a teacher that is in both of the girls classrooms a lot, said to me the other day, “Camille sure is a bruiser.” Av’s teacher overheard “brusier” and thought he was talking about Av. We both laughed and said “no way.” I said “the two of them could not be more different” and he laughed. He said, “boy is she cute though.” She is too. She is cute and sweet and smart. She amazes me everyday and I love being her mother.

rings

I just realized my rings still fit!!! With both Camille and Avery I bought a fake engagement ring to wear that was a size bigger. Wonder if I will have to pull those out again? So far it’s not looking like it!

bad bad bad

Camille is so cute but so bad at the same time. I was just trying to clean up the dinner the other night. I had to keep stopping to get Camille out of things she knew she was not supposed to be in. She went from sitting on the dinning room table, to feeding Jack treat after treat, to playing in his water, to sitting on the door of the dishwasher. I had to keep stopping to remove her from whatever she was doing. It is very frustrating. The whole time Av just sits and watchers her and laughs. She just knows she is not supposed to be doing whatever she is doing, as does Camille. Avery finds her very funny.

All About Kids

Yesterday I could not stand the thought of being out in the heat or putting sunscreen on the girls so we decided to head to an indoor play place called All About Kids. It has bouncies but it is also a big gymnastics place so from 12-1 you can play on all the trampolines, balance beams, bars, and slide, jump, trapeze and swing your way into foam pits all you want. Basically a kid’s wonderland! We have not been in close to a year and boy did the girls enjoy it. They played very hard. They ran down a long trampoline and jumped into a foam pit over and over again. Av is really starting to run well and fast! By 12:45 Av was done. Poor little thing could not think of playing anymore. She hung in there like a champ but with her low tone she had done all she could do.

bday cards for the grandmas

My mom’s birthday is Aug 8th and John’s mom’s is Aug 9th. So on Sunday we spent a little time making bday cards. My plan was to finish them up on Monday and get them in the mail. As we were sitting down to write the girls names on them and special messages I was also trying to cook dinner. I turned around for a few minutes and in that time the girls had taken the stickers back off the cards that they had so carefully placed on the day before. The cards are now ripped up pretty good and pretty ruined. UGH!!! Stickers were everywhere! So we will be starting over this week. Sorry Grandmas your cards will be even later!

Grandma from WI

Was in town this weekend. The girls were so excited to see her and had a great time playing with her. She arrived later on Thursday. Av kept asking about her and as it got later I was worried she was not going to get to see her. Right at bedtime she arrived and the girls could not have been happier. Av went right up and gave Grandma the biggest hug and Camille followed in big sister’s footsteps. Bedtime got delayed as they showed off for Grandma. It was pretty cute. Grandma read them some books and helped me put them to bed. Very nice! Friday morning Grandma watched the girls for me so I could go and get an oil change in the van. They had a great time playing and Camille was very cuddly with Grandma, which Grandma loved of course. After hours at the pool and naps we all went to dinner together. On Saturday Matt, Luke and Lindsey joined us for a few hours. It was nice to see them and the girls just ate up the extra attention. That evening John and I went to a black tie charity event for the Human Society. It was very nice getting dressed up and going out. Grandma said the girls were great and they all had a great time. Sunday we had to say bye to Grandma. After that we spent most of the day at the pool. A lot of our friends were there so it was a very fun day. Av is starting to swim without her swimmies! It is pretty exciting and cute.

Vacation pics