Camdyn's first top tooth decided to finally make its way down. Yesterday morning as I was getting her ready and brushed her two teeth with a facecloth I felt something on the top. Sure enough...the tip of one of her top teeth was poking through. Today when I saw her laughing you could see it. It is amazing how fast they can start to make their way down once they break through the gum. Her first two came in just at about the same time so hopefully her 4th one isn't too far behind.
We are trying to update the blog as much as possible. It has been a little hard lately as I am in another new role at work that is keeping me pretty busy and Ben is just as busy as he was...so when we get home at night we try and spend as much time together as a family before Camdyn's bed time and then before you know it is our time to go to bed. But we are really trying :)
Well I just wanted to report the news :) It is nice to have all of these memories on here for Camdyn when she gets older. But anyway, we hope you are all doing well!
Love always,
Ben, Gabrielle, and Camdyn
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Monday, July 4, 2011
Happy Fourth of July!!!
We hope that everyone is having a wonderful Holiday and is able to spend time with family and loved ones! It's hard to think that 3 years ago Ben asked me to be his wife and here we are with our own family.
Camdyn wanted to wish everyone a Happy 4th, so here she is in her red white and blue!
Camdyn has been extremely busy picking up her speed on her crawling though I am not sure that there was more speed that she could have gained but sure enough she is even faster than she was. She has become the Michael Schumacher of crawling and standing. She can stand on pretty much everything! It is quite impressive.
I have finished my time at my assignment at our Corporate office for work. I learned a great deal and am so very thankful for the opportunity that I had. With that being said I am looking forward to getting back to my normal division and a normal routine again. This new job is going to be a great opportunity in itself and I am looking forward to it. Ben has still be extremely busy work but at least had this weekend off. To celebrate having the time off, we decided to take Camdyn to the Magic Kingdom for the first time on Saturday. She had such an amazing time, and while we know it isn't something that she will remember when she is older she enjoyed it at the moment and that was important. She did so great!!! While we were there we also got our season passes for the year so we will be making more trips with her very soon!
We did take a couple vidoes from the Magic Kingdom and have posted them below as well!! We hope you enjoy!!
Hope this finds everyone well. We love you all!! Talk to you again soon!
Love always,
Ben, Gabrielle, and Camdyn
Camdyn wanted to wish everyone a Happy 4th, so here she is in her red white and blue!
Camdyn has been extremely busy picking up her speed on her crawling though I am not sure that there was more speed that she could have gained but sure enough she is even faster than she was. She has become the Michael Schumacher of crawling and standing. She can stand on pretty much everything! It is quite impressive.
I have finished my time at my assignment at our Corporate office for work. I learned a great deal and am so very thankful for the opportunity that I had. With that being said I am looking forward to getting back to my normal division and a normal routine again. This new job is going to be a great opportunity in itself and I am looking forward to it. Ben has still be extremely busy work but at least had this weekend off. To celebrate having the time off, we decided to take Camdyn to the Magic Kingdom for the first time on Saturday. She had such an amazing time, and while we know it isn't something that she will remember when she is older she enjoyed it at the moment and that was important. She did so great!!! While we were there we also got our season passes for the year so we will be making more trips with her very soon!
We did take a couple vidoes from the Magic Kingdom and have posted them below as well!! We hope you enjoy!!
Hope this finds everyone well. We love you all!! Talk to you again soon!
Love always,
Ben, Gabrielle, and Camdyn
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Look at me!!
I have been attempting to try and get on here a lot sooner than I am, however, Miss Camdyn has recently changed up some things in our life that has required a little more attention and some later nights. We had been on a really good schedule with her for a while, she was sleeping great in her crib, and able to put herself to sleep when we put her down. Somehow, that all shifted. I believe part of it is due to teeth 3 and 4 starting to make their way in but for the rest not sure. I know she is learning how to do a a lot of new things now and I am sure that is probably playing its part as well.
Camdyn loves, absolutely loves to pull herself up on ANYTHING that she can. She has tried on just about everything she can as well. Tell you what, that girl is strong!! It is quite amazing that someone so little can pull herself up the way she does and on the smallest things. This also goes with in the crib. We usually wake up to hearing her talking and standing. She was getting so good at it and is so tall we had to take it from the 2nd level to the lowest level and she can still stand, however, she can't topple over and out, which was a huge concern.
She has also started to walk around the coffee tables, its slow but crazy to see! We actually were able to catch it on video the other day so I have put it below for everyone to see. The newest thing she has started to do though is clap! She just started it yesterday and it is the cutest thing. We were at church today and she just started clapping with everyone. I also have put in a video of her clapping below.
Camdyn has also earned the title of Professional Crawler. She is crazy with it and just goes goes goes. She is so freaking fast too!!
So as you can imagine that keeps us pretty busy! Her new activities have also found her fighting on a later bed time, which has definitely not left us with a lot of time at night to do anything but shower, get to bed, and get ready for work. We are in the process of trying to decide what our next house project is going to be. I think hurricane shutters are going to be taking the priority. Then I am not sure. Ben got a quote from a landscape company to come out and do the back yard, but they didn't quote the WHOLE yard, so there are still areas that he wants to get pricing on. Then we still need to re-do the patio outside. I could probably continue on with a list of things, but those are definitely are top ones.
Well it is late and I need to get sleep, especially if Camdyn is still going to be participating in a 8 month wakeful period. Hope this finds you all well.
Love,
Ben, Gabrielle, and Camdyn
Camdyn loves, absolutely loves to pull herself up on ANYTHING that she can. She has tried on just about everything she can as well. Tell you what, that girl is strong!! It is quite amazing that someone so little can pull herself up the way she does and on the smallest things. This also goes with in the crib. We usually wake up to hearing her talking and standing. She was getting so good at it and is so tall we had to take it from the 2nd level to the lowest level and she can still stand, however, she can't topple over and out, which was a huge concern.
She has also started to walk around the coffee tables, its slow but crazy to see! We actually were able to catch it on video the other day so I have put it below for everyone to see. The newest thing she has started to do though is clap! She just started it yesterday and it is the cutest thing. We were at church today and she just started clapping with everyone. I also have put in a video of her clapping below.
Camdyn has also earned the title of Professional Crawler. She is crazy with it and just goes goes goes. She is so freaking fast too!!
So as you can imagine that keeps us pretty busy! Her new activities have also found her fighting on a later bed time, which has definitely not left us with a lot of time at night to do anything but shower, get to bed, and get ready for work. We are in the process of trying to decide what our next house project is going to be. I think hurricane shutters are going to be taking the priority. Then I am not sure. Ben got a quote from a landscape company to come out and do the back yard, but they didn't quote the WHOLE yard, so there are still areas that he wants to get pricing on. Then we still need to re-do the patio outside. I could probably continue on with a list of things, but those are definitely are top ones.
Well it is late and I need to get sleep, especially if Camdyn is still going to be participating in a 8 month wakeful period. Hope this finds you all well.
Love,
Ben, Gabrielle, and Camdyn
Monday, May 23, 2011
Look at what I can do!
This is our little girl- who just turned 7 months yesterday! I can't believe she has found this as a new way to entertain herself. She started doing this a week or two ago but tonight she decided that she wanted to do it over and over again. Fortunately I was able to catch it on video for proof! She also took a step while holding my hands, but that was not recordable...yet. I tell you, they grow up way too fast!
We wanted to thank my cousin Jackie for coming down again to visit this past weekend. Camdyn had a blast and we loved getting to see her again.
Hope that everyone is doing well!
Love always,
Ben, Gabrielle, and Camdyn
Monday, May 16, 2011
We have a tooth....well we have two!
Where is my baby?? Seriously! Too much is happening too fast. Camdyn was a little cranky the past couple of days but we didn't really think too much of it, as we knew she had the onset of teething for some time now. At lunch time as I was feeding her I noticed two white marks in her gums. I felt around and it seemed like teeth were close but not through the gum. Then she woke up from an extra long nap around dinner time and was VERY cranky. We looked inside and felt a tip of a bottom left tooth that had broken through the gum. Then this morning we checked and there was not only a bottom left but now a right poking through. So they both still have a little ways to go but part of it has at least broken through. I will try and post some pictures but she makes it a little hard with her non stop moving :) So once we can we will definitely post them!
Love always,
Ben, Gabrielle, and Camdyn
Love always,
Ben, Gabrielle, and Camdyn
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
First Mother's Day!
Happy late Mother's Day to everyone! We hope that everyone had a great one. I know I can say that I had a wonderful day and it is definitely one I will always remember. I have to pinch myself still with the fact that I am now a mom, and a mom to a 6 1/2 month old. It is the greatest job I have ever had. I just love it and everything that goes along with it. And Ben has been a great help in addition to being such a fantastic dad.
Camdyn is a moving fool these days. She is still a master of backwards crawling but has started to move forward if there is something that she wants. Her new favorite thing is pulling herself up, yes, pulling herself up!! The first time she did that I nearly had a heart attack. It was too sudden. She loves to be up on her feet, moving around, and will try and pull herself up whenever she can. Looks like baby proofing the house, phase 2, will be beginning immediately. Camdyn is also becoming a big talker. She doesn't say much yet, but what she does say, she says a lot. Her main word right now is BA or any variation of that :)
We have been having a lot of discussions about what we plan on doing to our house next. We have several projects we are trying to line up and get started on. The patio needs to be redone. The dogs ripped through the screen a while ago to make a doggy door and we need to get the door lock/handle placed higher so that Camdyn can't reach it when she begins walking. We want to have screen on the top half of the area and then the bottom would be aluminum with a built in doggy door :) We are planning on redoing the roof in the patio as well and changing the area that the patio is. Right now it extends out to the sliding doors at the Master bath, but we want that to no longer be screened in and instead put a pergola. Not sure that any of that came out properly and makes sense.
We are also planning on redoing the whole back yard. Ben has slowly started the process of removing everything out there, so we will then start from scratch. We will be soon purchasing a new grill and shed to start our new projects out. It will take a bit to get everything done but we are looking forward to it.
Well, Miss Rufflebutt, as Ben likes to call her, has been in bed for a while now and it is about that time for us as well. Hope everyone is doing well. Talk soon!
Love always,
Ben, Gabrielle, and Camdyn
Camdyn is a moving fool these days. She is still a master of backwards crawling but has started to move forward if there is something that she wants. Her new favorite thing is pulling herself up, yes, pulling herself up!! The first time she did that I nearly had a heart attack. It was too sudden. She loves to be up on her feet, moving around, and will try and pull herself up whenever she can. Looks like baby proofing the house, phase 2, will be beginning immediately. Camdyn is also becoming a big talker. She doesn't say much yet, but what she does say, she says a lot. Her main word right now is BA or any variation of that :)
We have been having a lot of discussions about what we plan on doing to our house next. We have several projects we are trying to line up and get started on. The patio needs to be redone. The dogs ripped through the screen a while ago to make a doggy door and we need to get the door lock/handle placed higher so that Camdyn can't reach it when she begins walking. We want to have screen on the top half of the area and then the bottom would be aluminum with a built in doggy door :) We are planning on redoing the roof in the patio as well and changing the area that the patio is. Right now it extends out to the sliding doors at the Master bath, but we want that to no longer be screened in and instead put a pergola. Not sure that any of that came out properly and makes sense.
We are also planning on redoing the whole back yard. Ben has slowly started the process of removing everything out there, so we will then start from scratch. We will be soon purchasing a new grill and shed to start our new projects out. It will take a bit to get everything done but we are looking forward to it.
Well, Miss Rufflebutt, as Ben likes to call her, has been in bed for a while now and it is about that time for us as well. Hope everyone is doing well. Talk soon!
Love always,
Ben, Gabrielle, and Camdyn
Friday, April 22, 2011
6 months really!?!
It is so hard to believe that our little girl turned 6 months today!! She is going to be 1 before we even know it. We are definitely just working on soaking up everything that is happening now.
Camdyn celebrated with her 6 month check up today at the pediatrician's office. She had another great appointment. Camdyn is weighing 17 lbs 6 oz and is a whopping 27.5 inches LONG! Holy moly, she is growing like a weed. She had more vaccines as well and took them like a champion. They said she looked great and seems to be in good health.
We had an overall busy day and Camdyn was exhausted so unfortunately we don't have any 6 month pictures to post yet. We will take some this weekend and get them up as soon as we can.
Since our last post, Camdyn has moved up to level 2 food (2-3 weeks ago actually) and is LOVING it. The portions are much better for her and the variety of flavors keeps her enjoying each meal more and more. She has also mastered her ability to sit up on her own. She eats in her high chair at the table with us and is able to sit in them at restaurants and in the grocery carts. She feels like a big girl when she does that and loves being able to look around at everything going on. I tell you she is a nosy girl! Always has to know what is going on around her and loves to watch people.
I guess the newest thing she is doing is trying to crawl. She isn't quite there yet but definitely has started the rocking when she is on the ground. She wants to move forward so badly but still can only move backwards and in a circle...she is definitely close though.
So that is a quick update on us. Little short tonight but wanted to get something out before too much time passed. Hope to have another entry much sooner!
Hope you are all doing well. We wish you a Happy Easter!
Love,
Ben, Gabrielle, and Camdyn
Camdyn celebrated with her 6 month check up today at the pediatrician's office. She had another great appointment. Camdyn is weighing 17 lbs 6 oz and is a whopping 27.5 inches LONG! Holy moly, she is growing like a weed. She had more vaccines as well and took them like a champion. They said she looked great and seems to be in good health.
We had an overall busy day and Camdyn was exhausted so unfortunately we don't have any 6 month pictures to post yet. We will take some this weekend and get them up as soon as we can.
Since our last post, Camdyn has moved up to level 2 food (2-3 weeks ago actually) and is LOVING it. The portions are much better for her and the variety of flavors keeps her enjoying each meal more and more. She has also mastered her ability to sit up on her own. She eats in her high chair at the table with us and is able to sit in them at restaurants and in the grocery carts. She feels like a big girl when she does that and loves being able to look around at everything going on. I tell you she is a nosy girl! Always has to know what is going on around her and loves to watch people.
I guess the newest thing she is doing is trying to crawl. She isn't quite there yet but definitely has started the rocking when she is on the ground. She wants to move forward so badly but still can only move backwards and in a circle...she is definitely close though.
So that is a quick update on us. Little short tonight but wanted to get something out before too much time passed. Hope to have another entry much sooner!
Hope you are all doing well. We wish you a Happy Easter!
Love,
Ben, Gabrielle, and Camdyn
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